The latest deliverables secured at the just-concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers' Meeting are set to provide guidance for deepening regional financial cooperation and build momentum for outcomes in the financial field at the upcoming APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

A China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow departed Puhe station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, bringing the service's cumulative trips to top 140,000 and transporting goods worth over 560 billion US dollars since 2011.

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 3 pips to 6.7195 against the US dollar Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

Chinese and foreign officials and experts engaged in intensive discussions on the international use of the yuan at the ongoing Annual Conference of the Financial Street Forum (FSF) 2026 in Beijing on Wednesday.

Carrefour, France's largest publicly traded retailing group, saw its shares drop more than 13 percent Wednesday after it warned that the recent violent protests across France would dent profits.

China's effort to scale up effective investment, with a particular emphasis on encouraging private sector participation, is set to consolidate the recovery of domestic demand, helping stabilize economic growth in the fourth quarter, officials and experts said on Tuesday.The National Development