2025 Newsletters
2025 Calendar Week 18
China’s Strong Q1 Growth Boosts Confidence in Achieving 2025 Target Despite Trade Headwinds China’s economy demonstrated unexpected resilience in the first quarter of 2025, registering a robust 5.4% year-on-year GDP expansion. This performance outstripped forecasts, largely fueled by a significant…
2025 Calendar Week 17
2025 Canton Fair Sees Strong International Turnout and Embrace of Smart Manufacturing The first phase of the 137th China Import and Export Fair—better known as the Canton Fair—concluded on April 19 with a significant rise in global engagement and transaction…
2025 Calendar Week 16
U.S.-China Trade War Escalates to Triple-Digit Tariffs as Retaliatory Cycle Intensifies The trade war between Washington and Beijing entered dangerous new territory last week as reciprocal tariff pushed bilateral import duties into triple-digit percentages – an unprecedented escalation in modern…
2025 Calendar Week 15
Chinese Markets Rebound After Sharp Sell-off; Semiconductors and Defense Stocks Lead Gains On April 7, Chinese markets opened sharply lower at 9:26 AM, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 4.46%, the Shenzhen Component Index down 5.96%, and the ChiNext Index…
2025 Calendar Week 14
Boao Forum for Asia 2025 Amid Global Shifts: Xi Jinping Meets with Global Business Leaders The 2025 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) commenced on March 25 in Boao, Hainan Province, China, under the theme “Jointly Creating…
2025 Calendar Week 13
Chinese Government Launches Crackdown on Grueling ‘996’ Work Culture The Chinese central government has signaled a robust commitment to curbing the unsustainable work culture that has long burdened its labor market. In a recently unveiled action plan by the State…
2025 Calendar Week 12
PBOC Eyes Structural Policy Tools to Boost Growth Amid Global Uncertainty China’s central bank announced on March 13 that it is exploring new structural tools to support innovation, domestic consumption, and exporters as it works to steer the economy through…
2025 Calendar Week 11
China Unveils 2025 Economic Blueprint: Growth, Fiscal Expansion, and Innovation at the Forefront The third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference opened at 3:00 PM on March 4, 2025, at the Great Hall…
2025 Calendar Week 10
China’s Manufacturing PMI Climbs to 50.2% in February, Highlighting Divergent Enterprise Performance According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on March 1, China’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for February rose to 50.2%, an increase of 1.1…
2025 Calendar Week 09
Beijing Symposium Affirms Strong Support for Private Sector Growth On February 17, 2025, a high-profile symposium on private enterprises convened in Beijing, signaling the government’s robust backing for the development of the private economy. The event gathered top industry leaders…