Feature: Belt and Road helps British soc...

LONDON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A book with Chinese traditional blue-and-white porcelain patterns on its front cover was launched last year at the annual London Book Fair. Turning to Page 36, one could

Bank of Beijing net profit up 9.5 pct in...

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Bank of Beijing, a commercial bank in the Chinese capital, reported a net profit of 6.3 billion yuan (940 million U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2019, up 9.5 perc

Baosteel net profit down 46 pct in Q1

SHANGHAI, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. saw its net profit slump 45.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019 amid falling profit margins. In a filing to the Shanghai

China's leading chemical company Wanhua ...

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) - Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd., a leading chemical company in China, has posted 14.11 percent year-on-year revenue growth in 2018. In its annual financial results filed

Chinese cookware giant reports double di...

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China's leading cookware company Supor saw a 12-percent growth year on year in revenue in the first quarter of the year, a corporate report has said. From January to Mar

British gov't borrowing hits 17-year low

LONDON, April 24 (Xinhua) -- British government borrowing for the last financial year, between April 2018 and March 2019, hit the lowest point in 17 years, according to figures released Wednesday by

China pork producer swings to loss on lo...

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Wens Foodstuff Group Co., one of China's largest pork producers, said Wednesday that its net profits swung to a big loss during the first quarter this year. The company

2018: Lhasa welcomes over 19.9 mln visit...

Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, welcomed more than 19.9 million visitors to the city in 2018, up by 23.87 percent year on year, local authorities said Tuesday. The ci

Macao's visitor arrivals surge 24 pct in...

MACAO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Visitor arrivals to Macao totaled 3.39 million in March, up by 24.0 percent year-on-year, the special administrative region (SAR)'s statistic service said here on Wednesda

Germany increases tax revenues, fiscal s...

BERLIN, April 23 (Xinhua) -- German tax revenues climbed by 1.8 percent to 175 billion euros (about 196 billion U.S. dollars) year-on-year between January and March, according to the monthly report f