The maturation of the rural markets presents greater opportunities for both domestic and international companies. As rural consumers become increasingly connected and their spending patterns evolve, businesses able to adapt to local conditions and new avenues for growth are to be developed, reflecting a broadening and increasingly sophisticated landscape for China's domestic consumption.

As the UK advances its green economy agenda, a call from its energy sector illustrates the positive role Chinese enterprises could play in reducing costs. The potential for mutually beneficial cooperation is clear.

Pet travel surging during Spring Festival is more than a niche trend. It reflects China's shift toward diverse, sophisticated, and emotionally driven consumption – pushing service upgrades and opening space for innovation and foreign brands.

The rising investment data, the launch of key projects, and strengthened corporate confidence outline a clear trajectory of German businesses ramping up their investment in China. This trend underscores the profound resilience of bilateral economic ties.

Data released on Wednesday by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) indicates that China's cold-chain logistics sector continued to expand in 2025, supported by the steady release of consumer demand, according to CCTV News. Both market scale and infrastructure capacity increased last year.

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region set a target of roughly 10 percent growth in total foreign trade for 2026 in its government work report, the information office of the autonomous region said on Tuesday on its official WeChat account.

On Tuesday, the first shipments of import and export goods utilizing the new customs supervision model for sea-rail and water-water multimodal transport underwent customs procedures at ports and logistics hubs in Shanghai, East China's Jiangsu Province, and other regions, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).

The number of companies in Hong Kong with parent companies based in either the Chinese mainland or overseas rose 11 percent year-on-year to 11,070 in 2025, while the number of start-ups in Hong Kong increased to 5,221, both reaching record highs, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee Ka-chiu said on Monday.

Yiwu, the renowned small commodities hub in East China's Zhejiang Province, is aiming for a strong start to 2026, offering a revealing glimpse into China's evolving consumer landscape - particularly in the lead-up to the Spring Festival. As one of the world's largest distribution centers for everyday goods, Yiwu's Spring Festival market serves as a microcosm of broader trends, blending traditional cultural symbols with contemporary retail strategies.

Two-way tourism boom is a microcosm of the growing economic cooperation between China and South Korea. It fosters a conducive atmosphere for exploring new collaborative frontiers. Both sides need to cherish and leverage this positive momentum.

In China, the Spring Festival is traditionally associated with the custom of wearing new clothes. As the holiday approaches, some consumers again start to refresh their wardrobes, with attention this year drawn to a detail often overlooked: buttons.

South Korea's semiconductor industry has sustained its expansion, driven by advances in AI. Maintaining the growth of semiconductor exports will require South Korea to pursue industrial chain collaboration with other Asian countries like China.

With winter in full swing, small heating appliances are emerging as a new highlight of the overseas expansion of Chinese products. From January to November 2025, exports of electric heaters and heated blankets reached 106.15 million units, up 6.18 percent year-on-year, performing strongly across Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Central Asia, according to the People's Daily on Thursday.

Samsung Display will supply OLED auto panels to China's EV maker Zeekr, Yonhap reported. The cooperation exemplifies the growing collaboration opportunities unlocked by China's expanding EV sector.

A small Ethiopian village's QR-coded livestock reveal a larger trend – digital technologies are transforming how goods are tracked, traded, and valued across global supply chains, opening new economic opportunities for developing countries.

Germany will reintroduce subsidies ranging from 1,500 euros ($1,745) to 6,000 euros for private consumers purchasing electric vehicles (EVs), the environment ministry announced on Monday, reviving incentives that were halted at the end of 2023, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Notably, the subsidy program will be open to all manufacturers, including Chinese brands, and the German government will not impose origin-based restrictions, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

Total trade of Yiwu, the world's largest small-commodity wholesale market, crossed the 800 billion yuan ($115 billion) mark for the first time last year, up 25.1 percent from a year earlier, despite mounting uncertainty, from uneven demand to ongoing supply-chain adjustments. That the city still recorded double-digit growth warrants attention, though not as evidence of exceptionalism. Rather, it invites a closer look at how a trade-oriented city has been navigating a more fragmented and risk-aware global trading environment, and what this suggests about the evolving mechanics of cross-border commerce.

The proportion of clean energy supply in China continued to rise in 2025, highlighting the ongoing optimization of China's energy structure and the vital role of green transition in supporting economic and social development.

From pea tendrils to Yunnan coffee, China's expanding freight network is unlocking new economic opportunities. As the "corridor economy" evolves, it's enhancing supply chains and opening fresh markets, driving innovation and cross-border trade.

A six-week online shopping campaign ahead of the Spring Festival highlights the evolving Spring Festival economy. E-commerce is creating new import-export opportunities, offering international businesses more chances to tap into China's upcoming holiday spending surge.

China's electric vehicle (EV) sector boom is creating more growth points within the industry ecosystem, bringing fresh economic opportunities to regions traditionally constrained by harsh climates.

At the start of 2026, Hong Kong witnessed a continuous wave of listings by Chinese mainland technology companies, reflecting the deepening alignment between the city's capital market and the mainland's artificial intelligence (AI) advancement as they jointly cultivate a premier financing hub for the tech sector.

The number of foreign trade entities in South China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) has surpassed 100,000, with 4,709 new registrations recorded between December 18, 2025, and January 10, 2026, following the launch of island-wide special customs operations on December 18, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The reform, which eases entry for overseas goods, expands zero-tariff coverage, and introduces business-friendly facilitation measures, has spurred a rapid market response.

China's industrial robot exports surged 48.7 percent in 2025, surpassing imports for the first time and transforming China into a net exporter of industrial robots, Wang Jun, deputy administrator of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

While South Korean companies aim to maintain their leadership in areas such as memory chips and actively expand into emerging fields such as advanced packaging and AI chips through sustained R&D and manufacturing investment, a more pragmatic and long-term perspective to maintain and deepen cooperative relationships with key global markets and industrial chain partners, including China, is also necessary.

Nanjing Agricultural University recently released Sinong, an open-source large-language model developed for agricultural use. The launch points to a broader trend: advanced digital tools are gradually moving beyond laboratories and entering agriculture, a sector long regarded as technologically conservative.

As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to visit China this week, several positive signals have emerged from both sides.

In 2025, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park handled 84.36 million tons of cargo, up 13.52 percent year-on-year, CCTV News reported. Even amid heightened uncertainty in global trade, certain Chinese logistics hubs have remained consistently active. Beyond cargo volumes alone, this activity points to the pragmatic, demand-driven connections between China and other Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) economies, suggesting resilience in regional trade networks despite broader uncertainty.

China's consumption market is rapidly evolving. The commerce system is likely to accelerate the fostering of new growth points in services consumption and unlock greater consumption potential in 2026, according to a two-day national commerce work conference that closed on Sunday.

The implications of China's four global initiatives - the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, in my opinion, are to be understood within the conceptual Chinese idea of "all people under heaven are of one family".

Strengthening industrial coordination mechanisms is increasingly essential for the China-South Korea semiconductor industrial chain. Enhanced cooperation will empower both to mitigate shared external risks and achieve a higher level of mutual benefit.

A freight train loaded with small commodities recently departed the customs-supervised zone of the Yiwu (Suxi) International Hub Port, local business media outlets reported. The departure brought cumulative throughput at the hub past 100,000 standard containers. At first glance, the figure is unremarkable. Yet as a concrete data point from China's small-commodities trading center, it offers a useful lens for understanding how the country's foreign trade is evolving at the operational level - where logistics decisions increasingly influence trade performance.

Joint display of established brands and emerging forces at the CES illustrates advancing technological prowess of Chinese manufacturing, showcasing the dynamism of its new technological forces.

Despite lingering uncertainty across global manufacturing, recent indicators suggest an improvement in Africa's industrial momentum. Data released by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) shows that Africa's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose above 50 in December, returning to expansion territory. At a time when global supply chains remain under strain and demand conditions are uneven, this suggests that Africa's manufacturing sector retains room for development, with opportunities emerging even amid broader uncertainty.

China-ASEAN economic integration is steadily advancing toward a more resilient cooperative network. As collaboration in emerging fields continues to deepen, a closer industrial-chain structure will take shape, injecting certainty into regional development.

As of the end of 2025, China's total flying population - people who have taken at least one flight - exceeded 500 million, making it the world's largest, according to Song Zhiyong, administrator of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, as cited by the Xinhua News Agency. The relevance of this milestone extends beyond scale alone. In a country where an extensive high-speed rail network already serves medium- and long-distance travel demand, the continued expansion of air travel offers a revealing window into the evolving dynamics and layered demand of China's vast domestic market.

Mechanical and electrical products have emerged as key drivers of trade growth between China and South Korea. In the first 11 months of 2025, bilateral trade of these items reached 1.43 trillion yuan ($204.8 billion), up 5.9 percent year-on-year, and this segment constituted 67 percent of total bilateral trade, up 2.7 percentage points year-on-year, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed on Sunday.

Recently, 19.5 tons of fresh coconuts from Haikou, South China's Hainan Province, were transported via Alashankou port to Belarus, marking the first time fresh Hainan coconuts entered the Belarusian market, according to CCTV News on Monday. Although the shipment might appear to be relatively small, it offers a valuable glimpse into the steady expansion of trade between China and other economies participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This growth paints a contrasting picture amid the broader volatility in global trade observed in 2025.

As 2026 begins, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more visible to the public in increasingly concrete ways. Once largely confined to laboratories, data centers, and specialized industrial settings, AI is now steadily extending into everyday work, consumer activity, and household life. This shift is expected to become more pronounced in 2026, as AI-enabled products move gradually from showcase demonstrations to routine, practical use.

The tech rally of the Hong Kong stock market at the start of 2026 points to the profound potential embedded in the mutually reinforcing relationship between Chinese mainland scientific innovation and Hong Kong's role as an international financial hub.

Looking ahead to 2026, the global economy continues to face external uncertainties, including sluggish growth and rising protectionism. Against this backdrop, China's economic trajectory attracts particular attention as its fundamental soundness and long-term positive outlook remain anchored in a set of core strengths.

Looking ahead to 2026, China's economy is set to embrace multiple major opportunities. As the beginning of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), the economy is expected to further overcome challenges and pressures, supported by positive trends and favorable conditions. Growth is expected to follow a steady upward trajectory across the quarters, remaining within a reasonable and stable range.

As 2025 draws to a close, it's an opportune time to take a retrospective look at China's economy, which has navigated through a fog of global uncertainties and domestic challenges to anchor certainty for both itself and for the world at large.

As the New Year holiday approaches, China's festive flower markets are beginning to show signs of renewed activity. CCTV.com reported on Tuesday that in Zhouning county, East China's Fujian Province, orders for locally grown specialty flowers have risen. A manager at a local flower-growing base was quoted as saying that orders are being placed from across China, as well as from overseas markets including Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. The story is small in scale and seasonal, but it offers a revealing glimpse into how parts of China's consumer economy are adjusting as the new year draws nearer.

As the China-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) marks its 10th anniversary, figures released by South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources could serve as a testament to the pact's achievements. Bilateral trade increased from $227.4 billion in 2015 to $272.9 billion in 2024, up about 20 percent, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday.

From a distance, changes in China's imports can be easy to overlook. Up close, in specific places and practices, the pattern comes into sharper focus. In 2025, a series of seemingly unrelated scenes - from Horgos on the border with Kazakhstan, to emerging trading models in Yiwu, and even tomato cultivation in Huaibei - together suggested how China's import landscape is being quietly reshaped.

NEC's 5G difficulty reflects the deeper structural challenges confronting Japan's telecommunications equipment industry, and efforts to build new high-speed telecom systems on geopolitical grounds are bound to face formidable obstacles.

China's commercial aerospace stocks continued their upward trajectory on Thursday, with shares of companies including Anhui Shenjian New Materials Co, Chongqing Zaisheng Technology Corp, Create Technology & Science Co, and Shandong Longji Machinery Co all rising by the daily limit.

China's fast-growing goods economy and intellectual property (IP) industry, amid the nation's economic high-quality transition and consumption upgrade in recent years, have fostered the rise of domestic IPs with increasing value, and industry players are now focusing more on international markets and collaborations.

Recent appreciation of the yuan has sparked market discussion, particularly as the currency appears poised to break through the psychologically critical mark of 7 per US dollar for the first time since 2023.

The transformation of a single bulldozer can sometimes speak more vividly about an economy's direction than volumes of macroeconomic statistics. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven upgrading of bulldozers produced by China's Shantui Construction Machinery illustrates how advanced technologies are reshaping Chinese manufacturing, pushing it toward a model that is both more intelligent and more environmentally sustainable.

Business leaders from four major South Korean conglomerates - SK chairman Chey Tae-won, Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong, Hyundai Motor executive chair Euisun Chung and LG chairman Koo Kwang-mo - plan to visit China early next year as members of a large business delegation, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday, citing industry sources.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) released the annual 2025 Year in Review on Monday. As of December 19, the stock exchange had hosted 106 IPOs that raised a total of HK$274.6 billion ($35.3 billion), with four companies ranking among the world's top 10 listings in 2025.

From Monday, Indian citizens can apply for Chinese visas online, reflecting China's openness to closer cooperation with India. A healthy economic relationship requires mutual respect, and we hope that India ensures a fair, non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese firms.

Rather than signaling an imbalance, China's overseas waste-to-energy engagement reflects the maturation of an industry now capable of contributing to shared green development. In this sense, cross-border waste incineration cooperation is forging a new green link between China and countries in Southeast Asia and beyond.

When some US media chose to drum up “data security risks” after iRobot's bankruptcy and Chinese firm Picea's acquisition, they tried to amplify fear to solicit public opposition, crippling healthy international trade and investment cooperation.

Amid uncertainties shrouding the global trade landscape, the joint efforts by China and Vietnam in advancing railway construction and cross-border interconnection send a strong signal of commitment to openness, cooperation, and mutual benefit.

China has released its first national standard for virtual digital humans, CCTV News reported on Thursday. This standard addresses a long-standing lack of uniform technical guidelines within the industry, providing clear requirements and benchmarks for the research, development, production, and application of customer-service virtual humans.

Shenzhen, in South China's Guangdong Province, processed 56,000 departure tax refund transactions in the first 11 months of this year, a thirteen-fold year-on-year increase. Sales that were eligible for refunds rose 2.4 times, while "buy-and-refund-on-the-spot" sales skyrocketed nearly fortyfold. Incoming travelers from more than 160 countries and regions completed departure tax refund procedures in Shenzhen, local authorities reported on Thursday.

Chinese graphics processing unit (GPU) developer MetaX saw its share price surge 692.95 percent to close at 829.90 yuan ($117.85) on Wednesday as it made its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market, China's Nasdaq-style Science and Technology Innovation Board.

The faster growth of imports in various inland regions highlights a more balanced pattern of opening-up and demand expansion. The growing trend underscores how inland provinces that were not traditionally major foreign trade players are increasingly integrating into global supply chains as China advances high-level opening-up and industrial upgrading.

With two months to go before the 2026 Chinese New Year, figures about the upcoming influx of Chilean cherries signal a coming holiday consumption boom. This reflects the vast potential of the Chinese market and the growing role of a “super consumption season” in global supply chains.

Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, director of the private Center Automotive Research (CAR) in Bochum, Germany, forecasts that Asian countries (China, South Korea, and Japan) will drive growth in global automotive production and sales in 2026, German media outlet Handelsblatt reported on Monday.

A report released by the Korea International Trade Association's Institute for International Trade on Monday suggested that the diversification of China's export markets represents a structural change, and it urged South Korean companies to adopt a long-term perspective by developing high value-added products for markets where China is also expanding, while diversifying their own export offerings to build competitive advantages, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

China's ice-and-snow economy is undergoing rapid development. What was once a sector driven largely by major sporting events is evolving into a sustainable industrial ecosystem underpinned by advanced manufacturing, technological innovation, and green development. This shift opens new growth space for global cooperation across the ice-and-snow value chain and provides a lens to observe China's broader transition toward high-quality economic development.

In an era marked by intensifying geoeconomic frictions and disruptions to global value chains, economic governance has become a far more complex task for major economies. Under such circumstances, governing a country of China's scale requires a highly mature and finely calibrated system of political coordination - one capable of maintaining national cohesion while organizing systematic and creative responses to external shocks.

The Central Economic Work Conference serves as an important institutional pillar in China's economic governance structure. It functions not only as a systematic evaluation mechanism for annual economic performance but also as a high-level framework for policy coordination across sectors and administrative levels. Its key contribution lies in translating long-term strategic objectives into coherent, prioritized, and actionable policy guidance, thereby ensuring continuity and consistency in economic governance. Through the conference, macroeconomic policy orientation, development priorities, and risk-prevention measures are clarified in a timely manner, allowing different levels of institutions and key market actors to align expectations and actions.

A report by the Workers' Daily on Sunday exposed an emerging shift in China's domestic consumption patterns: while many residents continue to flock to urban shopping centers, or seek warmer places during winter, an increasing number of the younger generations are opting for what has come to be known as "reverse tourism."

Removing protectionist trade barriers on green technologies is essential for addressing the energy anxieties of the AI era. China's rapid renewable expansion shows how clean energy can power AI growth while providing a model for globally cooperative development.

China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC) said on Wednesday that it has completed track-laying on the PK330 Bridge, Africa's longest heavy-haul railway bridge, marking a key milestone in Algeria's Western Mining Railway, a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that is expected to strengthen transport links and support regional economic development, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

While announcing a higher forecast for China's economic growth on Wednesday, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva noted that "as the second-largest economy in the world, China is simply too big to generate much growth from exports, and continuing to depend on export-led growth risks furthering global trade tensions."

The Argentine government reduced tariffs on exports of soybeans, corn and wheat, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo said in a post on X that the lower tariffs are permanent, a sign that the government is trying to boost the agriculture industry.

Since the beginning of this year, the Hubin commercial area along the shores of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, has experienced a surge of "debut stores." This vibrant locale is harnessing its unique setting to stimulate renewed consumer engagement. For foreign brands looking to enter or expand their presence in China, Hubin's concentration of retail debuts offers a valuable lens through which to understand local market dynamics and consumer preferences.

In the global transition toward green and sustainable energy, China's pivotal role in clean-energy investment has increasingly become the focus of worldwide attention.

The launch of the HKEX Tech 100 Index on Tuesday offers a timely lens through which to observe how Hong Kong's equity market is adapting to the steady evolution of regional market dynamics. Behind this development is the accelerating growth of technology-driven companies and their deepening engagement with capital markets - an interaction that is gradually exerting a more durable influence on how investors assess opportunities in the region.

Data from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources showed that the country's exports reached $640.2 billion in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 2.9 percent and the highest level for the period since 2022, according to a Yonhap News Agency report on Sunday.

Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is exploring cross-border industrial parks with Southeast Asian economies, reflecting a trend in which inland regions are increasingly linked into cross-border supply chains, creating new opportunities for regional industrial cooperation.

In 2025, fluctuations in US tariffs have added uncertainty to global supply chains. Despite this challenging external environment, China has continued to advance its trade steadily. From January to October, China's total goods trade rose 3.6 percent year-on-year. This sustained growth is not an anomaly; it sends a clear signal to the market. Multinational companies are maintaining their engagement with the Chinese market, highlighting the resilience and tangible benefits of the cross-border production networks.

The Chancay-Shanghai sea route has handled 5.35 billion yuan ($760 million) in imports and exports, with cargo throughput reaching 197,000 tons after one year of operation.

A segment of a new high-speed railway, connecting Pingxiang and Chongzuo in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is set to be put into operation on Friday, marking the full opening of the Nanning-Pingxiang high-speed line, according to China State Railway Group.

Yiwu, the export-driven city in East China's Zhejiang Province, is seeing a noteworthy rise in activity from a different direction: imports. On Wednesday, Yiwu customs cleared a shipment of bonded cross-border e-commerce goods that lifted the city's full-year e-commerce import order count past 100 million for the first time, according to Yiwu Fabu. For a hub best known for its outward trade, the scale of inbound orders is notable - and signals a trend that warrants closer attention.

As European companies' profitability and global competitiveness become increasingly tied to their Chinese operations, they are making long-term commitments with billions in new investments, despite some European politicians calling for reduced dependence.

In early December, fresh Chilean cherries crossed the Pacific and arrived in China. Behind these small red fruits lies a steadily improving import system that coordinates port operations, long-haul shipping, customs clearance, and domestic distribution. More than a seasonal shipment, their journey illustrates the growing scale and sophistication of China's import logistics sector and highlights the structural forces driving its ongoing development.

The debates surrounding the EU's CBAM serve as a critical reminder that the credibility and effectiveness of any cross-border climate instrument depend on its perceived fairness and cooperative design.

Amid external technology restrictions and internal economic restructuring, the strong momentum of China's "little giants" signals that Chinese industries are entering a new stage of technology-driven, systematic innovation with growing industrial resilience.

US tech and AI companies are increasingly using open-source AI models from China, prompting wide discussion in the industry. This market-driven trend highlights how technological progress advances through open collaboration.

As World Wind Energy Conference 2025 is scheduled to convene on Wednesday in Shantou, a coastal city in South China's Guangdong Province, the event may offer a valuable vantage point for observing China's wind power industry at close range. Shantou provides a concrete example of how incremental advances in wind energy take shape on the ground, offering a clearer sense of the practical forces that guide the sector's development.

Rather than "making trade impossible," China is making it more dynamic and mutually beneficial, creating unprecedented opportunities for countries around the world through its evolving import demand and unwavering commitment to openness.

A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and open-source artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Hugging Face found that the total share of downloads of new Chinese-made open models rose to 17 percent in the past year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, saying that China has overtaken the US in the global market for open AI models, gaining a crucial edge over how the powerful technology is used around the world.

The alignment between GCC's urgent demand and China's technological supply has turned potential cooperation into an inevitable and flourishing partnership. Chinese technologies are deeply integrated into the Middle East's digital transformation journey.

In Chongyang village, East China's Zhejiang Province, an experiment in e-commerce has become a revealing lens on a much larger transformation. According to the Xinhua Daily Telegraph, more than 50 villagers have supplemented their incomes by selling agricultural products through livestreaming; smartphones, the report notes, have effectively become a new kind of farm tool.

The first China (Zhejiang) Cross-Border E-Commerce Import and Export Fair is being held from Tuesday to Thursday at the Yiwu International Expo Center. The fair brings together more than 1,000 domestic and international e-commerce platforms, service providers, and source factories from more than 20 countries and regions, according to a release from Yiwu Fabu, the city's official WeChat account, on Monday.

New car sales in Europe rose 4.9 percent in October as electric cars outpaced registrations for gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association. The figures point to a noteworthy trend: the steady expansion of electric vehicle (EV) registrations has supported the overall increase in sales of new cars, indicating a clear positive relationship between the two.

The joint launch of the Initiative on Cooperation Supporting Modernization in Africa by China and South Africa during the 20th Group of 20 (G20) Summit is significant, partly for what it reveals about how developing countries are thinking about modernization in the 21st century. According to the Xinhua News Agency, the two sides have welcomed Chinese modernization as a new option for the modernization of the Global South, including Africa.

China's ongoing consumption upgrade and economic transformation are now providing the world economy with fresh momentum amid disruptions from protectionism. This new wave of demand is allowing more regions and more sectors worldwide to benefit – extending even to niche areas such as South Korea's dried seaweed exports.

The ongoing 23rd 2025 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, taking place from November 21 to 30, offers a useful vantage point on how global carmakers are adjusting their strategies in an evolving Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market.

Is a complete industrial chain the key advantage supporting Shenzhen's robust capability to cultivate unicorn companies at scale? Data from Shenzhen Fabu, the city's official WeChat account, provides evidence.

Northwest China's Shaanxi Province is emerging as a trade growth driver to watch. In the first 10 months of the year, total imports and exports reached 420.95 billion yuan ($59.16 billion), up 12.2 percent year-on-year, according to a report by Shaanxi Daily. Trade by foreign-invested enterprises grew even faster, surging 19.5 percent to 242.67 billion yuan, highlighting a subtle but meaningful adjustment of global supply chains toward China's interior.

Discussions about industrial competition with China have been intensifying in South Korea, reflecting a certain anxiety across government and business circles. South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol said at a press conference on Wednesday that China is catching up with South Korea extremely fast in the semiconductor sector, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

In a strawberry field in Dandong, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, rows of plants grow steadily under the sunlight. At first glance, it may seem like routine farming, yet each fruit reflects a complex interplay of technology, logistics, and streamlined customs processes. Together, these elements offer a window into how China's agricultural sector is experimenting with modernization - enhancing production efficiency while linking local farms more systematically to international markets.