Southeast Asian countries will need to invest $7.1 trillion in infrastructure through 2040, but the region faces a huge financing gap, according to a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday.
China has signed cooperation documents on jointly building the Belt and Road with more than 150 countries and over 30 international organizations, a senior official said Wednesday.
China's goods trade totaled 4.87 trillion yuan (about $730 billion) in October, up 31.2% from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said Tuesday.
China's goods trade totaled 44.81 trillion yuan (about $6.7 trillion) in the first 10 months of 2026, up 20% from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said Tuesday.
China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.7% in October from a year earlier, while the average for the first 10 months of 2026 was up 0.9%, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.
The China Development Bank (CDB) disbursed more than 480 billion yuan (about $72 billion) in loans to the manufacturing sector from January through October this year, supporting upgrades in traditional industries, the development of emerging industries and investment in future industries, the bank said Sunday.
China plans to build around 15 new civil transport airports over the next five years as part of efforts to strengthen its aviation infrastructure, a senior official said Wednesday.
Hong Kong's merchandise exports rose 64.9% from a year earlier to 762.6 billion Hong Kong dollars ($97.2 billion) in September, the fastest monthly growth in more than four decades, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's Census and Statistics Department said Tuesday.
Northwest China's Qinghai Province recorded 890 million yuan (about $133 million) in imports and exports with other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the first three quarters of 2026, up 11.6% year on year and accounting for 17.8% of the province's total foreign trade.
Foreign trade in central China reached 3.43 trillion yuan (about $511 billion) in the first three quarters of 2026, up 20.5% year on year and setting a record for the period, customs data showed on Tuesday.
China's trade in goods with Germany totaled 1.2 trillion yuan (about $179 billion) in the first three quarters of 2026, up 6.2% year on year, according to customs data.
U.S. investment in China rose by 7.7% year on year in the first nine months of 2026, while investment from France and Switzerland increased by 31.8% and 26%, respectively, Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Chenghua said Thursday.
China has made significant progress in tackling climate change in recent years, gradually developing a green, low-carbon growth model with Chinese characteristics, a senior environment official said Wednesday.
China National Data Group Co., a centrally administered state-owned enterprise specializing in the development and utilization of data resources, was established on Tuesday in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei Province, where it is headquartered.
A soybean field in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has set a new provincial yield record for large-scale soybean cultivation in cold regions, producing 5.13 metric tons per hectare, according to the research team behind the project.
China's per capita disposable income reached 34,230 yuan (about $5,071) in the first three quarters of 2026, up 5.3% year on year in nominal terms and 4.4% in real terms after deducting price factors, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.
China's central bank on Thursday reiterated its commitment to allowing market forces to play a decisive role in determining the RMB exchange rate, according to a policy statement released by the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
Hainan's offshore duty-free sales reached 855 million yuan (about $126.7 million) during the National Day holiday, the first since the island province began independent customs operations, according to Haikou Customs on Thursday.
Recently, the 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi. As protectionism rises, geopolitical conflicts drag on, and the global development deficit widens, the “greater BRICS” is turning its growing representativeness into real capacity for action. Driven by cooperation under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people cooperation, the "greater BRICS" is bringing new hope for development across the Global South.
China ranks second globally, with 21 brands included in the Trade in Services 100 2026 list and a combined brand value of $876.77 billion, accounting for 19.08% of the total, according to a report released at the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) on Wednesday.
China's foreign exchange reserves stood at $3.4383 trillion at the end of August, up $19.5 billion, or 0.57%, from the end of July, according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
China's central bank extended its gold-buying streak to 22 consecutive months in August, with holdings rising to 76.73 million ounces by the end of the month, according to data released Monday by the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. (CCDC) supported Shanghai Electric Group Global Investment Ltd., a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., in issuing 1.5 billion yuan (about $209 million) in pilot free trade zone (FTZ) offshore bonds on Wednesday.
The People's Government of Guangdong Province successfully issued 2.5 billion yuan ($350 million) of offshore RMB-denominated local government bonds in Macao, according to the Monetary Authority of Macao.
Offshore duty-free sales in south China's Hainan Province totaled 21.6 billion yuan (about $3 billion) in the first seven months of 2026, up 17.9% year on year, according to data released by Haikou Customs on Wednesday.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced on Tuesday that it will conduct a 500 billion yuan (about $69.6 billion) outright reverse repo operation on Wednesday.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on Tuesday that the Exchange Fund recorded an investment income of HK$134.7 billion (about $17.2 billion) in the first half of 2026.
The value added by Guangzhou's core digital economy industries is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan (about $69.6 billion) in 2026, according to the Blue Book of Guangzhou's Digital Economy Development (2026), jointly released by the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Sciences Academic Press on Monday.
A rural tourism cluster comprising three Dai ethnic villages in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, is revitalizing the local economy through coordinated development, according to a recent visit by a media team taking part in the 2026 "Civilized China" reporting campaign.
Private enterprises contributed nearly 60% of China's foreign trade growth in the first half of this year, while foreign-funded and state-owned firms also posted double-digit increases, officials said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on Thursday.
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