As the volatility of global capital markets has spilled over into China's A-share market, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) held an investor symposium to send a clear signal of market stabilization. Meanwhile, the "national team," including two centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs), deployed about 60 billion yuan ($8.9 billion) through stock buyback re-lending facilities to help support China's stock market.
China's digital economy is becoming a more visible driver of high-quality growth, moving beyond headline figures to play a deeper role in industrial upgrading, urban governance, public services and international exchanges.
China's manufacturing success has become the latest target of a familiar Western narrative. Under the guise of a so-called "China Squeeze," some U.S. think tanks and media outlets claim that China's industrial rise is crowding out development opportunities for both the Global South and advanced economies.
China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd. and China Chengtong Holdings Group Ltd., two central state-owned investment firms, announced on Sunday that they remain firmly confident in the prospects of China's capital market and will continue to increase holdings in stocks of central state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Major Chinese technology companies have showcased their latest computing power innovations at the ongoing 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, highlighting China's rapid push to expand artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure amid booming demand.
As the global economy faces slowing growth, rising protectionism and mounting uncertainties, China's latest economic data showed steady growth in the first half of 2026, drawing attention to the resilience of its economy and the transformation behind the growth figures.
In Shanghai, the final countdown to one of the world's largest artificial intelligence (AI) events has entered its last stage. Inside the exhibition halls, interactive screens are being tested, robotic arms are undergoing repeated adjustments, and engineers are making final preparations before thousands of AI products meet global visitors, the Global Times observed while walking through the exhibition halls on Thursday.
China's GDP expanded by 4.7 percent year-on-year to 69.57 trillion yuan ($10.28 trillion) in the first half of 2026, remaining well within the government's annual growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent and showing resilience despite growing global economic uncertainties, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday.
China-US goods trade totaled 2 trillion yuan ($294.1 billion) in the first half of the year, accounting for 7.9 percent of China's total foreign trade, with the second quarter rebounding to 13.7 percent growth after an 18.7 percent slump in the first quarter, a customs official said at a press conference on Tuesday in response to a question about the recent acceleration in Chinese exports to the US and the outlook for bilateral trade in the second half.
Germany-based chemical company Evonik became one of the latest examples in cross-border cooperation in the field of green hydrogen, as China's vast green energy sector attracts multinational companies, the Global Times learned on Tuesday.
