Chongqing Lifan Automobile Co said it has secured its biggest overseas export deal when it won a contract for 2,000 units of its 520 sedan from the Philippines.
BASF has delayed plans to build a methylene diphenyl diisocyanate in Chongqing, China, citing slow global growth in the segment. [10/08/09]
PYI Corp Ltd, which is principally engaged in port development, may invest RMB 10 billion in a property project near Chaotianmen Harbor in Chongqing, said Deng Kaiwei, deputy district mayor of Yuzhong District, Chongqing. [10/08/09]
Ford-brand auto sales by Changan Ford grew 54% in July from a year earlier to a record high 19,486 units, the joint venture's sales division said today, media reported.
China Daily ran a story today detailing plans to link Chongqing to Rotterdam via an inter-continental rail line by 2012. Although not alluded to in the article, the link has been in development for some time on both the European and Chinese sides and, when completed, has the potential to connect China not only with Europe but also Central Asian and the Middle Eastern states, all of which had developed into prosperous export markets prior to the recent trade slowdown. [05/08/09]
US-based computer maker HP and Taiwan-based contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn International Holdings will spenda combined $3bn setting up a PC production base and a laptop PC manufacturing hub in Chongqing.
A decision to push ahead with gas and oil pipelines connecting Myanmar to China will see construction kick off next month. 
