15th Five-Year Plan period crucial for realizing Chinese modernization
The 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) will be a crucial stage for China to consolidate foundations and make all-round efforts in advancing Chinese modernization, as the country moves toward its goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035.
Macro
China's five-year roadmap bets big on innovation in strategic leap
A centerpiece of the top-level roadmap sets out a profound internal gear shift to transform the world's factory into a global innovation powerhouse by 2030.
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Economic Watch: Border town emerges as key port for China-Europe trade over past decade
In the course of the past ten years, Horgos Railway Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has become one of the busiest gateways for China-Europe freight trains, handling more than 19,000 train trips since the first train departed in March 2016.
moreChina's AI push shaping a burgeoning "smart economy"
For today's China, AI is no longer merely a tool for improving efficiency, but has become a driver ushering in a new stage of economic development.
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Markets
China sees record-high inter-regional trips in Spring Festival travel rush
The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, reached a record of 9.41 billion.
China's ocean economy posts steady growth in 2025
China's gross ocean product reached nearly 11.02 trillion yuan (about 1.6 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up 5.5 percent year on year.
