President Xi Jinping has placed artificial intelligence driven innovation and stronger domestic consumption at the centre of China’s economic strategy for 2026, highlighting what officials describe as an AI plus development path alongside renewed efforts to stimulate internal demand. Policy priorities outlined at
China’s digital yuan has entered a new phase of development, with authorities allowing the central bank digital currency to pay interest and support environmentally focused financial initiatives, a move experts say signals growing confidence rather than weakness in the system. The digital yuan,
China is accelerating a new phase of its digital yuan strategy as policymakers refocus the project on mass adoption and cross border functionality after years of cautious pilots. Authorities are streamlining the e CNY system to make it easier for consumers and businesses
China has agreed to relax visa requirements for British citizens, allowing short term visa free travel during a high profile visit to Beijing by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a move seen as part of a broader effort to stabilise economic and diplomatic
China’s leadership is signaling a renewed elevation of artificial intelligence within its national development agenda, framing the technology as both a growth driver and a systemic risk that requires coordinated oversight. In a high level study session with senior officials, Xi Jinping described
China is recalibrating its economic strategy as weak demand for goods limits the effectiveness of traditional consumption stimulus, prompting policymakers to place greater emphasis on services as a new growth driver. With households already well supplied with durable goods and confidence still fragile,
China’s consumer prices showed little movement throughout 2025, highlighting the continued challenge facing policymakers as they try to revive domestic demand while curbing destructive price competition across key industries. Official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the consumer price
A deliberate effort to re anchor confidence in equities China’s leadership is preparing the ground for a stronger and more resilient stock market, with changes that are expected to become far more visible in 2026. At the centre of this effort is Xi
Guangdong urged to lead China’s next growth phase China’s premier Li Qiang has called on Guangdong province to play a more decisive role in reigniting national economic growth, as competition intensifies both domestically and globally. During a visit to the southern economic powerhouse,
China’s property sector continues to contract, with the number of developers capable of generating large scale sales falling sharply amid a prolonged and unresolved housing downturn. In 2025, only ten Chinese property developers recorded annual sales exceeding US$14 billion, a dramatic decline from
