SMEs have had a rough year so far with growth 15 percentage points down on a year earlier. But the government is planning a series of reforms that should give the sector a boost, writes China Business News

Domestic textile production has led to a tailing off of orders for new textile machines. Exports are also feeling the pinch of the global economic downturn, writes China Business News

Controls on foreign investment in China’s real estate market have clamped down on new sales to offshore investors. But properties already under foreign control are doing a roaring trade, writes Shanghai Securities News

NASDAQ-listed Chinese meat processor Zhongpin is among those that will benefit from new pork slaughtering rules that take effect on August 1. The China Perspective talks to executive vice president Ben Baoke about the company’s position in the market and its plans for the future

Shanghai’s economy grew slower than the national average in the first half of the year. The chief economist at the Shanghai Bureau of Statistics tells China Business News that the sluggish half year was just a momentary blip

ChinaVenture is optimistic about China’s software sector over the next five years. China Securities Journal takes a look at a report released this week by the investment consultancy

China’s textiles sector is growing at the slowest pace for almost a decade. The Shanghai Securities News writes that the government is on the verge of stepping in to give it a boost