China's top economic planner has invited social capital to invest in a list of 80 projects, the latest step in bringing private funds to infrastructure investment.

China pledged to double the amount of government-led venture capital for emerging industries, another "minimal measure" taken to encourage market vitality as the deceleration of the economy continues.

Achieving the 7.5 percent foreign trade growth target for 2014 will be an arduous task, given that the nation's exports and imports are under extreme pressure, as shown by unexpected weakness in the first four months.

China's central bank is looking to negotiable certificates of deposit (NCDs) as calls for a fully liberalized interest rate grow.

China can hope to see its economy grow for a long time, especially if it is successful in shifting the components of growth toward the consumer, said Byron Wien, vice chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners LP on Monday.

China's central bank is looking to negotiable certificates of deposit (NCDs) as calls for a fully liberalized interest rate grow.

China should resolve to reorganize redundant financial innovations that do no good for the sector's development and the real economy, senior officials from the country's financial regulators have said.

China will raise the dividend payout ratio of many central State-owned enterprises starting this year by 5 percentage points to as much as 25 percent of profits, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Tuesday.