China has overtaken the US as the world’s leading manufacturing nation by output, the Financial Times reported. According to research conducted by consultancy IHS Global Insight, China accounted…

A decade ago, China wasn’t the top trading partner for even one of the group of 20 economies. Today, it’s the biggest trading partner for six (Australia, Japan, Korea, India, Russia and So…

The vice chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee has poured cold water on the idea that provinces will be able to double their GDPs within the next five years.
Chen C…

China posted its largest trade deficit in seven years in February as the Lunar New Year holiday dealt a sharper blow to export activity than expected, while import growth also disappointed on the down…

China plans to shrink its trade surplus further this year but is looking for ways other than rapid yuan appreciation to ease tensions with global trading partners, said the nation’s commerce min…

China’s efforts to curb price rises are working and could lead to lower inflation rate in February, but there is no room for complacency, the head of the country’s state planning agency sa…

China may allow taxpayers to keep more of their income as it tries to boost domestic demand.
The State Council has proposed to raise the minimum threshold on income tax from the current level of CNY20…

Growth of China’s private sector cooled markedly in February, with growth the lowest in the current period of expansion, which now extends to nearly two years. This was signalled by the seasonal…

China’s premier said the government wants slower economic growth to avoid inflation and to restructure the economy, even as much of the developed world is struggling to accelerate expansion.…

China’s 12th five-year plan is likely to shake up the country’s export industry.
Released in mid-October, the draft framework for China’s economic development from 2011 to 2015 is ex…