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The 2026 National Work Conference on Foreign Exchange Administration was held in Beijing from January 5 to 6. The conference analyzed the current financial and foreign exchange situation and arranged key tasks for 2026. Liu Zhiqin, Senior

The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday renewed its sweeping economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, even as Europe moves to seek direct contact with Moscow amid US-led talks with Ukraine and Russia.

In early winter, the emerald mountains of Dujiangyan in Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, are mirrored in the waters coursing through channels built more than two millennia ago.

European Union trade ministers urged their United States counterparts to implement more of the July EU-US trade agreement, including cutting tariffs on EU steel and lifting duties on goods, such as wine and spirits, during high-level meetings in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.

Thanks to a governance approach that combines pollution control with climate action, China has seen the growth rate of anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide level off and steadily decline since 2013. N2O is a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide.

China is providing significant momentum for global climate governance by upholding multilateralism and deepening international cooperation, according to a newly released white paper.

The US' aggressive tariff policies and a foreign aid approach rooted in a "grievance narrative" are reshaping the global economic order, with far-reaching consequences for both the US and the world, experts warned at the recent Peterson Institute for International Economics events in Washington.

China and the United States have reached "preliminary consensus" on key issues, including tariff suspension, trade in agricultural products and export controls, after two days of "constructive" trade talks in Malaysia over the weekend.

China's foreign trade in goods rose 4 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2025 to 33.61 trillion yuan, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Monday.

The United States will add an additional 100 percent tariff on imports from China and impose export controls on all critical US-made software from November, US President Donald Trump said on Friday.