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  • Germany's IG Metall union eyes four-day week for steel workers

    Germany's IG Metall union is to demand the introduction of a four-day week with full salary, said a union negotiator ahead of a new round of collective bargaining talks covering steel workers in the north-west of the country.

    April06,2023


  • IG Metall: 70,000 auto-sector jobs endangered by electric vehicles

    Nearly every tenth job in the German automotive industry is in danger of being eliminated by the year 2030, according to German metalworkers’ union IG Metall.

    May28,2018


  • 【Financial Str. Release】PBOC amends CP management rules for securities brokers, effective from Sept. 1

    The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the Chinese central bank, announced its revised rules managing commercial papers (CPs) of securities companies on July 23, reported Xinhua-run Xinhua Finance recently.

    July27,2021


  • 【Financial Str. Release】PBOC invites opinions on revision of CP management rules for securities brokers

    Chinese central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), announced on March 5 to invite public opinions on its revised commercial paper (CP) management rules for securities firms, reported Xinhua Finance, a Xinhua-run financial information platform.

    March08,2021


  • Chinese automaker SAIC Motor introduces premium EV lineup in Thailand

    Chinese automaker SAIC Motor introduced a premium electric vehicle (EV) lineup under its MG brand in Thailand on Tuesday in a move to deliver cutting-edge and customer-centric technologies in the Thai automotive market.

    March19,2025


  • High-level opening-up in spotlight at int'l conference

    China's high-level opening-up was in the spotlight at the 2023 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou), with attendees from home and abroad sharing their insights and perspectives on the topic.

    December04,2023


  • Economic Watch: Foreign firms vying to explore Chinese market

    Air Products, a world-leading supplier of gases for industrial uses, has announced that it will open a new Asia hydrogen energy application and R&D center in east China's Zhejiang Province, during the ongoing sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.

    November10,2023


  • Four years on, int'l expo provides greater stage for global businesses

    The fourth China International Consumer Products Expo, which was held from April 13 to 18, broke records for scale, as well as for numbers of new products, visitors and exhibited brands.

    April19,2024


  • Economic Watch: China's agricultural supply chain cooperation enriches consumer food choices

    The abundance of agricultural products from different countries on display at the world's first national-level supply chain expo in Beijing demonstrates the greater range of food choices on offer to consumers in today's globalized world.

    December01,2023


  • New Opportunities of China-Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation in New Era

    The report mainly presents the fruitful results achieved in bilateral economic and trade cooperation, the key cooperation construction projects between the two countries, and the vast opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the future.

    December08,2023


  • Union open to investor in small parts production at Airbus

    IG Metall, the primary metalworkers’ trade union in Germany, is open to the controversial sale of Airbus' small-parts production to an external investor - but only on condition that the aircraft manufacturer simultaneously examines the possibility of remaining part of the Airbus Group.

    December15,2021


  • Bosch to sell passenger car brake disc production with 900 employees

    ​​The German technology group and automotive supplier Bosch is aiming to sell its passenger car brake disc production unit.

    July13,2021


  • Thailand encourages enterprises to expand the sales channel of local products

    Director-General of Thailand's Department of Business Development (DBD) announced, DBD has held a business fair, which was attended by about 20 large retailers including TESCO Lotus, MAKRO, CP All, The Mall Group, Central Food Retail, Big C Supercenter as well as 56 local communities.

    April21,2022


  • "Dark day" for German shipbuilding as two firms file for insolvency

    German cruiseliner manufacturer MV Werften and another shipbuilder, Lloyd-Werft, both filed for insolvency on Monday, in what unions have called a "dark day" for German shipyards.

    January13,2022


  • China's vehicle export continues to grow in 2021

    China's auto industry stands out amid the COVID-19 pandemic with automobile sales once again topping the world last year and maintaining strong momentum this year. In particular, China's brand vehicles highlight the overseas market.

    August26,2021


  • 750 jobs to go at German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp

    ​German industrial firm Thyssenkrupp announced the loss of another 750 jobs on Wednesday as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

    March12,2021


  • Car makers Volkswagen, Tata freeze cooperation talks

    Germany's Volkswagen AG and India's Tata have broken off talks concerning a potential cooperation between the two car makers, a spokesperson for the Volkswagen brand Skoda confirmed on Thursday.

    August11,2017


  • Somkid discusses with Thai industrial enterprises and dictates faster mask production and aid to employees

    Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak discussed the situations of COVID-19 outbreak; the Ministry of Industry, the Federation of Thai Industries, and large enterprises such as ThaiBev, SAHAPAT, Unilever, CP, Central Group, and food enterprises affiliated to FTI also attended the meeting.

    March19,2020


  • Germany's Thyssenkrupp to cut 3,000 steel jobs

    Germany's ailing industrial giant Thyssenkrupp and union IG Metall agreed on Wednesday to 3,000 job cuts in the company's steel division.

    March27,2020


  • German union warns of job losses from electro-mobility

    The new gas emissions targets of the European Union could result in substantial job losses and incalculable social repercussions in Germany, the top official of the country's metalworkers union IG Metall warns.

    December29,2018


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