A containership docks at Dalian Port in Liaoning province on July 15. XINHUA Dalian Customs has carried out a raft of institutional innovations since the establishment of the China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone in 2017, streamlining port operations and empowering high-quality growth across Liaoning province. Official data show that exports from Liaoning and its…
China has placed 20 Japanese entities involved in enhancing Japan’s military capabilities on an export control watch list, a step aimed at curbing Tokyo’s “re-militarization” and any potential ambitions of creating nuclear weapons, the Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday. The designated entities include major industrial players such as Subaru Corporation, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, and TDK…
The Palace Museum in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] During the nine-day Spring Festival holiday that concluded on Monday, about 60 percent of travel orders were… Read More »Tourism trends upward during Spring Festival
Customers shop at a 7Fresh supermarket by JD.com in Daxing district of Beijing on Feb 19. CHINA DAILY Fast-moving consumer goods sales in urban China grew 1.5 percent year-on-year in 2025, said Kantar Worldpanel China, a marketing research institute, signaling steady growth in the retail sector where consumption patterns are evolving. The National Bureau of…
A view of the booth of Arlanxeo during an expo in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Positioning the Chinese market as one of its strongest growth engines, Arlanxeo, a Netherlands-based performance elastomers producer, looks forward to contributing to China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) while seizing market opportunities to achieve its own growth and expansion, said a top…
Record dividend payouts ahead of the Spring Festival are signaling a structural shift in China’s equity market, with listed companies placing greater emphasis on shareholder returns — a development analysts say will help accelerate foreign inflows in 2026 and beyond. Data from market tracker Wind Info show that 290 A-share listed companies — calculated based…
China is likely to set an economic growth target of around 5 percent for 2026, a goal that requires more forceful measures to overcome the persistent constraint of insufficient domestic demand, a senior economist told China Daily. “A sustained period of modest price levels for both goods and capital is exerting a drag on China’s…
An audience poses for a photo next to a poster of the film Pegasus 3, at a theatre in Yinchuan city, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Feb 20, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s box office revenue during the nine-day Spring Festival holiday that ended Monday totaled 5.75 billion yuan ($828.65 million), with total admissions hitting 120…
Commuters take the metro at Duomo, Milan ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, Italy, on Feb 5, 2026. [Photo/VCG] As the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics concluded on Sunday, the increasing visibility of Chinese brands on the global stage highlighted a transition toward proprietary innovation and wider international endorsement within the high-performance sports…
China’s growth potential, which is unparalleled worldwide and which is mainly propelled by improved tech competency, is the major reason why APS Asset Management has decided to go “all in on China”, the company’s top executive said. Wong Kok Hoi, founder and executive chairman, made the remarks on Feb 10, when the Singaporean asset manager…