Thailand's economic growth increased in July on a monthly basis, supported by the global technology and artificial intelligence upswing, easing conflict in the Middle East, and government stimulus measures, the Bank of Thailand said on Monday.

Hong Kong's innovation and technology ecosystem has ranked first in Asia and fifth globally, according to a white paper jointly released by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and market analysis platform CB Insights on Monday.

Hong Kong's provisional estimate of total retail sales value rose 4.5 percent from a year earlier to mark a 15th consecutive month of expansion, official data showed Monday. Total retail sales for July were provisionally estimated at 31 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 4 billion US dollars),

China has unveiled measures to expand and upgrade consumer goods consumption, aiming to bring total retail sales of consumer goods to around 60 trillion yuan (about 8.85 trillion US dollars) by 2030, according to an implementation guideline made public on Monday. The guideline, jointly issued by

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has stepped up efforts this year to deepen business cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), spokesperson Yang Fan said Monday.Yang told a regular press conference that the efforts have focused on industrial

China, as one of the founding members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), has consistently expanded the organization's cooperation agenda and contributed to its development, SCO Deputy Secretary-General Ahmad Saidmurodzoda said in a written interview with Xinhua.Established in 2001, the