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China launched its first-ever selection of "carbon-efficiency leaders" for key industries, according to a notice jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and two other government agencies.

China's central bank to enhance financial support for real economy in H22026-08-03
China's central bank said Sunday that it will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy in the second half (H2) of 2026, strengthen counter-cyclical adjustment, and take solid steps to promote sustained and improved economic development.

Trade-in program drives smart, green cooling upgrade across China2026-08-03
Urged by their daughter to replace the decade-old air conditioner in their apartment in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Zhu Chengyi, 72, and his wife Li Lan, 71, were initially hesitant.

China's entrepreneurial ecosystem fuels growth of startups2026-08-03
From Chinese-style music to smart glasses, an array of eye-catching startup projects turned an exhibition center in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, into a vibrant showcase of innovation and creativity this week.

Multinationals plug into China's AI-powered future2026-08-02
From factory floors to logistics hubs, global corporations are embedding China's artificial intelligence (AI) into their real-world operations -- and bringing these innovations to the global stage.

China's July PMIs point to improving economic structure2026-08-01
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector in July indicated an improving economic structure despite a reading of contraction due to seasonal factors, with equipment and high-tech manufacturing maintaining expansion, official data showed on Friday.

Multinationals plug into China's AI-powered future2026-08-01
From factory floors to logistics hubs, global corporations are embedding China's artificial intelligence (AI) into their real-world operations -- and bringing these innovations to the global stage.

Innovations in marine travel refresh China's summer tourism boom2026-08-01
At 9 a.m., a passenger ferry departs on schedule from a wharf in east China and arrives minutes later at a giant flower-shaped offshore structure over the sea.

China unveils measures to improve financial institution governance2026-08-01
China on Friday unveiled a set of guidelines aimed at strengthening the governance of financial institutions.

AI reshapes China's steel sector2026-08-01
Once stereotyped as a landscape of billowing smoke and grueling manual labor, China's steel sector is undergoing a profound digital metamorphosis. With the use of artificial intelligence (AI), this traditional heavy industry is shedding its outdated image and proving that modern steelmaking can be smart, sophisticated, and green.

China unveils five-year plan for greener industrial development2026-07-31
China has released a five-year plan to advance the green and low-carbon transformation of its industrial sector, setting a target of peaking carbon dioxide emissions from industry by 2030.

China unveils postal industry plan for 2026-2030 period2026-07-30
China has released its 15th Five-Year Plan for the postal industry, outlining 10 major tasks including improving services and accelerating the development of a modern delivery and logistics network.

"World's supermarket" Yiwu posts double-digit foreign trade growth in H12026-07-30
The total import and export value of Yiwu City, known as the "world's supermarket" in east China's Zhejiang Province, reached 486.42 billion yuan (about 71.64 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2026, up 19.9 percent year on year, according to customs statistics.

China moves to unlock sci-tech finance data to spur innovation2026-07-30
China will bolster the open sharing and integrated use of data in the sci-tech finance sector to better fuel high-level technological self-reliance and channel more efficient financial support to innovative enterprises, according to a joint notice issued on Wednesday by nine government departments, including the People's Bank of China.

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