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China's general public budget revenue, the sum of tax revenue and non-tax revenue, reached about 14.82 trillion yuan ($2.09 trillion) in the first eight months of this year, up 0.3 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.
China is willing to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to uphold peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, in order to make greater contributions to regional peace, stability and prosperity, Vice-President Han Zheng said on Wednesday.
The added value and total profits created by central enterprises during this period are expected to increase by 40 percent and 50 percent, respectively, compared with the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period.
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Nanning City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, September 17, 2025.
He said China will use the gathering to draw on global expertise in ecological governance, deepen international scientific cooperation and pursue breakthroughs in biodiversity conservation and environmental management.To date, 34 nature reserves in China have been designated as UNESCO biosphere reserves, placing the country first in Asia in terms of total number of such reserves.
Horgos Port, a major railway hub in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The real-time data-sharing between customs and railway authorities enables live tracking of logistics and train information, boosting overall customs clearance efficiency for trains by more than half.
Shanghai took the top spot while Macao posted the fastest growth in a new ranking measuring how China's airports and their surrounding regions translate air traffic into economic gains.
The launch of the world's longest "direct" flight connecting Shanghai with Argentina's capital Buenos Aires by China Eastern Air Holding marks an important step in Chinese aviation companies' globalization and provides the latest proof of the global operating capability of China's civil aviation, experts said on Tuesday.
A fan merchandise featuring images created by He Hehe from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, is displayed at TNT's concert in Shanghai on Aug 21.Chen shared her products on social media and attracted customers who wanted unique items to resell. The workshop soon ventured into celebrity merchandise.
China is willing to strengthen cooperation with BRICS member states in emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, while prioritizing partnerships in areas such as electric vehicles and solar and hydrogen power, the country's top industry regulator said on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi's latest visit to three European countries has once again demonstrated a positive engagement between China and the continent, observers said, reiterating the importance of maintaining communication and exchanges to mitigate differences.
China's economy showed signs of stabilization in August, with key indicators pointing to continued growth momentum, official data released on Monday showed, suggesting resilience in the face of persistent external pressures and domestic challenges.
An electric vertical take-off and landing air taxi is displayed at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July.The low-altitude economy encompasses civil piloted and unpiloted aviation activities within an airspace extending up to 3,000 meters, and includes aircraft manufacturing, low-altitude flight operations and integrated services.
China's services trade expanded in the first half of 2025, with value-added services driving 60.2% of economic growth, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Nation shows firm commitment to expanding high-standard opening-up
On Friday, Hamlet 1001, an immersive music drama co-produced by the Chinese theater company Drama X and Beijing International Culture & Art Corp Ltd, premiered in Beijing. This innovative production combines Shakespeare's classic narrative with immersive theater, transforming the audience's experience in a live house and bar setting.
Inside a workshop of Jilin SSK Electromechanical Co in Northeast China in late August, robotic arms moved with precision as workers performed final adjustments on a shipment of machines bound for Russia.
Visitors interact with a robot at the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services at Shougang Park in Beijing, on Saturday. The event, open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, offered free admission to visitors with reservation.
China will firmly defend its interests and support the multilateral trading system, while urging the United States to engage more in equal dialogue to ease friction and seek common ground in pursuit of a more open global economy, said analysts and business leaders on Sunday.
Tucked away in the rugged landscape of the Taihang Mountains in northeastern Shanxi province, the hamlet of Chehe in Lingqiu county has blossomed into a thriving village by embracing the principles of organic agriculture.
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The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) opened on Wednesday in Beijing, providing an important platform for countries to showcase their service industries and professional expertise. Barbados Ambassador to China Hallam Henry told China News Service that the fair offers Barbados a unique opportunity to promote its tourism, services, and cultural assets while pursuing deeper economic cooperation with China.
Chinese banks ramped up support for technology financing in the first half, with State-owned commercial lenders taking the lead and showing the early results of channeling financial resources into innovative enterprises.
China is moving to enhance the coordination between its fiscal and financial policies to increase investment support for a broader range of public services, said Finance Minister Lan Fo'an during the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
Chinese railway builders start laying tracks on Sept 8 along the Xi'an-Shiyan High-Speed Railway route, expanding the country's high-speed rail network.CREC4 builders said that a total of 512 km of track will be laid in both directions, with the Shaanxi section covering 337 km and the Hubei section reaching 175 km.
By giving full play to its advantages as a transportation hub and pioneering various institutional innovations, the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone has played an important role in stabilizing foreign trade over the past few years.
China is committed to advancing the opening-up of its service market in an orderly manner, and is willing to work with all parties to promote openness, innovation and cooperation in global trade in services, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
And the construction of a unified national market has advanced, curbing disorderly competition and promoting orderly capacity adjustments in key industries, which in turn has stabilized prices," Dong said.
As the Guest Country of Honor, the United Kingdom brought more than 100 well-known companies, including AstraZeneca and Haleon, marking the largest-ever UK participation at CIFIT and setting a new record for the fair by a single country. The event coincided with the visit of Peter Kyle, the UK’s newly appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade, who is in Beijing to attend the first meeting of the UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Commission in seven years. What signals do these intensive moves by the UK convey? To find out, China News Service spoke with Peter Wilson CMG, British Ambassador to China.
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