China’s market regulator set out 34 priorities for 2026 to support private sector growth, focusing on fair competition, stronger legal protections and efficient regulation.
A person flies a kite along the Bund across from buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Chinese stocks climbed to multi-year highs as persistent AI-driven gains and growing signs of an economic recovery kept sentiment upbeat. Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged congratulatory messages marking the opening of the China-Russia Expo in the northeasten city of Harbin, highlighting deepening economic ties between the two countries.
TOPSHOT - In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergei GUNEYEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GUNEYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)