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Opening-up key draw for foreign investment

This undated photo shows a bird’s eye view of Qianhai of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. [PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY] China’s push to further expand opening-up will strengthen investor confidence and support economic growth by creating a more predictable business environment and broader market opportunities for foreign enterprises, said market watchers and business executives on…

Shanghai’s Changning district sees its GDP reach $42b

In 2025, the regional gross domestic product of Shanghai’s Changning district totaled 289.8 billion yuan ($42 billion). The average annual growth rate of GDP during the 14th Five-Year-Plan period (2021-25) reached 7 percent, ranking first in the city, an investment promotional meeting held in Changning on Tuesday showed. Also, according to the meeting, the district,…

Lower growth target signals China’s pivot toward domestic demand, experts say

China’s slightly lower GDP growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent for this year signals what experts view as a pragmatic adjustment that will be paired with robust policy support aimed primarily at strengthening domestic demand. In the Government Work Report submitted on Thursday to China’s top legislature for deliberation, the government outlined proactive fiscal…

Fiscal compliance efforts stepped up

The State Taxation Administration unveiled this week the outcomes of key initiatives carried out in 2025, designed to build a unified national market and support high-quality economic development via fairer tax policies. A core component of these initiatives was strict governance of unlawful tax practices tied to local investment incentives, with a disciplinary rule enforced…

China’s service sector to top 100 trillion yuan in 2026-2030: economic planner

BEIJING — The size of China’s service sector is expected to expand beyond 100 trillion yuan ($14.49 trillion) in the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), head of the country’s top economic planner said Friday. Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines…

Policies to lift spending in focus this year

Customers drink local craft beer at a restaurant in Guiyang, the capital city of Southwest China’s Guizhou province, Dec 25, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China will scale up efforts to boost consumer spending this year by pairing measures to stimulate the financial capacity of households with continued pro-consumption policies, economists said, as the world’s second-largest economy accelerates…

China working on measures to boost consumer spending

China will scale up efforts to boost consumer spending this year by pairing measures to stimulate household spending power with pro-consumption policies, according to a government work report submitted to the national legislature for deliberation. China will formulate and implement income growth plans, rolling out a series of practical measures to boost earnings for low-income…

China working on measures to boost consumer spending

China will scale up efforts to boost consumer spending this year by pairing measures to stimulate household spending power with pro-consumption policies, according to a government work report submitted to the national legislature for deliberation. China will formulate and implement income growth plans, rolling out a series of practical measures to boost earnings for low-income…

China working on measures to boost consumer spending

China will scale up efforts to boost consumer spending this year by pairing measures to stimulate household spending power with pro-consumption policies, according to a government work report submitted to the national legislature for deliberation. China will formulate and implement income growth plans, rolling out a series of practical measures to boost earnings for low-income…