Shares prices of domestic vaccine makers rose sharply yesterday on surging orders for vaccines, as fears grew over a fresh outbreak of the H1N1 flu, even as the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2.83 percent

Netbook shipments have started cooling after witnessing an explosive surge since late last year as customers started realizing its limits and looking for portable and affordable alternatives for full-size laptops.

E Fund Management Co said yesterday that the quota it received from the government to invest in overseas securities indicates that regulators believe the global economy has exited the worst of the financial crisis.

China is attempting to rein in overcapacity in the country's solar energy sector despite the government's ambitious goal to increase solar capacity from 50 megawatts in 2008 to between 10 and 20 gigawatts by 2020.

China's State-owned oil giants are likely to lose out to global rivals in a race for top energy assets, as they lack experience and hit a protectionist wall, forcing them to settle for smaller, but riskier buys.