China's insurance industry recorded premium income of 3.86 trillion yuan (about 568.5 billion U.S. dollars) during the first half (H1) of 2026, up 3.3 percent year on year, with continued optimization in product structure, according to the latest data released by the Insurance Association of China

Washington and Tokyo jointly intervened to shore up the Japanese yen for the first time in nearly 30 years after the currency sank to its weakest level in decades, the Financial Times has reported.

At Zerith Robotics in Ziyunshan Industrial Park, Baohe district, Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, an unmanned retail store occupying just over 10 square meters immediately catches the eye.As a visitor gives a voice command, "Xiaomai," a wheeled robotic arm, smoothly turns toward the shelves,

China's gross ocean product reached 5.5 trillion yuan (about 810.09 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half (H1) of 2026, up 5.1 percent year on year, according to data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday.

The Japanese currency briefly surged to the lower 155 yen range against the US dollar on Monday morning after Japan confirmed joint currency market intervention with the US and warned of further intervention.

Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical Co Ltd opened a 50,000-ton-per-year specialty polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) unit on Monday, taking the site's total annual capacity to 210,000 tons and making it the world's largest single-plant production base for high-end PVA production, CCTV News reported.