Hopes rise of better rights for businesses in China

China's top leaders have announced plans for changes to the constitution intended to promote economic development, making public a process analysts hope will give private businesses the same legal rights as state enterprises.

Government drafts SMEs improvement policy

An official from the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Department under the State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) revealed the department is drafting a document to promote the development of private enterprise, mostly small- and medium-si

Macao to give interest-free loans to SARS-hit firms

Nearly 80 per cent of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) applying for interest-free loans to weather the financial strains attributable to the adverse effect of severe acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS) can count on the government's financia

Bank of China ranks 7th in world's export factoring

Sources from the Bank of China (BOC) said that, according to statistics published by Factors Chain International, BOC ranked seventh among 159 members, indicating that the bank had become a leading player in global export factoring business.