China will "basically" stop normal intervention in the foreign exchange market, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing the People's Bank of China (PBoC) governor Zhou Xiaochuan {周小川}, who did not ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-19
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd. (601600.CN, 02600.HK), China’s largest aluminum smelter, said its vice president Li Dongguang {李東光} resigned and is under investigation by authorities, China Securities Jou ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-19
China Development Bank (CDB), the nation's top policy lender, has successfully completed the issuance of asset-backed securities worth 8 billion yuan (US$1.31 billion), the first batch since the State ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-19
For years, Chinese sport utility vehicle (SUV) leader Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (02333.HK, 601633.CN) has been a favorite with institutional investors because of its heady sales and impressive margins ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-18
A growing number of Japanese officials think China is softening its stance toward bilateral relations, Kyodo news agency reported Sunday, citing an unnamed government source. Chinese President Xi Jinp ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-18
Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International) Ltd. (TSL, 00417.HK), a leading jewelry retailer based in Hong Kong, plans to focus more on the fast-growing mass-market segment as demand for luxury jewelry is ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-18
Property income has become a key pillar of support for many Chinese state-owned enterprises. One such case is food giant China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp. (COFCO), which has never been ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-15
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Friday, Nov. 15: TOP STORIES Mary Ma appointed SFC non-executive director ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-15
The speculative chatter was all about economics but in the lead-up to the Communist Party's third Central Committee plenum this week, the real -- but unintended -- harbinger was the car crash in Tiana ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-15
The Communist Party's Central Disciplinary Committee will set up supervision teams at various local, ministerial and state-owned enterprise levels to carry out disciplinary action, the 21st Century Bu ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission announced a new leadership team one day after the Central Committee's plenary session, the 21st Century Business Herald reported Thursday. Xiang Junbo {項俊波} r ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
SOHO China (00410.HK) chairman Pan Shiyi {潘石屹} has confirmed reports the commercial property developer plans to dispose of three projects in Shanghai. Speaking through his microblog earlier this week, ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Wednesday that it will step up efforts to carry out reforms in the investment and financing markets and in the pricing of natural resource ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
Market economy has emerged as the key word in the communique issued by the Communist Party of China (CPC) after its four-day plenum, with top leaders apparently recognizing that the government shouldn ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
The National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) will increase its efforts to implement reform in the investment and financing markets and in the pricing of natural resources, it said in a statement ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-13
Tencent (00700.HK) CEO Pony Ma {馬化騰} may be head of the first mainland internet company to pass the US$100 billion market-cap mark but he's far from complacent about the achievement. Quite the opposit ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-13
One is a demographic tide that it must race against and the other is a wave it wants to ride to greater prosperity. At the Communist Party's direction-setting meeting in Beijing from Nov. 9, China's l ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-13
The Communist Party of China has approved a plan to deepen structural reform with the economy at its core, the official Xinhua news agency reported after a four-day plenary session of the central comm ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-12
The Communist Party of China Central Committee has approved a plan to deepen structural reform, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing sketchy information from a four-day plenary session whi ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-12
Huishang Bank Corp. Ltd. (03698.HK) is looking to offer loans to suppliers of China Vanke Co. Ltd. (000002.CN) after the country's biggest property developer invested HK$3.1 billion (US$509 million) t ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-12
