China’s financial regulator said on Wednesday it will launch a pilot program to relax merger and acquisition (M&A) loan issuance to technology firms, according to a statement released by the National Financial Regulatory Administration.
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China defies Trump’s trade war by setting ambitious 5% growth target, vows to ‘prevail over any difficulty’
China has set an ambitious target of “around 5%” growth for 2025, in a defiant show of confidence as it braces for the fallout from escalating American tariffs on its export-driven economy.
China ramps up stimulus to guard economy from changes ‘unseen in a century’
By Antoni Slodkowski, Laurie Chen, Jing Xu and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – China unlocked more fiscal stimulus on Wednesday, signalling greater efforts to boost consumption as a means to ring-fence the economy’s path towards…
China announces 2025 growth target, acknowledges international and domestic challenges
China has set an ambitious target of “around 5%” growth for 2025. In a speech at the at the opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, Chinese Premier Li Qiang…
China Sets 2025 GDP Growth Target At ‘Around 5%’ Amid Major Challenges
China set its economic growth target at “around 5%” for 2025, the same as last year and in line with market expectations.
China sets GDP growth target of ‘around 5%’ for third year running, despite worsening trade war
China has maintained the same GDP target since 2023, signalling confidence in economic growth amid trade tensions and global uncertainties, analysts say …
China plans to issue 500 billion yuan in special bonds for big banks
CHINA plans to issue 500 billion yuan (S$92 billion) in special sovereign bonds as it seeks to boost capital at its biggest banks to support the economic recovery, according to the government’s annual …
US dollar pressured by Trump trade war as China NPC begins
The U.S. dollar drooped near a three-month low versus major peers on Wednesday while shares in Asia were mixed after the latest round of U.S. tariffs and countermeasures from Canada and China stoked …
China sets GDP growth target at 5pc despite tariffs
China also aims for a budget deficit of 4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, up from 3 per cent in 2024, according to the annual “work report”.
Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation as Mexico, Canada and China impose tariffs on the US
President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a …
China reaches to number two place in this list, the country on top is…, India is currently at…, list is important due to…
Beijing: China has reached second place in the Global Soft Power Index. In the sixth Global Soft Power Index report, China has been identified as the second most influential country in the world. The United…
China vows to fight US tariffs – but it also wants to talk
“China will fight to the bitter end of any trade war,” the foreign ministry spokesperson in Beijing declared, after China announced tit-for-tat tariffs on agricultural imports from the US. This came within minutes of a…
China vows to fight to “the bitter end” as it launches response to Trump’s trade war
China has introduced steep tariffs on agricultural goods in the US, and has vowed to combat President Donald Trump’s trade war with a fight to the “bitter end.”