Buoyant foreign trade will help underpin China's economic growth target for 2026, highlighting the resilience and long-term potential of the country's economy while serving as an important engine of growth and stability for the global economy, economists and business leaders said on Tuesday.

The year 2026 marks the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

China's development and experience not only drive its own modernization but also provide vital momentum for global growth amid a complex international landscape, said Juan Carlos Capunay, former executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat and former Peruvian

The founders of German vaccine maker BioNTech will step down to launch a new biotechnology company focused on next-generation mRNA medicines, the company said on Tuesday.

"While the world burns, China defines the future." As China's two sessions convene, a foreign media outlet published an article under this headline, noting that everything that happens in China will have a ripple effect on the world.

With China's two sessions underway, how are international institutions interpreting this year's meetings? People's Daily reporter Zhan Huilan spoke with Ding Shuang, chief economist for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered, about the growth target, new economic drivers and the internationalization of the yuan. (Produced by Zhan Huilan, Di Jingyuan, Fu Junjie, Wang Yuting and Chu Chu; Ge Mengchao and interns Sun Yuman and Zhang Shuo also contributed to the video.)