Under China’s ‘dual circulation’ strategy, introduced in 2020, the country is reducing its trade dependence on the West and bolstering its domestic market. What has been accomplished in the plan’s first four years?
Suizhong 36-1 oilfield in Bohai Bay is China’s largest state-owned offshore oilfield, having started production in 1993.
Major market reform has bypassed rural land ownership, but experts say not to expect any big moves at the third plenum.
China’s executives are embracing dual roles as business leaders and online influencers. Will this approach boost sales, or create a dependency on personal character?
A loosening of visa restrictions is finally luring back tourists to mainland China’s most international city, so why are they not staying to work like they used to?
Shanghai, the first city in mainland China to enter the ageing society, has included assisted reproductive technology (ART) under its medical insurance scheme from the start of June.
Hydrogen power sector has been regarded as a source of new economic growth following China’s success with electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells, but a recent setback reflects how nascent the industry is.
Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin turned to a ‘light-asset’ model in 2017, helping him avoid the same fate as Hui Ka Yan, the embattled founder of indebted real estate developer Evergrande Group.
President urges the record batch of upcoming graduates to seek employment in grass-root organisations, rural areas and small businesses, as greater emphasis is placed on supporting the private sector.
China’s domestically developed Lansi pig, a new breed with several advantages over Western imports, has received commercial approval – and could be an asset in the country’s efforts to self-source its livestock.
Mission scientist Pei Zhaoyu struggles to form a sentence during a live broadcast, sending patriotic doubters of the 1969 moonwalk into overdrive.
With the end of pandemic control measures severely reducing the demand for medical testing services, China’s laboratories are facing massive declines in revenue and laying off large portions of their staff.
Analysts discuss how Beijing could respond to Washington’s latest trade offensive, and how the impact could have repercussions beyond China’s borders.
China has begun to test paying some state employees through its digital currency, but the trial is not making much impact in the e-CNY’s adoption as most quickly and automatically switch their salaries to cash.
With the government pulling out the stops to show support to the private sector, some scholars have called for an official delineation between entrepreneurs and ‘capitalists’ to demonstrate ideological sincerity.
Numerous stressors are causing China’s middle class to seek professional help, leading to rapid growth in the mental health industry – but will that be enough to soothe their nerves?
A growing ‘she-conomy’ in China is leading to the working-age female population playing a leading role in personal spending and family purchases amid Beijing’s shift away from an investment-led growth model.
Scientists have successfully grown rice in the harsh deserts of China’s Xinjiang region in half the time compared to conventional farming methods, a major step in the country’s campaign to ensure food security.
Predictions China would have already joined the group of high-income nations have yet to bear fruit. Is it still possible to break through the middle-income ceiling – and is it still an important benchmark?
After a stretch of trials in select Chinese cities, there is rising urgency to rapidly expand use of the underperforming retirement accounts as demographic challenges mount.
State news agency rejects allegations that Chinese EV firms are exporting a glut of electric vehicles.
Police in northern China have detained five people for allegedly colluding to steal about 10,000 tonnes of corn amid Beijing’s increasing focus on food security.
Though trade ties have taken a hit in other areas, the EU’s agriculture commissioner says a stronger relationship between China and Europe can and should exist in food and farming products.
Fu’s tenure in Brussels coincided with growing tensions over Beijing’s relations with Russia and probes into alleged electric vehicle subsidies.
Beijing has defended China’s ambitious goal of growing the economy by ‘around 5 per cent’ this year, insisting it matches the potential for economic growth, but analysts say there are still issues to be addressed.
Study finds disparity between men and women has grown in China, with researchers seeing the ‘magnitude of the ‘she-cession’, where the Covid-induced economic slowdown disproportionately impacted the female labour force.
Li Qiang’s chat with business leaders and trusted economists puts the onus on what can be done at home while the external environment becomes ‘increasingly complex, severe’.
China is accelerating commercialisation of higher-yielding genetically modified (GM) crops as part of its efforts to improve agricultural efficiency amid Beijing’s food security push.
Though China’s 5G market and userbase are already the world’s largest, a recent study has found the sector is positioned for even more growth as tech development becomes a new engine for long-term growth.
President Xi has told financial cadres that their monetary policy toolkit must include a controversial means of injecting liquidity into China’s economy – one that has not been used in two decades.
