Insuring world's future with useful tech

China's insurance giant Ping An Group is innovating applications of artificial intelligence, big data and analytics to strengthen various countries in areas like road traffic management, smart cities and agriculture.

Mainland apps taste success overseas

Chinese apps are tasting success in emerging markets globally as leading domestic internet firms are expanding their footprint overseas, with a particular focus on economies participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chinese cut realty buys outside mainland

Chinese people's real estate investment overseas hit a new low last year as their selloffs increased, a recent report from property consultancy CBRE showed. However, Chinese buyers increased purchases of homes located near famous educational institutions overseas.

US can't reverse China's stable growth

It has been more than a year since the China-US trade frictions originated in the spring of 2018. The United States raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25 percent from 10 percent effective May 10.

Quality of listed firms is the key to market reforms

Regulators' efforts to enhance the quality of listed firms will give a major boost to China's supply-side reforms in the financial sector and the country's quality growth story.

Helping hands guide left-behind children

Caring for children left to be raised by their grandparents after their parents move to cities to find work is one of the top priorities for the government in Lueyang county, Shaanxi province. It has set up 54 centers for the children, which include psychological consultation rooms, 150 phones and computers. Some 722 local residents act as parents for the children.

Ethnic treasures cherished by locals and visitors alike

Craft work by ethnic people across the country has not only helped maintain China's cultural heritage, but also improved local people's lives.

Experts tell US: Stop playing 'blame game'

The US should not blame other countries for its unbalanced trade, which is actually caused by its own economic structure and policies, experts said on Wednesday.

Lieutenant governor says China, Washington state ties 'go way back'

In September 2017, Cyrus Habib, the lieutenant governor of Washington who had then been in office for less than a year, went on his first overseas trip to China to celebrate and deepen the decades-long relationship with a nation that was "extremely significant" to his state.

More steps needed to tackle debt problems

China has less motivation to further stimulate economic growth, but the government needs to search for more methods to control debt and reduce default risks, according to officials and economists.

Govt to boost supervision of rare earth industry

China, the world's largest producer of rare earths, will take key measures in a new push to better exploit rare earth resources, rectify market order and improve management of the market, said the country's top economic regulator.

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