While foreign companies are busy using micro blogs to promote their business, others have made a business out of them.
Strategic use of micro blogs can help companies achieve marketing success
Marketing promotions by global companies have intensified with the rapid rise of micro blogs and the decline of discussion boards. With their huge number of users, these online platforms have not only changed the way that multinational companies share information in China, but also reshaped an entire generation.
Liu Yagan is someone who can rightly claim to have had a significant impact on the African banking sector.
African banks represent a better growth opportunity than European and US banks, according to a China bank chief.
Ben Kruger, joint group chief executive of Standard Bank, is unperturbed about deepening the financial relationship with Chinese bank ICBC.
Africa's abundant natural resources and market potential have prompted accelerated direct investment from China, and the continent has become one of the country's most important destinations for overseas investment.
Emerging markets are an important part of overseas development of China's financial institutions
President Xi Jinping's visits to Russia and Africa and his attendance at the BRICS summit epitomize China's emphasis on diplomacy in its attempt to drum up cooperation among developing countries.
Premier Li Keqiang outlined the top three tasks of the new government over the next five years, and vowed to push forward reforms and the rule of law, at his media debut in his new position on March 17.
"However deep the water may be, we will wade into it because we have no alternative."
Rebalancing and strengthening China's ties with Europe should continue to be a top priority for the new leadership in China, several leading European experts say.