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Sylvia Ma
Reporter, Political Economy
Sylvia Ma joined the Post in 2023 and covers China economy. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Hong Kong and a bachelor’s degree in English from Fudan University.
Driven by stimulus, an economic rebound in the last quarter helped China hit its GDP target, and signs point to a similar goal in 2025 despite challenges.
The National Bureau of Statistics published GDP and population numbers for 2024, data that will inform policy decisions for the year ahead.
Helped by digital yuan and advancements in financial tech, more yuan-backed transactions are taking place in crude settlement.
Parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger; chemical-compound exporters; and US chip companies are on radar of China’s commerce authorities and subject to possible retaliation.
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Before US President Joe Biden’s attack on China’s growth prospects, Justin Lin Yifu said it was on track to becoming the world’s largest economy despite challenges, as ‘soldiers are met with generals, water with earth’.
Mainland’s property market is improving, PBOC governor Pan Gongsheng says, reiterating importance of special-purpose bonds for buying idle land and unsold homes.
Cute and playful collectibles are a trillion-yuan industry in China, and their impact on commerce is expected to continue surging.
District party chief in Chongqing says family members deserve new clothes, while authorities in Beijing expand appliance trade-in scheme.
Beijing’s government investment funds have been encouraged to set higher risk thresholds, particularly in tech research allocations.
After a revamp of the youth-unemployment rate sparked concerns over data transparency, calls have come for comprehensive metrics to convey economic reality.
An exchange rate of 7.6 to the US dollar by the end of 2025 could be on the cards, analysts say, as Donald Trump’s impending policies may further weaken the battered yuan.
Li Qiang calls for expansion of consumption-boosting trade-in programmes during visit to Shandong province.
And China’s ‘moderately loose’ monetary policy could further widen interest-rate differentials, straining the yuan more, analyst predicts.
A recent set of government guidelines is positioning China’s data industry as a major growth driver in the coming years.
With hopes of becoming a ‘financial superpower’, China has been ramping up efforts to curb risks and keep malfeasance in check.
China’s currency, hammered since Trump’s re-election, has depreciated further against the US dollar, despite the yuan’s share among global payments rising.
The call comes amid a Chinese government drive to revitalise the economy by cultivating “new quality productive forces”.
Tax revenue climbs by 5.3 per cent, while non-tax revenue surges by 40.4 per cent.
Retail sales grew by just 3.0 per cent last month, while property investment also continued to drag, falling by 10.4 per cent in first 11 months.
Even as the risk of another trade war looms as Donald Trump prepares for his second term, China stresses ‘dialogue and coordination’ with US.
China Finance 40 Forum think tank suggests temporarily anchoring the yuan to a basket of currencies, particularly the euro.
After Monday’s Politburo meeting, analysts predicted China will raise fiscal spending and cut rates to keep up activity through next year.
With construction seen as vital to stabilising the national economy, authorities emphasise that there is still a lot of room to increase fiscal spending.
China’s annual tone-setting central economic work conference is expected to convene this week at a key time for the world’s second-largest economy.
Call from Chen Wenqing comes as China doubles down on social stability and judicial fairness after string of public attacks.
6,000 multi-material armour scales represent a first for Han dynasty discoveries and are also ‘the smallest ever unearthed’ from the era.
Ningbo in China’s Zhejiang province played host to more than 200 supplier representatives for the United Nations International Procurement Seminar.
China’s currency is losing pace against the US dollar thanks to a wave of uncertainty following Donald Trump’s re-election.
Corruption and a slow adoption of the e-CNY risk undermining the groundbreaking progress that China’s digital currency has made over the past decade.
Efficiency is key as logistical revamp seeks to shore up manufacturing industries, including a digital transformation and new economic hubs.
