A major regulation to promote China's self-employed businesses came into force on Tuesday — and government officials and industry experts said it will greatly stabilize expectations of individual businesses amid COVID-19, and drive the real economy over the long term.
November 2, 2022Chinese officials on Tuesday pledged more efforts to support self-employed businesses amid difficulties as the country unveiled a new regulation on advancing the development of self-employed businesses.
November 2, 2022China reduced taxes and fees for self-employed businesses by 1.03 trillion yuan from 2020 to September this year, an official of the State Taxation Administration said at a policy briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.
November 1, 2022No one should expect China to swallow the bitter fruit of witnessing its national interests being undermined by others, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday, adding that Chinese diplomats will continue to be devoted guardians of the interests of the country and people.
September 30, 2022The Communist Party of China (CPC) stands ready to strengthen exchange and dialogue with other political parties in other countries on a voluntary basis, an official from the International Department of the CPC Central Committee said at a press conference Thursday.
September 29, 2022China pushes forward the reform of the global governance system, which does not mean starting it all over again, but making it fairer and more equitable, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a press conference Thursday.
September 29, 2022China saw 160,000 new import and export enterprises in the first eight months, as China Customs has rolled out a slew of measures to bolster foreign trade, an official from the General Administration of Customs said at a press conference Tuesday.
September 29, 2022Thanks to the launch of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Jan. 1, China's exports to other RCEP member countries in August surged 23% year on year, 11.2 percentage points higher than its overall export growth rate, said an official at a press conference Tuesday.
September 28, 2022Despite softer overseas demand, China's foreign trade is expected to grow during the second half of the year and help fuel the upward momentum of the Chinese economy, a senior commerce official said on Tuesday.
September 28, 2022China's total imports and exports of goods increased 10.1% year on year to 27.3 trillion yuan (about US$3.81 trillion) in the first eight months of this year, an official said at a press conference Tuesday.
September 28, 2022China is confident that it will achieve positive growth in its foreign trade in the second half of the year, with new measures aiming to stabilize foreign trade introduced amid weakening external demand, Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen told a press conference on Tuesday.
September 28, 2022People-to-people exchanges across the Taiwan Straits have continued to expand over the past decade, with increasing online activities held during the pandemic, said a deputy director of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee.
September 22, 2022The current situation across the Taiwan Straits remains severe and complex due to the island's ruling Democratic Progressive Party colluding with some forces in the United States to seek the "independence "of the island, officials said at a conference on Wednesday in Beijing on cross-Straits relations over the past 10 years.
September 22, 2022Over the last decade, the trade volume between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan doubled from US$160.03 billion in 2011 to US$328.34 billion in 2021, an official said at a press conference Wednesday.
September 21, 2022The past decade has witnessed historic progress and changes in China's drive to materialize the vision of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong and Macao, said a senior official with the State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office on Tuesday.
September 21, 2022It is alarmist and politically biased to claim that the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong in 2020 has assimilated the special administrative region into the mainland and thus affects its status as an international financial center, a senior official said Tuesday.
September 21, 2022Hong Kong residents and global capital have restored and expanded their confidence in the city since the implementation of the national security law two years ago, said a deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council.
September 21, 2022China has controlled desertification on 18.53 million hectares of land in the past decade, setting an example for the world, said an official at a press conference Monday.
September 20, 2022China will build the world's largest national park system, and a layout plan for the system will be released soon, a senior official said on Monday.
September 20, 2022Over the past decade, China has stepped up efforts in promoting the harmonious coexistence of human and nature and has achieved remarkable results in preserving natural resources.
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