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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
China sees burgeoning "humanoid robot +" sector
As Chinese internet giants venture into robotics, China's "humanoid robot +" sector is gaining development momentum.
May22,2025
AI application scenarios in culture and tourism expand speedily
With the accelerated implementation of application scenarios, AI is igniting new sparks in the cultural and tourism industries.
May15,2025
Data shows vibrant development of China's digital economy
China's digital economy has witnessed sustained enhancement in quality and efficiency, new breakthroughs in technological innovation, and significant upgrade in digital infrastructure, according to latest figures released by relevant ministries and research institutions.
May15,2025
China's private sector promotion law to come into effect in near future
China's private sector promotion law will officially come into effect on May 20, marking the first time that the principle of "unswervingly consolidating and developing the public sector and unswervingly encouraging, supporting, and guiding the development of the non-public sector" is written into law.
May09,2025
Cultural tourism boosts holiday economy as 314 mln trips made during May Day holiday
This year's May Day holiday saw a surge in both the scale and quality of cultural and tourism consumption across China.
May09,2025
Auto Shanghai 2025 mirrors China's opening-up, innovation momentum
Themed "Embracing Innovation, Empowering the Future," the ongoing 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2025) has attracted nearly 1,000 noted enterprises from 26 countries and regions, showcasing that opening-up and innovation remain the mainstream of world economy, and an open Chinese market still holds great appeal for enterprises worldwide.
April30,2025
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