China is now the research and development center for many foreign multinationals, the head of a leading technology company in the country says.
"IBM Research can provide a lot of value to Beijing and other Chinese cities that are facing significant pressure to better monitor, respond to and address air pollution issues."
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Chinese scientists could propel the world far into the future within decades, a leading China-based research and development expert says.
Beiqi Foton Motor Co's commitment in Africa used to be little more than an annual meeting with local dealers at year-end.
China will further its opening-up and reform policies to provide more opportunities for multinational companies, Premier Li Keqiang told visiting corporate executives from a group of Fortune Global 500 companies, in Beijing on July 9.
Overseas companies are yet to realize the full benefits of using the renminbi as an invoice currency when doing business with China, says a new survey commissioned by global banking and financial services organization HSBC Holdings Plc.
Chinese companies have significantly improved their rankings in the Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest companies for 2013, a new report said.
Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd has increased its exposure to Chinese markets over the past year, even as Asia holdings weighed on its performance and the Singaporean investor turned to the West for growth.
The world needs a strong Chinese economy over the long run, not just in the short term, as the nation's economic restructuring will lead to more sustainable growth, says Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group.
As a World Bank president trained in the sciences, Jim Yong Kim feels it is his role to tackle some issues related to the global public good, particularly climate change.
"Cities are cultural artefacts," says Tom Kvan from the University of Melbourne in Australia. "They must reflect the culture of the way people live and wish to live."
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