In the first half of this year, China’s exports of sports equipment reached 67.53 billion yuan ($9.95 billion), including 3.08 billion yuan worth of balls, as the World Cup sparked a global surge in consumer demand, Lü Daliang, spokesperson from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on

China’s artificial intelligence (AI)-related products have seen strong momentum in imports and exports amid the rapid development of the technology, as the country’s foreign trade hit a record high in the first half of 2026, an official of the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on

China will continue to actively expand imports and promote the balanced development of imports and exports during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), Lü Daliang, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), said on Tuesday, in response to a question over the outlook for

China's rare-earth exports dropped in the first half of 2026, with 30,482.8 tons exported during the period, official data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed on Tuesday.

China has set a goal of raising total retail sales of consumer goods to around 60 trillion yuan (roughly 8.8 trillion U.S. dollars) by 2030 and further strengthening consumption's role in driving economic growth, according to a government plan on expanding consumption during the 15th Five-Year Plan

Multiple foreign enterprises, including those from the US and the EU, are increasingly turning to Chinese artificial intelligence (AI)-powered large-language models (LLMs), with the share of tokens used by US firms on Chinese AI models reportedly hitting as high as 46 percent in the first half of