For months, a tariff cut for coal-fired power has been an overhang on the sector, dampening investor interest in the electricity producers and keeping the share prices of the firms subdued on the stoc ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-06
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) aims to transform as many existing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into investment companies as possible rather than set up new ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission aims to transform as many existing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into investment companies as possible rather than set up new ones as ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
Mainland real estate developers surged Wednesday amid reports that it may take two years before the proposed property tax could be launched because of the long legislative process involved. Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-22
China's cement sector has been on a roll recently, with several firms offering positive earnings surprises. Industry leader Anhui Conch Cement (00914.HK), for instance, has announced that it expects i ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-17
Hong Kong stocks got a lift from surging mobile handset stocks and gaming and lottery counters, turning Wednesday into a field day for some investors. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed 0.4 perce ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-15
Property developer China Resources Land Ltd. (01109.HK) snapped up a commercial site in Fuzhou, Fujian province, for 3.83 billion yuan (US$634.36 million) at auction Monday, National Business Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-15
Picture this: Big cities heaving with people, nothing to build on. That is apparently the future for urban centers with five million people or more, according to reports attributed to Land and Resourc ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-14
The Hong Kong benchmark index was dragged down for a second day by the prospect of a resumption in mainland listings this month. The Hang Seng Index fell 133 points, or 0.58 percent, Monday to 22,684 ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-06
Profits of oil giant China Sinopec increased more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.6 billion) in the first 11 months, Xinhua reported Sunday, citing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commiss ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-30
There's been a sinking feeling about cement producers for much of the last year thanks to a tepid economy, but the sector has had a dramatic comeback in recent weeks, with major counters leading the r ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Monday, Dec. 23: Blackstone's Leung joins listing candidate Nan Fung Forme ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
Hong Kong's benchmark index had a choppy trading session Thursday as property developers tumbled on news that land supply will balloon next quarter. The Hang Seng Index climbed 261 points out of the g ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
For a while there, Datang International Power Generation (00991.HK, 601991.CN) was contemplating building its own natural gas pipelines rather than pay China National Petroleum Corp.'s (CNPC) excessiv ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-13
Hong Kong stocks extended their slide into a second day Thursday, weighed on by mainland banks disheartened by the central bank's decision to suspend its open market operations this week. The Hang Sen ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-12
After closing above 24,000 points Monday, investors spent Tuesday taking profit, putting selling pressure on the Hong Kong benchmark index. The Hang Seng Index fell 128 points, or 0.53 percent, to 23, ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-03
Beverage king Zong Qinghou {宗慶後}, once China’s richest man, is not quite finished making money from yoghurt but he has already put together an enterprise that looks nothing like his core business -- s ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-03
The CP Group of Thailand was the first foreign investor in China after Beijing opened its doors to overseas investment in 1978. Today, the conglomerate is the largest overseas Chinese investor in the ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-02
At least 23 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are scheduled to release restricted stocks worth 37.1 billion yuan (US$6.05 billion) this week, more than double the amount in ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-02
Hong Kong stocks closed an up-and-down day marginally lower Thursday, despite gains in the coal and property sectors. The Hang Seng Index hit a two-year high in the morning but retreated soon after to ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
