Haining Gao
Newsroom Researcher, SCMP Plus
Haining joined the Post in 2024 as a newsroom researcher on the SCMP Plus team. His interests lie in AI development, business and US-China relations. He holds degrees in international relations from New York University.
Haining joined the Post in 2024 as a newsroom researcher on the SCMP Plus team. His interests lie in AI development, business and US-China relations. He holds degrees in international relations from New York University.
Areas of Expertise:
US-China relations, artificial intelligence, businessLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
The SCMP Plus 2026 leaderboard reveals how domestic price wars and technological prowess are pushing Chinese giants into global markets.
Official position paper rebuts claims an undervalued yuan is boosting China’s exports.
Chinese companies are rushing into new markets around the world, building factories overseas and developing their own international brands. SCMP Plus ranks the companies leading the way in Chuhai, or Going Global.
Hong Kong is having its busiest year for initial public offerings since 2020, with a surge in the first nine months driven by artificial intelligence-related companies from mainland China.
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Chinese developers of innovative drugs are tying up with industry giants to accelerate overseas growth, raise funds and share risks.
China’s direct holdings of US Treasuries fell to an 18-year low in July as the country shifts to buying the bonds via Europe while continuing to diversify by increasing gold reserves.
Some 320 million people work in China’s gig economy. The growth in jobs offering few benefits and little security reflects challenges to finding permanent employment, especially for record numbers of new graduates.
China plans to grow the revenue of the information and communications sector to 4.1 trillion yuan by 2030.
Trump administration seeks to stop companies in China and elsewhere conducting business with Iran.
The 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation convenes in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for its annual summit on August 31.
The People’s Bank of China pledges to expand global use of the yuan to make the country a financial powerhouse in its first stand-alone five-year plan in at least a decade.
Beijing has set a target of generating 50 per cent of electricity using non-fossil fuels by 2030 in its latest push for energy security.
Domestic EV sales are on track for their first full-year decline since 2020 amid reductions in government subsidies and a drop in consumer spending.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is boosting the nation’s defence capabilities ahead of the 2027 centenary of the People’s Liberation Army, overseeing improvements in hardware and high-level purges of generals.
Beijing unveils renewable energy targets for the next five years, aiming to increase green energy consumption by more than 50 per cent.
This week: Chinese president urges open and secure AI, US leader accuses Beijing over 2020 election, GDP growth slows. Next week: US global tariff expiry, Apec ministers meet, Hong Kong lawmakers decamp to Beijing.
China’s growing trade surplus with the European Union has stoked anxieties within the bloc, driving defensive actions to protect its critical domestic markets.
Chinese companies dominate the global supply of lithium batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems and are driving the next stage of battery development.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Russian leader Vladimir Putin more than 40 times since taking office, highlighting close ties between the two nations. Still, plans for the long-delayed Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline remain on hold.
The two countries issued a statement following this week’s meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The country’s industrial strategy has shifted from targeting specific sectors towards covering all layers of production.
China and Japan have forged strong economic ties, despite having regular diplomatic rows over disputed territories and the legacy of the Second World War. The latest escalation occurred in November after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that Japan’s military forces could be deployed in the event of conflict in the Strait of Taiwan.
First-quarter GDP grew 5 per cent as strong manufacturing and exports masked weak domestic spending and a March slowdown.
The war on Iran that has shut the Strait of Hormuz highlights China’s reliance on foreign energy supplies and shows why geopolitical risk is spurring its efforts to lower that dependence even as its economy grows.
China’s renewables drive depends on connecting power-hungry provinces in the south and east with generating regions thousands of kilometres away in the north and west.
Exports from China slowed while imports surged in the first full month of trade data following the outbreak of the US war against Iran on February 28.
China and Pakistan launched an initiative to restore stability in the Middle East.
Southeast Asia has become the biggest destination for Chinese companies going global, driven by geographical proximity, regional manufacturing skills and free-trade agreements.
