Xinhua Insight: More free trade zones to open in China
The State Council has approved the seven new zones in the provinces of Liaoning, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi as well as Chongqing Municipality.
Macro
China's GDP likely to grow 6.8 pct in Q1: think tank
China's economy is likely to grow by 6.8 percent year on year in the first quarter of the year as production activities and investment picked up.
Companies
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Amazon launches innovation service center in Qingdao
The Qingdao-Amazon Web Services (AWS) center aims to provide cloud-computing services to global startups.
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China's top train maker receives order from India
A total of 69 train coaches will be produced by CRRC Dalian for subway operations in Nagpur, the largest city in central India.
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Industries
China's central bank continues to drain liquidity from market
China's central bank on Friday skipped the open market operations of reverse repos, draining liquidity from the market.
China Focus: PMI reports paint positive economic picture
China's manufacturing sector in March stayed above the boom-bust mark for the eighth month in a row, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
China's service sector expansion nears three-year high in March
The non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in at 55.1 in March, up from 54.2 in February.
