China’s third most senior official, Zhao Leji, has reappeared in public after missing the end of the country’s main political event due to ill health. Zhao, the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), met state media employees in Beijing on Wednesday to thank them for their coverage of the annual…
Zhao Leji, the third most senior official in China’s ruling Communist Party and chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, was absent from the closing of the country’s top legislature on Tuesday. Zhao’s last public appearance was at the first meeting of the NPC presidium on Saturday. It is the first time in…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Motors hopes to make Hong Kong a launch pad for its autonomous driving technology beyond mainland China, but the ambition will depend on the city’s willingness to create a more open regulatory environment for new technologies. Hong Kong should keep up with the mainland or be more ambitious in…
This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Foreign Minister Wang Yi faced the press on Friday morning to lay out Beijing’s foreign policy direction. This came as China…
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has told local members of China’s top political advisory body to “not just be observers” but “active players” to support the city’s development, including the coming Legislative Council election, according to one of the delegates. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), also…
Hundreds of Hong Kong politicians and business leaders are set to head to Beijing on Monday for the nation’s top annual political gathering, with analysts predicting further integration with mainland China will be a major talking point among elites. Ding Xuexiang, the Chinese vice-premier and head of the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and…
China’s top legislature will begin its annual parliamentary meeting on March 5 next year – a session that will be closely watched by investors as Beijing will announce its growth target and decide on ways to stimulate the country’s stalled economy. The start date of the third annual session of the 14th National People’s Congress…
Donald Trump is set to become America’s 47th president. The man who set off the US-China trade war in July 2018 may spell bad news for exporters. All told, that episode resulted in tariffs on US$550 billion worth of Chinese exports and US$185 billion worth of US goods. Should global investors in Chinese stocks be…
Beijing’s quick endorsement of a scheme to raise the retirement age shows it is determined to address the problem of dwindling pension funds amid faltering economic growth and an ageing population, analysts say. But, they add, the changes are unlikely to be a silver bullet for fiscal shortfalls and could come with “political pain”. For…