China to cut NEV export tax rebate for high-quality auto industry growth

​China will further develop its tourism industry by exploring the combined supply of natural resource assets, including land and forests, according to a policy guideline made public on Tuesday.

Right at the most bustling intersection beside West Lake, one of China's most iconic cultural landmarks, Pop Mart has opened its largest flagship store in the country.

​China's national carbon market had recorded a cumulative trading volume of 961 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by the end of August 2026, with total turnover reaching 65.7 billion yuan (about 9.71 billion U.S. dollars), according to an ongoing carbon market conference in central China.

​The 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Digital Economy Forum, held on Tuesday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, launched a list of key cooperation proposals to be pursued by SCO members.

​As the Jiuyuefeng Family Farm in northeast China's Jilin Province prepares for harvest season this autumn, farm manager Xiao Jianbo no longer needs to walk into its 267 hectares of rice fields to check on growth.

​A subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on Tuesday began construction of facilities for a major oil and gas project in Qatar at a fabrication base in the coastal city of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.

China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, grew 5.2% year on year in August, 0.7 percentage point higher than that in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. Value added in equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing rose 12.1% and 16.7% year on year, respectively.

China's economy maintained steady momentum boosted by innovation-led and high-quality development in August, with production and supply growing steadily, employment and prices generally stable, and foreign trade registering rapid growth, official data showed on Tuesday.

China's imports from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Africa, Latin America rose 20.3%, 14.2%, and 21% year on year, respectively, in the first eight months of 2026, an official from the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. China has continued to expand opening up and promote imports through measures including major international expos and zero-tariff treatment on imports from all African countries with which it has diplomatic relations, thereby creating favorable conditions for quality products from around the world to enter the Chinese market.

China will support large companies in using loans and bond financing to pay SME suppliers promptly, while expanding financing support for smaller businesses to ease cash flow pressures, officials said at a policy briefing Monday.

Major Chinese cities continued to report narrowed year-on-year declines in overall home prices in August, official data showed Tuesday.

China's consumer market continued to expand in the first eight months of the year, while structural upgrading and new growth drivers gathered momentum, official data showed Tuesday.

​China's fixed-asset investment dropped 7.2 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2026, official data showed Tuesday.

​China recently issued a development plan for the electronic information manufacturing industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), saying that the sector will play a pivotal role in the global industrial landscape.

​A robotic hand picked up a calligraphy brush, dipped it in ink and wrote "fu," a Chinese character meaning good fortune, on a square of red paper, delighting crowds. Chinese robots like this one are no longer just event performers.

China's value-added industrial output expanded 5.2 percent year on year in August, accelerating by 0.7 percentage point from the previous month, official data showed Tuesday, with industrial robots among the standout products.

At the exhibition booth of Unissky (Nanjing) Technology Co., Ltd., a four-legged inspection robot moved steadily, autonomously adjusting its movements when encountering obstacles and following predefined routes.

​China's innovative drugs have gained wider global reach this year, reflecting growing international recognition of the country's homegrown pharmaceutical innovations, the country's drug regulator said on Monday.

China on Monday unveiled an action plan to further promote smart home consumption by enriching application scenarios and expanding high-quality supply.

​China's yuan-denominated loans rose by 10.44 trillion yuan (about 1.54 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of 2026, central bank data showed on Monday.