South China Morning Post - China Economy

China’s State Council has pledged improved policy mechanisms to stabilise the country’s struggling stock market, after stocks slid again on Friday following a meltdown on the US markets. “We will enhance the inherent stability of the stock market and foster the steady and healthy development of the capital market,” officials at the State Council executive meeting, chaired by Chi...

As the midterm “blue wave” threatens to further complicate US-China relations, American agricultural exporters are calling on Washington to focus on delivering the trade deals already agreed with Beijing and ending a period of damaging policy uncertainty. With shipments of key products such as soybeans needing to be planned months – or sometimes an entire year – ahead, US farmer...

Ahead of a new round of bilateral trade talks, the US has extended the suspension of an expanded trade blacklist that helped inflame tensions with China last year and could subject overseas subsidiaries of Chinese companies to greater scrutiny. The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule on Thursday extending the suspension of its 50 per cent affiliate rule ...

China’s construction expertise has gained fresh international recognition, with Shenzhen named among the top cities to watch for high-rise development in 2027 by a UK industry publication. A skyscraper originally planned as the headquarters of failed property giant China Evergrande Group was among the projects highlighted. London Construction Magazine included Shenzhen in its “G...

China’s stocks pared weekly gains and the benchmark 10-year bond hit a record low as the global artificial intelligence (AI) stock bubble burst following the US Democrats’ landslide win in midterm elections. The CSI 300 equity index fell 1.4 per cent, weighed down by AI-related shares. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped 1.3 per cent. The yield on China’s 10-year sovereign bond ...