Funding for national laboratories and important research projects would increase under the government’s plans.

China typically combines January and February trade data to smooth distortions from the shifting Lunar New Year holiday.

China must “fight the battle for key core technologies,” the five-year plan said. Specific goals, apart from AI, electric vehicles and robotics, include making advancements in semiconductors, ...

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China’s legislature outline top priorities. One is building a robust domestic market.

In the seventh installment of this series, we interviewed former Argentine ambassador to China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja, who has traveled extensively across vast regions of China's rural areas and held ...

It’s an acknowledgment that growth in the world’s second-biggest economy is slowing as its export-led model starts to reach ...

China has set its lowest growth target in decades, acknowledging domestic challenges and pointing to global uncertainty.

China has signaled continuity rather than change for its economy, setting a slightly lower target for growth this year in the midst of a property slump and other headwinds at home and growing ...

China set its lowest economic growth target in decades on Thursday, announcing it would aim for 4.5-5% expansion in 2026 as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with weak domestic demand and an ...

Three girls in China go on a road trip in the second feature from Dongnan Chen that blends raw documentary with an improvised fictional voyage, creating "an alternative narrative." ...

E ver since turning communist, China has set top-down targets for its economy. Mao Zedong wanted to double steel output in a ...

Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in China’s economy in 2025 – and more than 90% of the rise in investment, accoring to ...