Shanghai and Guangdong, two of China’s major exporting regions, have set modest growth targets as leaders warn of ‘external factors’.
15 Jan 2025 - 5:00PM videocam
A city in China has defied national trends and reported a 17 per cent increase in births, credited to sizeable cash payments for parents.
15 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM videocam
Assurance from National Health Commission comes amid fears of surging respiratory illness, with disease expert citing slowing trend.
China’s biggest economic powerhouse seeks to become a ‘global innovation hub’ by developing treatments for blindness and paralysis.
12 Jan 2025 - 6:03PM videocam
As China’s companies move to emerging markets, they find clients wanting infrastructure and pathways to local development as well as products.
Thailand is expected to take a tourism and economic hit from Lunar New Year trip cancellations.
10 Jan 2025 - 9:20AM videocam
China’s labour practices are driving a wedge between the world’s biggest EV maker and efforts to expand globally in areas where employee protections are paramount.
13 Jan 2025 - 1:09PM videocam
To address its rapidly ageing population, China is among the first nations to set policy plans for humanoid robots that will provide companionship, monitor health and may even resemble loved ones.
Political mission to narrow China’s wealth divide, thought to have fallen out of favour, makes appearance in Zhejiang’s long-term plans.
7 Jan 2025 - 5:05PM videocam
Though some overseas governments are sceptical, China’s agricultural drones are blanketing countrysides as farmers begin to automate.
2 Jan 2025 - 9:00AM videocam
Since 2018, industrial and services sectors have withstood external pressures but there is cause for concern, statistics head Kang Yi says.
26 Dec 2024 - 8:55PM videocam
Pop Mart toys are gaining global recognition for their unique designs and brand power.
Annual national rural work conference sets out priorities for rural planning and construction as urbanisation gathers pace.
As US president-elect Donald Trump forms his hawk-filled cabinet, what might China do to counter and deflect a barrage of blows?
19 Dec 2024 - 11:35AM videocam
World’s second-largest economy is facing unique demographic challenges unlike those seen anywhere in the world, Communist Party publication warns.
Seasoned researcher says Trump’s ‘extremist’ protectionism will isolate US and cede the high ground on multilateralism to China.
16 Dec 2024 - 3:45PM videocam
Country is going to achieve major goals this year, an economic forum in Beijing told.
14 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM videocam
China completed a census of its agricultural germ plasma resources earlier this year amid a focus on food security.
11 Dec 2024 - 7:33PM videocam
Relations between the Asian powers have become highly strained in recent years, but officials from both sides are now talking up the value of cooperation.
6 Dec 2024 - 4:09AM videocam
An expected escalation of the US-China trade war, and the Chinese public’s demand for a response, could light a fire under Beijing’s policymakers, former PBOC head says.
With more tariffs certain once Donald Trump returns to the White House, China must ready its response – this time knowing what to expect.
28 Nov 2024 - 6:12AM videocam
US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated international trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as the next US trade representative.
27 Nov 2024 - 5:14PM videocam
Donald Trump’s second White House term is bound to bring new China tariffs – but analysts wonder if it will bring manufacturing back.
28 Nov 2024 - 6:08AM videocam
People’s Daily commentary and pledge from Premier Li Qiang offer support for platform economy, coincides with algorithm regulation.
25 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM videocam
Hainan says labour pain relief will be covered by public health insurance, part of broader plan to boost birth rates.
Researcher questions where the money will come from, as well as the sustainability of subsidies amid China’s falling birth rate.
Final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between China and Russia completed seven months ahead of schedule.
Training programmes becoming increasingly popular as more job opportunities open up for UAV operators.
18 Nov 2024 - 10:11AM videocam
Producers more concerned about unchecked growth in regional cultivation than China’s self-sufficiency drive.
11 Nov 2024 - 9:13AM videocam
Week-long NPC Standing Committee meeting ends with mostly forward-looking plans to right China’s economic ship.
8 Nov 2024 - 11:53PM videocam