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NIIT China's EdTech transformation earns recognition at the Asian Technology Excellence Awards
NIIT China's EdTech transformation earns recognition at the Asian Technology Excellence Awards
Their successful pivot to EdTech and its strategic partnership with Red Hat for online training programmes secured the China Technology Excellence Award for Digital - Training and Development, highlighting their commitment to digital education.
C-beauty brands outperform in China: report
Sales of brands amongst the top 20 brands in colour cosmetics grew to 28% in 2022.
adidas sees ‘better-than-expected’ growth in China despite 9% revenue decline
The company recorded ‘flattish sales’ and a small operating profit overall.
Alibaba names Wu Zeming as CTO in management reshuffle
He succeeded Li Cheng in the post immediately.
Take a look at the winners of the China International Business Awards 2022
Companies were lauded for their innovations and efforts
Bottom-up approach in building ESG needed to realise benefits, says RSM partner
Yau stated that taking the opposite approach will be difficult in terms of accelerating ESG culture.
BDO Partner: Companies need support from the government to survive hardships
Gordon Gao has highlighted how global economic crises transpire from time to time and how businesses should change the business field to survive.
Brown-Forman maximises rapid rise of single malts in the Chinese market
It has released three super premium whisky brands in a high-profile event.
China offers banks cheap funding for lending to green firms
The central bank is willing to lend 60% of the required funds at a 1.75% rate.
HSBC ahead of China wealth hiring targets, mulls re-entering India private banking
By end-2021, HSBC will have 64 working in its China onshore private banking.
China deems 19 banks 'too big to fail'
These banks face new capital and regulatory requirements.
China aims to speed up domestic store openings by 2025
The country is targeting a 5% retail sales growth by 2025.
China to hike subsidies for agricultural insurance premiums
Subsidies will be provided to crop-growing farmers who buy full-cost insurance or income insurance.
Citi Global Wealth APAC Co-head Fabio Fontainha outlines bank's ambitions
Fontainha expounds on Citi's wealth goals, which include adding $150b AUM across the APAC franchise in four years’ time.
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