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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Move severely disrupts normal economic and trade exchanges: Chinese FM slams US' planned ban on Chinese labs
In response to a question on the claim by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it will vote this month on a proposal to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices for use in the US, Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry, said at a regular press conference on Thursday that "China firmly opposes the US practice of overstretching the concept of national security."
China and the US will maintain communication through economic and trade consultation mechanism regarding rare earth export controls, MOFCOM says
Asked by the media for comment on reports that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would engage with Beijing in working-level dialogues and on whether there are any plans or discussions to further extend the rare earth export control measures beyond October 9, He Yadong, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, said at a regular press conference on Thursday that, according to the consensus reached during the China-US economic and trade consultations in Kuala Lumpur, the relevant export control measures announced by the Chinese side on October 9, 2025, have been suspended until November 10, 2026.
China is open to negotiating bilateral economic and trade pacts with EU: MOFCOM
China is open to negotiating bilateral economic and trade agreements with the EU, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
China takes full account of reasonable civilian demand worldwide, including the US, and actively promotes compliant rare earth trade, MOFCOM says
Asked by foreign media for comment on reports that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated that the US currently has access to Chinese rare earths but is still promoting multilateral agreements to increase expected supply, and on whether the US should be concerned that China might reimpose restrictions on rare earth exports to the US, He Yadong, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, said on Thursday that China is always committed to maintaining the security and stability of the global industrial supply.
Trump warns of 50% tariffs on countries supplying Iran with arms; China's FM says tariff wars have no winners
China's position is very clear – there are no winners in tariff wars, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, when asked to comment on remarks by US President Donald Trump on Truth Social that “a Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately.”
How does China adjust its domestic refined oil prices?
On Tuesday, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced that, effective from midnight, domestic prices of gasoline would be raised by 800 yuan ($116) per ton and diesel (standard products) by 770 yuan per ton, with actual increases of 420 yuan per ton for gasoline and 400 yuan per ton for diesel after adjustment. This marks another pricing adjustment following the previous one on March 23.
When Generation Z takes the pen: How Yuewen's skilled novelists are defining the next decade of Chinese web novels
In the glittering backstage of the 2025 Yuewen Global IP Awards in Macao, three young faces stepped into the spotlight. Born between 1997 and 2002, they lifted the "Rising Author of the Year" trophy together — a quiet but unmistakable symbol of a generational handover in one of China's most dynamic cultural industries. Their stories have already racked up blockbuster numbers on the Qidian Reading app, Yuewen's flagship platform.
Manycore Tech reveals 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 on April 17.
China to further cut corporate burdens, dismantle market barriers in 2026
China will intensify efforts to reduce corporate burdens and dismantle institutional barriers this year to ensure the stability of industrial and supply chains and secure business operations, according to an inter-ministerial meeting held in Beijing on Wednesday.
Early arrival of Yiwu's Christmas export season shows how global trade evolves
Christmas may still be months away, but the Christmas goods section of the Yiwu International Trade Market in East China's Zhejiang Province is already buzzing with activity. According to Yiwu Fabu, vendors report that international buyers have been arriving at least a month earlier than usual. "The change is noticeable," remarked the manager of a factory producing Christmas apparel and gifts in Yiwu.
Graphic Analysis: Token exports open blue ocean for China's green electricity
Editor's Note:
Token is the smallest unit of information processed by AI models. Every query, every generation, every interaction, and every reasoning consumes Tokens. As AI large models and the digital economy surge, computing demand is exploding exponentially, driving massive growth in data center electricity use and accelerating the deep fusion of power and computing. At the same time, computing-electricity synergy is reshaping western China's abundant green power to meet AI's skyrocketing needs in eastern China, transforming previously constrained green electricity into Tokens and opening a new pathway for electricity export.
CK Hutchison subsidiary files arbitration against Maersk over Panama ports takeover
The Panama unit of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings (CKHH) said that it filed an arbitration against shipping giant Maersk in relation to the takeover of the company's port terminals in Panama.
China's consumer rights watchdogs summon IHG over allegedly unfair membership terms
Consumer associations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province summoned the domestic operator of international hotel brand InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for talks on Wednesday after some of its membership terms were suspected of infringing on consumers' legitimate rights and interests, media outlets including the Beijing Daily reported.