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Breaking news and analysis on China’s economy, including its opening up, the US-China trade war, the impact of tariffs and trade talks, growth rates and other key economic data, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Greater Bay Area plan.
last updated:
15 October, 2024
The intervention by regulators reflects how the “refund-only” practice has been abused and hurt online sellers’ earnings. Photo: Shutterstock
E-commerce

Beijing puts e-commerce sector’s ‘refund-only’ policy and PDD under scrutiny

The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Commerce have directed Pinduoduo owner PDD to fix this practice.

US-China relations

China still ‘open’ to trade engagement with Trump despite tariff threats

Trade

Macroscope | Could Trump be a catalyst for the reforms China and Germany need?

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China's economic recovery

Nobel Prize-winning research gains traction in China to aid private sector

Hu Deping, son of a late former liberal leader, calls for rethink inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research and better protection for private enterprises.

Members of the Nobel assembly announce the 2024 prize in economics, awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson, during a press conference in Stockholm in October. Photo: EPA-EFE
China’s economic stimulus

China loosens purse strings to boost demand as economic conference ends

Chinese policymakers urge higher deficit ratio, more bond issuances in 2025 to shore up activity after major economic conclave.

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Tencent

Tencent’s low-profile CEO praises China’s economic policy, stimulus

The entrepreneur wrote in People’s Daily that the government has shown ‘strong determination’ in pushing for economic recovery.

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China trade

China’s massive Yiwu wholesale hub at the forefront of trade-reform efforts

Deeply ingrained institutional problems will be resolved, and better Belt and Road Initiative promotional efforts will be made under new State Council plan.

A vendor of electric toy cars waits for customers at the Yiwu wholesale market in China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: AP
China's economic recovery

Opinion | 3 challenges for China’s economic growth in 2025

The economy may be turning a corner but the property-sector crisis, local government debt and Trump’s return cloud the outlook.

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Yuan

China urged to anchor yuan to non-US dollar currencies to empower domestic tools

China Finance 40 Forum think tank suggests temporarily anchoring the yuan to a basket of currencies, particularly the euro.

Donald Trump

Editorial | Trump a good reason for China, Japan thaw

Crisis of trust between two countries with fragile economies has to be overcome for both their sakes.

US president-elect Donald Trump, at the FOX Nation Patriot Awards in Greenvale, New York. The arrival of Trump’s protectionist agenda when he takes power will give both Beijing and Tokyo motivation to improve relations. Photo: AP
China’s Communist Party

China’s customs chief and trade warrior Yu Jianhua dies aged 63

Yu, who played a major role in Beijing’s response to Donald Trump’s trade war, had previously led the diplomatic mission at the UN in Geneva.

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Yu Jianhua was taken ill on Tuesday after meeting provincial officials. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
China technology

China’s semiconductor firms cash in chips as export boom bucks overall trend

Despite a bevy of US restrictions on China’s semiconductor trade, chip shipments remain high even as overall exports miss expectations.

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China's economic recovery

China may bank on balance-sheet expansion, not rate cuts, for growth: economist

While Beijing is unlikely to implement universal consumption subsidies, officials may try to boost spending by raising incomes, according to Nomura’s Lu Ting.

China food security

China hopes to breed success with focus on quality soybean varieties

China completed a census of its agricultural germ plasma resources earlier this year amid a focus on food security.

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A farmer checks newly-harvested soybeans in Xiagu village in Luoyang city in central China’s Henan province. Photo: Xinhua
China stock market

Gulf financiers bet on 35% returns from Chinese assets on stimulus bets

‘If you want growth, you have to be in this corridor from the near to the Far East,’ Gulf Capital CEO says at China-UAE summit during Abu Dhabi Finance Week.

A view of buildings in Abu Dhabi on June 26, 2023. Photo: AFP
China property

China property: a tale of rising sales and falling prices in top cities

Too early to conclude China’s real estate sector has bottomed out, Nomura’s chief China economist Lu Ting says.

China's economic recovery

China ramps up economy-boosting rhetoric ahead of critical conference

At this ‘critical stage of transformation’, with outsized challenges mounting, adherence and commitment to policy choices is said to be as important as ever.

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China's economic recovery

Opinion | How China’s fast-transforming economy can avoid painful L-shaped growth

The country has all the tools – and resilience – it needs to adapt to its new geopolitical environment and accelerate the domestic transformation.

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An employee works at a car parts factory in Qingzhou, Shandong province, China, on December 9. China’s car industry is an example of “involution”: overcrowding caused by an influx of financial resources and factors of production. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s CATL, Stellantis to build US$4.3 billion EV battery plant in Spain

Joint venture received support from the Spanish government, which abstained in the EU’s October vote to impose extra tariffs on Chinese-made EVs.

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China’s economic stimulus

Explainer | What is China’s central economic work conference, and why does it matter?

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.

China stock market

China stocks regain appeal as Xi signals major stimulus in Politburo meeting

Strong policy tone ripples through Chinese assets, with both stocks and bonds rallying while the yuan strengthens.

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A statue of a bull stands in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai on March 16, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE
China property

Editorial | Politburo prepared to do all that it takes in the name of growth

Beijing leaders make it clear that ‘more active’ policies are on the way through the use of fiscal and monetary measures.

China’s decision-making Politburo has announced more measures are on the way to stimulate domestic demand. Photo: Xinhua
China’s economic stimulus

China to invest over 4 trillion yuan in ‘hidden infrastructure’ as economy slows

Urban infrastructure projects in the coming years will be worth trillions of yuan and provide a means of boosting jobs and stabilising China’s economy.

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China trade

Explainer | China’s export boom not bust despite November deceleration: 5 takeaways

China’s exports grew by 6.7 per cent year on year in November, but the reading marked a slowdown from October rebound.

China's economic recovery

‘Strong tone’ from China’s Politburo suggests more fiscal spending: analysts

After Monday’s Politburo meeting, analysts predicted China will raise fiscal spending and cut rates to keep up activity through next year.

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China’s Politburo has indicated more fiscal spending and rate cuts are in the immediate future, analysts said. Photo: Reuters
China stock market

China consumer spending to rise modestly in 2025, Bain and Kantar say

Report predicts a single-digit percentage rise in the value of consumer spending next year, as volume rises while price pressures continue.

Tourists walk past a shopping mall in Kunming City, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on December 6, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
China property

Shanghai Disneyland tightens wheelchair rules to curb misuse

Change follows complaints that able-bodied guests were renting powered wheelchairs to bypass queues and speed through the park.

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China's population

Does China have the key to unlock a second demographic dividend?

Employers in China asked to create jobs suitable for older workers, with close to 300 million people aged over 60.

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