4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo opens to general public

The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Saudi Tadawul Group jointly hosted the second "Hong Kong-Saudi Capital Markets Forum" in Hong Kong on Thursday, bringing together industry leaders to explore the evolving landscape and opportunities in Asian, Middle Eastern, and global capital markets.

The 2025 International Humanoid Robot Skills Competition was launched in Shanghai on Thursday, focusing on industrial, household and commercial scenarios.

?U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday, as investors digested Nvidia's earnings results and continued to navigate ongoing tariff-related uncertainty.

??Shanghai's exports surged by 13.8 percent year on year in the first four months of 2025, with April's total import and export value hitting a record high, Shanghai Customs data showed on Thursday.

?For the first time since 2017, Peruvian national Marcel Sanchez Lopez is preparing to return to China, this time, unburdened by the once-cumbersome entry procedures.

?Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Wednesday passed a bill enabling the implementation of the global minimum tax (GMT) and the Hong Kong minimum top-up tax (HKMTT) in Hong Kong from Jan. 1, 2025, onwards in accordance with the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) 2.0 package for tackling tax evasion risks arising from the digitalization of the economy.

Themed "Intelligence Converges in China, Wisdom Benefits SCO", the China-SCO AI Cooperation Forum was held in north China's Tianjin Thursday.

?A Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson on Thursday urged the United States to completely abandon its erroneous practice of unilaterally imposing additional tariffs.

MODONG Coffee, a leading global health and wellness brand that has established a leading position in China's bulletproof drink market since its launch in 2019, is now widening its global presence.

China has built a relatively comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) industrial system, with the value of its core sector nearing 600 billion yuan (about 83.45 billion U.S. dollars) by April 2025, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on Thursday.

On May 20, 2025, China's private economy promotion law came into force, marking China's first dedicated, foundational legislation for private-sector development. In the latest episode of the W.E. Talk, three distinguished experts—Yang Decai, a member of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, and Director of NJU Private Economy Institute; Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher; and Denis Simon, visiting professor at the Asian Pacific Studies Institute of Duke University joined a discussion on related topics. They agree that this law fills legal and institutional gaps, ushering China’s private economy into a new era of systematization and rule of law.

?China's data-driven development has gained steam since the implementation of a three-year action plan aimed at promoting the use of data as a factor of production and enhancing its role in driving economic and social development.

China is highly concerned about the European Union's (EU's) anti-dumping investigation into imports of tyres for passenger cars and light lorries from China, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

?Beijing Daxing International Airport had handled a cumulative import and export value of 102 billion yuan ($14.19 billion) as of April this year since its opening in 2019, according to the Beijing Customs on Wednesday. This included 33.77 billion yuan in import and 68.23 billion yuan in export.

?Beijing recently rolled out a new action plan to boost AI-driven industry upgrades. Including 16 measures, the plan provides substantial financial incentives for companies that develop industry-leading AI models, provides smart equipment upgrades, and enhances intelligent security systems.

?Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing has underscored the importance of efforts to promote the sound development of the platform economy, and of maintaining a fair, orderly market environment.

?The China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum 2025 concluded in Beijing on Tuesday. The importance of investment and collaboration in Chinese market is repeatedly emphasized during three days of in-depth discussions on industrial chain resilience, policy access and new technology cooperation.

?China's second-hand car exports to Belt and Road partner countries are surging, with deals worth over 1 billion yuan (about 139 million U.S. dollars) at a trade event held on Wednesday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, underscoring rising global demand for China's quality used cars at competitive prices.

?China has released an implementation plan for the digital transformation of the electronic information manufacturing industry, setting a goal for major enterprises to achieve a numerical control rate of over 85 percent in key production processes by 2027.

?At a fully automated production line in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, cans of energy drinks rolled off conveyors, destined for shelves across China.