China completed a census of its agricultural germ plasma resources earlier this year amid a focus on food security.
11 Dec 2024 - 7:33PM videocam
Relations between the Asian powers have become highly strained in recent years, but officials from both sides are now talking up the value of cooperation.
6 Dec 2024 - 4:09AM videocam
An expected escalation of the US-China trade war, and the Chinese public’s demand for a response, could light a fire under Beijing’s policymakers, former PBOC head says.
With more tariffs certain once Donald Trump returns to the White House, China must ready its response – this time knowing what to expect.
28 Nov 2024 - 6:12AM videocam
US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated international trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as the next US trade representative.
27 Nov 2024 - 5:14PM videocam
Donald Trump’s second White House term is bound to bring new China tariffs – but analysts wonder if it will bring manufacturing back.
28 Nov 2024 - 6:08AM videocam
People’s Daily commentary and pledge from Premier Li Qiang offer support for platform economy, coincides with algorithm regulation.
25 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM videocam
Hainan says labour pain relief will be covered by public health insurance, part of broader plan to boost birth rates.
Researcher questions where the money will come from, as well as the sustainability of subsidies amid China’s falling birth rate.
Final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between China and Russia completed seven months ahead of schedule.
Training programmes becoming increasingly popular as more job opportunities open up for UAV operators.
18 Nov 2024 - 10:11AM videocam
Producers more concerned about unchecked growth in regional cultivation than China’s self-sufficiency drive.
11 Nov 2024 - 9:13AM videocam
Week-long NPC Standing Committee meeting ends with mostly forward-looking plans to right China’s economic ship.
8 Nov 2024 - 11:53PM videocam
China’s top legislative body approved additional debt relief for local governments and promised more support next year.
Although Donald Trump’s re-election likely means rocky US-China trade, a US official has named agriculture as one area of cooperation.
American pavilion at Shanghai’s China International Import Expo viewed as a show of goodwill to keep trade flowing in difficult geopolitical times.
Australia’s avocado trade association and China’s trade body signed an agreement at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Wednesday.
China must adjust to a changing landscape of worker needs amid push for ‘high-level scientific and technological self-reliance’.
Upcoming China International Import Expo will highlight need to strike a balance with trading partners as appetite of world’s biggest food consumer hits record highs.
3 Nov 2024 - 1:20PM videocam
Days before the US presidential election, surveyed executives at companies operating in China said they could relocate if tariffs go up.
31 Oct 2024 - 8:00PM videocam
Subsidies and tax cuts are set to be rolled out as part of efforts to build a ‘birth-friendly society’ amid China’s looming demographic crisis.
Years of research have yielded productive plains that offer China more food security in the face of geopolitical upheaval and extreme weather.
28 Oct 2024 - 6:19PM videocam
City governments have adopted a ‘hukou for home’ strategy as the competition for talent intensifies.
Young consumers’ willingness to spend on blind box toys contrasts with wider retail gloom.
28 Oct 2024 - 9:32AM videocam
Millions register for upcoming guokao exam that will fill 39,700 civil service positions at government agencies and public institutions.
Students shown the final assembly of China’s C919 home-grown passenger jet as its manufacturing base in Shanghai.
As tall as a 10-storey building, it will be used to construct the foundations of marine engineering projects.
Go big or bear the risk of watching China’s economy fall off a cliff, says prominent head of fiscal academy associated with Ministry of Finance.
18 Oct 2024 - 8:27AM videocam
Some prominent economists have called for China to roll out a stimulus plan worth 10 trillion yuan, but the real number is anyone’s guess as prudence is at play.
16 Oct 2024 - 5:00PM videocam
Growing elderly population another conundrum for Chinese policymakers grappling with high youth unemployment and ‘ultra-low’ fertility.
15 Oct 2024 - 2:41PM videocam