The output of China's core artificial intelligence industry exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan ($165 billion) in 2025, with more than 6,200 companies operating in the field, said Li Lecheng, head of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on Thursday.
China will advance and expand its "AI Plus" initiative, promote faster application of new-generation intelligent terminals and AI agents, and encourage large-scale commercial application of AI in key sectors and fields, according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
Journalists work at a news conference of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, one day ahead of the opening of the annual session.
China's strengthened legal oversight has accelerated revisions to the national property management regulation, a move aimed at fortifying grassroots governance and better protecting public interests.
China's factory activity contracted for a second consecutive month in February, official data showed on Wednesday.
The business expectation index for the service sector remained relatively high at 55.8, indicating service sector enterprises maintained an optimistic outlook for near-term market developments.
China will actively boost consumption and promote the building of a strong domestic market this year, guided by the strategy of expanding domestic demand, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The Chinese A-share market, supported by companies' improved profits and the country's solid economic fundamentals, remains resilient despite global market jitters amid escalating geopolitical tensions, experts said on Monday.
As the annual national "two sessions" approach, China is expected to send strong and fresh signals on pushing high-quality development, leveraging greater policy and reform support to ensure steady economic growth and social progress.
The key members of the OPEC+ oil alliance announced a greater-than-expected increase to production quotas on Sunday following United States and Israeli strikes on Iran that triggered retaliation by Tehran across the Middle East.
Compared with the world's big whiskey producers, Dale Williams may consider himself a "small player", but his boutique distillery in Australia can still have significant advantages in tapping opportunities in the Chinese market.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Feb 20 ruling striking down President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs has restricted one avenue for broad duties, yet experts say the administration's switch to other legal tools means high tariffs and their economic costs are likely to continue.
Among the agreements that the two sides achieved, the joint statement on the continuation of a bilateral dialogue on green transformation and climate change has brought the most attention.
In 2026, the opening year of the new five-year plan, economists expect steady growth to continue, supported by policy measures tied to the plan, more efforts to boost domestic demand.
China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Saturday that that Canadian companies will face an anti-dumping duty rate of 5.9 percent after it concluded an anti-dumping investigation into canola seed imports originating in Canada.
China's economy expanded 5% year-on-year in 2025, surpassing the 140 trillion yuan ($20.4 trillion) threshold for the first time and remaining the world's second-largest economy, official data showed on Saturday.
The meeting noted that the 15th Five-Year Plan period will be critical as China works to reinforce the foundations and pushes ahead on all fronts toward basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035.
China's top securities regulator has pledged to push the country's capital market opening to a deeper and higher level while advancing reforms of the STAR Market and ChiNext during a meeting with foreign financial institutions.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, asked senior Party officials to ensure a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30).
Unitree School of Embodied Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, a collaboration between Liuzhou City Vocational College, Hangzhou Unitree Robotics Co Ltd and Guangxi Weiss Shield Technology Co Ltd, officially opened recently in Liuzhou.
China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5 percent year on year in 2025, reaching a record of 140.1879 trillion yuan (about $20.44 trillion), data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Saturday.
A huge wave of maturing household time deposits, totaling tens of trillions of yuan, is set to test the investment appetite of Chinese savers in 2026, potentially reshaping the flow of capital across the country's financial markets as more asset allocation options emerge.
Foreign investors and asset managers are showing a positive outlook on Chinese equities this year amid a consensus that improved profits — a result of continued investment in technology and economic recovery buoyed by supportive policies — will make a big difference in the Chinese stock market.
China registered an average of 26,000 newly established enterprises per day in 2025, official data showed on Saturday.
Li highlighted the progress in Beijing, where, after 12 years of pollution control efforts, the average annual PM2.5 density dropped from 89.5 mcg/cu m in 2013 to 58 mcg/cu m in 2017, and further to 27 mcg/cu m in 2025.
China's latest move to unveil an updated catalog aimed at expanding services imports will provide broader market space for companies worldwide and help facilitate the efficient allocation of high-quality global services resources, said government officials and company executives on Thursday.
China remains the world's largest producer and consumer of apples, producing over 51 million metric tons and consuming over 47 million tons each year, according to an industry report cited by media outlets.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government will earmark about HK$220 million ($28.1 million) to establish the first national manufacturing innovation center outside the Chinese mainland.
On Thursday afternoon, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz walked into a leading Chinese robotics company in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, for a tour and a robotic performance before wrapping up a two-day China visit that was both fruitful and significant.
China is maintaining continuous communication with the United States ahead of the sixth round of trade talks that is expected to convene soon, the Ministry of Commerce said at a news conference on Thursday, underscoring Beijing's efforts to keep bilateral economic ties on a stable footing.
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