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President Donald Trump said Monday he will raise tariffs on certain South Korean goods from 15 percent to 25 percent, accusing South Korea's legislature of not having enacted a bilateral trade agreement with the United States.
South Korea's presidential office said Tuesday that it has received no official notification from Washington after U.S.President Donald Trump announced a plan to raise tariffs on certain South Korean goods from 15 percent to 25 percent. The office added that an interagency meeting will be held later in the day. Minister of trade, industry and resources Kim Jung-kwan, who is currently on an official visit to Canada, also plans to travel to the United States soon to discuss the issue with U.S.
Enhanced public cultural services, such as free museum access, also generate significant social value that is not fully captured in spending data, said Lyu.Like Lyu, Yin also cautioned against interpreting slower growth in total spending relative to trips as a sign of weakening consumption.
"Facing the headwinds of anti-globalization and protectionism, China, as the world's second-largest economy and top trading powerhouse, has the responsibility and is committed to upholding the multilateral free trade system," he said.
Foreign institutions and global executives are striking a broadly upbeat tone on China's economy in 2026 and are increasingly confident about new opportunities generated by high-quality growth, citing the country's economic resilience, strong policy support and faster technology-driven transformation.
Around five billion U.S. dollars in Russian assets were frozen in the United States by the previous administration, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
A Russian passenger aircraft carrying 246 people made a successful emergency landing at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport in Gansu province on Friday after issuing a distress signal while flying over Chinese airspace, airport authorities said.
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region recorded robust foreign trade growth in 2025, with total import and export value hitting a record 520.4 billion yuan ($74.7 billion), a year-on-year increase of 19.9 percent — the highest growth rate in China, according to Urumqi Customs District.
TikTok announced on Thursday the establishment of a joint venture, TikTok U.S. Data Security Joint Venture LLC (TikTok USDS JV), a new entity with majority American ownership. The company will manage data protection, algorithm security, content moderation and software assurance for TikTok's U.S. operations.
Record high travel demand is anticipated during this year's Spring Festival travel rush in Shanghai, with the city projected to handle approximately 49.15 million passenger trips.
Employees from the power supply company in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, work to ensure the smooth grid connection of Zhejiang's first fishery-photovoltaic complementary cluster, which is expected to generate 1 billion kilowatt-hours of power each year. During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), Hangzhou's photovoltaic industry developed rapidly, with installed capacity exceeding 7 million kilowatts by the end of 2025, offering a solid green push for its high-quality development.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are reshaping how food is produced, and China is emerging as an increasingly important hub for agricultural innovation and R&D, Syngenta Group Chief Executive Officer Jeff Rowe told Xinhua in an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026.
China's openness to new technologies has repeatedly enabled it to absorb and translate innovation across successive waves of technological change, said Moonshot AI President Zhang Yutong at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, during a panel discussion with CGTN anchor Guan Xin.
Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station, the high-speed rail gateway linking the capital with North and Northeast China, has seen steady growth in passenger traffic and service capacity since it opened on Jan 22, 2021.
Several global luxury brands, including Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany &Co., have opened flagship stores at Beijing's Taikoo Li Sanlitun following the completion of a major phase of the shopping district's renovation, Beijing News reported on Thursday.
China's sustained opening and the rising role of the Chinese currency in global markets are building a solid foundation for its next phase of growth, said Benjamin Hung, international president at Standard Chartered, in an interview with CGTN's Yu Bokun at the 2026 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Guangdong province has set up dozens of traditional artificial reef-type marine ranches as part of efforts to protect fishery resources over the past five years, according to an official of local agricultural and rural affairs authorities.
China issued a record 2.947 billion green electricity certificates (GECs) in 2025, according to data released by the National Energy Administration (NEA) on Thursday, as the country accelerates its transition toward a market-based renewable energy system.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced on Wednesday the designation of 23 county-level areas as China's inaugural batch of pioneer zones for the construction of beautiful countryside. These areas showcased diverse models for eco-friendly rural revitalization, according to a media release from the ministry.
China's central bank will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy in 2026, and will utilize tools such as reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cuts and interest rate reductions to ensure liquidity remains sufficient, according to Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
The main tower of the under-construction Shiziyang Bridge surpassed the 300-meter mark on Thursday, after a segment of the bridge was successfully hoisted.The main tower of the under-construction Shiziyang Bridge, part of the key project of the Shiziyang Link in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, surpassed the 300-meter mark on Thursday, after a segment of the bridge was successfully hoisted.
The latest phase of CanSemi Technology Inc's project in Guangzhou Development District was launched on Thursday.CanSemi Technology Inc launched the latest stage of its project to expand the integrated circuit sector in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou on Thursday.
Chinese companies are engineering a fresh growth formula supercharging the creative core of the country's digital marketing machine with AI technology, as seen in recent collaborations like Li-Ning × Zootopia, Honor × POP MART and Lao Feng Xiang × Pokémon.
Chinese automaker Chery Group recently announced a sales target of 3.2 million units for 2026, a new peak for the company and about 14 percent higher than 2025.
China's leading electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has opened its first brand centre in Tanzania, a sign of its expanding presence in Africa's emerging electric mobility market.
The 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos unfolded against a backdrop of persistent geopolitical tension, economic fragmentation and social unease. Yet the dominant tone was not one of retreat, but of recalibration. Across speeches and high-level conversations, leaders returned to a shared conviction: cooperation remains indispensable, even if its forms must evolve.
For much of the past three decades, China's foreign trade story centered on familiar themes: low costs, massive scale and consistent expansion. In 2025, that narrative no longer portrayed the ground reality.
In recent years, driven by anti-China motives, the United States and other Western countries have fabricated a whole set of false narratives about Xinjiang, including allegations of "forced labor," "genocide" and "cultural genocide," while buying off overseas Xinjiang ethnic separatists to act as their pawns.
Amid the frigid winter of the Yellow River estuary, resident Xing Yan enjoys the warmth at home where his orchids thrive. This comfort is not provided by a boiler, but by harnessing geothermal energy found almost 2 kilometers beneath the surface of the Earth.
Signage is displayed outside the corporate headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, in San Jose, California, US, Dec 16, 2025.Oracle will play a central role in securing US user data and safeguarding TikTok's algorithms, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC said in its statement.
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