New yuan loans last month reached US$476.97 billion, almost triple the amount from December, after Beijing eased regulations in a bid to its boost slowing economy.

A record US$477 billion in new loans were granted in January as President Xi Jinping’s deleveraging campaign is put on hold.

Stabilisation dominates agenda at meeting of Chinese Economist 50 Forum, but many members believe there is no need for all-out stimulus policy.

New yuan loans reach 3.23 trillion yuan (US$476.97 billion), almost triple the amount from December.

Beijing issues rare directive telling lenders and financial regulators to help boost growth after 2018 cooled to its slowest rate in 28 years.

Closure of Samsung’s huge smartphone factory in December highlights the challenges faced by foreign firms in China’s fast-evolving business environment.

Beijing cracking down on use of unregulated underground banks to buy or sell foreign currency to maintain stability of the exchange rate and its slowing economy.

Report plays down China’s ambitions ahead of trade talks between China’s Vice-Premier Liu He and a US delegation led by Robert Lighthizer and Steven Mnuchin.

National retail and catering revenue rose just 8.5 per cent compared to 10.2 per cent last year, the Ministry of Commerce said.

Immediately after the launch, rules were loosened on insurers wanting to invest in perpetual debt.

Scathing speech made three days after the third round of tariffs were implemented.

Can helicopter money save the Chinese economy? Central bank and finance ministry at odds over how to arrest economic slowdown.

Influential figure Wu Jinglian speaks out against state-led growth model, saying it’s ‘inconsistent with our reforms’.

Rising household debt levels and concerns about job prospects are threatening to derail Beijing’s grand plan, analysts say.

Fifty-two men were rescued in April after one escaped and went to police. They were guarded around the clock, kept in rooms with more than a dozen others, and beaten if they worked too slowly, complained or tried to escape.

Discussions have been held with China National Space Administration and cooperation will be ‘transparent, reciprocal and mutually beneficial’.

• China’s central bank’s deputy governor says mechanism is ready for investors to put money into China bonds.

Hu Deping, son of late party general secretary Hu Yaobang, says country must stick to path of reform right to the end.

PBOC claims card giants’ applications were withdrawn and flawed

Promise of large purchases of US goods formed basis for deals, according to Johns Hopkins professor Kent Calder.

Rating of US as investment destination for Chinese firms falls 10 places to 14th out of 57 countries rated.

China’s current account balance for 2018 is expected to show a modest surplus.

A think tank urges Beijing to consider joining CPTPP, the improved version of the defunct Trans-Pacific Partnership, identifying a ‘time window’ as the US president pushes his ‘America first’ agenda.

American President Donald Trump has claimed that the weakening economy gives the US an advantage in trade talks with Xi Jinping’s administration.

Analysts expect additional bank reserve requirement ratio cuts this year.

People’s Bank of China to cut required reserve ratio by one percentage point in January.

Deputy US trade representative Jeffrey Gerrish will lead the American delegation on January 7-8.

China Railway Corporation plans to put a total of 6,800km of new track into service this year, a 45 per cent increase in expansion from 2018.

The Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index dropped 0.6 points to 49.4 in December, contracting for the first time since May 2017.

Despite Beijing’s promises to support the sector, entrepreneurs still fear government intervention in the legal process for political aims.