A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled "East Meets West -- A New Chapter of Sino-Italian Friendship" was published Wednesday in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera ahead of his state visit to Italy. Related: The risks of the New Silk Road , China pledges $124 billion for new...

Foreign-invested enterprises will equally enjoy government policies supporting enterprise development, and be able to participate in standard-setting on an equal footing and in government procurement through fair competition, according to the law. The law will become effective on Jan. 1, 2020.With unified provisions for the entry, promotion, protection, and management...

The smartphone industry in China has experienced its worst month in recent years. The data particularly show signs of bluntness for Apple in China.China's mobile phone shipments reached 14.51 million in February, according to official data released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, a 20% decline compared...

Beijing has unveiled a $ 298 billion tax cuts plan to stimulate the Chinese economy, which is currently stagnating. Le Keqiang warned that the country will face a "tough struggle" while exposing plans to support the second economy largest in the world.During the opening of the annual session of the...

China's Internet 2018. According to data released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), in December 2018 China had 829 million netizens. In December, the number of users using short videos reached 648 million, or 78.2% of the total.The increase was achieved thanks to the country's Internet availability rate, which...

Chinese billionaires. The recent problems affecting the Chinese stock market have influenced the rankings of billionaires in the country. The number of billionaires in Greater China, which also includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, has fallen by 161 unit compared to the previous year, according to the Hurun Report, with a...

On Monday, China unveiled a new plan to strengthen the connections between Hong Kong and Macao with the cities of southern China to create the so-called Greater Bay Area, to rival the Californian Silicon Valley. The plan, published by the Xinhua news agency, explains how the government will try to...

Beijing opposes an American report on its World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance, the Ministry of Commerce said, accusing it of inconsistency. The report is based on US domestic law rather than the WTO agreements and multilateral rules, the ministry said in a statement last Tuesday.According to China, a considerable part...

China's manufacturing activity contracted for the second month in a row in January The PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index or the composite index of the manufacturing activity of a country) for January was 49.5, according to data released by the national statistical office, a slightly higher figure than the 49.3 expected...

The US Department of Justice has filed a series of criminal charges against Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The charges include bank fraud, law obstruction, and technology theft.The events will probably sharpen the tensions between the United States and China, already inflamed by...