China is considering the possibility of establishing a free trade area (FTA) with India, a senior official with the Ministry of Commerce has said.

Following the success of the newly established special economic zone (SEZ) covering Batam, Bintan and Karimun islands, the Indonesian government will develop similar SEZs in another three regions, a report said Monday.

China's foreign exchange regulator warned on Sunday against the speculative use of foreign exchange financial derivatives because of the massive risks involved.

A freight train ferry left Lushun in Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, at 8 a.m. Monday for Yantai, a port city in east China's Shandong Province, marking the start of railway transport across the Bohai Sea.

The market value of companies listed on China's securities market exceeded 6.29 trillion yuan (786 billion U.S. dollars) by the last trading day of this week.

EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will attend the EU-China Partnenariat 2006 on Thursday in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, aiming to promote the cooperation between European and Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

China's aviation regulatory body looks set to approve the country's largest short-haul air carrier to be based in Tianjin, north China.

The 2006 European Union (EU)-Asia Investment Forum is to be held on Nov. 6 and 7 in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

China should move away from its heavy reliance on exports and boost domestic consumption to achieve balanced growth in the long run, a former US Federal Reserve chairman said on Friday.

China's imports and exports volume is expected to hit 1.7 trillion U.S. dollars this year, up more than 20 percent over last year, said Fu Ziying, assistant minister of commerce on Sunday.