Russia's leading bank, VTB is now the foreign exchange provider for e-commerce transactions carried out in Russia on the Alibaba business-to-consumer website Aliexpress.com. The strategic partnership between the two parties was signed during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

China's export in 2015 was 14.14 trillion yuan ($2.15 trillion), down 1.8 percent from the end of 2014, the first drop since 2010, according to the General Administration of Customs.

China's outbound M&A volume increased for the sixth consecutive year to a record high of $111.9 billion in 2015, breaching the $100 billion mark for the first time ever, says a recent report from Dealogic, an international information provider on investment deals.

Starbucks Corp, the Seattle-based coffee giant, said it plans to add 500 stores in China every year for the next five years, as the company remains upbeat on the world's second-largest economy.

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On 17 December 2015 CHINA ASSET MANAGEMENT (HK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Asset Management Co., Limited, one of the largest asset management companies in China, signed an agreement with CADERUS CAPITAL, a Russian-Chinese investment group.