China issued 2.07 trillion yuan (about $301.4 billion) in new special-purpose bonds (SPBs) in the first half of this year, accounting for 47% of the annual quota, a finance ministry official said Wednesday.
Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region posted steady economic growth in the first half of 2026, with several key indicators ranking among the top nationwide, according to data released at a press conference in Lhasa on Monday.
South China's Guangdong Province saw its total goods trade exceed 5 trillion yuan ($736 billion) for the first time in the first half of 2026.
China has issued a national action plan to speed up development of its seawater desalination industry, setting a target of more than 4.5 million tonnes of desalination capacity per day by 2030, the country's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said.
China has become one of the world's leading sources of newly added concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity, with 24 projects totaling 2.1 gigawatts in operation and another 26 projects with 3.2 GW under construction, according to data released by the China Electricity Council.
The "China's Economy: Outlook and Analysis" macroeconomic symposium (Summer 2026) was co-hosted in Beijing on Thursday by the Academy of Macroeconomics of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Journal of Macroeconomics.
International gold prices fell below $4,000 per ounce again on Thursday evening.
Twelve major Chinese internet platforms, including e-commerce marketplaces and social media companies, have pledged to strengthen efforts against copyright infringement and the online sale of pirated publications, China's National Copyright Administration said.
China's Ministry of Education has added 27 new vocational education majors covering areas such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robotics, the low-altitude economy and green energy, as the country seeks to align skills training with emerging industries and labor market demand.
Passenger traffic through Tianjin's cruise terminal surpassed 100,000 travelers for 2026, with the arrival of cruise ship MS Ideal on Wednesday, which carried nearly 2,000 passengers, local border inspection authorities said.
China's State Taxation Administration has released a draft national framework for tax administrative penalties to solicit public feedback, seeking to standardize enforcement practices across the country.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) said it has achieved mass production of wet-process T1000-grade carbon fiber, marking a breakthrough in a material widely used in aerospace and other advanced manufacturing sectors.
New home prices in China's first-tier cities rose in June from the previous month, while price declines across lower-tier cities continued to narrow, suggesting further stabilization in the country's property market, official data showed on Wednesday.
China's Ministry of Water Resources has just issued a three-year plan to build a nationwide system for surveying, monitoring and evaluating springs, part of a wider effort to strengthen groundwater protection and management.
As China continues to advance high-quality development, attention in Kazakhstan is shifting from the speed of China's growth to the quality of its development, according to Gulnar Shaimergenova, director of the Kazakhstan Center for Chinese Studies.
China's economy grew 4.7% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, official data showed on Wednesday.
China's aggregate social financing stock stood at 462.06 trillion yuan (about $68.04 trillion) at the end of June, up 7.4% year on year, according to financial statistics released by the People's Bank of China on Wednesday.
China's nationwide electricity load climbed to a record 1.551 billion kilowatts on Tuesday, surpassing a previous high set just four days earlier as temperatures increased power demand, the National Energy Administration said.
China has approved a new five-year plan to boost household spending, targeting retail sales of about 60 trillion yuan ($8.3 trillion) by 2030 and underscoring Beijing's push to make domestic demand a stronger driver of economic growth.
China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) has released a list of drug applications that passed the initial review for potential inclusion in the country's 2026 national medical insurance reimbursement catalog.
Hong Kong and Nigeria signed a comprehensive agreement to avoid double taxation on Monday, expanding Hong Kong's tax treaty network and strengthening economic ties with one of its key trading partners in Africa.
China's goods trade reached a record 25.47 trillion yuan ($3.55 trillion) in the first half of 2026, rising 16.9% from a year earlier despite a challenging external environment.
China's human resources ministry has launched a week-long online recruitment campaign offering about 172,000 job openings across modern services, internet businesses, consumer industries, and finance.
The 32nd China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair (Lanzhou Fair) concluded Monday in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, where digital tools were used to support business matchmaking.
China has released a national health development plan for 2026-2030 that aims to raise average life expectancy to 80 years by 2030 and further strengthen healthcare services, public health capacity, and medical insurance coverage, according to a government document.
China approved 38 innovative drugs in the first half of 2026, including 11 domestically developed medicines featuring new targets or mechanisms of action. It signals an acceleration in the country's pharmaceutical innovation efforts, a National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) official said on Sunday.
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 has issued a mandatory national safety standard for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), setting requirements for a range of assisted-driving technologies and strengthening oversight of the rapidly developing sector.
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.
Chinese technology company Sugon has brought online the country's first fully domestic AI computing cluster, built with 100,000 accelerator cards.
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