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. 
From January to June in 2009, there have been seven Taiwan-funded enterprises newly approved in Chongqing, with contractual utilized Taiwan capital of USD2.687m, down 90% year-on- year; the actual investment has been USD1.287m, down 96% year-on- year. The Taiwan investment is mainly concentrated in manufacturing industry in Chongqing, and the seven enterprises are invested in computer peripherals manufacturing, micro-motor and other motor manufacturing, automotive parts and accessories manufacturing, clothing wholesale and consulting industries. By now, Chongqing has accumulatively approved 793 Taiwan-funded enterprises (including 39 enterprises invested from the third place), with contractual Taiwan capital of USD1.612544b. The actual absorption of Taiwan capital has been USD336.615m since 1998. The number of projects, contractual foreign capital and actual use of foreign capital accounted for 17.2%, 9.8% and 3.5% in the totals of the city. [02/08/09]
Chongqing will spare no effort to develop the 3G market, Chongqing Communication Administration told state media.
