Beijing Rural Commercial Bank (BRCB)  would launch more than 700 ATM machines equipped with fingerprint identification services first in Beijing and then across the country enabling customers to complete bank transactions and bill payments without bank cards or passwords. How would it work?

The plan of Augustinum Nursing Home to establish a branch in Shanghai unveils the expansion of foreign retirement homes to China, a country with aging population and soaring demands for elderly care services. What are the potentials of foreign nursing homes in a market unfamiliar to such services?

Although foreign operators have been actively providing value added services and other joint ventures in China’s telecommunications sector, they remain cautious in stepping in infrastructure development. How do the foreign telecom giants plan out their China strategies?

As China UnionPay awaits approval of its operations standard by the central bank, prospects are rife that China UnionPay would become the national standard. If this happens, multicurrency bankcards issued by joint ventures between local commercial banks and international card networks like Visa and Mastercard would need to withdraw from the China market. Beijing Business Post reports on the repercussions.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics brings huge consumption opportunities; can China’s online payment structure stand the frenzy?

While China is in search of potential alternative and renewable sources of energy, Zhang Jiakou has constructed a preliminary model of a wind powered city. China News investigated the current outlook, prospect and the influx of foreign investment.

With the Chinese government showing increased concerns over its water resources and strengthening efforts at conservation, foreign companies specializing in water infrastructure and construction have shifted their attention to the potential market. Economic Information Daily investigated their strategies to expand into China and their entrances.

The entrance of more active and strategic investors in China’s brewery sector means fiercer competition in the future. Shanghai Securities Journal investigated current foreign acquisitions .

Instant noodles used one tenth of China's wheat crop last year and had sales of 29.8 billion yuan (3.7 billion US dollars), making China the number one maker of cheap convenient food, People’s Daily reported.

After China fully opened its advertising sector in October 2005 due to the World Trade Organization agreements, acquisitions of outdoor advertising channels have grown rapidly. China Securities Journal investigated the process.