An exhibitor showcases a jackfruit transported from Malaysia at the 20th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning on September 17, 2023. This is the first appearance of Malaysian jackfruit in China since the two countries finalized a deal in April, making Malaysia ...

From an airplane to a high-speed railway train, from Beijing's Palace Museum to Shanghai's Bund, from various shopping malls to street snack vendors, there is a throng of tourists across China who are busy hitting the road or spending on ...

More than 20 foreign journalists from 14 countries have been participating in an eight-day media event “Approaching the Core Area on 'the Silk Road Economic Belt,' visiting a number of cities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Wednesday.

China's promotion of the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not driven by geopolitical maneuvers, nor is China pursuing self-interest for hegemonic purposes, nor does it seek to create disruptive alliances, Chinese Ambassador to Greece Xiao Junzheng ...

Companies are gearing up to make innovation-driven growth with the help of digital technologies such as 5G, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang hailed the close partnership between China and ASEAN at a key expo event on Sunday, saying the two parties have been adhering to unity and self-reliance, shoring up peace and tranquility in the region despite global ...

Several employees working in the wealth management unit of the debt-ridden property developer Evergrande Group have been placed under criminal probe, signaling that China has gone a step further in tackling the problems of its property market.

Launched in January 2021, the nearly-completed Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project has brought great changes to the remotely poor Tanorn village here, lifting residents out of poverty and improving the education environment for their children.

A freight train trial run was conducted successfully Saturday on a section of the railway built under the framework of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and via the Chinese-built Padma Bridge in Bangladesh.

China should unswervingly construct a sustainable computing industry ecosystem “with no illusions about the future”, Huawei's rotating chairman Eric Xu Zhijun said on Friday at the 2023 World Computing Conference.

As global oil prices increased for a third straight week on the back of production cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia, concerns over the inflationary pressure in the US are on the rise, with analysts saying this may lead to ...

Apple's new iPhone 15 series experienced a surge in advance orders when pre-sales started on Friday. However, buyers noted that obtaining the new phones is not as challenging this year compared to previous years.

China on Friday posted better-than-expected economic data in August, as the world's second-largest economy continues to recover, after policymakers took a series of vigorous but targeted measures to tackle challenges and downward pressure.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has said fluctuations in foreign direct investment (FDI) data are a normal part of market behavior, after China posted a decline in FDI for the first eight months of the year. The sluggish global economic ...

China's civil aviation market has continued its recovery trend, with the overall volume of air transport surpassing the pre-epidemic level for two consecutive months, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), citing August data released on Friday.

China and ASEAN are set to further boost economic and trade cooperation amid a rapidly shifting global geo-economic landscape, as a major expo is set to kick off on Saturday in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, offering a ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China-Europe Railway Express had built a new platform for economic and trade cooperation along the route, effectively guaranteeing the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain, and injecting new impetus ...

China' s industrial production is expected to further stabilize amid the country's ongoing economic recovery, market expansion and continuing structural adjustment, as the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size recorded a 4.5 percent year-on-year increase in August, 0.8 ...

China's retail sales, a main gauge of consumption, beat expectations in August thanks to a bustling summer travel peak and consumption-boosting measures, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday, further highlighting China's steady economic recovery.

China's surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.2 percent in August, representing a 0.1 percentage point drop from July, as the job market continues to improve and the economy continues to recover, according to data from the National Bureau of ...

China on Friday posted better-than-expected economic data in August, as the world's second-largest economy continues to recover, after policymakers took a series of measures to tackle challenges and downward pressure.

As Western officials and media outlets mounted what appears to be a concerted campaign to paint a picture of the Chinese economy as being at the cusp of collapse, claims of slowing investment, one of the three drivers of China's ...

China's central bank announced on Thursday that it would cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR), the amount of cash that Chinese banks are required to hold as reserves, by 25 basis points effective Friday, sending another resounding signal that the ...

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday announced that it will continue to impose anti-subsidy tariffs on imports of potato starch from the EU for another five years, saying that a review found that ending the tariffs might continue ...

Foreign enterprises and business associations have actively participated in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), according to a report released on Thursday.

People of various sectors on both sides of the Taiwan Straits have long awaited direct infrastructure connectivity between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan island, Cong Liang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner, ...

With more Chinese phonemakers and chip producers mulling the launch of satellite-enabled terminals following moves by Huawei and Apple, the race among tech companies to connect phones to non-terrestrial networks is set to intensify, industry analysts said, which is conducive ...

Over the past decade, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), following the guiding principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, has grown into a global platform where countries along the routes work together to promote people's well-being and ...

There are ample tools in China's policy toolbox to resolve the temporary issues the economy is facing. It is not difficult for China to achieve its economic growthtargets this year.

Some UK politicians and media outlets keep sensationalizing "China spy" allegations, as Britain's House of Commons has reportedly approved legislation that would ban Chinese surveillance equipment from government facilities and military bases. Chinese observers on Thursday said these anti-China forces ...

China is paying close attention to Mexico's hiking of tariff rates for goods placed under its 392 tax codes, and believes such moves will push up the overall tariff level for the country and dent investor confidence in Mexico, a ...

China hopes the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) would further release local economic development potential and bring more convenience for local people, after Indonesian President Joko Widodo travelled on the HSR on Wednesday, hailing the new route.

Standing atop the construction site of the 18-story FHL Commercial Tower in the heart of Suva's Business District, one can savor an expansive vista of the capital city sprawling out toward the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

The US is still the world's largest buyer of Chinese aluminum and aluminum products, Chinese data revealed, after six years of US suppression of China's exports of aluminum products since 2017.

China's luxury liquor-maker Kweichow Moutai has formed a partnership with Mars Wrigley's Dove brand to launch alcohol-infused chocolates, starting from Saturday. The companies announced the cooperation on their social media accounts on Thursday.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has expressed serious concern and strong opposition to the EU's investigation into Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers over subsidies, calling the EU's behavior “blatant protectionism.”

Huawei is set to hold an official launch event for the Mate 60 series on September 25. The high-end phone set has generated buzz among Chinese consumers for weeks after an unexpected debut on August 29, with Chinese netizens hailing ...

After the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in August announced the resumption of a third round of outbound group tours, the South Korean tourism industry from officials to business participants has stepped up promotional efforts attracting Chinese tourists.

Apple showed off its next-generation iPhone 15 lineup and other devices and software updates during the Apple event held at its headquarters in Cupertino, California on Wednesday. Soon after the release, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com announced an “hourly delivery” service ...

As an important automotive market, China always welcomes foreign investors, and has pledged to further open its economy to overseas firms, allowing them to share the dividends of China's consumer market. But this does not mean China has no ability ...

With nearly 6,000 attendees and over 100 overseas and mainland delegations to the 8th Belt and Road summit in Hong Kong, Hong Kong is back on the world stage, eyeing closer partnerships with regions including the Middle East ...

Northeast China is seeking to boost the development of emerging technology sectors based on the region's solid industrial foundation and support from the central government, after President Xi Jinping stressed striving for full revitalization during a meeting in Harbin, Heilongjiang ...

There is a growing necessity for China and Russia to push forward their grain trade cooperation, which is of great significance to China's food security and is an effective way to stabilize global food supply and prices.

It's a little bit ironic that just several days before the opening of China-ASEAN expo, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that “a slowing Chinese economy” is going to hit its neighbors. The senior US government official should go ...

Multiple state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in East China's Jiangsu Province announced that they have settled all implicit local government debt and won't help raise funds for local governments, which analysts said is key for preventing the excessively rapid growth of local ...

Apple has been the biggest beneficiary of the US government's crackdown on Huawei. However, as market competition becomes increasingly fiercer, can Apple step out of its comfort zone and compete?

Searches for flights and hotels in Thailand surged on Chinese travel platforms on Wednesday after the country announced a five-month visa-free policy for China.

TikTok, the popular short-video app owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, officially launched its e-commerce business in the US after months of testing. The platform, with 150 million monthly active users, is expected to play a catfish role in North ...

The newly released iPhone 15 series will face fiercer competition in the Chinese market as consumers have a wider range of choices, Chinese experts said on Wednesday, noting that technological innovation is the key to remaining competitive.

The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) on Wednesday expressed strong concern and opposition to the European Commission's launching an anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), as announced by European Commission President von der Leyen on Wednesday.

There are no laws, regulations or policy documents in China that prohibit the purchase or use of mobile phones of overseas brands, such as Apple, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

The anti-subsidy investigation launched by the EU into Chinese electric vehicles imports is biased, and showed a protectionist tendency, Chinese experts and industry insiders said on Wednesday.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday have blasted the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on the Taiwan island have lost “reasoning” as they are pursuing “Taiwan independence,” saying that the agency supports study into the ...

China will continue to exempt certain US goods from additional punitive tariffs until April 30 next year, the Customs Tariff Commission under the State Council said in a statement on Wednesday, a move that observers called reciprocal move after the ...

Chinese netizens have expressed mixed reactions to newly released iPhone models on Wednesday, following the launch event of the iPhone 15 series early on Wednesday morning (Beijing time).

Many Chinese netizens have voiced their eagerness to stay awake into the early hours of Wednesday morning Beijing time to witness the launch event of the iPhone 15.

China's State Council said it will support the building of globally competitive industrial bases and advanced manufacturing clusters across the Taiwan Straits amid efforts to deepen economic and trade integration, according to guidelines issued on Tuesday.

The world's two largest economies may see a gradual improvement in trade and economic ties in the months to come, experts said, after high-level visits and more contacts build anticipation in business circles. Some observers expect a possible meeting between ...

There have been calls in the US and Europe to reduce China's advantage in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. But China's supply-chain advantage in this area has become so important for the global EV industry that giving up that edge could ...

India has renewed an anti-dumping duty on some Chinese steel for five years, the Times of India reported, citing a government notice, in the latest attempt to reduce reliance on China and inch closer to the West's "decoupling" policy, analysts ...

China's economy has not collapsed, but on the contrary, hype that it has done so has repeatedly proven to be false, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning on Tuesday, defying Western smears that China's economy is facing difficulties and ...

An official from the Chinese Ministry of Transport on Tuesday highlighted various world-leading indicators for the nation's shipping industry, ahead of a major forum on global cooperation in the shipping industry that is set to kick off in Shanghai later ...

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Monday held a meeting in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province with self-employed business owners, in a bid to further accelerate development of the sector and consolidate the consumption recovery.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday ended his three-day visit to Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, joining leaders from other developing countries who visited the Silicon Valley of China, attracted by its four-decade development miracle. During their trip, visiting high-tech ...

As a plan to boost national currency settlement among member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) gained attention at the eighth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), and the topic of de-dollarization was closely watched, Chinese observers following the meeting said ...

China's outbound travel market is expected to further pick up during the upcoming eight-day holidays for China's National Day Holiday and the Mid-Autumn Festival, which will fall from September 29 to October 6. Amid an expected tourism boom, Japan has ...

Predicting the downfall of the Chinese economy has been a longstanding pastime for some in the Western media, and now, their focus is on consumption. An interesting phenomenon is unfolding: Chinese have consumed more, but talk of a so-called consumption ...

Walking into Lankao county in Kaifeng, Central China's Henan Province, the local paulownia reserve forest is particularly eye-catching, and upright paulownia trees have painted a bright landscape in the county.

Major Chinese cities including Nanjing, Qingdao, Shenyang, Jinan, Lanzhou, Dongguan and Dalian have lately decided to eliminate administrative curbs on home buying, indicating the government's stepped-up push to resolve the problems faced by the country's massive real estate sector that ...

It is around 6 pm in the afternoon, workers begin to flock out of an industrial park after one day's work. Outside of the gate, different colors' trucks are waiting outside for pickup. Except for armed police at the gate, ...

China-Russia trade could top $200 billion in 2023 for the first time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum, noting that bilateral trade had grown by around 30 percent on annual basis during recent years.

Eddie Wu Yongming, new CEO of Alibaba Group, announced two strategic focuses for the company on Tuesday which he cited as being "User First" and "AI-Driven" approaches in the face of growing market competition.

The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce released a list of Top 500 Chinese private enterprises for 2023 on Tuesday, with JD.com, Alibaba and Hengli Group ranking at the very top.

China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said it will step up efforts to secure the quality of data during the ongoing fifth national economic census, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Argentina's Ambassador to China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja is hoping for increased cooperation between Argentina and China, with a focus on exploring opportunities in sports to enhance bilateral trade.

More than 20 Chinese cities have adopted a new national policy issued in August that further relaxed the criteria for first-time home buyers, with local authorities announcing stimulus moves such as scrapping purchase restrictions to further spur sales.

With Apple's annual fall launch event coming soon, industry observers are closely monitoring the technological performance of its iPhone line-up and estimating potential sales, as Chinese tech giant Huawei rebounded with its new Mate series that experts believe will erode ...

A recent article from US news magazine Newsweek, entitled “Has China's Shanghai Turned Into 'Ghost Town'? What Photos Show” citing a user of social media platform X and photos he posted which suggested China's Shanghai has turned into a “ghost ...

Just several days before Apple's September 12 event, where the company is expected to announce a new iPhones, Huawei launched pre-orders on Friday for its Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro models, with market speculating that Huawei will be able ...

US appears to have started caring about the infrastructure needs of developing countries. But the lip services the US offered in the past have made it hard for the public not to wonder if this is a new kind of ...

New bank loans in China almost quadrupled in August from July to an all-time record of 1.36 trillion yuan ($186.18 billion), the central bank announced on Monday. The figure was far above expectations and showed that the intensive series of ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros visited a number of Chinese cities including Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, Shanghai and Ji'nan, East China's Shandong Province during his seven-day “historic” visit to China starting from Friday.

The US and Vietnam held an innovation and investment summit in Hanoi on Monday after the announcement of a couple of high-profile deals in the semiconductor sector. Chinese observers said that the eagerness of the US to woo Vietnam despite ...

Notable results have been achieved during Premier Li Qiang's meetings with leaders of East Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China's foreign ministry said on Monday. Leaders from the region also signed the first cooperation document on ...

US media Newsweek last week published a story with a sensationalized headline, suggesting that Shanghai has turned into “a ghost town.”

As President Alberto Fernández is scheduled to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held in Beijing this October, Global Times reporters interviewed Argentine Ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja on the latest development of ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on Sunday that it has completed leadership reshuffle which marked the end of the era led by former chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang, who succeeded Jack Ma in 2019.

China's financial regulators have the capability, confidence and conditions to maintain basic stability of the yuan's exchange rate, the People's Bank of China (PBC) said on Monday, pledging more efforts to correct pro-cyclical and one-sided behavior to curb speculation and ...

East China's Fujian Province-based international shipping association "Silk Road Maritime" on Friday announced 16 new international ship routes, bringing the total routes to 116 as it celebrates its 5th anniversary, further securing the maritime supply chain under the Belt and ...

The world's automotive industry is facing the most significant transformation in its history, as the replacement of the traditional internal combustion engines with more sustainable, energy-saving and environmentally friendly electric batteries are rapidly gaining pace. Whoever sets up a solid ...

While some in the West may still focus on impact of trade slump on China's exports, what they don't see is gradual strengthening of Chinese imports and rise in regional supply chains as a result of China's trade transformation.

Chinese observers and experts said that major outcomes involving China-Russia cooperation may emerge from the eighth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), a major Russian platform for promoting global and regional cooperation. The forum kicked off on Sunday in Vladivostok, Russia.

Leaders of some US states, Chinese provincial officials and business representatives from China and the US held in-depth discussions on advancing cooperation at a seminar in China on Saturday, the latest sign that the world's two largest economies are seeking ...

China's development is an opportunity, not a risk, for Europe, and the two sides should continue to open up and cooperate for greater mutual benefit, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said when meeting with President of the European Council Charles Michel ...

Hungary has been partnering with China on propelling the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for more than 8 years, injecting momentum into their solid strategic partnership. On the 10th anniversary of the BRI, the Global Times reporter ...

China's first domestically built large-scale cruise ship, also the world's first 5G cruiser, Adora Magic City, has successfully undergone a series of tests on its second trial voyage, and it will return on Tuesday as planned, according to CCTV.com.

Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion High-tech Co has made the largest electric vehicle (EV) battery investment in the US state of Illinois to date, showing that the world's two largest economies could find a "cushioned" area where cooperation can still work ...

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is welcoming more industries to help lift the income of local residents, with the mushroom growing playing a starring role.

The National Stadium of Cote d'Ivoire, a venue that will host the 34th Africa Cup of Nations scheduled in 2024 which was constructed with the help of a Chinese company, was officially launched on Friday, marking the implementation of another ...

The total number of orders for China's domestically-developed C919 large passenger aircraft has reached 1,061, with two already delivered, He Dongfeng, chairman of Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), said at the Pujiang Innovation Forum held in Shanghai on Sunday.