The Hong Kong and mainland equity markets have seen little excitement before the Lunar New Year holidays. Investors should adopt a strategy that is both defensive and offensive to outperform the bench ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
Dubbed as China's "Power Queen", Li Xiaolin had always been known for her designer clothes and other expensive tastes. But over the past year, she has kept a relatively low profile, transforming herse ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
Mid-year results are far more significant for fund managers and brokerages than for individual investors. The Hong Kong market has posted modest gains in the first half of the year, and most active fu ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Nine Hong Kong-listed companies are being added as constituents of the MSCI China index, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday. They are China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd. (00586.HK), China ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
The State Council is likely to give its green light for the merger of China's two nuclear giants soon, China Daily reported, citing industry sources. The move could lead to consolidation within the se ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
The mainland's A-share market may have a strong upside next year if it makes it to the MSCI China and emerging markets indices. Chinese authorities have been breeding a bull market to stem a hard land ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
A majority of China's power plants are coal-fired, which makes them more profitable than many traditional industries. That also means they're clawing back in profit what they give in exchange for it: ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
Electricity consumers face potential supply disruptions if Hong Kong imports power from mainland China, Canning Fok, chairman of Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (00006.HK), said Thursday. Power Assets owns ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
China is planning a 300-strong state-level task force to deal with nuclear emergencies, the official Xinhua news agency reported Monday. The new body will handle serious nuclear accidents in complicat ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
Hundreds of inspectors from the National Audit Office (NAO) have been stationing in the offices of State Grid Corporation of China since April 17, Caixin.com reported Wednesday. The audit inspection m ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-30
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) finished the first quarter nearly 5 percent or 1,155 points lower even as it closed higher after a bumpy trading session on the last day of March. The HSI r ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
China consumed 824.3 billion kWh of electricity in the first two months of the year, a 4.5 percent increase from a year earlier, China Business News reported Friday, citing data from the National Ener ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
State-owned China Power Investment Corp. will begin taking on private capital this year to reshape its shareholding structure, Economic Information Daily reported Thursday, citing president Lu Qizhou. ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
China's installed power capacity increased by 94 million kilowatts to 1.25 billion kW last year, Xinhua reported Monday, citing the National Energy Administration. Thermal power accounted for the bulk ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-11
Mainland electricity consumption, an indicator of economic activity, rose 7.5 percent year on year in 2013, Xinhua reported Tuesday, citing the National Energy Administration. -- Contact HKEJ digest@e ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-14
After suffering from increased thermal coal costs over the years, China's power producers finally found some cause for cheer last September. That was when the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) launch ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-09
China's electricity consumption in November amounted to 448.5 billion kWh, marking an increase of 8.5 percent over the same period last year, Xinhua news agency reported Saturday, citing data from the ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
Hareon Solar Technology Co. Ltd. (600401.CN) and state-owned China Power Investment Corporation (CPIC) have agreed to cooperate in photovoltaic (PV) projects, Hareon said in a stock exchange filing la ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-10
Huachen Auto Group, the parent of Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (01114.HK), is considering a public listing for its fifth firm to raise capital for its development in the next five to 10 y ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
Li Xiaolin {李小琳}, chairwoman of China Power International Development Ltd. (02380.HK), is in the spotlight after allegations surfaced in a British newspaper last week that she was the go-between in a ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
