Biden signed an executive order to sanction Chinese firms making painkillers such as fentanyl, plus steroids and synthetic drugs blamed for killing tens of thousands of Americans

A Shanghai Shimao Co bond that matures in January 2022 rose 11.7%, making it the top gainer on Shanghai Stock Exchange's corporate bond market

The 'golden share' practice was previously confined to companies specialising in online news and content

Wang Chaoyong, whose firm manages of more than $1.7 billion in assets, was sought by police on November 30 in Beijing

New construction starts measured by floor area fell 9.1% during January-November from a year earlier, compared with a 7.7% decline in the first 10 months of the year

JCER said last year it expected China's economy to be bigger than the US in 2028 or 2029, depending on impacts of the Covid pandemic, but China's growth has been hit by other factors

Beijing-based biotechnology company develops and commercialises immune-oncology and molecularly-targeted cancer treatment drugs

Retail sales slowed as new Covid-19 outbreaks hit the world's second-largest economy

Chau now appears likely to lose his gambling empire, including his casino on the outskirts of Vladivostok

Kunming-based company to expand its pneumonia vaccine production capacity with an investment of 695 million yuan ($109m)

Guangdong province, a major tech hub on the southeast coast, plans to move some big data centres to new sites under the sea in a bid to cut energy use, according to a plan published on Tuesday

Social media platform Weibo has been hit with a 3 million yuan ($470,000) fine by China's internet regulator for repeatedly publishing illegal information. Total fines this year top 14m yuan.