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China's Two Sessions 2017: Business & Economy

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

Reading the signals for China’s policy intentions

After years of decoding “forward guidance” from the US Federal Reserve, market participants feel increasingly confident that they can anticipate monetary policy direction.

23 Mar 2017 - 7:42pm

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

Talks of hard landing should end now, Chinese premier

16 Mar 2017 - 10:21am

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

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

15 Mar 2017 - 8:21pm 2

China's Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5. Photo: Reuters

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NPC signals Beijing’s aim for stable, balanced growth

15 Mar 2017 - 10:45pm 5

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 struggles to turn ‘super-financial regulator’ into reality

15 Mar 2017 - 8:33am

Scrutiny of foreign companies transferring profits out was ‘not excessive’, says PBOC Deputy Governor Pan Gongsheng

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

13 Mar 2017 - 10:55pm 1

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 latest growth figures point to improving economy

12 Mar 2017 - 11:38pm

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