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Mar 09, 2023 16:19 PM

Caixin China Green News Briefing: China’s Hunt for Strategic New Energy Minerals
Chinese companies are scouting the world for mining assets as the country’s booming new-energy vehicle industry has boosted demand for key metals used in electric-vehicle batteries. However, receding globalization, rising geopolitical conflicts and supply chain restructuring is throwing up road blocks for investing in overseas mining projects.
Mar 08, 2023 17:55 PM

Wang Tao: Takeaways From China’s Government Work Report
UBS has upgraded its GDP growth forecast for the country to 5.4% for 2023 and 5.2% for 2024
Mar 06, 2023 18:24 PM

Editorial: To Boost Confidence, Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Strong implementation of reform policies is pivotal to restoring the private sector’s confidence and stabilizing its expectations
Mar 06, 2023 17:41 PM

China Green Bulletin: Chinese Lithium Firms Have Bolivia in the Crosshairs
The South American country has the world’s largest reserves of the key EV battery raw material, but political and practical obstacles have prevented the nation from becoming a significant global supplier
Mar 03, 2023 15:40 PM

NPC Preview: Supporting Growth as the Top Priority
We expect the meeting to set the GDP growth target at ‘around 5%’ with supportive macro policies, including a higher headline fiscal deficit, small increase of new special local government bond quota and more property policy easing, the bank’s chief China economist Wang Tao says
Mar 02, 2023 16:20 PM

Opinion: U.S.-China Trade Decoupling Is Underway
Assuming there will be no big turnaround in China’s relationship with the West, the country’s foreign trade will grow increasingly challenged
Feb 27, 2023 18:37 PM

Editorial: How to Be Problem-Oriented in Institutional Reform
Reforms of governmental institutions should take into account of current economic challenges, such as shrinking demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations, and be driven by efficiency concerns and common values, including peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom
Feb 22, 2023 16:50 PM

Fisher: Why ‘Selling the Rally’ Will Make You Sorry
History shows there is nothing prudent about ditching stocks after new bull markets’ initial bursts
Feb 21, 2023 20:11 PM

Opinion: Chinese Households’ Financial Dilemma Is a Problem for the Economy
A surge in savings and a race to reduce liabilities have thrown the post-Covid recovery into further disarray
Feb 20, 2023 16:14 PM

Editorial: Disable China’s ‘Health Codes' as Soon as Possible
The government should shut down this tool for controlling the pandemic and destroy all related personal data to protect residents’ information
Feb 17, 2023 18:16 PM

China Green Bulletin: New Ford-CATL Battery Plant, Green Energy Capacity Trumps Coal
Chinese firms search the world for mining assets, Beijing promotes EVs in rural areas
Feb 15, 2023 06:10 AM

Analysis: What Will Drive Pfizer’s Growth After Covid?
Coronavirus vaccines and treatments fueled the drug giant’s global revenue surge to over $100 billion last year while other products stagnated
Feb 13, 2023 21:31 PM

Editorial: China’s IPO Reform: Many a Little Makes a Mickle
The long road to registration-based system shows the value of perseverance in tackling complex problems
Feb 10, 2023 18:19 PM

China Green Bulletin: EV Sales Dip on Scaled-Back Incentives, Green Lending Maintains Strong Growth
State launches ambitious pilot program to make most ‘public’ vehicles electric, Inner Mongolia unveils $25 billion clean energy project
Feb 09, 2023 17:15 PM

China Green News Briefing: China Solar Silicon Producers Forecast Soaring 2022 Profits
The rising price of photovoltaic silicon might drive a more than threefold jump in 2022 profits for some of China’s top producers of the raw material used to make solar panels, according to recent company forecasts
Feb 08, 2023 18:26 PM

China Green News Briefing: The Best China ESG Stories We Read in 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, we want to present you with an annual review of Caixin’s insight into China’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) developments
Feb 06, 2023 18:25 PM

Editorial: Boosting China’s Growth Requires Addressing Fundamental Problems
Enhancing confidence and improving expectations depend on deepening reform
Feb 06, 2023 15:36 PM

China Green Bulletin: PBOC Extends Green Lending Tools, Beijing Considers Solar Tech Export Ban
Chinese solar silicon producers estimate soaring 2022 profits on rising raw material costs
Feb 03, 2023 17:38 PM

Opinion: How China’s Chip Industry Should Respond to the U.S.-Japan-Netherlands Alliance
A recently established partnership between the three countries threatens to cut China’s access to key chipmaking equipment, so Chinese firms must move quickly to secure international cooperation where it can be found
Feb 02, 2023 18:25 PM

China Green News Briefing: Ex-Central Bank Chief Dismisses Concerns of Multinationals’ ‘Greenwashing’
Zhou Xiaochuan says there’s no need to worry about big firms buying cheap carbon credits as global prices will level off eventually, preventing them from shirking their commitments