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January 19, 2026 2026-01-19

​China's foreign trade became more diversified in 2025, said Wang Jun, vice minister of the General Administration of Customs of China, at a press conference Wednesday. Its trade with BRI partner nations accounted for 51.9% of the total, while import and exports with ASEAN, Latin America, and Africa grew 8%, 6.5%, and 18.4%, respectively.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
China is advancing the global low-carbon transition through expanded exports of green products, with strong growth across renewable energy, green mobility, and green manufacturing sectors in 2025, Wang Jun, vice minister of the General Administration of Customs of China said on Wednesday.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
China's imports hit a record high of 18.48 trillion yuan (US$2.58 trillion) in 2025, maintaining its position as the world's second-largest import market for the 17th consecutive year, said Wang Jun, vice minister of the General Administration of Customs of China, on Wednesday. He said China will open up further to the world, and its vast market will continue to offer enormous opportunities globally.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​Turning things upside-down doesn't always mean chaos -- it can actually open up surprising opportunities. That's the story behind a plush horse toy from Yiwu, China's famed "world's supermarket", which has galloped into the hearts of millions thanks to a manufacturing mix-up.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​China's major stock exchanges on Wednesday raised the minimum margin requirement for leveraged stock purchases to 100 percent from 80 percent, as authorities moved to moderate leverage levels and ensure financial stability.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
Chinese startup Spirit AI has said that its Spirit v1.5 embodied intelligence foundation model now ranks first according to the RoboChallenge real-world robotics benchmark, surpassing a leading U.S. model.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​The World Bank on Tuesday revised 2026 global growth forecast upward to 2.6 percent, 0.2 percentage points higher than its projection in June.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​China's used car market hit a record high in 2025, with transactions topping 20 million units, according to data from the China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA).
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) saw a year-on-year increase of 2.7 percent in December 2025, in line with that in the previous month, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Tuesday.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
Tangshan Port achieved a total cargo throughput of 883.99 million tonnes in 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 2.53 percent.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​For Wang Xiaohan, a newly minted graduate entering the workforce, buying her first car came down to arithmetic rather than aspiration. Notably, a three-year-old sedan with fewer than 50,000 kilometers on the odometer costs roughly half as much as a comparable new compact.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
Across Xinjiang's wind-lashed Gobi Desert and sun-scorched basins, the rotation of the wind turbine blades and the pulse of solar energy feed power into the grid that, in a flash, lights up homes thousands of kilometers away.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
​At a training center in Baiyin, a city in northwest China's Gansu Province, Li Yanrong intently watches a computer screen as he guides a virtual drone through takeoff, hovering, cruising and landing, all under the careful supervision of his instructor.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
Alashankou, also known as Alataw Pass, a major railway port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, handled a record number of China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains in 2025, highlighting the corridor's expanding role in stabilizing global supply chains.
January 14, 2026 2026-01-14
Volkswagen Group delivered 2.69 million vehicles in the Chinese market last year, accounting for about 30 percent of its total global deliveries during the period, the German automaker said.
January 13, 2026 2026-01-13
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said on Monday that China welcomes foreign enterprises including Warburg Pincus and long-term capital to continue expanding their investment in China and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China.
January 13, 2026 2026-01-13
​China and the European Union have agreed on the necessity of providing general guidance on price undertakings for Chinese companies exporting battery electric vehicle (BEV) passenger cars to the EU, according to China's Ministry of Commerce on Monday.
January 13, 2026 2026-01-13
As 2026 unfolds, the image of an autonomous port in Ningbo loading a U.S.-bound ship encapsulates the transformative power of China's surge in artificial intelligence. This automation marvel not only symbolizes China's economic power but also demonstrates how deeply integrated AI has become into its global competition strategy.
January 12, 2026 2026-01-12
​China's top economic planner on Monday released a trial regulation aimed at improving the evaluation and management of government investment fund allocations.
January 12, 2026 2026-01-12
China has released the world's first national draft standard on solid-state batteries, which experts said will help speed up the nascent sector's development in the world's largest vehicle market.
January 12, 2026 2026-01-12
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