It is the first time the target has been lowered since it was cut to "around 5%" in 2023.

China set out a five-year roadmap to turbocharge scientific breakthroughs and embed AI across its industrial ​economic ...

China has set an economic growth target at the slowest since 1991 at the opening of its annual national congress, in what ...

China's political elite gathered in Beijing on ⁠Thursday ⁠as President Xi Jinping unveiled a ⁠sweeping roadmap for the ...

China signaled it’s modestly dialing down fiscal stimulus this year, a rollback after a trade war with the US that still ...

China set its lowest economic growth target in decades on Thursday, announcing it would aim for 4.5-5% expansion in 2026 as ...

Preparatory work’ on pipeline, believed to be the Power of Siberia 2, included in five-year plan – but analysts say more ...

China is the largest importer of energy in the world, and the disruption to oil imports caused by the conflict could be a potential Achilles' heel for Beijing.

Pro-growth policies that strengthen economic resilience would help us weather global economic firestorms, such as the oil ...

Beijing aims to assert its diplomatic role, mediating talks in the region and controlling rare earth exports critical for ...

The Iran War has closed the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, creating a dual-chokepoint crisis that is driving massive inflation across energy, shipping, fertilizer, and financial markets, ...

China on Thursday (March 5, 2026) lowered its GDP target to 4.5-5% for this year in the face of Donald Trump's trade tariff war, the worsening global crisis following the US-Iran war and headwinds in ...