A cargo train loaded with more than 3,000 tons of architectural materials and general goods departed on Tuesday from Ulanqab city, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and will head to Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, marking the first China-Mongolia cargo train since the launch of a new "railway express" service featuring rapid customs clearance, according to a statement that Customs of Jining in Ualnqab city sent to the Global Times on Tuesday. It comes as China and Mongolia aim to ramp up transportation capacity and boost trade.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned Monday that global economic growth is slowing more than it was forecast a few months ago, as energy and inflation crises risk snowballing into recessions among major economies, Reuters reported.

Despite headwinds from weakening overseas demand, China expects foreign trade to grow in the second half of the year, boosting the nation's economic recovery, Wang Shouwen, vice minister of commerce, told a press conference on Tuesday, vowing more support measures amid lingering challenges of global inflation, COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions.

China Broadcasting Network Corp (China Broadnet), the country's fourth-largest telecom operator, officially launched commercial 5G network services in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region and Northwest China's Qinghai Province, expanding its 5G services to all 31 provincial-level regions, the company disclosed on its official WeChat account.

China has provided and will provide more humanitarian aid to Pakistan for flood losses, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, calling for the US to do something real for the Pakistani people instead of criticizing China-Pakistan cooperation.

Russia may use a digital currency in cross-border settlements with China amid an accelerated push to develop the digital ruble, as a move to reduce the US' global financial hegemony, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a senior Russian lawmaker.

Against the backdrop of the protracted impact of COVID-19 and geopolitical uncertainties including growing China-US tensions, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has once again become a hot destination for mainland students pursuing further studies, with platform data showing that the consulting volume for studying in Hong Kong soared 41.5 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2022.

The plunging pound may signal that the UK could face a financial system crisis, Chinese analysts said on Tuesday, adding that the situation will be aggravated by the ideology-based foreign policy taken by Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

A carrier loaded with 210,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) docked at Yancheng Binhai Port, East China's Jiangsu Province on Monday to unload LNG to the Yancheng Green Energy Port belonging to China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), marking the official start of operation at the country's largest LNG reserve base.

Despite facing headwinds from weakening overseas demand, China remains confident over a positive growth in foreign trade in the second half of the year, boosting the recovery of the national economy, Wang Shouwen, Chinese vice minister of commerce, said on Tuesday.

Profit growth at China's industrial firms continued to recover in August as the decline in profits narrowed, with auto and power industries doubling their profits in the month.

China plans to release a batch of central pork reserve this week for the fourth time this year, as the steep rise in pork prices lately has triggered a “second level warning,” according to a notice released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Tuesday.

The public security department of Hengyang county under Hengyang city, Central China's Hunan Province announced recently that a 40-billion-yuan (($5.58 billion) money laundering case involving cryptocurrency had been cracked, which was linked to over 300 telecom fraud schemes, the National Business Daily reported on Tuesday.

India recorded a strong double-digit economic growth in the second quarter this year, becoming the fastest growing major economy among G20 countries. This item of good news has been warmly received among Indian people and across Chinese society too. It is hoped that India could continue to climb the ladder of wealth by working and collaborating closely with China, the largest economy in Asia, to greet the true advent of "Asian Century."

In an effort to diversify its production away from China, Apple Inc has started producing the iPhone 14 in India.

The People's Bank of China (PBC), the central bank, announced on Monday that it's hiking the risk reserve requirement for forward foreign exchange (forex) trading to 20 percent from currently zero, in a fresh move to underpin the yuan's stability amid the US dollar's engulfing strength.

China-produced kimchi, or paocai as the preserved cabbage garnish is called in Putonghua, has become a major support for South Korea after bad weather hit the cabbage crop there. The Global Times learned from multiple sources that exports of kimchi to South Korea have been high since the beginning of 2022 due to strong demand.

The impact of the US' latest interest rate hikes is now being reflected in global trade, as exporters said container shipping rates have fallen by 70 percent compared with a year earlier – indicating weaker consumer demand and dimmer global economic prospects amid a range of global uncertainties.

The US reportedly plans to organize the preliminary "Chip 4" meeting this week, and another science and technology meeting with the island of Taiwan in early November, to bring semiconductors manufacturing back to the US land, while try to exclude the Chinese mainland from the global supply chain.

Chinese producers and traders are working around the clock to deliver the much needed heating equipment to European clients, with some seeing orders jump by tenfold year-on-year as consumers across EU countries scramble to deal with possible energy rationing ahead of the upcoming winter.

China will extend the exemption of purchase taxes on new-energy vehicles (NEVs) for another year until the end of 2023 to support the development of the sector and boost consumption, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.

Unit 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in Northeast China's Liaoning Province has reportedly entered full operations, and it's set to provide heating to local residents over land area of 242,400 square meters in the town of Hongyanhe this winter, China Media Group (CMG) reported on Monday.

Airbus has signed an agreement with China National Aviation Fuel Group to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for its delivery flight operations from Airbus Delivery Center in Tianjin.

China will ramp up financial support for new types of infrastructure to stabilize investment and expand domestic demand, and more efforts will be made for technological breakthroughs in key sectors to stabilize supply chains and facilitate industrial transformation, the country's top economic planner said on Monday.

To stabilize China's foreign exchange market and shore up the yuan's value, the country's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBC), announced to raise the foreign exchange (FX) risk reserve ratio for foreign exchange forwards trading from 0 to 20 percent, effective from Wednesday.

Major Chinese export-oriented cities are using a wide array of measures from opening up new trade routes to engaging in specific markets to shore up foreign trade amid strong economic headwinds, as trade figures released on Sunday showed a diverging trend.

As predicted, the US Federal Reserve made another large interest rate hike on Wednesday, adding further pressure to global equities markets and sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 29,600 points at the end of Friday trading. If compared with the index's all-time high of more than 36,000 points in late 2021, hundreds of billions of dollars of investors' and pensioners' savings have evaporated.

Chinese shipbuilders have secured growing orders for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels this year amid the deepening energy crisis in Europe, which enables the country to enter the race of top-caliber shipbuilders along with South Korea in the construction of LNG tankers.

Ideology-skewed industrial subsidy policies of major Western countries, such as the US CHIPS and Science Act, are bound to fail, Lou Jiwei, China's former Minister of Finance, said at Global Asset Management Forum on Saturday.

Searches for China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) climbed on mainland travel platforms over the weekend after the SAR said that it expects to receive tour groups from the Chinese mainland starting from November – the first time in almost three years.

With the weeklong National Day holidays, which will start on October 1, approaching quickly, a new trend of tourism has emerged with young people seeking shorter, more flexible, and more unique experiences, data from multiple domestic online tourism platforms showed.

China is ready to work with other members of the Group of 20 (G20) to actively participate in the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to promote a multilateral trading system and achieve the sustainable development goals, according to a commerce official.

Officials from China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan signed a document of cooperation on a railway project during the 2022 annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), marking "phased progress" with the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway, according to a statement published by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on its official WeChat account on Friday.

Chinese officials said on Friday that the country's trends of real estate bubbles and fi-nancialization have been reversed materially, as efforts are launched to resolve risks in the property sector such as unfinished buildings, according to media reports.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) announced to loosen COVID-19 quarantine measures from next Monday, meaning no hotel quarantine but only a 3-day self-monitoring period at home is needed for arrivals, ending the hotel quarantine policy which has been in place for around two years.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) from Europe into China is showing a trend of resilience, with larger companies doubling down investment as the market environment becomes more competitive and with more firms spearheading localization strategies on a wide range of sectors ranging from supply chain to employee teams and administrative capacities, a business report showed.

Nearly 20 years after Shanghai banned roadside stalls in order to maintain the city's appearance, the city has finally lifted the ban, a move widely applauded by netizens and experts for not only having economic benefits, but also for bringing convenience to people's lives.

The No.8 unit of Baihetan hydropower station officially started commercial operation on Thursday, so half of the power generation units at the station are now in commercial operation.

The Indian government is reportedly to resume elaborate physical inspections on imports from China because it suspects that "a large-scale dumping" of finished products is occurring for intermediate product imports from China, the Hindustan Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

China is willing to work with Japan to expand bilateral cooperation in an all-round, wide-ranging and multi-level manner, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said during a meeting with Japanese business representatives via video link on Thursday.

India's reported moves against Chinese imports would backfire, Chinese business insiders said on Thursday, responding to India's reported resumption of physical inspections of Chinese imports over the alleged suspicion of dumping. The inspections would cover a wide range of finished Chinese products, Indian media reports said.

The 7th China-Eurasia Expo concluded on Thursday in Urumqi, regional capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The four-day fair attracted more than 3,600 domestic and foreign companies, and it set records for new contracts signed, dwarfing the US' vicious attempt to crack down on Xinjiang industries.

The provisions concerning discriminatory subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) under the US' so-called Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) legislation are suspected of violating the WTO principles of "Most-Favored-Nation" treatment and national treatment, and China will take measures to safeguard its legitimate interests if necessary, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday.

The Chinese mainland's financial markets remained relatively stable on Thursday in the wake of an overnight US interest rate hike that injected fresh volatility into global markets, thanks to the country's independent monetary policy and increasingly mature abilities to counter risks, analysts noted.

China will impose tougher penalties for financial crimes and prevent and resolve major financial risks to maintain national economic and financial security, China's top court said.

Shanghai's municipal legislature on Thursday passed the country's first provincial-level law covering the development of artificial intelligence (AI), which experts said would effectively fill a gap where there was no specific law for AI and further pave the way for sound and sustainable development of technology.

Banking on the cooperative spirit reinforced by meetings between heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, companies attending the 7th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi city say investment opportunities are mushrooming in Central Asia.

China's attractiveness to foreign enterprises has strengthened over the past decade as a result of wider market opening and an improving business environment, and it will continue to serve as the land of opportunity in a world beset by uncertainty and volatility.

US technology giant Microsoft announced on Wednesday plans to expand recruitment and upgrade its campuses in China, following a series of recent moves and plans of major US businesses, including chipmaker Nvidia, to expand their presence in the Chinese market, despite the US decoupling push.

German utilities RWE and Uniper are close to striking long-term deals to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar's North Field Expansion project, three sources familiar with the matter said.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's Texas company now is floating ambitious plans to deploy thousands of humanoid robots, known as Tesla Bot or Optimus, within its factories, expanding eventually to millions around the world, according to job postings. Buzz is building within the company as Tesla is having more internal meetings on robots, a person familiar with the matter said.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday harshly criticized a newly passed US telecommunications act that targets foreign telecom equipment suppliers, saying the move is a typical "hegemonic rule" that could be used to bully even its close allies like the UK.

China hopes the Germany will listen to opinions from its businesses after the German economic minister hyped up cutting reliance on China, China's Ministry of Commence (MOFCOM) said on Thursday, urging the German government to not create barriers between the two countries.

A total number of 668 stalled housing projects belonging to China Evergrande Group have resumed construction now, in contrast to 38 projects which remain dormant, the developer said.

China has accelerated its transformation to green energy, as it sees 10.99 million new-energy vehicles (NEV) now run on the streets, accounting for half of the world's total running NEVs, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Thursday.

China will release additional pork into the market from central reserves this week to ensure supply and maintain price stability ahead of the upcoming National Day holidays, the country's top economic planner said on Thursday.

China's capital market recorded a degree of fluctuation in the wake of an overnight US interest rate hike, with stock markets edging down and the yuan depreciating against the US dollar despite remaining well within an expected range.

Excluding China, the rest of developing Asia is forecast to see 5.3 percent economic growth in 2022 - the first time in more than three decades that the rest of developing Asia will grow faster than China, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its latest outlook report, which was released on Wednesday, CNBC reported.

China remains the key destination market and an indispensable part of the supply chain for Japanese and South Korean car firms, especially new-energy vehicle (NEV) makers, despite the rising pressure from the US to decouple from China, industry insiders said.

Companies attending the 7th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang region said the increased use of the yuan in cross-border trade in Central Asia is making business more convenient and reducing foreign exchange risks stemming from the use of the US dollar, and they called for more arrangements to allow yuan settlement in more countries.

The People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, on Wednesday conducted reverse repurchase operations to inject a total of 21 billion yuan ($2.98 billion) into the market, in a bid to maintain stable liquidity in the banking system at the end of the quarter.

A new pass-through mini game named "Yang Le Ge Yang," translated as "Sheep A Sheep," has become a national online sensation in China over recent days but also aroused controversy over its likely profitability and game rules, media reports and some game players noted.

Shares of China Minmetals Rare Earth Co hit the daily upper limit on Wednesday in trading on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, after the listed company said that it plans to change the name of the listed entity to China Rare Earth Group Resources Technology Co (China Rare Earth) following a major merger.

In its latest move to thwart Chinese companies in the telecommunications sector, the US on Tuesday added equipment and services from two new Chinese firms to a blacklist, citing so-called threats to US national security.

The EU Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) on Wednesday issued an annual position paper, alleging that China's standing as the promising investment destination has retreated and its central role in global supply chains is facing risks due to "the country's COVID-19 policy, dwindling diversity and increasing politicizing of business."

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) chief executive John Lee said on Wednesday that the SAR's financial system remains resilient, expressing his full confidence in the regional development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) despite challenges in the world's geopolitical and economic landscape.

Huawei's latest flagship products Mate50 series pricing between 5,499 ($780.66) and 7,799 yuan kicked off sales on Wednesday, and a 5G phone case that can help Huawei's smart phone connect to the 5G network was also available to the market, Chinese media outlet cls.cn reported.

In the evening of September 20th, 2022, the thematic forum of "Building Consensus and Investing into the Future" was successfully held at Wanchai Harbourview Hotel. Hosted by the Hong Kong MBA Institute, this forum was co-sponsored by the Web3 Lab and Blockchain Academy of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and supported by FamilyOfficeHK of Invest Hong Kong, Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong, HK Tech 300, Pinerock Family Office, Tianlong Securities, and supported by business schools in Hong Kong.

As the US-led West incites ideological confrontation and geopolitical tensions in a volatile world with disregard for the welfare of their people, emerging markets and developing countries, represented by the BRICS member states, are becoming an important force in driving global economic growth and maintaining world peace, experts and officials from home and abroad said at an event on Tuesday.

The People's Bank of China (PBC), China's central bank, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a cooperation memorandum with the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Bank of the Lao PDR to establish Chinese yuan clearing arrangements in the two countries.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he wants Canberra and Beijing to have a good relationship but China needs to "come to terms with" Australia, accommodating its values, Sky News reported on Monday.

China is about to finish the process for re-introducing the Boeing 737 MAX after more than three years' suspension. China's aviation regulator and Boeing have held a meeting, media reports said on Tuesday.

Boosted by improved economic growth, East China's Zhejiang Province, one of the country's major contributors to central government revenue, saw positive growth in fiscal revenue in August, providing further support for the completion of the task of handing over fiscal revenue to the central government.

A potential free trade zone (FTZ) encompassing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members, with Northwest China's Xinjiang region as a hub and main driver, is worthy of serious consideration, a leading Chinese scholar proposed at a parallel forum of the 7th China-Eurasia Expo on Tuesday.

Companies doing cross-continental businesses are shifting the focus of their supply chains from Europe to China due to cost rise and energy shortage in Europe.

The average number of active users of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) reached 40.3 million per day in the first half of this year, and the system was used 320 million times per day, Xu Wenli, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on Tuesday.

At an annual cross-Straits forum on technology development concluded on Tuesday, fruitful achievements and the vast potential for technology cooperation between the Chinese mainland and the island of Taiwan were highlighted, with mainland officials vowing continued support for Taiwan enterprises and entrepreneurs in the mainland.

China will push for the expanded use of the digital yuan from the first four trial cities -- Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province, Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu Province, Xiongan New Area in North China's Hebei Province and Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province -- to province-wide testing, to ramp up innovation of the digital yuan, cnstock.com reported on Monday.

Ahead of the US Federal Reserve's upcoming meeting this week, during which market observers generally believe that a fifth interest rate hike this year will be announced, discussions flared up again as to how the strengthening dollar is boomeranging on the US and throwing the world into fears of recession.

Major Chinese hog farmers and feedstock producers on Tuesday explained their efforts to cut down soybean meal use in a bid to lower the country's dependence on the crop and ensure the nation's food security.

China is a stabilizer and driving force for global economic growth, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, citing the economic achievements attained by the country over the past decade.

China will expand the utility area for the digital yuan from the first four trial cities in Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province, Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu Province, Xiongan New Area in North China's Hebei Province and Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, to province wide testing, to continue push the innovation of China's recognized cryptocurrency, cnstock.com reported on Monday.

China will begin a new program of exploration for mineral and energy resources, said the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) while reporting on the nation's energy and mineral resources in the past decade.

Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery has officially obtained a bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the Global Times learned on Monday.

The total area of cultivated land in China saw a net increase in 2021 as the country has curbed the trend of reduction in the size of cultivated land in recent years, said the Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday.

With a total of $968 million in loans in four months of 2022, India "has emerged as Sri Lanka's largest bilateral lender, overtaking China in the process," India's ANI news agency reported on Monday, citing Daily Financial Times.

The Chinese economy has withstood downward pressure and factors beyond expectations, and has kept operating within a reasonable range and maintained a recovery momentum, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday during a phone call with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the invitation of the latter.

President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with other countries to build a global industrial and supply chain system that is secure, stable, smooth, efficient, open, inclusive and mutually beneficial, according to a congratulatory letter the top leader sent to an international forum on supply chain stability on Monday.

China mulls strengthening management of border travel, indicating the regions where many tourists have taken part in gambling may have their border tourism activities suspended or even terminated.

China-ASEAN cooperation found new development opportunities during the China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), the first time the annual event is being held since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) took effect, as the value of signed projects hit a record high and the “friend-circle” expanded, an expo official said at the closing ceremony on Monday.

Chinese farmers have started reaping their autumn crops and they're making steady progress now, with little impact seen from the severe drought in major growing areas this summer. Although the heat waves did weigh on crop yields, the overall impact of the drought is limited, farmers and experts said.

From urging the start of construction projects to creating a preferential policy environment for new-energy vehicle (NEV) development, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has unveiled a basket of policies to further propel the economy as pressure lingers.

Chinese electric-vehicle maker (EV) NIO celebrated the shipment of its first battery swap station from Biatorbagy, Hungary, to Germany on Friday, produced by NIO Power Europe, the company's first overseas plant.

Malaysia companies continue to show their confidence in the Chinese market, boosted by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the hope of accessing more market opportunities in the world's second largest economy.

China's actual use of foreign capital rose by 20.2 percent year-on-year to $138.41 billion in US dollar terms from January to August in 2022, with South Korea, Germany, and Japan leading the growth rate, in latest show of foreign investors' confidence in China market despite COVID-19 flare-ups and a summer of extreme heatwaves impacting parts of the nation.

Stock markets around the world dropped sharply last week amid growing expectations of hawkish interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve to tamp down the country's persistently elevated inflation. Investors are on edge as the US central bank gears up for its policy decision this week, with some starting to brace for a big surprise.

China's central government-owned companies should establish chief compliance officer and compliance reviews must be embedded in the business management process, a document released by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) said.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which has come into force for the majority of its 15 member countries, is expected to be fully ratified in the near future, trade body leaders disclosed during the ongoing China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), the first edition of the annual event since the RCEP was implemented.

China's cumulative imports of rice showed rapid growth during the first eight months of this year, customs data showed on Sunday. The rise in rice imports, which are expected to be mainly used as feed grain, mainly reflected low global prices and does not reflect changes in domestic output due to drought, experts noted.

With the launch of a cargo train from the Port of Qinzhou in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Lhasa in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, more and more localities in China are embarking on land-sea multimodal transportation services, which offer faster connections among regional countries.