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China's economic recovery

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China's economic recovery
This topic charts China's economic recovery as it, in 2023, enters an era of slower growth, along with an ageing and shrinking workforce, weak consumer demand and a property market downturn.
last updated:
15 October, 2024
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Nobel Prize

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.

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

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

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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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Workers pour molten steel at a factory which produces vehicle crankshafts for both the domestic market and export, in Binzhou, in eastern Shandong province, on December 10. Photo: AFP
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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.

China economy

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.

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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.

Scale models of residential buildings are displayed at a property fair in Shenzhen, where second-hand homes sales surged to a three-year high last week. Photo: Reuters
Communist Party politics

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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Banking & finance

China pushes M&A to build 10 hi-tech firms to be globally competitive by 2027

The industries in question include integrated circuits, biopharmaceuticals and new materials.

China economy

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
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.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the 2023 central economic work conference in Beijing. Photo: AP
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 GDP

‘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
Infrastructure

China’s infrastructure spending may surge in 2025 to meet 5-year goals

With construction seen as vital to stabilising the national economy, authorities emphasise that there is still a lot of room to increase fiscal spending.

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China trade

As China’s trade slows, Trump’s tariffs loom, analysts eye domestic growth focus

China’s exports growth slowed to 6.7 per cent year on year in November, while imports continued to weaken.

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China inflation

‘Persistent’ deflationary pressure remains for China: 4 inflation data takeaways

Consumer prices in China grew by 0.2 per cent in November, while the cost of goods at the factory gate fell for the 26th month in a row.

People buy vegetables at a market in Shenyang. Photo: AFP
China economy

For China, ‘pivotal’ 2025 will put economic choices to the test: Asia Society

How China deals with simmering trade disputes, weak domestic consumption and advanced manufacturing hurdles ‘will shape its trajectory for years’.

US-China decoupling

China rallies world’s economic groups, decries protectionism at ‘1+10’ dialogue

With an eye on peaceful and sustainable economic development for the world, meeting addresses outsized threats and risks in a time of rising uncertainties.

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China economy

China’s Politburo revives crisis-era language in pledge to bolster economy

Decision-making body of Communist Party pledges to boost demand, stabilise property and stock markets after closely watched meeting.

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China’s decision-making Politburo, led by President Xi Jinping, has announced more measures are on the way to stimulate domestic demand. Photo: Xinhua
China inflation

China’s consumer inflation hits 5-month low, leaves room for more stimulus

Consumer prices in China grew by 0.2 per cent in November, while the cost of goods at the factory gate fell for the 26th month in a row.

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Consumers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city in eastern China’s Shandong province. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
China’s economic stimulus

China preps policy support for economic conference held under Trump’s shadow

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.

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Chinese economists’ social media on ice after critical comments fire up debate

Two Chinese economists have seen account restrictions after transcripts of speeches questioning official data garnered attention online.

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China trade

What’s eating at Guangdong? For China’s economic champ, the hits keep coming

Malformed by manufacturing malaise, pummelled by property, and targeted by tariffs, the hits keep coming in the southern powerhouse region.

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China manufacturing

China to give local products leg up in bids for government contracts

‘New thinking’ for Chinese policy as domestically made products – from all firms – get 20 per cent price advantage in government procurement.

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Local producers, even those with foreign ownership, will have an advantage in bidding for government procurement deals, China’s Ministry of Finance said. Photo: AFP
China manufacturing

What are key concerns of China’s private firms? Survey flags raft of hardships

Most polled firms lament losses, and few plan to increase investments in the foreseeable future as economic challenges mount.

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China trade

China cutting e-commerce red tape to ease export of small packages, support jobs

New policies aim to shore up China’s competitiveness in global manufacturing and e-commerce while alleviating worrisome youth-unemployment pressure.

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