An international student from Vietnam (right) helps deliver an e-commerce livestreaming session in the Nanning Area of the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. [Photo/Xinhua] China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone recently unveiled its 2025 data export management list (negative list) , aiming to balance secure and efficient cross-border data flows. The list focuses on…
This photo taken on Feb 1, 2025 shows a city view of Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua] Hong Kong’s economy demonstrated strong resilience in the second quarter of this year, marking the tenth consecutive quarter of positive growth, with experts anticipating the upward trajectory to persist well into the second half and positioning the city to meet…
BEIJING — China reported positive signs in terms of both consumer and producer prices last month, as government policies to boost domestic demand continued to take hold. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, climbed 0.4 percent in July compared with the previous month, reversing a 0.1-percent drop in June and exceeding…
A visitor displays a cup of coffee purchased with China’s digital yuan, or the e-CNY, April 26, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] As global currency competition intensifies in the digital space, Chinese economists are urging a dual-track approach to strengthen China’s monetary position — leveraging both central bank digital currency innovation and stablecoin development, with a clear eye…
A distant view of the Guomao CBD skyline in Chaoyang district, Beijing, on July 5, 2025. [Photo/VCG] Foreign companies are helping drive strong economic growth in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, with GDP expanding by 5.1 percent in the first half of the year, said a senior official of the district in a media conference. The district…
Visitors check out a humanoid robot at the third China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY BEIJING — As innovation and design emerge as new engines of growth, China’s manufacturing sector is undergoing a shift from scale-driven expansion to value-oriented transformation. In the first half, robust output in high-tech sectors, ranging…
An exhibitor interacts with an unmanned autonomous delivery vehicle displayed at the World Intelligence Expo 2024 in Tianjin in June 2024. SUN FANYUE/XINHUA BEIJING — In Ziyang, Sichuan province, a logistics company has hired three “employees” who never take lunch breaks and work around the clock without any complaints. They are autonomous delivery vans, each capable…
A drone photo taken on June 29, 2025 shows new energy vehicles for export parked at a vehicle export terminal at the Hangzhou section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] Following a series of high-level meetings and regulatory actions aimed at curbing excessive internal competition, China’s top leadership has once…
China’s foreign trade will remain resilient in the second half of 2025, fueled by strong growth in high-tech exports, vibrant private sector activity and closer ties with emerging markets, government officials and exporters said on Thursday. They noted that China’s steady export performance, particularly driven by private companies, underscores robust global demand for the country’s…
Amid evolving domestic and global conditions, Chinese policymakers will explore and adjust policy tools to ensure the economy maintains a stable and positive trajectory, thereby contributing to global economic development, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday. The ministry’s comments followed S&P Global Ratings’ affirmation of its unsolicited ‘A+’ long-term and ‘A-1’ short-term foreign and…