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China’s Economy Builds Momentum for High-quality Growth

As the global economy navigates through a complex landscape of uncertainty and shifting dynamics, the Chinese economy stands out for its remarkable resilience, inherent vitality, and steadfast commitment to a transformative, high-quality development...

Forging a Shared Future in a Fractured World

As the world navigates through a period of profound geopolitical and economic realignment, the recently unveiled Recommendations for China’s 15th Five-year Plan (2026-2030) offer a timely and resolute vision. At its core lies a commitment to promote...

Long-term Planning Charting the Course of Chinese Modernization

In late October 2025, the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened in Beijing. This pivotal meeting laid out the strategic blueprint for China’s development over the next five years, a defining...

China’s Vision for Global Governance: A More Just and Equitable Future

Eighty years ago, the international community, reflecting deeply on the painful lessons of the two devastating world wars, established the United Nations, ushering in a new chapter of global governance and making historic contributions to maintaining...

Green Action in Motion

Twenty years ago, during an inspection tour of the pollutionbesieged village Yucun in Anji County, east China’s Zhejiang Province, then provincial Party Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” – a...

The Power of Global Dialogues

At a time when humanity grapples with intersecting de cits in peace, development, security and governance, civilizations stand at a crossroads. As traditional Western-led solutions falter, China’s Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) emerges as a...

Labubu and the New Cultural Alchemy: When a Toy Speaks the World’s Shared Language

From New York to Bangkok, London to Seoul, crowds are lining up – sometimes overnight – for a chance to own Labubu, the fuzzy, snaggletoothed elf with mischievous eyes and pointed ears. At the Louvre in Paris, visitors now strike poses with...

Beyond Tariffs: Unpacking China’s Economic Resilience

The latest economic data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics for April 2025 underscores the country’s robust economic recovery and structural transformation. Industrial production surged by 6.1 percent year on year, propelled by...

How Multilateralism Triumphs over Protectionism in a Divided World

In an era marked by rising protectionism and geopolitical tensions, the world faces a stark choice: embrace multilateral cooperation or succumb to unilateral hegemony. The United States’ punitive tariff policies have exposed the negative effect of...

From AI Kung Fu to Economic Resilience: Boosting Global Confidence with Innovation and Policies

In a video that has mesmerized audiences worldwide, a humanoid robot displays a magical move of self-defense, executing a flawless 720-degree spinning kick to knock out a baton held in a human hand. This is Chinese company Unitree Robotics’ G1 robot,...

The Magic of Culture

As animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 and the video game Black Myth: Wukong have become all the rage globally, Chinese culture is in the international spotlight again. Since its release in January 29, Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 has been making history....

Wood Snake Augurs a Year of Hope

In ancient China, the snake was worshipped as a totem. In Chinese mythology, Nüwa and Fuxi, the deities who created humans, were half human and half snake. Folk art depicts them as conjoined, with interlocked tails. While in Western culture the serpent...

The Stage Set for 2025

As 2024 comes to an end, the pickup in consumption and robust growth in a range of sectors have bolstered confidence that the Chinese economy is right on track to meet the preset growth rate of around five percent. Benefiting from a flurry of...

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On Track for Growth Target

Flagging global recovery momentum, rising trade protectionism, and aring geopolitical tensions have not dampened China’s economic growth. e country’s GDP grew 4.8 percent year-on-year in the rst three quarters of 2024, rising to RMB 94.97 trillion,...

PRC at 75: Open and Seeking Sustainable Development for All

As the EU gears up to vote on proposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVS), former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has a different perspective. Relying on China for green products might be the EU’S cheapest path to meet its climate...

Going Green and Smart

Two sets of energy data from China have received widespread attention recently: the share of renewable energy in China’s total installed power generation capacity climbed to 53.8 percent in the first half of this year, after surpassing thermal power’s...

Reforms Generate Economic Steam

A surging in ux of international visitors to the Middle Kingdom is re ected in the prominent “China travel” buzzword on social media. e 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy for foreign nationals from 50plus countries drew 14.64 million tourists to the...

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