Pop Mart's popular character Labubu made a surprise appearance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Mexico City on Thursday.

As the referee's whistle echoes through the stadiums of the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the US, Canada and Mexico, the major Chinese manufacturing hub of Yiwu — thousands of miles away — has already completed its global delivery of fan merchandise through its highly responsive supply chain.

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China (JCCIC) on Thursday released the White Paper on the Chinese Economy and Japanese Enterprises 2026 in Beijing, showing that a majority of Japanese firms plan to maintain their investment in China.

The European Central Bank (ECB) decided on Thursday to raise all the three key interest rates by 25 basis points. The deposit facility rate through which the ECB steers its monetary policy will be lifted to 2.25 percent and the rates on the main financing operations and marginal lending facility

Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery exports were estimated at 29.82 billion US dollars in the first five months of this year, up 6.1 percent year-on-year, the Vietnam News Agency reported Thursday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

China's service sector has sharpened its international competitiveness, with knowledge-intensive service exports recording robust growth, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.