The Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday held a signing ceremony to welcome 18 more strategic enterprises establishing or expanding their operations in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 1.9 percent year-on-year in September, the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Thursday.

As the X8059 China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow, Russia, departed from Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Thursday, the cumulative number of China-Europe freight trains has surpassed 140,000 runs, with the total value of goods shipped exceeding $560 billion.

The latest deliverables secured at the just-concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers' Meeting are set to provide guidance for deepening regional financial cooperation and build momentum for outcomes in the financial field at the upcoming APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

A China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow departed Puhe station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, bringing the service's cumulative trips to top 140,000 and transporting goods worth over 560 billion US dollars since 2011.

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 3 pips to 6.7195 against the US dollar Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.