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Chen Jining
The latest news on Chinese environmental scientist and politician, Chen Jining, ex-mayor of Beijing and currently the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Shanghai, including political stories and updates.
Born
4 Feb 1964
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Politics
Job Title
Communist Party of China Party Secretary of Shanghai
last updated:
7 October, 2024
During a talk hosted by a US think tank, veteran Communist Party diplomat Liu Jianchao urged both sides to promote practical cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, to achieve visible results and to improve public confidence in China-US relations. Photo: Getty Images
US-China relations

US-China relations: veteran Chinese diplomat vows to help build sustainable ties

International Department chief Liu pledges to promote ‘Track 1.5 diplomacy’ during an exchange with a US think tank.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla secures site in Shanghai to build its Megapack battery factory

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China’s Communist Party

China’s premier, top officials pay tribute to late AI visionary Tang Xiao’ou

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US-China relations

Opinion | US-China rivalry: it’s the science, stupid

While we hear a lot about ideology and nationalism, we hear less about how China is promoting scientists and technocrats to senior political posts. It’s clear then that Beijing is dreaming of scientific breakthroughs, not bombing Taipei. And science can bring China and the US together.

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US-China relations

China and US pledge to revive academic ties in confidence-building push

Education groups from both countries meet for the first time since the pandemic, promising to encourage exchanges.

China stock market

Hong Kong leader John Lee pursues stronger economic ties with Shanghai at CIIE 2023

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has urged the strengthening of economic ties between Shanghai and Hong Kong to build world-class tech start-ups.

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China property

Shanghai economic demand seen driven by US rate cuts in 2024: govt adviser

Shanghai’s economy, dealt a double blow by China’s troubled property sector and the nation’s tumbling stock market this year, could see better days in 2024 when the US is widely expected to lower interest rates, a government economic adviser said

Visitors walk down the main shopping street of Nanjing East Road, one of the city’s main commercial and tourist area, in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg
Electric & new energy vehicles

Shanghai mayor vows to attract more foreign firms like Tesla, Boston Scientific

Mayor Gong Zheng said more landmark deals are in the works as Shanghai tries to burnish its image as an international investment magnet.

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US-China relations

China’s commerce chief presses US Senate leader Schumer on trade restrictions

During ‘rational and pragmatic’ talks on Monday, Wang Wentao told Chuck Schumer that China wants the US to define its security boundaries.

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US-China relations

China, US need not go head to head, Xi Jinping tells American senators

‘World can accommodate China and the US in their respective development’, Xi tells team led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during Monday’s meeting.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a meeting with the US congressional delegation, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

US senators defy backlash at home to test China’s engagement first-hand

After a 4-year pause, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is leading lawmakers for ‘direct, candid and respectful’ conversations with Chinese leadership.

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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by two other Democrats and three Republicans, is leading the trip to China, with opponents deriding the move as futile or premature. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party

Leading Chinese car engineer given provincial leadership role in Hubei

The appointment of Shao Xinyu comes as the leadership is seeking to promote more officials with science and technology backgrounds.

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US-China relations

‘Important beginning’ as Raimondo ends China trip at Boeing, Disneyland

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo visited Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, New York University Shanghai and Disneyland on the last day of her four-day trip to China.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s Kerry ‘confident in China’ as it starts work on Shanghai project

Kerry Properties has broken ground on a massive mixed-use project in Shanghai, just two months after it won a tender for a prime site in the city centre.

Officials from Shanghai government and Kerry Properties at a ground breaking ceremony for the company’s mixed-use project on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
Censorship

Chinese eco-warrior Chai Jing back in the spotlight with terrorism series

Chai ignited public discussion about air pollution in 2015 with a documentary that fell foul of censors.

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Former CCTV reporter Chai Jing is back in the spotlight with a series on terrorists. Photo: Weibo
China's border reopening

Shanghai FDI inflows miss forecasts as foreign investment sentiment sours

Shanghai officials have been striving to attract foreign fund inflows after the government ended its zero-Covid strategy, but FDI inflows still missed expectations.

China’s Communist Party

Shanghai legislation chief purged in China corruption investigation

Head of Shanghai’s legislative body is the most senior official to be disgraced since the party’s major reshuffle in October.

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Artificial intelligence

China asserts AI development goals, despite threat of new US tech restrictions

China aims to build a complete artificial intelligence value chain, from ‘smart chips and algorithm frameworks to industry-specific large language models’, according to a senior government official.

People visit the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Photo: Agence France-Presse
Medicine

Moderna set to sign US$1 billion investment deal with Shanghai to tackle China market

The maker of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine is expected to sign an agreement with Shanghai government as early as Wednesday, with the investment going towards vaccine development and manufacturing, according to sources.

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China’s Communist Party

Trash, toilets and a new development hub — why has Xi turned to social policy?

Away from his core initiatives, Xi has been turning attention to pet projects such as a plan to move major institutions from Beijing to a purpose-built site 100km away.

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Diplomacy

Xi Jinping vows support for Honduras’ economy, stresses ‘one-China principle’

The Chinese president and his Honduran counterpart Xiomara Castro hold their first meeting since the Central American nation switched its allegiance from Taipei.

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Honduran President Xiomara Castro (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk down the red carpet outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Photo: AP
Taiwan

Honduran leader Castro starts first China trip after establishing ties

President will spend two days in Shanghai before travelling to Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping.

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Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrives in Shanghai on Friday on a visit that is expected to boost economic ties between the two nations. Photo: Xinhua
Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla CEO Musk wraps up 3-day China visit without signing any concrete deals

Elon Musk met Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Jining on Thursday morning, following which he left by his private jet for Austin, Texas. The previous evening he visited the Tesla factory, where he lauded the employees’ ‘amazing’ work.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Elon Musk to meet Shanghai party boss amid talks of Tesla factory expansion

The Tesla chief executive is expected to meet Shanghai Communist Party secretary Chen Jining on either Thursday or Friday amid speculation about an expansion of the electric-car maker’s production facilities.

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Banking & finance

Shanghai to host Lujiazui Forum next week after abrupt cancellation last year

The Lujiazui Forum will be held on June 8 and 9, and will feature over 70 speakers from top financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.

People cross a street in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district. The annual Lujiazui Forum is back after a year’s gap. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore’s Lawrence Wong cements ties with China leaders in ‘timely’ visit

Lawrence Wong’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang indicates a mutual desire to push forward cooperation ‘driven at the senior levels’, one analyst notes

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong in Beijing, on May 16, 2023. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

Chen Xi: the presidential aide who built China’s new technocracy

As head of the Communist Party’s Organisation Department, Chen oversaw the emergence of a group of Tsinghua and tech cadres at the very top of Chinese politics.

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China’s 20th Party Congress

China puts scientist in charge of Communist Party’s HR department

The new head of personnel appointments and promotions is a nuclear scientist and stern environmental enforcer.

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