CBI member British Airways' home hub T5 was recently voted the World's Best Airport Terminal by airline travellers at the World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal Expo in Vienna. Read more here.

CBI member Cardiff University recently signed agreements with two of China's leading medical research centres, Peking University and Capital Medical University. Read more here.

CBI member Arup recently celebrated the handover ceremony for the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, marking the official completion of the tower's construction. Read more here.

CBI member Atkins was recently invited by the Chengdu North City Regeneration Leadership Office in southwestern China to deliver a seminar on urban regeneration. Read more here.

Yesterday, CBI member Alliance Boots released its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2012, reporting revenue up 18.4% to £23 billion and underlying profit after tax up 10.2% to £693 million. Read more here.

CBI member The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) recently launched its new Cross-Currency Notional Pooling solution for corporates in the Asia-Pacific region. Read more here.

CBI member News Corporation recently agreed to acquire a 19.9% equity stake in Bona Film Group, one of China's leading film distributors, directly from Dong Yu, Bona's Founder, Chairman, and CEO. Read more here.

CBI member Nottingham Trent University and Chongqing University in southwestern China recently formed a new partnership for collaborative research and staff and student visits. Read more here.

CBI member Burson-Marsteller was recently selected by Guangzhou-based Yuexiu Property Company Ltd. to lead its branding strategy and annual communications plan as the property developer expands its footprint across China. Read more here.

CBI member ANZ recently announced plans to invest RMB 2 billion (A$300 million) in its locally incorporated subsidiary in China, Australia and New Zealand Bank (China) Co. Ltd. (ANZ China), to support ANZ's continued business growth in the country. Read more here.

CBI member Pfizer recently released its results for the first quarter of 2012, reporting revenues from its Emerging Markets unit up 9% operationally in comparison to a year earlier. The strong performance was primarily due to continued volume growth across the product portfolio, particularly in China, Russia, and Mexico, as a result of more focused, targeted promotional efforts for key products. Read more here.

CBI member Jones Lang LaSalle recently facilitated Guangzhou's largest shopping mall transaction when China Overseas' Everbright Mall, for which Jones Lang LaSalle is the Sole Leasing Agent and Retail Asset Manager, was sold to Pramerica Real Estate Investors for US$318 million. Read more here.

CBI member HSBC's Global Asset Management recently launched the Asia Focused Income fund, which aims to offer retail investors in Hong Kong regular and sustainable income by capturing the growth potential of Asia through investing in multiple income generating assets. Read more here.

CBI member Herbert Smith's arbitration practice recently secured an important victory in a landmark appeal against the setting aside of an arbitral award in Pacific China Holdings Ltd. vs. Grand Pacific Holdings Ltd. Read more here.

The Civil Aviation University of Tianjin recently held a ceremony on its campus to celebrate the graduation of 43 students from the Aviation Safety Management Master's Programme (ASM Master's Programme), which is jointly developed and implemented by CBI member Airbus and its Chinese and European partners, Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC), Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC), and Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE) of France. Read more here.

Yesterday, CBI member InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) released its results for the first quarter of 2012, reporting global revenue per available room (RevPAR) up 7% and continued outperformance in Greater China and the U.S. Read more here.

CBI member Berwin Leighton Paisner Competition partner Dave Anderson recently served as an expert to the E.U. and Chinese governments at an antitrust workshop in Wuxi in Jiangsu province. Read more here.

CBI member GE was recently selected by a Chinese wind power developer to supply 31 of its 1.6-100 wind turbines and 18 of its 2.75-103 wind turbines to the Dufferin Wind Farm in Ontario, Canada. Read more here.

    

CBI member London Stock Exchange Group (LSE Group) recently welcomed its first RMB-denominated bond to the Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB), the London Stock Exchange's electronic platform for private investors trading fixed income securities. Launched by fellow CBI member HSBC, the bond, which raised RMB 2 billion (£196 million) at issue, is the first non-Sterling denominated bond open for on-exchange trading by private investors. Read more here.

CBI member Shell recently launched its Projects & Technology (P&T) business in China, aiming to strengthen the company's local technical services and research and development (R&D) capabilities. Read more here.

CBI member Benoy recently announced the opening of the 'Pop Corn' development, a new joint venture by Sun Hung Kai and MTR Corporation in Hong Kong. Read more here.

CBI member ANZ recently announced that it had received a Retail Renminbi (RMB) license from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, becoming the first Australian bank to be fully licensed to offer a wide range of RMB-related products and services to local citizens in China. Read more here.

CBI member Jones Lang LaSalle recently won 12 awards at the International Property Awards Asia Pacific 2012-13, which were held in Kuala Lumpur on 27 April. Read more here.

CBI member ABB recently announced that it will support China National Electric Engineering Company in building the largest thermal power plant in Southeast Asia, the Hongsa power plant project in Laos, by providing core solutions and equipment for the power plant automation control system used in the project. China National Electric Engineering Company is the EPC contractor of the project. Read more here.

CBI member GKN Driveline has continued to expand its manufacturing footprint in China, highlighted by the recent opening of its seventh production facility in the country. Read more here.

Construction recently launched on the Shanghai Bund International Financial Centre in China, which CBI member Mott MacDonald is acting as building services consultant to. Read more here.

The British Business Awards 2012 has been out on the road for the past couple of weeks encouraging British companies and returning UK Alumni all around China to actively get involved in the Awards and celebrate their successes and achievements. Following the successful launch in Shanghai on 28 March, the British Business Awards team stopped off in Guangzhou and Chengdu before reaching the capital, Beijing, on 26 April.  Visit the BBA website to find out more and to enter the Awards.

U.K. Trade and Investment (UKTI) has released a summary of the latest U.K.-China trade and investment statistics. Read more here.

Air China recently launched a non-stop service from CBI member Gatwick Airport to Beijing International Airport, which will run four times a week. Read more here.

CBI member Rio Tinto and Chinalco's listed subsidiary Chalco recently completed the formation of their joint venture to develop and operate the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, following the completion of all Chinese regulatory approvals. Read more here.