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Rising trade uplifts regional economic ties

A merchant (left) from Tashkent shows customers building materials from Guangyuan, Sichuan province at his store in the capital of Uzbekistan on Dec 12. XINHUA China became the largest trading partner of Central Asian countries in 2025, with two-way trade reaching a record amount, a shift driven by expanding cooperation and closer regional ties, experts…

Sino-US trade shift seen as a gradual rebalancing

Amid mounting challenges such as tariff barriers, technology restrictions and heightened geopolitical uncertainty, China-US trade is undergoing a gradual adjustment, with market watchers and business leaders saying that bilateral trade flows are showing signs of a slow recalibration and becoming more structurally complex, rather than moving toward full-scale decoupling. They noted that the growth of…

Rising trade uplifts regional economic ties

A merchant (left) from Tashkent shows customers building materials from Guangyuan, Sichuan province at his store in the capital of Uzbekistan on Dec 12. XINHUA China became the largest trading partner of Central Asian countries in 2025, with two-way trade reaching a record amount, a shift driven by expanding cooperation and closer regional ties, experts…

More support for spending on services

China will provide more robust policy support to boost the consumption of services, officials and experts said, pointing to a structural shift in domestic demand, where spending on services is increasingly becoming a primary driver of consumption. “China has put forward sector-specific measures, such as relaxing market access, removing unjustified restrictions, fostering quality market players,…

Dalian GDP tops 1 trillion yuan; city to further enhance biz climate

According to the unified accounting results of the regional gross domestic product of Liaoning, Dalian’s regional GDP reached 1.00021 trillion yuan ($143.4 billion) in 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.7 percent at constant prices. Dalian has become the first city in Northeast China with a GDP exceeding 1 trillion yuan. “Overall, the city’s economy…

Shanghai remains a top choice for foreign investment despite global challenges

The Shanghai municipal government holds a press conference on Saturday, when the annual plenary sessions of the city’s legislative and political advisory bodies closed. [Photo by Zhou Wenting/chinadaily.com.cn] With the establishment of 6,300 new foreign-funded enterprises in the city last year — an increase of 6.8 percent — Shanghai has continued to solidify its position…

NW China’s Xinjiang sees dual rise in foreign firms, investment in 2025

URUMQI — Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China saw foreign investment play an increasingly prominent role in its economic development in 2025, with strong growth in both new foreign firms and capital utilization, according to the regional department of commerce. Last year, Xinjiang recorded a 21.97-percent increase in newly established foreign-funded firms and a…

China introduces zero-tariff policy on imported goods for Hainan residents

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Market prospects shared with global firms

Finnish Ambassador to China Mikko Kinnunen (second from right) tastes food from Kazakhstan on Wednesday at a booth set up by the Central Asian nation during the Beijing International Premium Products Event for “Big Market for All: Export to China” in the Chinese capital. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY By pushing the expansion of high-level…

China shares market opportunities with global firms

By pushing the expansion of high-level opening-up and proactively sharing its vast market, China is emerging as a source of certainty for international businesses, offering stable demand and long-term growth opportunities at a time when global economic recovery remains fragile and trade fragmentation is intensifying, government officials and business leaders said on Wednesday. By further…