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February 9, 2026 2026-02-09

China will step up efforts to boost inbound consumption by rolling out new policy measures, enhancing the "Shopping in China" campaign, and accelerating the development of international consumption centers, the Ministry of Commerce said at a policy briefing on Friday.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​China's robot corps is poised to command the spotlight this Chinese New Year season. Kicking off the festivities, AgiBot deployed over 200 humanoid robots across various models at a trailblazing live gala.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​As Chinese people's living standards continue to rise, their services spending has emerged as a key driver of China's high-quality economic growth. From 2020 to 2025, per capita expenditure on services grew at an average annual rate of 8.5%. In 2025, services spending accounted for 46.1% of per capita consumption, an official from the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, developed by the ninth academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, completed its maiden flight in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​The "Icebreakers" Chinese New Year Dinner 2026 was held in London on Friday, drawing around 500 representatives from the Chinese and British business communities and other sectors. The event was jointly hosted by the 48 Group, the China Chamber of Commerce in the UK, and the China-Britain Business Council.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​The 3rd China-Türkiye Business Conference was held in Istanbul on Saturday, bringing together more than 300 representatives from government bodies, business associations and enterprises from both countries to explore new drivers of trade growth and cooperation.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
In early February, amid the soft pre-Spring Festival glow, I walked into a showroom of Chinese NEV startup NIO in Hefei, Anhui Province, ready to see how far the revolution of the new energy vehicle (NEV) sector had travelled.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​The second edition of AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies opened here on Sunday, centering on the opportunities and challenges facing emerging market economies amid profound global economic changes.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​In the packed aisles of the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center, about 30 km from Dakar, Senegal's capital, Chinese exhibitors are no longer relying on catalogue sales alone.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
​China was again Germany's most important trading partner in 2025, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Friday, as bilateral trade rose despite a challenging year for Europe's largest economy.
February 9, 2026 2026-02-09
Against a backdrop of global economic pressure and increasingly uneven recovery, such expansion for an economy of China's size is no small feat, underscoring the country's economic resilience and potential.
February 8, 2026 2026-02-08
Natural gas-powered buses for export to Mexico being loaded to a ship at Yantai Port in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2026.
February 8, 2026 2026-02-08
​China's ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product (GDP) fell to 13.9 percent in 2025, dropping below the 14 percent threshold for the first time, the country's top economic planner said on Saturday.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
Southeastern China's Fujian Province rarely sees snow, yet it has grown into a manufacturing base for winter sports equipment, with exports surging in 2025 on the back of demand linked to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
​China's appeal to German companies continues to strengthen. Data from the German Economic Institute show that new German direct investment in China amounted to around 7 billion euros in 2025, well above the roughly 4.5 billion euros a year earlier.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
As the Spring Festival draws near, consumer spending is witnessing a remarkable surge across China. Retailers are reporting heightened sales of traditional foods and festive goods as families prepare for the celebrations.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
​China's foreign exchange reserves totaled 3.3991 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of January 2026, marking an increase of 41.2 billion dollars, or 1.23 percent, from the end of December last year.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
Qiaoxu, a township in Guigang city, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, now processes around 100,000 tonnes of feathers and down annually, accounting for 28% of China's total output and an estimated 18% of the global supply.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
​Chinese and British financial regulators achieved "tangible cooperation deliverables" on multiple issues at the inaugural meeting of the China-UK Financial Working Group held in Beijing recently, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on Friday.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
​China will provide more robust policy support to boost the consumption of services, officials and experts said, pointing to a structural shift in domestic demand, where spending on services is increasingly becoming a primary driver of consumption.
February 7, 2026 2026-02-07
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