Innovation plus livelihoods – the twin tracks of China’s 5-year plan
China’s new five-year plan targets both industrial innovation and “people-oriented” livelihoods for all, according to officials with the…
Does China’s science budget boost confirm it is listening to everything Elon Musk says?
With Beijing allocating 426.42 billion yuan (US$61.7 billion) for the sector, it is positioning frontiers such as future…
China vows to ramp up west-to-east power output as AI, hi-tech manufacturing fuel demand
China aims to expand its west-to-east power transmission network to more than 420 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, increasing…
China’s lagging basic research demands core tech pivot as US curbs bite: economic adviser
China cannot merely chase the technological frontier – it must seize ownership of it, a prominent economist has…
China’s industrial profits slump in October as price war deepens
China’s industrial profits dropped in October after a strong September, according to official year-on-year data released on Thursday,…
China Opens State-Dominated Sectors Wider to Private Investments
China is further opening up several major state-dominated industries to private capital by raising the ownership limit and…
China Tightens Rules for State-Owned Firms to Add Foreign Debt
China is making it harder for some state-owned companies to borrow overseas, expanding a campaign to rein in…
China’s hi-tech push, Aids and poverty fights in focus as vice-premiers tour provinces
High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of its…
China’s Hunan puts non-tax revenue in crosshairs, cracking down on sketchy fines
Hunan has become the latest Chinese province to tighten controls on non-tax revenue growth through a revision of…
Open Questions | Dong Yu on why ‘every chapter’ of China’s 5-year plans boils down to income
Dong Yu has been executive vice-president of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University since 2019.…
China to improve market-based use of key resources with 10-region pilot plan
To advance China’s goal of developing its market-oriented economy, a comprehensive two-year pilot programme has been launched in…
In China’s crippling price wars, an old law’s revision seeks ‘sustainable equilibrium’
It has been a tumultuous couple of months for Alex Xu’s company – a solar panel manufacturer based…