China economy

China April exports rebound strongly; trade surplus widens ahead of Trump visit

Economists watching pace of AI manufacturing boom and whether shipments of related equipment can keep the Chinese export engine purring

Spending per May holiday trip fell to 571 yuan, from 574.1 yuan in 2025, Reuters calculations based on official data showed.

China’s May Day overall tourism activity rises, but travellers are cautious

Its holiday periods have been marked by increased domestic travel but per capita spending has lagged

The figures for the Labor Day weekend could have got a boost from one of the latest government initiatives to encourage consumption.

Chinese consumers open wallets as malaise lifted during holidays

The five-day Labor Day break see a 14.3% jump in consumer sales from the same holiday last year

Service providers cut staffing levels for a third consecutive month, citing retirement, resignations and cost-saving measures.

China services activity grows at faster rate in April: private PMI

The country’s export engine has shown signs of strain, while retail sales and industrial output have cooled

Visitors in the Nanjing East Road retail area in Shanghai, China, on May 1.

China’s regional slowdown: Painful but necessary?

Many regions see Q1 growth lag national averages and slow markedly compared with last year

When Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets US President Donald Trump in Beijing in mid-May, he will see Trump as the leader of a faded power, full of danger yet destined to decline.

China thinks America is declining but still uniquely dangerous

It sees Donald Trump as both symptom and accelerant of this deterioration

The People's Bank of China has pledged to keep policy accommodative despite having limited room to cut interest rates as inflation edges higher.

China’s central bank guides banks to step up lending in April: sources

PBOC’s rare credit push follows Middle East conflict fears and the nation’s ongoing property debt crisis

Profits at industrial firms rose 15.8 per cent in March from a year earlier, picking up from a 15.2 per cent jump in the January-February period.

China’s industrial profit growth quickens even as Iran war heightens risks

[BEIJING] Profits at China’s industrial firms grew at their quickest pace in half a year last month, adding to broader signs of an uneven economic recovery in the first quarter as policymakers brace f...

The AI spending boom, forecast to reach US$2.5 trillion this year,  has become a significant driver of trade in Asia over the past year.

Economists rethink Chinese forecasts as AI fires up import surge

Compared with other countries, China’s supply chains are more able to withstand an energy shock