China to stockpile critical resources and strengthen energy security to avoid trade shocks
Beijing is prioritising “strategic material security” under its new 15th five-year plan that elevates the supply and domestic…
Why China’s red-hot tech push is leaving some traditional sectors out in the cold
With its cutting-edge humanoid robots busting moves on the world’s most-watched television programme and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz…
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 rolls out trade-in funding for 2026 as campaign to spur spending continues
China has unveiled the details of an extension to its popular consumer goods trade-in scheme, a policy which…
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 Allows Bigger Private Stakes in Huge State-Driven Projects
China will allow private investors to hold stakes of more than 10% in some railway and energy projects…
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…
Measures seek to curb disorderly price competition in China
A customer selects condiments at a supermarket in Wuxi, East China’s Jiangsu province, Dec 9, 2024. (PHOTO /…
Chinese Regulators Unveil Measures to Rein in Price Wars
China’s top economic planning agency and market regulator have unveiled new measures aimed at curbing disorderly price competition,…