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
Without measures to excite a volatile market, a high-profile conference from China’s Ministry of Finance leaves investors disappointed.
16 Oct 2024 - 12:08PM videocam
China’s Ministry of Finance gave no specific figure for fiscal stimulus at closely watched press conference.
Chinese travellers and tourists spent 700.82 billion yuan during the just-ended holiday week – a 7.9 per cent increase from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.
China’s one-child policy has created a zero-sibling generation – and caring for parents and children in a tough economy is taking its toll.
2 Oct 2024 - 9:52AM videocam
Outspoken economist Yu Yongding calls for more infrastructure investment ‘or we won’t meet this year’s 5 per cent growth target’.
30 Sep 2024 - 10:27AM videocam
Traders see the China market as ripe for the picking, but long-term effects of Beijing’s new stimulus package remain in question.
2 Oct 2024 - 9:05AM videocam
E-coupons will offer anyone in Shanghai discounts on a wide range of purchases, from hotels and movies to restaurants and sporting events.
Though China’s interest in the arts is at an all-time high, a glut of graduates remains unsure of the field’s career prospects.
23 Sep 2024 - 12:05PM videocam
State Council directive seeks to diversity China’s food supply system by 2027 to increase self-reliance.
20 Sep 2024 - 7:00PM videocam
After a historic rise in trade between China and Russia last year, their energy exchanges keep slowing, and analysts point to settlement challenges.
19 Sep 2024 - 9:40AM videocam
Beijing has ‘no choice’ but to raise retirement age as working population shrinks, but more is needed to fill fiscal gaps, analysts say.
15 Sep 2024 - 6:05PM videocam