Twenty years of on-and-off government discussions have yielded little progress toward the goal of coordinating urban and industrial development in a key Chinese megalopolis the region encompassing the nation's capital Beijing, neighboring Hebei province, and the port-manufacturing-financial services city of Tianjin.Now, central government authorities have intervened with clear
Upgraded free trade pact, mutual visa-free regime for S’pore and China Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
TIANJIN, CHINA (ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES) – The interactions and economic ties between Singapore and China are poised to grow, thanks to an enhanced free trade agreement that provides Singaporean businesses with increased entry into China’s services sectors. A revised visa-free policy, anticipated to take effect in early 2024, will permit citizens of both Singapore and […]
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding and the municipal government of Tianjin have pledged “deeper collaboration” in the development of hi-tech fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and big data in the northern coastal metropolis, reports the South China Morning Post. That pact was forged at the conclusion of a meeting last Friday…