The ministry must shoulder responsibility for the sustainable and healthy development of the economy, as well as maintain social stability, Liu Kun said

The list shines a light on markets that Washington says "engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or benefit from substantial piracy or counterfeiting".

Attorneys for Musk said the Securities and Exchange Commission was propagating "endless unfounded investigations" into Tesla and its boss

In terms of international payments, excluding payments within the eurozone, the yuan ranked fifth with 2.29% in January 2022

A Ministry of Commerce spokesman said China hoped India would treat all foreign investors in a transparent, fair and non-discriminatory manner

Asia-Pacific is the world’s largest net food and energy importer but it is not monolithic so a spike in food and energy prices would have an uneven impact

The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US government aid agency, provided $500 million in grants for a power line and road project

The bank expects revenue to grow an extra 3% per year as it benefits from rising interest rates as policymakers look to turn off years of cheap funding

Oil recovered some of its more than 2% fall in Asian trade on Thursday after Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine accused government forces in Kyiv of shelling their territory with mortars

Shell also completes upgrade of Singapore facility, which will enable it to blend sustainable aviation fuel in the city-state itself

The move is part of the nation's latest textile policy which seeks to consolidate recent growth in a sector that accounts for 60% exports

Yellen acknowledges in an interview that a G20 initiative to help debtor nations "has not been going very rapidly"