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Andrew Mullen
Andrew Mullen
Hong Kong
@amullen_scmp
Deputy Editor, Political Economy 
Andrew Mullen returned to the Post in 2018 as a Production Editor with the Political Economy desk. He was promoted to Deputy Editor in April 2022. He earlier worked as a reporter on the Post's Sport desk. He has previously worked for the Press Association, the BBC and sport marketing company Lagardere Sports in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
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High-ranking Chinese officials, led by People’s Bank of China governor Pan Gongsheng, unveil a slew of policies to boost world’s second-largest economy.

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In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at the state of China’s economy, with trade and inflation data offering a sliver of hope for the world’s second largest economy.

China’s economic growth ‘fell well below expectations’ in the second quarter, while retail sales and property investment remained headwinds in June, data released on Monday showed.

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take a look ahead to China’s third plenum, which has been a landmark occasion since Deng Xiaoping’s groundbreaking reforms in 1978.

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China’s factory activity remained in contraction for a second consecutive month in June, adding to problems facing the world’s No 2 economy.

China’s exports beat expectations last month despite heightened trade frictions, fuelled by surging demand from Southeast Asia, according to data released on Friday.

China’s exports beat expectations in May, data released on Friday showed, but looming import tariffs from the United States and European Union are set to weigh on the outlook, analysts said.

China’s official purchasing managers’ indices (PMI) fell in May, with the manufacturing gauge falling into contraction, while the Caixin/S&P Global indices rose last month.