24 h. ago Chinese premier says officials must adapt to ‘complex and severe’ situation

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has urged the nation’s officials to improve their ability to anticipate challenges and accurately implement policies amid a turbulent geopolitical environment. “At present, the task to comprehensively promote the Chinese path to modernisation with high-quality development is heavy and difficult, with the external situation remaining complex and severe,” he said on Wednesday, as reported by state-run news agency Xinhua. During this difficult period, officials needed to...

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68 h. ago Chinese premier urges faster tech applications amid US export controls

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for a push to speed up the application of new advances in science and technology, as the country accelerates efforts to break its dependence on US tech and develop a world-leading industrial base. In a State Council meeting on Monday, Li called the application of new technologies the “last mile” of innovation, as it links innovation and industry and is important in driving new products and services, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The premier’s comments...

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6 d. ago China hoping for ‘healthy and stable’ relations with Canada after Li

China and Canada have agreed to work to “reset relations” in a phone call between Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday. After years of “unnecessary disruption” and “serious difficulties” in the relationship, China would now like to see it developing in a “healthy and stable” way, Li said, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. Both leaders acknowledged the importance of engagement and agreed to regularise channels of communication, according to the Canadians. The Chinese...

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2 w. ago ‘Asian alliance’: how China is forging a new power centre amid the trade war

China is pushing to forge a powerful new economic bloc with countries across Southeast Asia and the Middle East to counteract rising US protectionism, with some analysts suggesting a prototype for an “Asian Union” may be taking shape. Premier Li Qiang attended the opening of a new forum bringing together leaders from China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Tuesday, where he remarked that the current global tensions offered an...

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2 w. ago Speech by H.E. Li Qiang Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China at the Opening Ceremony of The ASEAN

Speech by H.E. Li Qiang Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China at the Opening Ceremony of The ASEAN-China-GCC Economic Forum_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America  中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆

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2 w. ago China’s Li Qiang calls for ‘vibrant economic circle’ with Asean, Gulf states

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday urged Asean and Gulf state leaders to increase cooperation with Beijing, his call coming at a time when China is seeking to strengthen global economic ties amid intractable trade tensions with the US. Addressing the inaugural summit involving China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Li said that the three sides could create a “vibrant economic circle” through deeper exchanges to benefit each nation as well as...

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2 w. ago Li Qiang’s Indonesia visit highlights rapid change in world order

The United States’ global tariff war has done no harm to trade and cooperation between other countries. It has prompted and energised them to nurture and develop their own relations. The uncertainty that has riled markets and troubled business has therefore had a silver lining. There is no better example in this part of the world than China – the world’s second-largest economy – and Indonesia, the biggest economy in Southeast Asia, which is also China’s biggest market. Premier Li Qiang has just...

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2 w. ago China mulling new economic policy tools says Chinese Premier Li Qiang

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2 w. ago China should mull a 4% GDP target, focus on jobs, debts in next 5 years: former official

If job creation is robust and debt is contained, annual economic growth of around 4 per cent is feasible for the 2026-30 period, former economic official Xu Lin says.

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2 w. ago In Indonesia, Chinese Premier Li Qiang urges multilateralism in the face of protectionism

Chinese premier holds talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on second day of trip to Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

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2 w. ago In Indonesia, Chinese premier urges multilateralism in face of protectionism

Beijing stands ready to work with Jakarta to uphold multilateralism amid growing protectionism and trade disruptions, Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday. In talks in Jakarta on the second day of his trip to Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, Li said China was willing to “join Indonesia to address risks and challenges, and consolidate cooperation in politics, the economy, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, maritime affairs and security”, state...

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3 w. ago Chinese Premier Li Qiang set for joint meeting with Gulf and Southeast Asian states

Next week’s event, the first of its kind, offers Beijing a further opportunity to build support for its opposition to US tariffs.

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