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Asia still the locomotive of global growth

March 25, 2026 2026-03-25

China's e-commerce sector recorded steady growth in the first two months of 2026 as digital consumption remained robust, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Wednesday.
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The 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) commenced on Wednesday in Beijing. The five-day event, themed "Full Integration Between Technological and Industrial Innovation," serves as a way to highlight China’s leading technologies and innovations.
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Ahead of the 2026 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, a group of intelligent robots has already taken the stage in Qionghai, Hainan. Among them, a team of Unitree humanoid robots dressed as COSCO Shipping's "Captain Panda" mascot has been wowing onlookers. Moving in sync to music, the robots perform tai chi routines, showcasing China's latest advances in robotics and intelligent manufacturing.
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Hainan Free Trade Port has achieved solid progress since launching island-wide special customs operations, which fully demonstrates China's firm commitment to advancing high-level opening up, stated officials and experts at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2026.
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​China has achieved significant breakthroughs in the exploration of three key minerals -- rare earths, fluorite, and barite -- in its southwestern Sichuan Province, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
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China's high-quality datasets grew in number and volume, empowering AI innovation, said Liu Liehong, administrator of the National Data Administration, at a Tuesday briefing. By the end of 2025, over 100,000 high-quality datasets had been built nationwide, roughly 310 times the digital holdings of the National Library of China.
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​China welcomes companies from the United States to continue expanding their presence in the Chinese market and prosper together with China, according to Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao.
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The artificial intelligence surge is rapidly reshaping China's digital economy. On Tuesday, a senior official in charge of data security pointed to an explosion in "tokens" as both a barometer of growth and a new export frontier.
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​As regional conflicts and power politics continue to unsettle the world, China has remained a pillar of stability and certainty.
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As China steps up efforts to improve domestic consumption, multinational companies are increasingly positioning themselves to tap what they see as one of the world's most significant sources of future growth.
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​Chinese companies and researchers filed a record 22,031 patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2025, with China rising to third place for the first time, the EPO Technology Dashboard 2025 showed on Tuesday.
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​Chinese carrier Air China launched a direct passenger service between Brussels and Beijing, China's capital, on Tuesday, and will launch another between Brussels and Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Thursday, adding new air links between Belgium and China.
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​Inside a community elderly care center in Beijing, Mr. Wang, an older adult living with severe functional disabilities, was undergoing rehabilitation. Thanks to a nationwide subsidy program, community-based care is no longer financially burdensome for him.
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Business leaders, industry representatives and government officials from China and the Czech Republic gathered in Prague on Tuesday for a promotion event of the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), highlighting growing interest in strengthening economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
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​China welcomes companies from the United States to continue expanding their presence in the Chinese market and prosper together with China, according to Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao.
March 25, 2026 2026-03-25
​In the national market for snow fungus, a single mountainous county in east China's Fujian Province now arguably sets the pace.
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Themed "Full Integration Between Technological and Industrial Innovation," this year's Zhongguancun Forum will be held in Beijing from March 25 to 29. More than 1,000 guests from over 100 countries and regions are expected to participate in the forum, which features more than 100 events.
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Since the "Boao Near-Zero Carbon Demonstration Zone" was renamed the "Boao Zero-Carbon Demonstration Zone" in March 2025, the area has achieved notable progress in energy conservation and carbon reduction and has fully entered a stage of normalized zero-carbon operation.
March 25, 2026 2026-03-25
​The People's Bank of China on Tuesday announced that it will carry out a 500-billion-yuan (about 72.52 billion U.S. dollars) one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation on Wednesday, aiming to maintain adequate liquidity in the country's banking system.
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Asia remains the world's primary growth engine, with its economy forecast to expand by 4.5 percent in 2026, according to a report released by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on Tuesday. Running from March 24 to 27, this year's conference is themed "Shaping a Shared Future: New Dynamics, New Opportunities, New Cooperation."
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