A total of 9.32 million urban Chinese found employment in the first nine months of the year, exceeding the 9 million target for the whole year, said the Ministry of Labor and Social Security Thursday.

European aircraft maker Airbus signed a framework agreement with China on Thursday to establish an Airbus A320 assembly line in Tianjin, a port city in north China.

As China's largest commercial bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), will go public on the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses on Friday, industrial insiders say listing on the stock exchange will help state-owned commercial banks prepare to face competition.

China leads the world in supplying Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits with a 60 percent market share in the first nine months this year, according to a World Bank report.

Without a microcredit of 20,000 yuan, Shan Xinhui, a laid-off woman, would not have been able to start her own business and today boast fixed assets worth more than two million yuan.

China and Singapore held their first bilateral talks on the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) in Beijing Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce said.

China expects France to play an active role in pushing the European Union (EU) to stick to the principles of free trade, said Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai on Wednesday in Beijing.

The water level in the Three Gorges reservoir is expected to rise to 156 meters on Friday, said information from China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation.

China and European Aircraft giant Airbus Thursday signed a framework agreement and a letter of intent for 150 Airbus A320 aircrafts and 20 Airbus A350 airplanes.

South African petrochemicals giant Sasol Ltd will invest in two liquefied coal projects in China by cooperating with Chinese enterprises, according to the Sasol general manager.