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

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

An apparent solution to save the struggling Meyer Werft shipyard in northern Germany appears to be within reach, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and others expected to address shipyard workers there on Thursday.

July09,2025

In a strategic move to advance economic and trade cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China Economic Information Service (CEIS) Shanghai headquarters, a subsidiary for the economic information services of Xinhua News Agency, has partnered with Xinhua Institute to unveil a groundbreaking report on ASEAN-China super-sized markets and connectivity.

April18,2025

German politicians and trade unionists advocated for preserving Germany's steel industry and converting it to become climate-neutral at a National Steel Summit held in the western city of Duisburg on Monday.

September15,2024

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

Shanghai, China's leading trade and shipping hub, remains the third place in the top 20 international shipping centre (ISC20) ranking for 2022 as shown in the 2022 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index Report (Xinhua-Baltic ISCDI Report) just unveiled on Monday.

July11,2022

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

The role of the insurance service for the Belt and Road construction is multiple and significant. Insurers are able to provide enterprises with both insurance coverage and risk consulting service.

December15,2016

Central China's Henan province is noted for its agriculture and big population. To tackle with slower growth of FDI in 2015, it vows to guide overseas "big and strong” investors into the service of the service of the economic transition.

December13,2016

BRICS Bank promotes green finance and sustainable development. It is in close interplay with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Both perform their own duties and promote each other.

January12,2017

Chinese enterprises are speeding up the process of going global in the full industrial chain: moving more operations to overseas sites rather than just producing products in China and exporting them.

December26,2016

Heilongjiang in northwest China is now a major commodity grain production base, green food production base, key equipment manufacturing base and energy and raw materials base. Heilongjiang has been playing an important role in promoting trade with Russia.

December13,2016