China-Europe Railway Express freight train runs up 29% in Q1 2026, network covering 235 European cities now
The China-Europe Railway Express handled 5,460 freight train runs in the first quarter of this year, up 29 percent year-on-year, with the volume of goods transported up 22 percent year-on-year to reach 546,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, injecting new vitality into China-EU cooperation as well as social development of countries along the routes, according to data released on Thursday by China State Railway Group Co.
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US FCC's new curbs on Chinese telecom firms seen as abusing national security concept, eroding US market credibility: expert
The US is considering further restrictions on Chinese telecom companies, in what analysts describe as a continued expansion of Washington's tech-related curbs on China under the pretext of "national security", warning that the move could further undermine the stability of bilateral economic and trade ties.
China's PPI up 0.5% in March, marking growth for first time in over 3 years
China's Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures prices at the factory gate, rose 0.5 percent year-on-year in March, reversing a 0.9 percent decline in the previous month and marking the first increase in more than three years, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday.
China records 13.5-pct growth in cross-border trips in Q1
Chinese border authorities handled 185 million entries and exits in the first quarter of 2026, up 13.5 percent from a year earlier, officials said on Friday.
Reasonable demands, concerns of global civilian sector, including the US, fully considered in rare-earth trade: MOFCOM
China and the US will maintain communication on their respective concerns through the economic and trade consultation mechanism, a spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), said on Thursday.
Premium rice grains shed light on China's expanding organic consumption
The growth of organic rice farming in Meihekou, Northeast China's Jilin Province, offers a useful insight into the shifting dynamics of China's consumer market.
China releases plan for new pilot FTZ in Inner Mongolia
The State Council has announced a major plan for establishing a new pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, expanding the number of China's pilot FTZs to 23, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.
Manycore Tech announces Hong Kong IPO; first of 'Hangzhou Six Little Dragons' to list: report
Manycore Tech Inc, a spatial intelligence unicorn based in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday released its global offering document, revealing that the company plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) on April 17.
Countdown to China's zero-tariff policy for African exports
Wu Yankun, chairman of Kunshan Zhongka Agricultural Products Trading Co, has just returned from a visit to Kenya organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).
China's COSCO Shipping sees limited impact on revenue from Middle East tensions
COSCO Shipping Holdings Co, a major Chinese container shipping company, said on Thursday that tensions in the Middle East have had a generally limited impact on its revenue and that it has no immediate plans to resume transits through the Strait of Hormuz.
Tarim's Kela 2 gas field in Northwest China reports more 10-billion cubic-meter high-yield natural gas wells
As of Wednesday, the Kela 2-5 well in Tarim Oilfield's Kela 2 gas field has produced 10.009 billion cubic meters of natural gas, becoming the seventh well at the field to exceed 100 billion cubic meters in cumulative output and forming China's largest high-yield well cluster—each producing over 10 billion cubic meters—while the field itself retains the national record for the highest average single-well production, China Media Group (CMG) reported on Thursday.
China expands pilot FTZs to 23, adding Inner Mongolia
China has expanded its pilot free trade zones (FTZ) to 23 with the establishment of the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone, according to a plan made public by the State Council Thursday.
Chinese autonomous-driving firm launches robotaxi service in Croatia as players compete in new market
Chinese autonomous driving leader Pony.ai on Wednesday local time launched commercial robotaxi services in Zagreb, Croatia, in partnership with local mobility firm Verne and global ride-hailing platform Uber, marking Europe's first fully commercial robotaxi service open to the public, the Global Times learned from the company on Thursday.
China's success is not accidental, much less through 'cheating,' but rather a reflection of its systemic strength: FM
Asked to comment on a recent article by Yanis Varoufakis, an economist and Greece's former finance minister, published on Project Syndicate, which pointed out that in order to hide their own failures, Western elites fabricated a false narrative that "China has cheated its way to prosperity," and that the reasons for China's economic success should be viewed from a more objective perspective, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that "I have also read this article. It is indeed well-reasoned, objective, and rational. I recommend everyone read it.”