Business -- December 7, 2005

• Australia's No.3 bank buys 20% stake in Tianjin Commercial Bank
• China has more than 5 million legal entities in secondary, tertiary industries
• China to see a big drop in iron ore imports in 2006
• China's first co-branded fund card issued
• China's central bank further frees yuan use in Hong Kong

• Coal price climbing as output falls: NDRC
• China leads world in container handling capacity
• China aims to introduce general assembly line from Airbus
• China, Belarus agree to upgrade economic ties
• Chinese battery-maker listed in London

• Data quality of economic census meets expected goal: NBS
• Foreign investment in Shanghai reaches new high
• Headquarter economy strategies booming in China's metropolises
• Interview: HK to do best for achieving progress in MC6
• Intel chips away at China market

• Intense bidding for US export quotas
• Syria, Russia sign gas contracts
• Telecom subscribers top 22 mln in Beijing
• WTO amends agreement to enhance access to drugs