Dell Inc surpassed rival Hewlett Packard Inc to become the second-biggest PC seller in the Asia Pacific region for the first time in the second quarter of this year, mainly boosted by rapid growth in China, India and Japan, China Daily reported.

With the advancement of technology and research and development, three major auto brands plan to launch new innovative auto models to raise their competitiveness in both domestic and overseas markets, the Economic Information Daily reported.

Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Co Ltd (DPCA) said its auto financing venture, jointly set up with PSA Peugeot Citroen unit Banque PSA Finance, and the Bank of China, officially began operations in Beijing yesterday, People’s Daily reported.

Dazhong’s divorce of China Paradise is a negotiation tactic, showing regional enterprises are unable to survive in the new electrical appliance market, Economic Information Daily reported.

  Dazhong Electronics stepped down from merging with China Paradise, thereby creating another setback in the domestic electrical appliance sector, the Shanghai Securities Journal reported.

Datang International Power Generation, the second largest Hong Kong-listed mainland electricity producer, reported a 14 percent increase in net profit to 1.27 billion yuan for the first half, boosted by new capacity and hiked tariffs, The Standard reported.

Draft rules for China's domestic oil trade are prompting concern about whether the country will make good on a commitment to open the sector to foreign companies this year, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing executives at French energy company Total SA.

Dalian plans to build a magnetic levitation (maglev) train test line later this year, which would be the first commercial domestic-made maglev train in China, the China Daily reported.

Daqin Railway Co., the operator of China's biggest coal transport network, raised 15 billion yuan in the nation's second-largest initial share sale, Bloomberg reported.

The first direct passenger flight between China and Belgium was launched on Thursday with the maiden flight arriving in Brussels airport, People’s Daily reported.