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The latest news and top stories on State Council, the highest state administrative organ and executive arm of the National People's Congress. Its primary mission involves implementing state policies, laws and managing the national economy, finances and foreign affairs. The State Council oversees various ministries and commissions, providing public services and ensuring national security.
China’s Shanghai Maritime Court ruled against a Singaporean company, and in favour of a Hong Kong company, in a case involving US sanctions. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s anti-sanctions law

China’s top court highlights first Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law ruling in Shanghai

Supreme People’s Court says judgment was first to ‘explicitly establish the mandatory application’ of five-year-old law.

China jobs

China’s viral ‘dream job’: tight labour market fuels rush for alternative work

China energy security

China’s nuclear roll-out gets a jolt with new 5-year plan for reactors

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Rare earths

Beijing to impose exit bans for export control, tech transfer breaches

New rules give extra teeth to efforts to stamp out critical mineral smuggling and leaks of strategically vital technology.

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The regulations take aim at technology transfers, seeking to prevent know-how in sectors Beijing considers strategically vital from moving overseas. Photo: Xinhua
Accidents and disasters in China

China turns to public for help in deadly dam collapse probe after Typhoon Maysak

At least 26 people are known to have died in the disaster which occurred earlier this month in Guangxi amid torrential rainfall.

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China’s private sector

How Beijing became China’s biggest tech venture capitalist, from AI to chips

China’s tech sector thrives on state-backed investment, reshaping funding dynamics and sparking a debate about balancing risk and innovation.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Upgraded border crossing will boost Hong Kong-Shenzhen connectivity

Hong Kong’s jurisdiction over part of Huanggang Port, poised to cut passenger clearance times, is a historic milestone in integration with the mainland.

A view of the main structure of the Joint Inspection Building at Huanggang Port, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on April 22. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong passes bill for Huanggang ‘co-location’ arrangement

Upgraded border crossing will be the first to use a ‘joint-clearance’ model.

IPO

Waning appetite: why mainland Chinese F&B stocks are losing favour in Hong Kong

IPO lapses and sliding share prices underscore how weak consumption is dulling Hong Kong’s appetite for mainland China’s food sector.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong gazettes bill to enable joint immigration checks at Shenzhen crossing

Passengers will undergo departure and arrival clearance at single checkpoint by presenting only travel document required for their destination.

The joint inspection building at the new Huanggang complex. The new arrangement is expected to slash clearance times from the current 30 minutes to five. Photo: Edmond So
Accidents and disasters in China

Typhoon Bavi: Shanghai, Hangzhou brace as nearby cities start evacuations

Scores of flights and ferry services have been cancelled across eastern China, while Zhejiang province has stepped up emergency preparations.

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Large waves crash against the coast in Wenling city, Zhejiang province ,as Typhoon Bavi approaches the east coast of China. Photo: AFP
China’s carbon neutral goal

Beijing’s evolving carbon road map balances climate targets and energy security

State Council’s new plan prioritises nuclear and renewable growth to balance surging AI power demand, with climate pledges and aims to overhaul industrial sectors.

China’s Communist Party

Will reluctance from local government undermine reforms to China’s hukou system?

At present, millions of workers cannot register in the cities where they work, limiting access to services such as health and education.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Will US-China economic ties become self-reinforcing cycle of suspicion?

China’s regulations on outbound investment might seem purely administrative but they give Beijing crucial new control over transactions.

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Chinese-made MG Cyberster electric vehicles wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at a car yard in Yantai, in eastern Shandong province, on June 25. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

China unveils industrial internet road map, with AI and 5G at core of upgrade

Plan sets target of 50,000 industrial 5G private networks by 2030, with industrial internet sector’s value added to exceed 2.5 trillion yuan.

A 5G advertisement at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai in June 2019. Photo: Visual China Group via Getty Images
Education

Education powerhouse: China blueprint tackles talent crunch, tech self-reliance

China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates.

Artificial intelligence

For China’s tech workers, AI ‘optimisation’ sounds like ‘unemployment’

China’s office workers are worrying whether their jobs can be done by artificial intelligence – and whether their companies will make the switch.

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Artificial intelligence

Surge in AI-related court cases fuels calls for China to clarify its laws

Growing number of tech-related cases has increased calls for a comprehensive legal framework to govern the technology.

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The State Council said last month that it was working on “ comprehensive legislation”. Photo: Reuters
China jobs

China’s gig economy is an employment reservoir – but is the well drying up?

More than 200 million people in China are flexibly employed, but AI adoption, unstable income and poor social security make positions precarious.

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US-China tech war

China courts foreign firms with telecoms opening as US tightens curbs

China lifted the previous 50 per cent foreign ownership cap to allow wholly foreign-owned enterprises to operate within pilot zones.

US-China tech war

China boosts trade-war toolkit with cross-border investment overhaul

Unifying and strengthening cross-border investment rules will help China fight potential trade wars with the US and Europe.

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Hong Kong economy

Beijing to release Hong Kong yacht policy with mainland port details next month

State Council revamps maritime policies, exempting Hong Kong and Macau yachts from customs guarantees and simplifying registration in Greater Bay Area.

Yachts in Po Chong Wan in Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Elson Li
China property

China’s property developers see hope in massive urban renewal plan

Plan for 2026 to 2030 includes upgrades to pipelines, drainage, dilapidated homes, and facilities for education and elderly care.

China GDP

China boosts services for migrant workers to spur consumption

Cities will have to give migrant workers and their families better access to healthcare and education services under a loosening of the household registration system.

China economy

China removes hukou hurdle for migrant workers in social insurance shake-up

Giving migrant and gig workers full social insurance access where they work is latest move to boost free flow of capital and talent.

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Migrant workers in Yunnan province head to a railway station during Chinese New Year in February 2024. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

China ramps up building national computing power network as AI token use surges

Beijing casts computing power as a national infrastructure, likening tokens to mobile data as telecoms firms roll out mass-market packages.

Rather than treating computing power as a resource controlled by cloud providers or individual data centres, policymakers are increasingly positioning it as a national infrastructure system. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and disasters in China

Exclusive | Wounded volunteer tells of risky clean-up at Chinese fireworks blast scene

Witnesses describe overwhelming smell of burnt gunpowder from site of explosion as authorities assess damage to nearby houses from the blast.

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China jobs

China outlines new labour protection plan for nation’s 200 million gig workers

The 12-point document pledges stronger protections for gig-economy workforce, which has rapidly grown amid China’s economic slowdown.

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