China s factory activity beat market expectations and returned to expansion in November as power shortages in some provinces were mostly resolved and prices for major raw materials fell, official data showed on Tuesday.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam kicked off her tour of Central China s Hubei Province visiting a host of Wuhan-based companies and attending the Hong Kong-Hubei Co-operation Conference on Monday, another move that signaled Hong Kong s eagerness to integrate deeper with the mainland s economy, which experts said would benefit Hong Kong.