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The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, will be open to traffic by the end of this year, enabling a new shortcut linking southern and northern parts of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

China releases plan to boost high-quality development of service outsourcing2025-12-16
China's Ministry of Commerce and five other government departments have released an action plan on promoting high-quality development of the service outsourcing industry.

China's central bank authorizes DBS as first Singapore-based RMB clearing bank2025-12-16
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Monday announced that it has authorized DBS Bank to serve as the renminbi (RMB) clearing bank in Singapore, in line with a cooperation memorandum between the PBOC and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

"Cherry Express" from Chile to amply supply China's New Year market2025-12-16
Shanghai, China's busiest port, is gearing up for a record influx of Chilean cherries, with over 250,000 tonnes expected to arrive before the Chinese New Year in February next year, the municipal customs authorities said Monday.

China's home price declines in November2025-12-16
Home prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities generally fell in November from the previous month, official data showed Monday.

China's surveyed urban unemployment rate at 5.1 pct in November2025-12-16
China's job market has remained generally stable, with the surveyed urban unemployment rate holding steady at 5.1 percent in November, official data showed on Monday.

China's consumption market expands with 4 pct growth in retail sales in first 11 months2025-12-16
China's retail sales of consumer goods went up 4 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2025, totaling 45.61 trillion yuan (about 6.45 trillion U.S. dollars) during the period, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

China's machinery industry sees robust growth during 14th Five-Year Plan period2025-12-16
China's machinery industry has achieved substantial progress in industrial scale, foreign trade and innovation during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), according to data released by the China Machinery Industry Federation on Monday.

Xinjiang's power transmission hits 1-trillion-kWh milestone2025-12-16
Cumulative electricity transmitted from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had exceeded 1 trillion kilowatt-hours by Monday, according to the State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Company.

GE HealthCare expands in China with new R&D center2025-12-16
GE HealthCare on Monday announced the opening of a new research and development center in north China's Tianjin Municipality, marking a significant expansion of its innovation operations in China's health care market.

China's power use poised to hit record high in 20252025-12-16
China's electricity consumption is expected to reach a record high in 2025, with total power use projected to surpass 10 trillion kilowatt-hours nationwide, underscoring the strong momentum of the world's second-largest economy.

China's economy poised to achieve annual growth target with steady November momentum2025-12-16
China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday.

China's industrial output up 4.8 pct in November2025-12-15
China's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year in November, official data showed on Monday.

China to take multiple measures to stabilize investment growth2025-12-14
China's top economic planner said on Saturday that it will take multiple measures to stabilize investment growth in the coming year.

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At a solar power project site in Sahiwal, sunlight shines on the gleaming blue solar panels. A Pakistani engineer wearing a safety helmet and a yellow engineering vest, is intently inspecting the equipment.