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Analysis: China Adopts Market-Driven Solution to Stale Loan Rate Benchmark

The new pricing anchor stems from the ebbing efficacy of the central bank-quoted LPR, which hasn’t changed for over a year despite a low-rate environment

In Depth: China’s Diagnostic Firms Bet on a New Front in Global Health

In Johannesburg, a palm-size TB test is being deployed in community screenings, reflecting a broader effort by Chinese companies to break into a market long dominated by Western and Indian suppliers

The Xiangmihu area in Futian district, Shenzhen. Photo: VCG

Shenzhen Land Sale Draws Strong Bidding Despite Tighter Rules

A China Overseas unit paid a 125.5% premium for a Futian residential parcel, underscoring demand for scarce core-city sites even as new presale rules raise funding pressure

Former China Merchants Bank Vice President Put Under Investigation

The probe comes more than three years after Shi Shunhua’s retirement and adds to a broader anti-corruption sweep involving senior former executives at the lender

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Sep 11, 2026 03:46 PM
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The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court publicly announced the first-instance verdict in the embezzlement and bribery case of Zhou Jun on Sept. 11, 2026. Photo: Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court

Ex-SIIC President Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Corruption

A Shanghai court said the longtime executive embezzled public funds and accepted bribes totaling more than 175 million yuan, in one of the city’s highest-profile state-sector corruption cases

Sep 12, 2026 02:32 AM

The Week Ahead (Sept. 14-20): Federal Reserve Prepares for Critical Interest Rate Decision

Bank of Japan meets to weigh a potential rate hike, China expands its cross-border fund pooling pilot nationwide

Sep 12, 2026 01:01 AM
On Sept. 11, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Finance released six typical cases of accountability for hidden local government debt. Photo: VCG

China Names and Shames Local Officials Over Hidden Debt Violations

A joint circular from the anti-graft watchdog and the finance ministry details six typical cases of creating new hidden debt or falsifying debt resolution progress

Sep 12, 2026 12:15 AM
In the AI agent business, an agent's understanding of user intent is crucial. Photo: VCG

Ant Group Rolls Out AI Payment Trust System to Break Agent-Commerce Bottleneck

Alipay’s new “Know Your Agent” infrastructure establishes strict authorization boundaries and audit trails to safely scale machine-led transactions

Sep 11, 2026 11:27 PM
Enflame Technology stock trades on Sept. 11, 2026. Photo: CCTV Finance

Enflame Surges 188% in Shanghai Debut as AI Chip Boom Continues

The Tencent-backed chipmaker rounds out a string of stellar listings by the Chinese mainland’s top five AI chip startups

Sep 11, 2026 06:33 PM
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China’s Auto Exports in First Eight Months Surpass 2025 Total

With August marking a third straight month of more than 1 million shipments, the momentum is fueling expectations that full-year exports will hit 10 million cars

Sep 11, 2026 06:19 PM
Regulators gain a clearer framework for determining when manufacturers are selling goods below cost.

China Sets Cost Rules to Curb Industrial Price Wars

The NDRC and the market regulator have published a unified methodology to determine whether manufacturers are engaged in illegal low-price dumping

Sep 11, 2026 06:17 PM
The State Council issued a notice on Thursday to address the difficulties small and medium-sized enterprises face in collecting payments. Photo: IC photo

China Orders State Companies to Pay Small Suppliers in Cash

Beijing is tightening payment rules as industrial receivables approach 29 trillion yuan

Sep 11, 2026 05:36 PM
Cloudbreak Pharma debuts on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 3, 2025. Photo: VCG

Hong Kong Halts Cloudbreak Pharma Shares Over Suspected ‘Rigged’ IPO

Hong Kong’s SFC suspects false demand may have been created during Cloudbreak Pharma’s 2025 Chapter 18A listing

Sep 11, 2026 03:55 PM
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China Business Uncovered Podcast: Exposing China’s Youth Correction Camps

Behind China’s so-called growth camps is a lucrative industry that promises desperate parents solutions while subjecting young people to confinement, punishment and psychological manipulation

Sep 11, 2026 03:46 PM
Production at a company in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Sept. 8, 2026. Photo: VCG

Commentary: China’s Inflation Rebound Puts Energy Costs and Policy Choices in Focus

August data show faster gains in consumer and factory-gate prices as higher oil, coal and industrial-metal costs work through supply chains

Sep 11, 2026 03:38 PM
Visitors inspect a robot at the Hangzhou International Artificial Intelligence Application and Robotics Innovation Expo on Sept. 10, 2026. Photo: VCG

China’s AI Firms Are Going Global Before Winning at Home

Former State Council official Jiang Xiaojuan says AI is lowering the cost of global expansion and creating a new model of ‘native globalization’

Sep 11, 2026 03:27 PM
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China Appoints Veteran Trade Lawyer to Head Intellectual Property Regulator

Chen Fuli brings decades of experience in international trade law and WTO disputes to the helm of the National Intellectual Property Administration as global tech tensions persist

Sep 11, 2026 03:08 PM
A forum with a theme on the new paradigm for AI economic growth and social value reconstruction at the 2026 Inclusion Conference on the Bund on Sept. 9. Photo: Inclusion Conference on the Bund

AI Boom Could Undermine China’s Push for Consumption-Led Growth, Economists Warn

The technology could lift productivity and supply while weakening labor income, consumer demand and prices, posing a fresh challenge for Beijing’s plan to revamp its growth model

Sep 11, 2026 01:57 PM
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Yuan’s Steady Rise Draws Foreign Investors Back to Chinese Assets

Overseas holdings climbed to 11.3 trillion yuan as the currency approached a four-year high against the dollar

Sep 11, 2026 12:57 PM
File photo: Liu Xiang. Photo: VCG

Commentary: China’s Track Superstar Exposes the Flaws in Its State Sports Machine

Star hurdler Liu Xiang’s decade-long limbo reveals the urgent need to reform how China compensates and transitions its retiring athletes

Sep 11, 2026 12:34 PM



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