GENEVA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. topped the 2013 world competitiveness ranking of 60 economies, followed by Switzerland and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, according to the IMD business school in Switzerland.The U.S. regained the top spot this year after having ranked the second in 2012 due to a rebounding financial sector, an a......

ZURICH, Switzerland, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The successful negotiations over a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Switzerland will inject new and strong vigor into the two countries' further cooperation, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Friday.Addressing business and financial leaders at a luncheon, Li said the FTA deal would hav......

BIRMINGHAM - Chinese owned auto maker MG unveiled the full range of styles for the MG3 at its Birmingham-based European Design Centre on Wednesday.The new car, MG3, carried forward many of the styling cues first illustrated on the MG ZERO concept car, again designed at SAIC Motors European Design Centre.The SAIC, MG's parent company, is one of the ......

BRUSSELS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A leading Chinese solar panel manufacturer, Trina Solar, sounded alarm over the devastating effect of the European Union's (EU) decision to impose punitive duties against Chinese solar products."The decision to impose import tariffs, even at a rate of 11.8 percent, will irreversibly damage the EU solar industry," Ben Hi......

Questions for Cameron from WeiboVisiting British Prime Minister David Cameron is asking Sina Weibo users to leave their questions for him on his account, newly opened for his Dec 2-4 China tour. These were some of the most popular questions from among 17,163 submitted---they either won many "likes" or were asked by multiple users. Some of them migh......

BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Senior leader Liu Yunshan has visited farmers to see how they live and help them become wealthy.From April 20 to 22, Liu visited farmers' fields and homes in villages in east China's Jiangsu Province to observe how they work and live, and listen to their suggestions on the work of grassroots organs of the Communist Par......

Well-developing nation will become a guarantee for global prosperityChina wants to share its dream of national rejuvenation with the world and provide positive energy for global peace and prosperity, a high-ranking Chinese official said on Monday.Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, m......

Chinese firms investing overseas are increasingly buying businesses with technology, brands and know-how as they move up the value chain and counter falling margins at home, private equity fund A Capital said.Europe, the top destination for Chinese investment last year, will remain attractive due to moderate valuations, the absence of regulatory hu......

Edited and translated by Huang Jin, People's Daily OnlineChinese President Xi Jinping has just finished his four-nation Europe tour, which took him to the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium. Xi's visit sparked a lively debate among Chinese.China Youth Daily recently conducted a survey about Xi's visit to Europe among 3,120 people. 79.6 percen......

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday reiterated its call for political dialogue to appropriately address the Crimea crisis after a referendum was held on the region's future status."We hope that the Crimea issue will be appropriately handled and resolved through political dialogue as soon as possible while the reasonable concern and legit......