China economy

China to boost exports, imports in 2026, seeking ‘sustainable’ trade, official says

The IMF this week has urged Beijing to make the “brave choice” to curb exports and boost consumer demand

A broader measure of China’s dealings with the rest of the world is its current-account surplus.
PERSPECTIVE

Don’t fear China’s trillion-dollar trade surplus

It is a problem not for the rest of the world, but for China

The prospect of forceful fiscal stimulus could ease worries over the slowdown seen in the second half of the year in almost every area of the economy.

China pledges to maintain fiscal stimulus to support growth next year

Policymakers will flexibly deploy tools including cuts to banks’ reserve requirement ratios and interest rates

China's CPI rose 0.7% in November from a year earlier, matching a 0.7% expansion in a Reuters poll of economists.

China’s consumer inflation quickens to 21-month high, producer deflation persists

[BEIJING] China’s annual consumer inflation accelerated to a 21-month peak in November, mainly driven by food prices, while factory-gate deflation deepened, with underlying trends suggesting domestic ...

As the new year approaches, China’s government appears mindful of the challenges by signalling an urgent push to strengthen cutting-edge manufacturing.

China reveals unease over trade in economic roadmap for 2026

Growth has cooled following months of slowdown in consumption and rapidly falling investment

The renminbi  is up almost 4% against the US dollar, and on course for the best annual performance in five years.

Why the push for a stronger renminbi won’t go away

With the US dollar likely to be soft for a few years, to hold the Chinese currency back would be to allow it to depreciate against other trading partners

China has emerged largely unscathed from the standoff, as it delivered more goods to markets other than the US.

China’s trade surplus tops US$1 trillion after exports rebound

Shipments overseas have boomed for much of this year, in spite of US President Donald Trump’s launch of a trade war early in 2025

Among the four provinces with the highest GDP – Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang – the drop in fixed-asset investment during the first three quarters all exceeded the national average.

China’s 10 trillion yuan debt clean-up falls short

Unlike most major economies, public debt in China is borne largely not by the central government but by local governments

Economic imbalances have worsened this year as factory output outpaces demand.

China likely to chase 5% GDP growth in 2026 in bid to end deflation

The target would be part of Beijing’s efforts to start a new five-year plan on a strong footing

Chinese policymakers have signalled a sharper shift towards supporting consumption over the next five years, but have yet to inject new large-scale stimulus to this end.

China’s services growth slips to five-month low in November: private PMI

Momentum in the world’s second-largest economy has faltered this year, with third-quarter GDP growth slowing to its weakest pace in a year