2025 Newsletters
2025 Calendar Week 42
China’s September Trade Rises 7.9% in USD Terms On Monday, October 13, China’s General Administration of Customs reported that the country’s total trade in September reached USD 566.68 billion, rising 7.9% year-on-year in U.S. dollar terms, with exports up 8.3%…
2025 Calendar Week 39
Made-in-China Supercar Breaks World Speed Record at 496 km/h On September 22, in Papenburg, Germany—home to one of the world’s premier high-speed proving grounds—Chinese automaker BYD made history. Its Yangwang U9 Xtreme reached an astonishing 496.22 km/h, setting a new…
2025 Calendar Week 38
China’s August Data Shows Steady Industrial and Services Growth, Retail Recovery Modest On September 15, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released key August economic indicators: The data suggests a balanced picture: manufacturing and services continue to expand at a solid…
2025 Calendar Week 37
China Plans Asteroid Defense Test — and Outpaces Sci-Fi On September 5, 2025, Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration program, announced that the country will carry out a kinetic impact demonstration mission on an asteroid to test planetary…
2025 Calendar Week 36
Cambricon Overtakes Moutai as China’s Priciest A-Share On August 27, Cambricon’s stock price surged more than 10% intraday to CNY 1,464.98, briefly surpassing Kweichow Moutai to become the most expensive share in China’s A-share market. By August 28, the rally…
2025 Calendar Week 35
China’s Monthly Power Use Surpasses 1 Trillion kWh for the First Time China’s electricity demand hit a historic milestone in July, with total monthly consumption topping 1.02 trillion kilowatt-hours—the first time any country has crossed the trillion threshold in a…
2025 Calendar Week 34
China’s A-Shares Hit Historic Milestone as Market Value Tops CNY 100 Trillion According to China Securities Journal, as of August 15, more than 80% of A-shares (4,406 stocks) had posted gains this year. Among them, 1,100 stocks rose by over 50%,…
2025 Calendar Week 33
S&P Global Services PMI of China Hits 12-Month High in July China’s services sector gathered pace in July, with the S&P Global Services PMI climbing to 52.6 from June’s 50.6—its fastest expansion in over a year and marking the 31st…
2025 Calendar Week 32
Shanghai Issues First Robotaxi Operating Licenses, Opening a New Chapter in Urban Mobility On July 27, Shanghai officially shifted its smart mobility ambitions into high gear, issuing the city’s first demonstration operation licenses for intelligent connected vehicles. The move signals…
2025 Calendar Week 31
Global AI Leaders Call for Unity Amid Rapid Advances at WAIC 2025 The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) kicked off in Shanghai on July 26 under the compelling theme of “Global Solidarity in the AI Era.” During July 26-July 28, WAIC…