Business -- January 18, 2006

• Airbus announces beating Boeing for fifth consecutive year
• Beijing Hyundai gives a Chinese name to Accent sedan
• China vows to unify different corporate income tax systems
• China-made airplanes meet Waterloo in sealing orders
• China vows to crack down harder on tax evasion in selected sectors

• China's foreign trade volume of diamond sets new record
• China-ASEAN trade soaring
• China becomes Airbus key market
• China invests more than 50 billion US dollars overseas
• EU denial of market status for Chinese shoe makers "unfair": official

• Exchanges could trade options on futures soon
• Ford auto sales hit record in China in 2005
• Leading aircraft group invests in NW China's aircraft manufacturing base
• Moldova, Russia reach gas price deal
• Official forecasts China's foreign trade to exceed 1.63 trillion US dollars

• Proven oil reserves increase by 2.42 bln tons in 2000-2005 period, CNPC
• Sales of luxury vehicles boom in China
• Sino-Dutch trade surges 34 percent in 2005
• Siemens China appoints new president to strengthen local roots