As China’s firms go global, foreign expertise is becoming a hot commodity
With domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in…
Shenzhen dethrones Shanghai, Beijing as China’s top industrial powerhouse, mayor boasts
The southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen has handed in a glowing report card of technological and economic development,…
China’s ports and factories witness surge in pre‑holiday rush despite Trump tariffs
Nearly a year after US President Donald Trump announced “Liberation Day” tariffs that spooked exporters and customers across…
Jiangsu vs Guangdong: why the battle to be China’s No 1 economy is heating up
The southern Guangdong province has been the largest engine powering China’s economic rise for decades. But the region…
China’s Guangdong province exports record US$140 billion of tech, high-value goods
Exports of chip-manufacturing equipment, electric vehicles (EVs) and other high-value goods from China’s southern Guangdong province rose to…
Explainer | How are US tariffs and trade barriers redrawing China’s export map?
Despite a slowing economy, recurring trade frictions and intensifying price competition, the value of China’s exports rose in…
Shanghai maps global financial hub plan to 2035, for world-class and socialist metropolis
Shanghai has laid out a full spectrum of goals on finance for the next five years and beyond,…
China’s Guangdong targets doubling GDP by 2035 despite slowing growth
Guangdong, China’s largest provincial economy, has vowed to double its economy by 2035 from 2022 levels, in line…
Hong Kong’s flu season could extend into winter due to mutation: expert
Hong Kong’s current flu season, driven by a highly transmissible mutated virus strain and compounded by a cold…
‘Not in this economy’: Guangdong’s huge subsidy scheme falls flat with consumers
In early November, China’s most populous province launched its biggest ever consumer subsidy programme, with the government pledging…
China’s largest provincial economy, Guangdong, has new governor-in-waiting
Meng Fanli, the Communist Party chief of Shenzhen, has been promoted to party chief of Guangdong’s government, a…
‘Homestay’ heartache hits China as operators lament business downturn
After four years leasing out private holiday accommodation beside the sea in the west of Guangdong province, a…