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,…
800 million: how China plans to double its middle-income population
Xiao Mei, a kindergarten teaching assistant living in the suburbs of Hangzhou in eastern China, has barely seen…
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’s booming low-altitude economy spurs demand for ‘drone flight planners’
China has officially recognised “drone flight planner” as a profession amid a talent crunch in the low-altitude economy…