Hainan, a tropical island province in south China, registered more than 12.32 million tourist visits during the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, a 28.9-percent increase compared with the previous year, official data showed.

Commenting on the Panama government's takeover of two ports at the Panama Canal operated by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, and the HKSAR government has lodged a protest over the move, Chinese Foreign Ministry FM spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Tuesday that China's

China's nine-day Spring Festival holiday saw 596 million domestic trips, up 95 million from the eight-day holiday in 2025, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

China's State Taxation Administration released value-added tax (VAT) invoice data on Tuesday, revealing strong consumer spending during the 2026 Spring Festival holiday.

The People's Bank of China on Tuesday announced that it will conduct a 600-billion-yuan (about 86.44 billion U.S. dollars) one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation on Wednesday, aiming to maintain ample liquidity in the country's banking system.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will lead a high-level economic and trade delegation to visit China, accompanied by executives from about 30 leading German companies in advantageous sectors such as automotive, chemical, biopharmaceutical, machinery manufacturing, and circular economy, which fully