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China’s foreign trade up 3.6% in first 10 months of 2025

A drone photo taken on Sept 16, 2025 shows a vessel docking at Taicang Port in East China’s Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s foreign trade in goods rose 3.6 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2025 to 37.31 trillion yuan, customs data showed on Friday. More content to follow. Please refresh the page later.…

Global demand for China’s sovereign bonds viewed as confidence vote

Strong international demand for China’s latest US dollar-denominated sovereign bond issuance underscores global investors’ confidence in the country’s economic growth prospects and its ongoing efforts to strengthen ties with global capital markets, financial professionals have said. China’s Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the central government, issued $4 billion sovereign bonds in the Hong Kong…

Pudong advances wider opening-up to attract global investors

[Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] Pudong New Area in eastern Shanghai should advance institutional opening-up and enhance its business environment, to solidify its role as a pioneer of China’s socialist modernization and prime destination for investors across the globe, said officials and business executives at a promotion conference held on Thursday during the 8th China…

Shanghai business forum hears of China’s renewed commitment to opening-up

China will remain committed to high-standard opening-up during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), and share its massive development opportunities with foreign-invested enterprises across various sectors, the Ministry of Commerce said in a news release on Thursday. At a time when unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, a market that is fair, just and…

China-Russia finance ministers agree to expand fiscal cooperation

Chinese Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an and Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov co-chaired the 11th China-Russia Financial Ministerial Dialogue in Beijing on Tuesday. The dialogue resulted in several agreements concerning the enhancement of bilateral fiscal cooperation. The meeting further solidified the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two nations, with…

China, US seek to stabilize trade relations

China and the United States should work together to create a favorable environment for practical cooperation in agriculture and other sectors, a statement released by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday said. Li Chenggang, China international trade representative with the Ministry of Commerce and vice-minister of commerce, said during a meeting with a US agricultural…

China edging toward membership of Trans-Pacific Partnership framework

China attaches great importance to joining the framework of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and is actively advancing relevant efforts, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. Against the backdrop of unilateralism and protectionism, which is severely impacting the international economic and trade order, China’s accession to the CPTPP will help…

China adjusts unreliable entity list measures for some US firms

BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Wednesday that in implementing the consensuses reached through the China-US economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, China will continue to suspend for one year, effective from Nov 10, the unreliable entity list measures it announced on April 4 this year targeting some US companies. Also effective from…

Draft rules for funds to protect investors

China’s latest move to refine how mutual funds measure and evaluate performance marks a shift toward a more disciplined, quality-oriented capital market, experts said. They added that this would make fund managers more accountable and better align investment practices with investor interests. The comments came after the China Securities Regulatory Commission unveiled a draft guideline…

China releases latest World Openness Index, highlighting role of emerging forces

SHANGHAI — The World Openness Index, gauging the openness levels of 129 economies from 1990 to 2024, was released on Wednesday at the eighth Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai. In 2024, the World Openness Index was at 0.7545, down 0.05 percent from 2023, according to the index for last year. The 2024 index was…