Information date: 24 August 2026. China’s fixed-asset investment excluding rural households fell 6.7% year on year in January–July 2026. Yet investment in information transmission increased 26.0%, water transport 16.2%,

Information date: 24 August 2026. China’s online retail sales of goods and services reached RMB 11.7214 trillion in the first seven months of 2026, up 4.8% year on year. The figure confirms that digital channels remain c

Information date: 21 August 2026. China’s GDP expanded 4.7% in the first half of 2026, with services growing faster than the secondary sector and construction contracting. The figures provide a useful top-down context, b

China's 2030 oil and gas plan targets 440 million tons of supply and 220,000 km of pipelines, opening storage, LNG and CCUS work to private firms: 3 entry moves.

Banks in Hong Kong are demanding mainland-linked clients declare their investment funds come from legal offshore sources by August 22, after a May HKMA directive targeting cross-border trading loopholes and dormant accounts. Four compliance moves for foreign finance teams before closure risks bite.

China's Q2 GDP beat at 5.3%, Caixin PMI stayed in expansion at 51.2, NEV penetration hit a record 58.2%, and online retail approached 50% of total consumption — the composition of growth matters more than the headline.

China's BizChina One portal cuts WFOE registration to 10 days, the R Visa program now covers startup founders and digital nomads, but MLPS 2.0 Level 3 compliance adds $20k–$50k in cybersecurity costs for digital-platform firms.

China released the 2026 Negative List (27 items), extended R&D tax incentives through 2028, and launched the cross-border data transfer certification scheme — the strongest pro-FDI signals in three years.

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Information date: 24 August 2026. China and Switzerland announced on 20 August 2026 that negotiations to upgrade their free trade agreement had concluded after five rounds. Switzerland says the upgraded agreement would a

Information date: 24 August 2026. MOFCOM said China’s imports increased 22% in the first seven months of 2026 and grew from more than 150 trading partners. For an overseas exporter, that is a strong market-level signal,

Information date: 21 August 2026. Eurostat reported an EU goods-trade deficit with China of €98 billion in the first quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly deficit since the third quarter of 2022. Electrical equipment an

How to Digitize Your Supply Chain in China: 2026 Guide for Foreign Companies By 2026, an estimated 72% of foreign-invested manufacturing enterprises i

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