MOFCOM calls for further leveraging of China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday called for further leveraging the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism and strengthening dialogue and communication so as to promote the healthy, stable and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
China's development reflects direction of human progress
At a time when protectionism is rising and economic globalization faces growing headwinds, why does China remain committed to expanding opening-up? What does its high-level opening up mean for the world? In a recent interview with the People's Daily (PD), John Ross (Ross), British economist, former director for economic and business policy for the mayor of London and senior fellow at the Renmin University of China's Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, shared his insights based on more than four decades of research on China's economy.
Indian business delegation's visit to China is undoubtedly a notable sign of the recent warming in bilateral economic ties, underscoring great interest in and broad prospects for China-India economic and ...
As the Qingming Festival approaches, the spring tea harvest is in full swing. In Anji, East China's Zhejiang Province, the hills of tea plantations are blanketed in vibrant green. By ...
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Spring break overlapping with Qingming Festival holiday to boost China's tourism market Chinese humanoid robotic company UBTECH has released an eye-catching global recruitment notice for its chief embodied intelligence scientist, offering an annual salary between 15 million yuan ($2.18 million) and 124 million yuan ($18 million), the Hong Kong-listed company confirmed with ...
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Thursday launched a special action plan to boost computing power for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
"We wanted the trip to feel unhurried," Lin, a tourist from Central China's Hunan Province traveling with his wife and primary school-aged child.
Recently, some foreign media outlets have claimed that, despite the enormous success of China's high-tech industries, traditional sectors, which account for the largest share of the economy, are under pressure. They argue that this economic divergence could intensify during the ...
Chinese government bond yields have demonstrated notable resilience over the past month against the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, while the debts of major economies such as US and Europe have been in a sell-off during the same period, relevant ...
Multiple Chinese robotics firms have disclosed their financial results for 2025, showing strong revenue growth driven by demand for embodied intelligent humanoid robots, though some see continuous losses amid heavy investment in research and development (R&D). Industry analysts said on ...
China's three government agencies on Thursday summoned three platform companies - Douyin, Taotian, and Xiaohongshu - for talks regarding issues such as non-compliant marketing of counterfeit YouthIt products imported through cross-border e-commerce that was first reported by state broadcaster CCTV.
China's Ministry of Commerce on Thursday called for further leveraging the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism and strengthening dialogue and communication so as to promote the healthy, stable and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
In response to a question from a foreign journalist regarding whether China is in discussions with countries on fuel assistance, following Reuters' report this week that China is poised to extend its ban on refined fuel exports into April, though ...
China has completed spring irrigation on more than 100 million mu (6.67 million hectares) of farmland nationwide, with local authorities stepping up efforts to secure water supplies for the season, CCTV News reported on Thursday citing official data.
Under the spring sun in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China, a once-barren stretch of saline-alkali land now shimmers with rows of greenhouses -- over 250 structures stretching like azure waves across the landscape.
Technicians develop and produce automotive pressure sensors at the sensor research and manufacturing workshop of Hefei Senmol Sensor Technology Co in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, on April 1, 2026. Photo: VCG
“China is a reliable and respected partner,” “China's development has had a profound impact on Arab countries,” “cooperation between China and Arab countries will become even stronger than before.” In a recent interview with the Global Times, Arab shipping professional ...
Multiple global research institutions have highlighted the Chinese government's efforts to diversify its energy import sources and its energy structure as an effective buffer amid the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict in the Middle East. The conflict has caused global crude prices ...
Daily border crossings nationwide during the Qingming Festival holiday from April 4 to April 6 are expected to exceed 2.3 million, up 11.1 percent year-on-year, the National Immigration Administration said on its official website.
The US Republican Senator Bernie Moreno claimed on Tuesday that he will introduce legislation next month to expand an existing US government ban on Chinese automakers to more strictly forbid Chinese hardware, software and even partnerships from entering the American ...
US-based outdoor brand Patagonia has sparked heated discussions online after introducing a new shipping policy dubbed an “Earth usage fee” on the Tmall online shopping platform in China, which officially took effect on Wednesday. Many Chinese netizens have questioned the ...
China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued a risk alert on Wednesday, warning that AI-powered agent tools such as OpenClaw have been found to have vulnerable default security settings, which can lead to serious security risks. Using such intelligent AI ...
From fresh-cut roses to new-energy vehicles, exports from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are increasingly reaching markets across Asia and Europe. According to the Xinjiang Daily, the region's foreign trade in the first two months of this year totaled ...
With the continuous improvement of bilateral economic and trade relations, China is increasingly regarded as one of the key factors driving the recovery of tourism to South Korea.
After Chinese motorcycle manufacturer ZXMOTO won landmark victories in the World Supersport (WorldSSP) category at the Portuguese round of the Superbike World Championship, the stock prices of related A-share companies rose on Tuesday.
China's science and technology spending is expected to exceed 400 billion yuan ($57.87 billion) for the first time in 2026, focusing on both basic and applied research, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF), a trend that Chinese experts said ...
Shanghai tax authorities announced on Tuesday they had received a tip-off filed under a real name on Monday alleging tax issues involving Chinese actress Ju Jingyi, however, the department decided not to proceed as it had received similar leads multiple ...
Chinese actress Ju Jingyi, a well-known television star recognized for her roles in historical fantasy dramas, has been accused of tax violations, as seen from screenshots of alleged tip-top reports to the tax authorities, which sparked heated discussions on Chinese ...
Chinese researchers have created a group of gene-edited cloned pigs targeting liver X receptor alpha (LXRα, critical for the maintenance of hepatocyte health), which is the world's first reported LXRα gene-edited pig model, the research team told the Global Times ...
China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) is not only a blueprint but also a practical roadmap of opportunities for international investors, Liu Yue, deputy director of the Foreign Economic Research Institute at the Institute of Macroeconomic Research under the National Development ...
Canadian Finance Minister and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne will visit China between March 31 and April 4. He will meet with government and business leaders alike to build strategic partnerships and attract new investments as part of Canada's broader diversification ...
A China-Laos-Thailand all-rail cold-chain freight train, carrying fresh Thai durians, departed on Monday, marking a new cross-border transport corridor for fruit, Chengdu International Railway Port Investment and Development (Group) Co, the cold-chain operator, told the Global Times in a statement ...
China's privately-run space company GalaxySpace (Beijing) Technology Group Co has filed for A-share IPO counseling, or pre-listing guidance, with the Beijing Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), according to a post on the securities regulator's website.
Former vice chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Wang Jianjun is prosecuted on charges of bribery, domestic media outlets, including Xinhua News Agency and CCTV News, reported on Tuesday.
China's manufacturing PMI rose to 50.4 in March, indicating improving economic activity, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The improved reading was attributed to expansion in both production and demand; a rebound in PMI reading in large, medium and small-sized ...
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 50.4 in March, up 1.4 percentage points from the previous month, official data showed Tuesday.
World Data Organization established in Beijing
“I am fully confident that China will achieve the economic target [set out in this year's Government Work Report] ... Moreover, during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), China's potential annual growth rate could still be 8 percent,” Justin Yifu ...
Today's Xuejiawa boasts clear waters, green banks, and harmony between people and nature. The giant inscription along the riverside ecological park — “The people protect the Yangtze, and the Yangtze rewards the people” — is deeply engraved in people's hearts.
An incident involving DeepSeek has highlighted the growing tension between user demand and the computing infrastructure that powers generative artificial intelligence (AI). As consumer and enterprise adoption continues to climb, operators face mounting pressure to expand resilient, locally controlled computing ...
South China's tech hub of Shenzhen recently powered up its newly built 11,000 petaflop intelligent computing cluster. This is China's first 10,000-card level full-stack domestically controlled intelligent computing cluster built entirely with advanced Chinese chips, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily ...
Hong Kong's IPO market for the technology sector showed strong momentum on Monday, as the leading company of the trend, Manycore Tech, a spatial intelligence unicorn and one of Hangzhou's “Six Little Dragons,” reportedly entered the final sprint toward a ...
China's market regulator on Monday unveiled measures to tackle “involution-style” competition across the platform economy and key new‑energy sectors, as part of greater efforts to advance a fair, high‑quality unified national market. A Chinese expert said that the move aims ...
The total revenue of China's science fiction industry in 2025 reached 126.1 billion yuan ($18.05 billion), according to a report released by China Research Institute for Science Popularization recently. The report examines five core sectors of the industry: science fiction ...
While some in the EU have been enthusiastically promoting the idea of "economic security" and pushing for reduced reliance on certain trading partners, this rhetoric has met with considerable resistance in the business world. The latest case in point is ...
As inbound tourism expands from first-tier cities to smaller cities, this represents not just a geographic spread of the tourism market, but also a deepening of foreign visitors' desire to understand China - shifting from checking off visits to landmarks ...
Against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East regions, global markets for energy, fertilizers and other commodities are facing supply shortages, exerting pressure on many countries. China stands ready to maintain communication with all parties and jointly safeguard ...
Last week, the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) celebrated its 100th day of the island-wide special customs operations starting December 18, 2025. Over these 100 days, the world's “youngest FTP” has achieved a good start for its special customs operations, ...
Chinese video surveillance companies such as Hikvision, Dahua and TP-Link will be barred from selling internet-connected CCTV cameras and other video surveillance products in India starting April 1, when the country's new certifying rules officially take effect. Chinese experts and ...
More than 3,400 brands from over 60 countries and regions will be present at this year's Sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), which will be held from April 13 to 18 in South China's Hainan Province. International exhibits will ...
At the opening ceremony of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference held in Beijing on March 25, many international guests were drawn to the AR & AI-powered translation glasses showcased at the event.
India's reported concerns over the Investment Facilitation for Development agreement are both unfounded and unnecessary. The country may need to consider why 129, or roughly three-quarters, of WTO members have opted to support the IFD agreement.
At the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum), held from Wednesday to Sunday in Beijing, embodied intelligence once again took the spotlight among other advanced technologies. Beyond eye-catching scenarios of robots in action - from preparing desserts to threading needles - ...
Ola Källenius, chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, still remembers the first time he met Cao Xudong, founder of Chinese technology company Momenta, back in 2017 when the startup was still in its infancy.
Chinese start-up Unitree Robotics will launch Asia's first embodied intelligence experience store in Shanghai's Jing'an district by late May, the company announced at a launch ceremony "First in Shanghai" hosted by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Saturday, the official ...
Amid growing market attention to the economic effects generated by tokens, “token,” a key concept in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), has driven up related service prices as the nation's demand for computing power rises. Notably, major domestic cloud ...
China's first ship-based cross-domain unmanned cluster system is being tested at sea, marking a shift from developing individual technologies to building fully integrated systems for intelligent shipping, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Sunday.
More than 700 Chinese companies listed on the domestic A-share market had released their financial results for 2025 as of Sunday, with hard-tech firms posting impressive earnings performances, according to domestic financial service provider iFinD.
As temperatures rise across China, a wave of spring-limited delicacies — ranging from fresh wild vegetables at local markets to elaborate spring feasts and viral limited-edition snacks — has swept through cities and towns.
China's civil aviation sector kicked off the summer-autumn 2026 flight season on Sunday, with more international routes, including to India being planned, and expanded C919 flight services.
From the Foreign Subsidies Regulation to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, from the Critical Raw Materials Act to the recently proposed revisions to the EU Cybersecurity Act (CSA2) and the Industrial Accelerator Act, the EU has in recent years rolled ...
A major national science and technology infrastructure project, the deep-sea all-weather resident floating research facility, was officially launched in Shanghai on Saturday, according to CCTV News.
The value of China's international trade in goods and services exceeded 3.93 trillion yuan in February 2026, official data showed on Friday.
Recently, some foreign media outlets have made absurd interpretations of a series of economic and social development targets, tasks, and policies proposed by the Chinese government. Some claimed that China has continuously lowered its economic growth targets, indicating that it ...
From AR glasses capable of translating more than 100 languages to intelligent robots serving food and beverages without human involvement, attendees from around the world have been drawn to the range of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies on display at the ...
Expanding domestic demand remains a central pillar of China's economic agenda in 2026, yet the strategic approach has undergone a significant shift. Moving beyond a reliance on direct policy-driven stimulus, the current focus centers on stimulating the endogenous dynamism of ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday announced two reciprocal trade barrier investigations into US actions and measures that harm global production and supply chains as well as those that impede trading of green products.
This year's Government Work Report, for the first time, mentioned the need to "support the development of public clouds." "Without public clouds, there can be no intelligent agents; without intelligent agents, the 'AI Plus' initiative will be greatly compromised," Liu ...
From robots capable of complex maneuvers to air conditioners operating stably at 68 C and ceramic Christmas trees blending traditional Chinese craftsmanship with overseas cultures… China's high-quality products are increasingly crossing borders and enriching global consumer choices while ensuring stable ...
REPT BATTERO Energy Co., Ltd. (0666.HK) announced its annual results for 2025 on March 26 2026.
Recently, as China unveiled its economic growth target for 2026, some voices in the US and Western media have once again revived the hype about a so-called "slowdown" of the Chinese economy. The Wall Street Journal claimed that "China Signals ...
China is willing to actively expand imports from Europe and hopes that the European side will relax export controls on high-tech products and refrain from politicizing or weaponizing economic and trade issues, China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said on Thursday, ...
On March 23, 2026, LONGi announced a partnership with Innoptus Solar Team, Belgium's leading solar racing team, providing its high-efficiency Back Contact (BC) technology and flexible photovoltaic solutions to support the team's 11th-generation solar race car, "Infinite Apollo," in this ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday announced trade barrier investigations into US actions and measures that harm global production and supply chains and impede trade in green products.
US lawmakers have planned to propose a bill to bar federal agencies from buying or operating Chinese-made humanoid robots for “security” concerns, a move a Chinese expert said reflects growing unease in Washington over competition with China in emerging technologies ...
At a plaza outside the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) venue, humanoid robots dance in sync to music, drawing crowds of Chinese and foreign guests who stop to watch and record the scene on their phones.
China's commerce ministry on Friday announced trade barrier investigations into US actions and measures that harm global production and supply chains as well as that impede trading of green products.
In response to a foreign media reporter's question asking whether the Chinese side can confirm the information as the US claimed Thursday that China has been detaining Panama-flagged ships, describing this as China's “punishment” on Panama, with the relevant actions ...
In response to a question for comment on a Reuters report citing US officials and claiming that Chinese chipmaker SMIC has sent chipmaking tools to Iran's military and that the process began roughly a year ago, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...
Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 15.2 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, with equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing serving as major growth drivers, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday.
At the Boao Forum for Asia, an Italian economist and former undersecretary at Italy's Ministry of Economic Development told the Global Times that he has been in frequent contact with Italian officials, urging both Italian and EU leaders to take ...
China is willing to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with the US, China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said during a meeting with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, according to a press release on the official website of Chinese Ministry ...
Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 15.2 percent year on year in the first two months of 2026, with emerging sectors such as equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing serving as major growth drivers, official data showed Friday.
Swiss computer accessories brand Logitech's China branch, Logitech China, on late Thursday night issued an apology on its official Sina Weibo account, after controversial content posted by its e-commerce store operator in China sparked outrage.
This year's Government Work Report sends a clear signal: China will implement more proactive and effective macro policies. On the fiscal front, general public budget expenditure will reach 30 trillion yuan ($4.34 trillion) for the first time, an increase of ...
Two workers handle rice seedlings at a fully automated smart rice seedling factory in Guangshan county, Xinyang, Central China's Henan Province, on March 26, 2026. During the spring sowing season, local farmers are using agricultural technology to move rice seedling ...
Chinese and South Korean industry representatives on Thursday called for deeper cooperation in the innovation and application of cutting edge technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, as several key agreements were signed at the ongoing 2026 Zhongguancun (ZGC) Forum ...
As words like "war," "missiles," "airstrikes" and "turbulence" dominate global headlines, a strikingly different list of keywords is being read in South China's Hainan Province. In the balmy, manicured resort town of Boao, delegates gathering for the Boao Forum for ...
Members of the European Parliament are set to assess the EU's global infrastructure investment efforts under the Global Gateway Initiative on Thursday, according to a briefing published on the European Parliament's website.
The China-Africa Building, located in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, epitomizes the growing momentum of trade between China and Africa. Inside its showrooms, a wide range of products - from hardware and electrical appliances to bathroom fixtures and solar storage ...
German chemical giant BASF celebrated the official inauguration of its newly built, world-scale Verbund site in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province, on Thursday, the latest sign that multinationals are doubling down on investment in the Chinese market amid global economic ...
For years, European consumers have been enjoying cheaper products shipped directly from China and other countries by e-commerce platforms, thanks in part to tax exemptions on small parcels; however, EU authorities are moving to end that. In the latest development, ...
China has made a major breakthrough in commercial aerospace in-orbit servicing technology. Beijing-based commercial satellite company Emposat Co announced on Thursday that it has completed a refueling test in low-Earth orbit using a flexible robotic arm and key technology verification, ...
In the small coastal town of Boao in South China's island province of Hainan, about 2,000 representatives from over 60 countries and regions gathered for the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2026, which runs from Tuesday to Friday.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday urged to the UK side to provide a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business and investment environment for enterprises from all countries, including Chinese companies.
On March 23, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected the Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province. Xi viewed construction progress in the start-up zone. He acknowledged that important progress has been ...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that he is not aware of the situation mentioned and suggested referring the question to the relevant Chinese authorities, when asked for confirmation of media report claiming that China has banned ...
In responding to claims made by a Japanese media outlet that Japanese companies were not invited to the China Development Forum this year, and it is said that they are facing more difficulties in doing business in China recently, and ...
Amid intensifying global tech competition and supply chain restructuring, China is shifting from market-driven opening-up to innovation-led collaboration. Platforms such as the Zhongguancun (ZGC) Forum are emerging as key hubs for aligning global resources and technologies, facilitating deeper integration of ...
Construction begins on the new Guangzhou airport project in Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province, on March 25, 2026. Its Phase I involves 41.8 billion yuan ($6.06 billion) and includes two parallel runways, a 260,000-square meters terminal, and 94 stands, with ...
As the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) opened in Beijing on Wednesday, the Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2025 in China were unveiled, spanning fields from aerospace to semiconductors. Chinese and foreign scientists and investors at the event lauded the ...
Chinese shipping giant COSCO Shipping's container liner unit began restoring services to key Middle East routes after Iran signaled that non-hostile vessel could transit the Strait of Hormuz under certain conditions.
With a few simple, precise movements, a robot completes the whole process of picking up ingredients, skewering them, and handing over a candied hawthorn skewer. Nearby, music plays as two robots perform together on electronic keyboards. These scenes capture a ...
China filed 22,031 patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 9.7 percent, according to the EPO Technology Dashboard 2025 report released on Tuesday. China rose to third place in patent applications for the ...