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China's 2026 Spring Festival box office exceeds 2B yuan

February 18, 2026 2026-02-18

China recently submitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) a position paper outlining its stance on WTO reform under the current circumstances, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
February 19, 2026 2026-02-19
February 19, 2026 2026-02-19
In Zhaosu, a remote county in the Ili River Valley in China's far northwestern Xinjiang, winter brings a spectacle locals call "heavenly horses treading snow" -- an image that looks ancient, but the economics behind it are not.
February 19, 2026 2026-02-19
China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) directly administered by the central government stepped up investment in research and development (R&D) in 2025 as part of efforts to advance innovation-driven development, data from the country's state-asset regulator showed.
February 19, 2026 2026-02-19
Beyond moving people home, the Spring Festival travel rush is increasingly reflecting more segmented, experience-driven consumption, along with upgraded transport and public services.
February 19, 2026 2026-02-19
Chongli epitomizes a broader picture of China's rapidly expanding ice and snow industry. According to the China Ice and Snow Economy Development Report 2025, the sector grew from 364.7 billion yuan in 2016 to over 1 trillion yuan in 2025, with winter tourism participation exceeding 300 million people for three consecutive seasons.
February 19, 2026 2026-02-19
​In 2025, China saw a strong expansion of green loans, channeling more financial resources into low-carbon sectors and providing solid momentum for accelerating the country's green economic and social transition, the central bank said.
February 18, 2026 2026-02-18
China's bond market custody balance stood at 196.7 trillion yuan (about 28 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, data from the People's Bank of China showed.
February 18, 2026 2026-02-18
China's current account recorded a surplus of 734.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, preliminary data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange showed.
February 18, 2026 2026-02-18
​China's 2026 Spring Festival box office, including presales, had topped 1 billion yuan (about 144 million U.S. dollars) by Tuesday morning, just three days into the nine-day holiday, according to industry data.
February 18, 2026 2026-02-18
​A senior Ugandan official on Tuesday welcomed China's decision to fully implement zero-tariff treatment for 53 African countries with diplomatic relations, starting from May 1, saying the move will accelerate industrialization and economic development across the continent.
February 17, 2026 2026-02-17
​As China ushers in the Year of the Horse, millennia-old Spring Festival traditions are blending seamlessly with cutting-edge technology, expressing enduring wishes through both heritage and innovation.
February 17, 2026 2026-02-17
China has intensified its efforts to foster future industries like embodied AI, as outlined in the proposals for the formulation of the country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). The goal is to cultivate new economic growth engines through technological innovation and market exploration.
February 17, 2026 2026-02-17
As the Year of the Horse approaches, a different kind of "gallop" was underway inside a sprawling workshop in Shenzhen, a major tech hub in south China's Guangdong Province.
February 17, 2026 2026-02-17
As the Year of the Horse approaches, a creative wave from China is sweeping across the global market, carrying millennium-old cultural symbols of auspiciousness.
February 16, 2026 2026-02-16
China has issued guidelines to promote upgrading of the tea industry, setting a target for the total size of the full industrial chain to reach 1.5 trillion yuan (about 216 billion U.S. dollars) by 2030.
February 16, 2026 2026-02-16
China's central bank and three other government departments have issued a guideline to establish a regular financial support mechanism to help prevent a relapse into poverty and advance all-around rural revitalization, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on Saturday.
February 15, 2026 2026-02-15
China's market regulator has summoned major internet platform companies, including Alibaba, ByteDance's Douyin, Baidu, Tencent, JD, Meituan, and Taobao Flash Sale, urging them to curb aggressive promotional practices and avoid what authorities called cutthroat competition.
February 15, 2026 2026-02-15
​SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts for NASA's Crew-12 mission autonomously docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday.
February 15, 2026 2026-02-15
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