NASDAQ-listed Chinese meat processor Zhongpin is among those that will benefit from new pork slaughtering rules that take effect on August 1. The China Perspective talks to executive vice president Ben Baoke about the company’s position in the market and its plans for the future

In the China Business News, Xiong Jianfeng casts an eye over a gathering of academics at Tsinghua University last week to discuss inflationary pressure in China. Despite general concerns, some academics called for calm over inflation figures, claiming high inflation will be short-lived and could help stabilize structural imbalances in China's economy

In a strongly worded speech carried in the People’s Daily on July 12, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu warns that President Hu Jintao’s wish for sustainable development in China could become an empty slogan unless a solid institutional framework for development can be established to control local government.