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This article presents information on bright business prospects lying before foreign investors in the Chinese water industry. The great potential of China's water industry have attracted foreign investors in the country. It is expected that water shortages and pollution control could deliver enormous profits for foreign investors.

Focuses on the sale of a non-performing loans (NPLs) by China Orient Asset Management Co. to an overseas investor. China's four state-owned asset management companies; Release of non-performing asset statistics of the four asset management companies by the China Banking Regulatory Commission; Assessment of the Ministry of Finance on the asset recovery rate and cost of recovery for the asset management companies.

The article assesses the impact of the plan of Ping An Insurance to raise $22.22 billion in capital on the already declining stock market in 2008. The plan, announced on January 20, angered both institutional and private investors, resulting to a further decline in the market. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped to 4320.77 points from January 21 to February 1. The announcement also resulted to a decline in Ping An's stock price.

The article deals with the decision of some insurance companies in China to invest in the Beijing-Shanghai highspeed railway project in China. Some of the Chinese insurers that invested in the fund for the railway project include China Pacific Insurance Co. Ltd., Taikang Life, Taiping Life and General China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. The budget for the project is 220 billion yuan. It relates the role of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission in encouraging insurers to be part of the railway project.

The article talks about the surge of mutual fund investors in China. Since the second half of 206, the soaring net value of mutual funds has attracted many to invest in the stock market. By the end of October 2007, the number of fund investors had reached 90 million. The Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission has started to strengthen controls over the rapidly expanding funds by issuing Document 44," which requires all fund management companies to stick to long-term and stable operational plans.

The article talks about the decision of people to invest in Hong Kong, China through qualified domestic institutional investors (QDII) in order to avoid possible risks in the mainland stock market. This new QDII fund has received much consideration since the recent boom in the Hong Kong stock market inflated investor confidence. QDII funds are among the first choice for those new to the overseas stock market. Most of the QDII fund investors are encouraged by the interconnection between the mainland and Hong Kong stock markets.

The article focuses on the policy of the Chinese government to allow qualified domestic institutional investors (QDII) including banks, securities companies and insurers ton invest in overseas stock markets. The new policy called the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is aimed at widening the channels for the outflow of foreign currency and to promote the balance in international investors. The policy is also instituted to resolve excess liquidity and increasing foreign reserves.

The article reports that several individual investors are being drawn into expanding the Chinese stock market in 2007. According to experts, many of the newly registered individual investors know little about stock market and are trading blindly because they do not believe in institutional investors. They contend that several individual investors in China have succumbed to stock losses due to this kind of trading.

The article claims that an influx of small investors eager to earn money puts heavy pressure on fund managers in China. It says that the debut of fund management operations in China came in March 1998 when the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved two closed-end funds, the Kaiyuan and Jintai. It explains that since then, the Chinese fund management business has gone through eight years of twists and turns and has become more prosperous than anyone could have predicted at the start.

Focuses on the development in China's fund market. Approval of open-ended fund products; Current net value of funds in the securities market; Main attraction of securities investment funds for common people; Benefits for investors; Effect of China's negative interest rate; Performance of the stock market.

The article focuses on the civil aviation industry in China. It states that some private investors have taken interest in the civil aviation business and helped to enrich the air routes. East Star Airlines launched its Wuhan-Hong Kong and Wuhan-Macao air shuttles on November 6, 2007, the first time for a domestic private airline to launch international routes. According to the article, air companies have joined each other in slashing air fares.