The monthly rate of the leading indicator of the US Conference Board in December was -0.1%, expected to be 0%, and the previous value was 0.30%.
On January 22, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Financial Supervision, the China Securities Supervision Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued opinions to align international high standards and promote institutional opening up in the pilot free trade zone (Hong Kong) where conditions permit. Among them, it is proposed to support the development of cross-border digital identity authentication and electronic ident...
January 21st, January 20th to 21st, the National Foreign Investment Cooperation and Foreign Aid Implementation Work Conference was held in Beijing. Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations Ling Ri attended the meeting and made a work report. The meeting emphasized that in 2025, promote international cooperation in the industrial chain supply chain, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, improve the foreign investment management system, ...
On January 21, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations Ling Zhi presided over a roundtable meeting of European enterprises to listen to suggestions on the issues of European enterprises in China. Representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the State Food and Drug Administration and other departments attended the meeting. Ling Zhi said that China-EU economic and trade cooperation has a solid foundation, with deep integration of production and sup...
According to the data disclosed by Lin Chen, head of Asia Pacific commerce at Deribit, on the X platform, the largest block trades of BTC and ETH on Deribit today are call options. Specifically: BTC: a user income 3.165 million dollars, buy the end of January 105,000 call options, while selling the end of March 115,000 call options, unilateral total of 925 BTC, the operation is bullish, and the user expects the near future price will break through, and the end of March can 115,000 take profit. E...
On January 18th, Sheng Qiuping, a member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, led a team to investigate the Xilongduo store of Beijing Yonghui Supermarket. Sheng Qiuping highly affirmed the adjustment of Yonghui Supermarket. He said that the adjustment of Yonghui Supermarket has returned to the essence of retail, providing consumers with genuine, high-quality and high-priced goods and services.
On January 15, the Chinese side took note of the announcement issued by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to further tighten export controls on some semiconductor manufacturing equipment and software, and expressed its high concern to the Dutch side in this regard. The semiconductor industry is a highly globalized field. Recently, some countries have repeatedly generalized the concept of national security and abused export controls, seriously threatening the stability of the global semicondu...
On January 9th, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on the afternoon of January 9th. Some media asked questions. Recently, the Department of Services and Trade of the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on the adjustment of the "Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited from Export Restrictions in China" for public comments. Among them, the new battery cathode material preparation technology for the restricted export part can be introduced? What are the considerations for this c...
On January 2nd, in accordance with the relevant provisions of laws and regulations such as the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use Items, in order to safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation, it was decided to add 28 US entities such as General Dynamics to the export control list (see annex), and to take the following measures: 1. I...
On January 2nd, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on the adoption of unreliable entity list measures against 10 US companies including Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control Company, and took the following measures: 1. Prohibit the above-mentioned enterprises from engaging in import and export activities related to China; 2. Prohibit the above-mentioned enterprises from making new investments in China; 3. Prohibit the entry of senior managers of the above-mentioned enterprises; 4...
The Ministry of Commerce announced the application conditions, distribution principles and related procedures for the non-state trade import allowance of refined oil products (fuel oil) in 2025, of which the non-state trade import allowance of fuel oil in 2025 is 20 million tons.
The Ministry of Commerce has decided to initiate a safeguard investigation on imported beef from December 27, 2024. The investigation period determined by this investigation is from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024. The products under investigation are beef products of live cattle (Cattle genus) that have been slaughtered and processed, including fresh, cold or frozen whole and half heads of beef, boneless beef and boneless beef.
On December 27, the China Animal Husbandry Association, together with 9 associations in major producing areas, recently submitted an application for safeguard measures to the investigation authority, arguing that the sharp increase in China's beef imports in recent years has had a significant adverse impact on the domestic industry. The Chinese investigation authority reviewed the domestic industry application in accordance with the law and decided to initiate an investigation after finding that...
On December 27th, the Ministry of Commerce ruled that if the anti-dumping measures are terminated, the dumping of imports of n-butanol originating in Taiwan, Malaysia and the United States on the Chinese mainland may continue or recur, and the damage caused to the n-butanol industry in the Chinese mainland may continue or recur. According to Article 50 of the Anti-Dumping Regulations, the Ministry of Commerce made a recommendation to the Tariff Commission of the State Council to continue to impl...
On December 26th, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference. When asked by reporters, the Australian government announced that China has lifted the import restrictions on Australian lobster and lifted the last trade barrier between the two countries. He Yongqian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said that it is understood that the competent departments of China and Australia have conducted in-depth and effective technical communication on the import of lobster to China...