Opinion: Takeaways from China’s 2021 Government Work Report

The first annual report has a lot to tell us about what this year has in store in terms of economic restructuring, fiscal and monetary policy, as well as foreign trade and investment

Wang Tao: What Economic Agenda Will the Two Sessions Set?

China’s top legislature will likely push for further reform and opening and highlight technology innovation and greener development as future goals

Loose Monetary and Fiscal Policy Overseas Poses a Risk to China, Head of Top Banking Watchdog Says

CBIRC chief Guo Shuqing worries that asset bubbles abroad could pop

Baidu to Help Chinese Energy Giant’s Push for Digitalization

He Yafei: Global Unity Needed to Face Unprecedented Challenges

Humanity won’t be able to overcome the difficulties posed by the confluence of traditional and nontraditional security threats like the pandemic and climate change

Hang Seng Index to Expand Members to 80 in Biggest Makeover

Hong Kong market benchmark initiates sweeping overhaul as it embraces new economy dominated by tech giants

Li Ka-Shing Is Again Hong Kong’s Richest Person as Zoom Investment Pays Off

The city’s many property tycoons saw their wealth shrink slightly last year, Forbes ranking shows

NetEase Calls on Google to Lower App Store Commissions as Profits Tumble

CEO of China’s second-largest online game developer says U.S. tech giant’s fees are ‘unhealthy and probably unsustainable’

Alibaba, Once a Fund Darling, Dumped by Point72, Hillhouse

The hedge fund titans and other investors sold 101 million of the Chinese tech company’s American depositary receipts in the fourth quarter

More Bad News for Banks as Regulators Cap Online Lending

Limits on joint lending with fintech groups follow imposition of new curbs on deposit-taking

Zhou Xiaochuan: China’s Choices in Developing Its Digital Currency System

Former central bank chief explains the reasoning behind the country’s digital currency payments system

Charts of the Day: iQiyi Brings Bottom Line Into Focus

Online video giant’s subscribers shrank last year for first time since going public as it turned its attention to becoming profitable

Short Seller Attack Fails to Derail Baidu Deal to Get Into Livestreaming

Joyy Inc. says deal to sell its livestreaming business to search giant for $3.6 billion has been ‘substantially completed,’ despite November attack by Muddy Waters

Reg Watch No. 2: Bringing China’s Wayward Fintech Firms Back Into Line

Ant Group and other big tech companies with significant operations in finance face a slew of new rules aimed at plugging a regulatory gap that has allowed them to grow with few constraints

Reg Watch No. 1: New Era of Antitrust Scrutiny on Big Tech

The tide is turning for internet giants as the government rolls out new rules to curb unfair competition in the platform economy