5 years after eliminating absolute poverty: Where China stands and what comes next
In a span of eight years, China lifted nearly 100 million people out of destitution, officially eliminating absolute poverty -- based on a national poverty line of 2,300 yuan per person per year at the 2010 price level -- at the end of 2020. Yet the long-term sustainability of this achievement was once a major concern.
November 20, 2025
China's Hainan Free Trade Port to offer rich opportunities to the world
China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) has entered a one-month countdown to launching island-wide special customs operations.
November 19, 2025
National Games mirrors China's rise as sporting power
As the 15th National Games unfolds in southern China, the country's premier multi-sport event serves as a mirror, reflecting its journey toward becoming a global sports power and hinting at its future ambitions.
November 18, 2025
How China's clean-tech footprint powers global green transition
Chinese-made green technologies transform lives far beyond China's borders, turning natural resources into real opportunities and allowing developing countries to share in the global green transition.
November 18, 2025
From history records to cultural icons, China's bamboo slips make a comeback
Chinese museums and cultural institutions are turning the spotlight on bamboo and wooden slips, or jiandu -- the country's primary writing medium for thousands of years before the invention of paper.
November 17, 2025
Global South media, think tanks pool wisdom to improve global governance
The Global South Media and Think Tank Forum China-Africa Partnership Conference opened in Johannesburg on Thursday to explore ways to strengthen global governance and deepen China-Africa cooperation.
November 14, 2025
Beyond discounts, China's 'Double 11' shopping spree redefined by new consumption trends
Planning to bring home a feline friend but unsure what supplies to stock up on during the annual shopping festival? This year, simply typing your needs in the search box and the AI-empowered search will generate complete shopping guides within seconds, covering everything from cat food and bowls to toys, tips and reviews.
November 13, 2025
Shopping gala focuses on quality growth, AI dividends
When tech heavyweight Alibaba launched Singles Day on Nov 11 in 2009, it was just a 24-hour promotional event. But its rapid evolution over the past 16 years has seen it stretch into a nearly four-week extravaganza and become the world's biggest online shopping gala.
November 13, 2025
China's vast market opportunities on full display at CIIE
Having participated in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) for eight consecutive years, Medtronic, one of the largest medical device companies in the world, has showcased more than 500 innovative products and treatments at this event, with over 70 of them making their market debuts.
November 10, 2025
How to understand China's major development objectives over next 5 years
Formulating and implementing five-year plans has been a hallmark of China's governance, enabling the country to promote coordinated economic and social development over the medium and long term.
November 7, 2025
How China's leadership sees domestic, global landscapes for country's development over next 5 years
The Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership has drawn a development roadmap for the world's second-largest economy in the next five years.
November 7, 2025
Foreign companies share in opportunities of China's vast, open market
Investors around the world have once again flocked to the China International Import Expo (CIIE), experiencing the opportunities created by China's vast and open market at the ongoing eighth edition of the event.
November 7, 2025
How China's push for import-export balance is making its mark on the world
The move dovetails with the recently released recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), which advocates for balanced development of imports and exports -- a strategy set to fuel China's high-quality development and give a boost to the global economy.
November 6, 2025
Smarter, greener cooperation energizes China-LAC ties
Long a cornerstone of exchange between China and LAC countries, the agricultural sector is being digitally remastered. For Gustavo Gonzalez, a rural development official from Uruguay, his first trip to Henan hinted at a partnership reaching beyond conventional farming.
November 6, 2025
China demonstrates firm commitment to global cooperation at import expo
The 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world's first national-level exposition dedicated to imports, opened in Shanghai on Wednesday, showcasing China's firm commitment to global cooperation, which injects much-needed certainty and stability into the global economy.
November 6, 2025
Ever-evolving Canton Fair highlights China's commitment to innovation, global cooperation
In recent years, the Canton Fair has not only expanded in scale but also in scope, launching new thematic zones and services to meet the needs of global buyers.
November 5, 2025
Thriving new consumer trends fuel China's economic vitality
Backed by pro-consumption policies and technological advances across sectors, new consumption models are gathering pace, helping channel demand into more scenarios and inject more vitality into the economy.
November 5, 2025
APEC meeting injects positive energy, stability into global economy, say observers
As the world grapples with mounting uncertainties, observers believe that the meeting's renewed emphasis on cooperation, openness and shared prosperity has injected positive energy and stability into the global economy.
November 4, 2025
China's new quality productive forces gather steam to turbocharge future growth
Shifting from the "world factory" to a tech innovation hub, China is accelerating the development of new quality productive forces to forge a new growth path amid a more complex global landscape.
November 3, 2025
Final whistle: China's amateur league scores wonder goal for grassroots sports
Amid deafening cheers from more than 62,000 fans at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, the final whistle blew on the inaugural season of China's Su Super League, capping an amateur league that has captivated the nation's grassroots sports scene.
November 3, 2025
Open, innovative China to bolster APEC at global economic forefront
China's push for greater openness and global collaboration was prominently showcased at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Republic of Korea.
November 3, 2025
China-ASEAN FTA 3.0 to fuel economic growth, strengthen regional integration
A ceremony was held on Monday at the assembly plant of Guangxi Automobile Group in the city of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to mark the shipment of the 5,000th complete vehicle exported by the company to ASEAN.
October 30, 2025
China approves amendment to cybersecurity law, highlighting safe AI development
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes industries and daily life in China, lawmakers in the top legislature are amending the Cybersecurity Law to support technological research and mitigate the emerging risks in the field.
October 29, 2025
China's 14th Five-Year Plan: A nation transformed
As China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) nears its conclusion, the country is taking stock of a time defined by resilience, innovation, and transformation, with ministries outlining progress at a series of press briefings hosted by the State Council Information Office.
October 27, 2025
China, ASEAN to upgrade free trade, bring more certainties to world
As Chinese and ASEAN leaders gather here this week, a planned upgrade of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area comes into the spotlight.
October 27, 2025
China set to remain global economic anchor under next 5-year blueprint
China's development roadmap for the next five years has begun to emerge following the conclusion of a key Party meeting on Thursday, with fresh policy pledges poised to reaffirm the country as a crucial anchor of stability and source of opportunities for the global economy.
October 24, 2025
China, EU show willingness to manage differences through dialogue
A healthy and balanced China-European Union economic and trade relationship is in the long-term interests of both sides, allowing their businesses to grow together, draw on each other's strengths and better withstand the headwinds of rising protectionism from the United States, market watchers and business leaders said on Wednesday.
October 23, 2025
Financial sector mobilizes to support high-quality growth
Efficiency boosted to assist real economy, tech innovation, green initiatives and various businesses.
October 23, 2025
China's next 5 years: Certainty, opportunity, and innovation amid global turbulence
As the world navigates an era of profound change and uncertainty, China in the future five years will continue acting as a steady anchor, blending unwavering long-term goals with targeted adaptations to new challenges, while creating value for both its own high-quality development and the world, experts said in an outlook for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
October 22, 2025
Nation's green initiatives a catalyst for global change
Displaying its commitment to green development, China has not only established the world's largest renewable energy system and led the production and sales of new energy vehicles for a decade, but is also catalyzing global change.
October 22, 2025