China to extend tariff exemptions on 6 types of US goods for another year starting Saturday
China set up 103 anti-monopoly probes in 2019, the top market regulator said in a report on Friday. 46 cases were concluded and 320 million yuan ($49 million) worth of fines were imposed.
China will launch the third batch of demonstration bases for mass entrepreneurship and innovation as part of an effort to propel reform, stabilize employment, and enhance growth impetus.
Shares of Kweichow Moutai Co., China's leading liquor maker, inched slightly up after opening low in morning trading on Friday, after the company was specifically mentioned by a regulatory notice from China's top market regulator over the pricing of its liquor during the upcoming holiday season.
Deutsche Bank became the first foreign bank in Beijing approved for the custody of securities investment funds on Thursday. After completing relevant procedures, Deutsche Bank China can directly provide custody services to securities investment funds established in China, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
Three major Chinese airlines, Air China, China Eastern and China Southern, all announced the suspension of flights between China and the UK.
Talks with regulators will make Ant Group healthier and live longer, Chinese analysts said on Thursday, after financial regulators announced that they are summoning Ant for a second round of talks, less than two months after the first discussions caused the company to suspend its historic dual IPO.
China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) has suspended log imports from Australia's New South Wales and Western Australia, according to a notice issued by the GAC on Thursday.
Although Christmas Eve had already arrived on Thursday, Chinese vendors on Taobao.com were busy with orders for the holiday season, using promotions to grab the last chance for big sales ahead of the Chinese New Year in February.
China and the European Union (EU) are pushing for the inking of the sweeping Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), despite a rising number of hurdles during the negotiation and the increasing pressure from third parties, such as the US, said Chinese observers. They noted that signing the deal will send a powerful signal that the two sides have chosen pragmatic cooperation over political differences, and inject much-needed energy into the world economy, which is facing difficulties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As more hurdles are reportedly emerging amid the ongoing negotiations on a China-EU bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and concerns arising whether the pact could be inked by the year end, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said late Thursday that China will carry out negotiations at its own pace while striving to reach a comprehensive, balanced and high-level BIT with EU.
China's Foreign Ministry (FM) refuted some Western media reports claiming that Chinese demands on nuclear power investment are complicating EU-China BIT talks, dismissing those reports as “fake news”.
China suspends log imports from Australia's New South Wales, Western Australia due to detection of pest
Tibet's tourism industry has recovered 98 percent when compared with the same period in 2019. The recovery speed of Tibet's tourism industry is ahead of all parts of China, the China Daily reported on Thursday.
China's software and information industry recorded revenues of 7.31 trillion yuan ($1.12 trillion) between January and November, a year-on-year increase of 12.5 percent, 0.8 percentage points higher than that from January to October, gaining stable momentum, according to a release by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Thursday.
The supply of staple foods is sufficient and rich in variety for the upcoming New Year's Day and China's Spring Festival; the price of agricultural products will generally see a rising trend due to seasonal fluctuations and festival factors, but it is unlikely to rise sharply, China's agriculture ministry said on Thursday.
Nighttime consumption in China has almost returned to last year's level, an index based on big data has shown.
Economic activity in China has normalized faster than expected, according to the latest report published by the World Bank.