Chongqing, an economic powerhouse in southwestern China which is home to some 30 million residents, suspended the release of monthly birth data earlier this year.

Five of China’s largest power companies have halted the release of data on daily coal consumption, frustrating economists trying to gauge economic output.

Chinese consumers were less willing to spend money in May than March, when large parts of the country were still under coronavirus lockdown, a new survey shows.

Chinese graduates who find ‘work’ as competitive gamers and bloggers after finishing university will now be classified as employed under new rules.

China exported 4.6 million bikes in May, up 11.4 per cent from a year earlier, reversing a decline of 19 per cent in April as consumers seek alternatives to public transport.

‘The products are all just ‘Photoshopped’ pictures, you do not really see the real product’: online buyers vent frustration at first virtual Canton Fair.

Beijing’s new Go West blueprint is an ambitious plan to boost growth in China’s west, but experts say it will face the same challenges as previous strategies.

Fair access to medical goods and services should be world’s top priority, say ministers from 25 nations linked to Beijing’s multibillion-dollar infrastructure development plan.

American and European investors are taking advantage of looser foreign ownership limits, while also betting on rising Chinese consumer demand, Rhodium Group says.

Last year, the bottom 40 per cent of Chinese households ranked by income, totalling more than 600 million people, had a per capita disposable income of 11,485 yuan (US$1,621).

Beijing has outlined plans to turn Hainan into a “free trade port” similar to Hong Kong, as China faces an increasingly uncertain global economic environment.

A survey by the China Film Association suggests 40 per cent of cinemas, almost 5,000 in total, could go bust because of losses stemming from the Covid-19 lockdown.

Economist Francis Lui Ting-ming says Hong Kong’s trusted financial system has made it invaluable for China and its role will gradually shift to serving mainland firms.

Bond defaults in China have dropped 26 per cent from a year earlier, but a larger increase was expected due to the economic damage caused by the coronavirus.

Chinese leader says overhaul of monitoring and warning systems are needed after the Covid-19 outbreak exposed shortcomings.

The winding down of GlobalFoundries’ only Chinese facility was due to poor planning, analysts said, but comes at a time of rising US-China tech tensions.

China vehicle sales rose 4.4 per cent in April from a year earlier, largely due to a surge in demand for trucks that has been linked to increased infrastructure investment.

China has distributed billions of yuan worth of shopping vouchers to help the economy recover from Covid-19, but the subsidies are not always finding their target.

The coronavirus has sent unemployment soaring in China, placing pressure on its state-run benefit system, which is seen as being ill-equipped to deal with the current crisis.

For the first time in decades, China’s labour market is under pressure on multiple fronts as the economy struggles to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

More than half of Chinese households plan to increase savings and reduce spending after the Covid-19 pandemic, with only 9 per cent willing to shop more, a new survey shows.

The coronavirus has again highlighted an over-reliance on China, with the United States, Japan and the European Union drawing up separate plans to lure their companies away.

The coronavirus pandemic is adding to existing economic trouble in northeast rust belt provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.

The coronavirus outbreak has led to a steep decline in demand in China’s job market, with employment ads tumbling by 27 per cent in the first quarter, a new study shows.

China’s swift and aggressive lockdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus may have worked but studies suggest the strategy might not be the best choice for other nations.

As the coronavirus has spread abroad, global logistics have slowed and shipping firms have reduced capacity, hitting business at China’s top eight ports.

Textile traders in China say orders from US and Europe may not recover until September due to the spread of the coronavrius pandemic around the world.

Amid mounting economic stress from the coronavirus, some 460,000 Chinese firms shut in the first quarter, while the number of new companies set up slowed from a year earlier.

Chinese firms are scrambling to meet global coronavirus test kit demand, but even its manufacturing juggernaut is unable to make enough.

After weeks of living under lockdown, people in most parts of Hubei were told this week they could finally leave, but authorities in neighbouring regions remain cautious.