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Major projects advance as policies to stabilize foreign investment gather pace
A number of major foreign investment projects have been steadily advancing since the beginning of this year, as China has stepped up policy support to stabilize foreign investment.
August14,2025
AI drives new ecological transformation in pet industry
As pets become core members of multiple families, the pet economy is expanding to a full-chain ecosystem covering medical care, beauty, training, and insurance beyond food and product sales.
August14,2025
China's hydrogen industry accelerates global expansion, deepens int'l cooperation
Chinese hydrogen enterprises have intensified their global presence since 2025, expanding international cooperation through equipment exports, technology partnerships, joint ventures, and collaborative projects.
August08,2025
"A+H" listing trend to heat up further upon policy boost
After a circular of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) signaling lower threshold for "A+H" issuers took effect from Monday, more and more A-share companies are expected to opt for listing on the Hong Kong market.
August07,2025
Pilot expansion propels autonomous driving development from tech innovation to industry transformation
Shanghai granted a new batch of intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) demonstration operation licenses at the Models Lead Intelligent Future themed AI-empowered Autonomous Driving Innovation and Development Forum during the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).
July31,2025
Accelerated market expansion fuels high-quality and innovation-driven export growth
China's total foreign goods trade reached 21.79 trillion yuan in the first half of 2025, up 2.9 percent year on year.
July31,2025
Banking sector empowers foreign trade enterprises to explore new potentials
Recent data from the General Administration of Customs shows that China's total imports and exports of goods reached 21.79 trillion yuan (about 3.05 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2025, up 2.9 percent from the previous year. Experts believe that the steady growth of foreign trade is inseparable from the strong support of finance.
July17,2025
China's cold chain logistics industry boasts broad prospects with listed companies accelerating international expansion
At the recently held 17th Global Food Cold Chain Conference 2025, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) introduced that China's cold chain supply chain is developing well, with comprehensive competitiveness continuously improving. Against the backdrop of accelerated restructuring of global trade and industrial and supply chains, China's cold chain development is in a new era full of opportunities.
July17,2025
BSE-listed firms accelerate push into booming smart eyewear market
Thunderobot, a technology company listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE), announced on July 4 that to meet user demand for smart eyewear services and expand smart eyewear sales channels, it plans to jointly invest with two other companies to establish a smart eyewear company. The registered capital reaches 10 million yuan, with Thunderobot holding a 35 percent stake and investing 3.5 million yuan.
July11,2025
Chinese localities turn eyes to China-chic and new industrial trends to spur consumption
Chinese local governments unveiled recently multiple consumption-boosting plans, turning their eyes to China-chic, culture and digital consumption to spur more growth boosters.
July10,2025
China's summer escape economy ignites spending through cooling innovations
Resorts craft specialized cooling tourism by leveraging local ecology and cultural assets, and anti-heat products thrive on policy tailwinds. Coupled with business-culture-tourism integrated nighttime offerings, the burgeoning "summer escape economy" is fueling a consumption surge nationwide.
July03,2025
China's NEV industry charts new courses amid evolving global market
Faced with rapid changes in global auto industry, rising complexity in global trade ties, growing uncertainties in the auto industrial chain and supply chain, China's new energy vehicle (NEV) has been embracing global collaboration with openness and innovation.
July03,2025
Multinational companies expand presence in China, writing new chapter of win-win cooperation
Co-hosted by Shandong Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Commerce, the sixth Qingdao Multinationals Summit was held in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province from June 18 to 20. The event has received widespread attention and active participation from multinational corporations (MNCs) worldwide, bringing together 570 attendees from 43 countries and regions.
June26,2025
From China to world: Chinese cultural products going overseas
The Ministry of Commerce, together with three other departments, has recently released the 2025-2026 catalogues of national key enterprises and projects of cultural exports, including over 400 enterprises and more than 120 projects.
June26,2025
China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo unlocks new cooperation potential
The fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, themed "China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization", was held in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, from June 12 to 15. The city of Changsha, thousands of miles away from Africa, once again embraced "African time".
June19,2025
China-Africa industrial cooperation boosts Africa's sustainable growth
China-Africa trade has kept growing in recent years. In 2024, trade between China and African countries increased 4.8 percent year on year to reach more than 295.56 billion U.S. dollars. This set a new record and marked China's 16th consecutive year as Africa's largest trading partner.
June19,2025
"Sports event economy" sparks consumption boom in China
Popular sports events have been held consecutively in China recently, stimulating sports vitality among the public, and the accompanying "sports event economy" has also ignited consumption boom.
June12,2025
Fund firms forge ahead in "going global" to enhance regional financial integration
Recently, public mutual fund companies in China sped up their "going global" paces through listing domestic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on exchanges abroad in Malaysia, Brazil and Singapore to enable diversification of the toolkit to invest in China.
June06,2025
Cross-sector integration injects new impetus into China's cultural industry with investment mounting
A robot composes poems like a poet, an AI model generates customized 3D bibelots, and cultural relics get revived in VR spectacles…the 21st China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair (ICIF), which commenced on May 22, serves as a window showcasing the booming momentum of China's cultural industry to the world.
May30,2025
AI and fintech support foreign trade enterprises in cross-border payment
China's foreign trade enterprises are exploring new opportunities in the international market, leading to increasingly diversified financial services demands.
May29,2025
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