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MacroscopeNPC signals Beijing’s aim for stable, balanced growth

Aidan Yao
Aidan Yao

China BriefingChina’s ‘Two Sessions’: economy on agenda, Trump on hidden agenda

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Wang Xiangwei
Wang Xiangwei

China must take the lead in championing global free trade

China's Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report during the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

The government’s pledge to maintain stability is in the interests of all, and the rebalancing of the economy towards services could jump-start global demand

China's Two Sessions 2017

Reading the signals for China’s policy intentions

Central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan (third from left) speaks to reporters during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress meeting. For the first time, he publicly condemned exuberant overseas deal-making by Chinese firms, further justifying China’s capital controls. Photo: EPA
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Talks of hard landing should end now, Chinese premier

Premier Li Keqiang says it’s time for talk of a hard landing to stop. Photo: Simon Song
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China's Two Sessions 2017

China’s economy is settling well into a ‘new normal’

Lawrence J. Lau reviews the highlights of the nation’s annual NPC and CPPCC meetings to check the health of its economy and society, and finds the progress in both areas encouraging, not least the successes in judicial reform
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China's Two Sessions 2017

China struggles to turn ‘super-financial regulator’ into reality

The People’s Bank of China headquarters in Beijing. The central bank is drafting an umbrella regulation to look after the country’s 60 trillion yuan asset management business.Photo: Bloomberg
China's Two Sessions 2017

China backs opening up financial markets for better fund flows: central bank

Scrutiny of foreign companies transferring profits out was ‘not excessive’, says PBOC Deputy Governor Pan Gongsheng
China's Two Sessions 2017

China’s latest growth figures point to improving economy

Workers walk past Haval SUV models parked outside the Great Wall Motors assembly plant in Baoding, Hebei province. Output of most industrial products rose compared with the same period last year, statistics bureau chief Ning ­­Ji­zhe said. Photo: AP
China's Two Sessions 2017

Can HK get fully behind a southern China megalopolis?

Ken Chu says the city should rise to the challenge of regional integration with Guangdong and Macau, to become part of a bigger and more vibrant economy
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Mainland China says Taiwan should be more open to investment

Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said investment across the Taiwan Strait should flow in both directions. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2017

Beijing says no discrimination against foreign companies

Miao Wei, the minister of industry and information technology, takes media questions in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2017

Central bank chief talks up yuan in longer term

Central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan says suspicions about the yuan and the Chinese economy “went too far” last year. Photo: EPA
China's Two Sessions 2017

What’s China central bank chief’s watch of choice?

His spiffy timepiece worn during 1.5-hour press conference stirs a flood of comments online
China's Two Sessions 2017

Keep calm over foreign reserves and carry on with fintech: PBOC chief

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, speaks to the press at the media centre in Beijing on Friday morning. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2017

LiveWhat China’s central bank chief said at his press conference

Zhou Xiaochuan (centre), governor of the People's Bank of China, speaks to the press at the media centre in Beijing on Friday morning. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2017

ExclusiveChina’s spiralling local govt debt still out of control, says outspoken lawmaker

A file picture of Yin Zhongqing. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2017: Hong Kong

HK must play its part in Greater Bay Area integration

The Lok Ma Chau Loop area, seen from the Hong Kong side, overlooking the Shenzhen River. Hong Kong and Shenzhen have agreed to develop the area into an innovation and technology park. Photo: Nora Tam
China's Two Sessions 2017

Death by a thousand job cuts: the human cost of China’s zombie firms

Tonghua Iron and Steel Group workers pictured outside the plant in November, 2016. Photo: Simon Song

Why China’s supply-side reforms’ success may not last

Prices of hot-rolled steel coils in China surged to more than 4,000 yuan per tonne in December from about 2,000 yuan a tonne at the beginning of 2016. Photo: Xinhua
China's Two Sessions 2017

UpdateBaidu’s Robin Li calls for easier visas for foreign tech workers in China

China must be more open in its immigration policy, Baidu chief executive Robin Li Yanhong said at a panel of the political advisory meeting in Beijing on Monday. Photo: Reuters
China's Two Sessions 2017

Beijing pledges more tax cuts ... but can they jump-start China’s economy?

Premier Li Keqiang speaks during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Photo: Reuters
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Top planner dismisses concerns over slower China growth

National Development and Reform Director He Lifeng at the NPC media centre in Beijing on Monday. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2017

NewChina vows to simplify VAT rules

In earlier reforms, China’s construction industry was mandated to pay VAT instead of business tax. Photo: Reuters
China's Two Sessions 2017

China unveils cautious economic plan for 2017

China's Premier Li Keqiang speaks during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
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China signals change of course on yuan policy

Many mainland economists say the yuan needs to be freer to find its value. Photo: AFP
China's Two Sessions 2017

What China’s Premier Li Keqiang said in his annual work report

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Military budget increase tops NPC preview session

China's second aircraft carrier, temporarily called the 001A, under construction in Dalian, Liaoning province. Photo: ChinaFotoPress
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China would ‘never’ launch currency war, says vice-governor

People's Bank of China Deputy Governor Yi Gang at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington late last year. Photo: EPA