Trade value between China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Gulf Arab countries jumped more than 35% in the first five months of 2026, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday.
E-commerce hosts sold red pomegranates through livestreaming in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Ziru)
Themed “Smart Silk Road, Linking the Future,” the event brought together over 60 business delegates from 16 partner countries, including South Africa, Oman, Turkey, and Ethiopia, to connect with more than 50 local Ningxia enterprises.
China's State Council has called for faster development of a modern distribution and logistics system, emphasizing infrastructure upgrades, multimodal transport and lower logistics costs, according to a statement following a recent meeting.
China's Tarim Oilfield has supplied more than 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to the country's West-East Gas Pipeline network, making it one of the country's most important energy projects, the company said.
A two-day promotion event for Guilin's agricultural products opened Saturday at the Guangdong Regional Cooperation and Consumption Assistance Product Trading Center in Guangzhou, with over 10 cooperation agreements signed on the first day.
China's ports handled 18.3 billion metric tons of cargo and 354 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers in 2025, both ranking first in the world, according to the Ministry of Transport.
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 17 pips to 6.7972 against the U.S. dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.
Advanced smart driving features, once found only in high-end electric vehicles, are increasingly available in models priced at around 100,000 yuan (about $14,700) as Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) makers move into the mass market.
A batch of wine-making stoneware jars from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has entered the Serbian market for the first time, backed by a preferential tariff certificate issued under the new China-Serbia Free Trade Agreement, according to local customs authorities.
China's collectible toy industry is entering a new phase as slowing growth in traditional blind box products drives companies to explore artificial intelligence, entertainment venues and cultural tourism experiences.
China's State Council has issued a five-year action plan to accelerate carbon reduction efforts, targeting a 17% cut in carbon dioxide emissions intensity by 2030 and raising the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to 25%, the government said.
The first batch of 1 million high-quality tilapia fry from Yunnan Baolu Aquatic Technology Co., Ltd. has been shipped to Haiphong, Vietnam, marking the company's first export since it was established in Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City, and the first export of tilapia fry from Yunnan Province.
China's summer grain output reached a record 150.7 million metric tons so far in 2026, up 0.7 percent or 1 million metric tons year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.
Carbon emissions allowances traded at the Guangzhou Emissions Exchange closed at 38.1 yuan (about US$5.6) per metric ton on Thursday, unchanged from the previous trading session.
A total of 88,000 metric tons of fresh products, valued at approximately 630 million yuan (about $87.8 million USD), were exported to Macao via Gongbei Port in the first half of this year.
China's automobile exports reached 5.1 million units in the first half of this year, up 65.3% year on year.
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday cut its global economic growth forecast for 2026 to 3% while raising its projection for China's economy to 4.6%.
The United Nations has approved the world's first global technical regulation for automated driving systems, a milestone expected to lower automakers' compliance costs while strengthening China's role in international standard-setting.
Chinese automaker Chery has opened a new vehicle plant in Rosslyn, near Pretoria, marking its shift from vehicle imports to local manufacturing in South Africa.
China on Thursday released its human resources and social security development plan for the 2026-2030 period (2026-2030), setting targets to maintain stable urban employment and expand social security coverage over the next five years.
Two shipments of Yan'an apples, totaling 39.7 metric tons, have been exported to Uzbekistan for the first time after clearing customs, marking a new milestone for the renowned fruit's overseas expansion, Xi'an Customs said Thursday.
Chinese researchers at Nanjing University have developed a new electrolyte that could significantly extend the lifespan of lithium-metal batteries while preserving their high energy density, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
China's consumer prices rose 1% in June from a year earlier, official data showed Thursday, as food prices continued to decline.
Duty-free sales in China's island province of Hainan rose 18.8% in the first six months of 2026 from a year earlier, customs data showed Tuesday.
Recently, a detailed exploration project for the Shilongtou gold mine in Kaihua, Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is the largest mineral exploration project by number of drilling rigs in Zhejiang’s history, recently had 30 drilling rigs operating simultaneously and was equipped with six drones, boosting transport efficiency nearly fivefold.
The China-Laos Railway had carried more than 20 million metric tons of cross-border freight across over 23,000 freight train trips as of Wednesday, CCTV News reported.
The 2026 China (Guangdong)-ASEAN Trade Promotion and Supply Chain Cooperation Mechanism Development Coordination and Exchange Conference will be held July 15-16 at the Baiyun International Convention Center in Guangzhou, the provincial government said Wednesday.
The STAR Composite Index, which tracks the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, fell 0.44% to close at 2,305.5 points on Wednesday.
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