China is stepping up efforts to tackle fraud and other persistent problems in its rapidly growing travel industry, a sector that has become increasingly important for the economy. Speaking at the ...

A new GDP target concedes Beijing can’t pretend much longer.

China has set an economic growth target of 4.5% to 5% for this year, a slight decrease in the face of a prolonged property slump and other headwinds and uncertainty abroad.

China is famous for pushing growth zealously, so much was made of its recent decision to lower its GDP target to 4.5-5 per ...

China set its lowest economic growth target in decades on Thursday, announcing it would aim for 4.5-5% expansion in 2026 as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with weak domestic demand and an ...

It is the first time the target has been lowered since it was cut to "around 5%" in 2023.

China has recorded a $1 trillion trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year, despite the imposition of tariffs by US President Trump, but all is far from well in its internal economy. The ...

China's headline growth numbers still look solid, but the foundations beneath them are shifting in ways that are harder to see and even harder to acknowledge publicly. Output is expanding, factories ...

For all the emphasis on developing advanced technologies, China’s present growth model still depends far more on low-cost manufactured exports.

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China's legislature outline top priorities ...

The goal of between 4.5 percent and 5 percent, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.

At a time when the EU is grappling with multiple challenges, voices within the bloc seeking to step up trade pressure on ...