Business--China Economic Net

China's industrial output up 5.4 pct in first five months2026-06-16
China's value-added industrial output increased by 5.4 percent year on year in the first five months of 2026, official data showed on Tuesday.

Chinese vice premier stresses development of salt lake industrial bases, natural disaster response2026-06-15
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing has stressed efforts to advance the high-quality development of salt lake industrial bases as well as the capabilities for natural disaster prevention and response.

Top political advisor urges solid progress in cross-Strait integrated development2026-06-15
Top political advisor Wang Huning has called for high-quality construction of the demonstration zone for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait and urged greater progress in advancing such integration during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

China's new mega project to break bottleneck on world's busiest inland waterway2026-06-13
China is building a mega waterway project to expand shipping capacity along the Yangtze River, betting that a smoother "golden waterway" will keep goods flowing along one of the world's busiest inland shipping routes and shore up the country's internal connectivity.

NEV boom transforms east China county2026-06-13
As evening fell over Xiatang Township in eastern China, a local night market was bustling with activity. Restaurants and open-air food stalls were filled with diners, a majority of them from the nearby factory of China's leading new energy vehicle (NEV) giant BYD.

China greenlights IPO registration of major memory chipmaker CXMT2026-06-13
China's top securities regulator said on Friday that it has approved the initial public offering (IPO) registration of CXMT Corporation, the country's largest manufacturer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM).

China accelerates building modern transport network to support high-quality development2026-06-12
China on Monday broke ground on a mega waterway project along the Yangtze River, the world's third-longest river and busiest inland waterway.

China kicks off mega LNG vessel build, cementing high-end shipbuilding edge2026-06-12
Construction has commenced on an ultra-large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with a capacity of 271,000 cubic meters, underscoring China's growing strength in high-end shipbuilding and global energy logistics.

AI agents give "world's supermarket" faster lanes to global markets2026-06-11
Yiwu merchant Wei Jun still marvels at the sheer speed of his recent deal for 1,000 starry-sky projector lamps, aided by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent.

China issues three-year plan to boost AI integration with information, communications sector2026-06-11
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Wednesday released a three-year plan to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with the country's information and communications sector, setting targets for more autonomous networks, wider low-latency computing-power coverage and expanded AI applications by 2028.

China's CPI remains stable, PPI continues to rise in May2026-06-11
China's consumer prices remained broadly stable in May as producer prices rose further, pointing to a steady consumer market and improving demand in some industrial sectors as the country's economy sustained its recovery under supportive macro policies.

China sees consumption recovery, robust growth in emerging industries2026-06-10
China's consumption sector sustained a steady recovery last month, while its emerging industries posted strong growth momentum, according to data from a government think tank.

China's NEV passenger car exports more than double in May2026-06-09
China's exports of new energy passenger vehicles (NEVs) surged 112.6 percent from a year earlier in May, reaching a total of 424,000 units, industry association data showed on Monday.

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