This photo taken on December 28, 2025 shows an intelligent welding device working at an auto parts company in Fengnan District of Tangshan, North China's Hebei Province. In recent years, Fengnan District of Tangshan has actively pursuing opportunities to develop new quality productive forces, boosting high-quality development. Photo: Xinhua

China will adjust tariffs rates on certain products in the upcoming year, including applying provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates to 935 items in 2026, to drive greater technology self-reliance, boost green transformation, and improve public well-being, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said on Monday.

China will apply provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates to 935 items in 2026, to better leverage the strengths of both domestic and international markets, and to expand the supply to the market of high-quality goods, the commission stated in a post seen on the website of the Ministry of Finance.

Import tariffs on key components and crucial materials such as computer-controlled hydraulic cushions for presses and heteromorphic composite contact strips will be lowered, to drive greater tech self-reliance and build up strength in science and technology and to promote the building of a modern industrial system, according to the Tariff Adjustment Plan for 2026, released on Monday.

Import levies on resource-based goods such as recycled black powder for lithium-ion batteries and unroasted iron pyrites will be lowered to boost the country's ongoing green transformation, the plan said.

Also, to improve public well-being and strengthen the 'Healthy China' initiative, import tariffs on medical products such as artificial blood vessels and diagnostic kits for certain infectious diseases will be reduced too.

To accelerate endogenous growth of Chinese economy, and in line with changes in industrial development and supply-demand dynamics in the country, provisional import tariff rates on certain goods such as micro-motors, printing machines and sulfuric acid will be canceled and the most-favored-nation rates will be re-imposed, within the scope of China's WTO commitments.

To promote technological advancement, support the circular economy and develop under-forest economy, China will introduce new national subheadings for items such as intelligent bionic robots, bio aviation kerosene, and forest-cultivated ginseng in 2026. After the adjustments, the number of tariff lines will increase to 8,972, according to the commission.

To deepen international economic and trade cooperation and promote regional economic integration, China will continue to implement agreed tariff rates on some imported goods from 34 trade partners in 2026 in accordance with the 24 free trade agreements and preferential trade arrangements that have been signed between China and the aforementioned trade partners, the commission said.

To ramp up economic and trade cooperation with the least developed countries (LDCs) and assist their economic development, China will continue to grant zero-tariff treatment on 98 percent of tariff lines to 43 LDCs which have diplomatic relations with China in 2026.

In line with the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement and exchange of notes between the Chinese government and some ASEAN member states, China will continue to implement preferential tariff rates on some imported goods from Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

The adjustment of import tariff rates, and improvement of the setting of tariff lines as well as the continual implementation of agreed tariff rates and preferential tariff rates are conducive to facilitating the development of new quality productive forces, meeting people's growing needs for a better life, expanding high-standard opening up, and promoting high-quality economic development, said the commission.