Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan has stressed the importance of using clean production technologies in the cement industry for saving energy and protecting the environment.

Chinese private companies reported profit growth rate of 52.5 percent in the first nine month, more than double of their state counterparts.

China's real estate climate index dropped in September, the second fall in two months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday.

China's Commerce Minister said Tuesday that China is willing to enhance economic cooperation with Greece, especially in relation to the shipping industry.

The Mozambican Health Ministry is seeking ways to ensure funding for its strategic plan for fighting against malaria, which requires 60 million U.S. dollars a year from now up to 2009, according to reports reaching here from Maputo on Tuesday.

China's rapidly growing national economy, especially the booming metallurgical industry, brought about over one quarter increase of its iron ore import, said an official with the Ministry of Communications in Beijing Tuesday.

Oil prices rallied on Tuesday ahead of the release of U.S. energy stocks data.

Chinese banks have piled up a mountain of bad debt after lending money to car buyers who can't afford the payments, a senior researcher told Xinhua on Tuesday.

China is still importing shiploads of iron ore but imports are slowing down.

The gold price in Hong Kong went down 87 HK dollars to 5,352 HK dollars per tael on Tuesday, according to Bank of China (Hong Kong).