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Growing elderly population another conundrum for Chinese policymakers grappling with high youth unemployment and ‘ultra-low’ fertility.
Without measures to excite a volatile market, a high-profile conference from China’s Ministry of Finance leaves investors disappointed.
China’s Ministry of Finance gave no specific figure for fiscal stimulus at closely watched press conference.
Chinese travellers and tourists spent 700.82 billion yuan during the just-ended holiday week – a 7.9 per cent increase from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.
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China’s one-child policy has created a zero-sibling generation – and caring for parents and children in a tough economy is taking its toll.
Outspoken economist Yu Yongding calls for more infrastructure investment ‘or we won’t meet this year’s 5 per cent growth target’.
Traders see the China market as ripe for the picking, but long-term effects of Beijing’s new stimulus package remain in question.
E-coupons will offer anyone in Shanghai discounts on a wide range of purchases, from hotels and movies to restaurants and sporting events.
Though China’s interest in the arts is at an all-time high, a glut of graduates remains unsure of the field’s career prospects.
State Council directive seeks to diversity China’s food supply system by 2027 to increase self-reliance.
After a historic rise in trade between China and Russia last year, their energy exchanges keep slowing, and analysts point to settlement challenges.
Beijing has ‘no choice’ but to raise retirement age as working population shrinks, but more is needed to fill fiscal gaps, analysts say.
Straightforward and critical remarks by Northeast Securities’ chief economist Fu Peng on China’s economy have gone viral on Chinese social media.
A friendly market and broad applications of artificial intelligence are seen giving China a leg up as the race for AI supremacy intensifies.
Overseas investors can run hospitals in major cities while pared down ‘negative list’ lifts curbs on foreign access to manufacturing sector.
Former central bank governors have raised the alarm over deflation and slowdown, both of which were symptoms in Japan’s ‘lost decades’.
China is not generally considered a go-to option for healthcare and treatments, with the US, South Korea, Japan and Turkey already on the map.
Ex-Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan says China has no unrealistic ambitions for the yuan to replace the US dollar.
Yu Yongding, a former adviser to China’s central bank, comments on the US strategy that restricts Chinese access to key technologies.
A Chinese newspaper has called for localities to alter their strategies to win investment, saying past methods are no longer viable.
The use of foreign domestic helpers in China to lower the costs of child care, mirroring a move by South Korea, would not do much for the declining birth rate, analysts say.
Bishan district government in the Chongqing municipality will look to liquidate state-owned assets, such as buildings, land and large equipment.
China will lift the number of urban duty-free shops to 27 as part of the latest move to improve consumption.
Guidelines have been issued for green finance in China’s economic nerve centre as the country continues its journey to decarbonisation.
China’s blockbuster video game Black Myth: Wukong is driving a wave of economic activities at a time of weak domestic demand.
At least six cities in China have issued warnings about a saturation of the ride-hailing market since July, seen by many as an option amid a bleak job market.
Apple’s manufacturer in China bucked a trend of declining investment with its big plans for Henan province, but a ‘complicated’ environment is seen reflecting how slower growth will be ‘the new trend’.
Bank of Handan chairman Zheng Zhiying died in hospital on Thursday having been allegedly killed by his former employee, according to reports.
With stability waning in China’s contentious job market, the lure of long-term jobs in rustic regions hearkens back to Mao Zedong’s Down to the Countryside Movement.
Food-security initiatives are helping China eliminate a ‘dependence on imported seed sources’ as it boasts the world’s largest collection of agricultural genetic resources.
