The deal will lead to the integration of Ant's Alipay+ payment service with 2C2P's platform used by merchants in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas

China Merchants Bank shares plunged the most in seven years after a report that said a bank executive was helping officials with an inquiry.

China's production of batteries for new energy vehicles (NEVs) ramped up by an impressive 206.9% in the first quarter from the same period in 2021, Xinhua has reported

Vice-Premier wants local government to help key companies get back to work after weeks of lockdowns in Shanghai and other cities.

Tesla has recalled workers to its factory to prepare for the restart, which could happen on Tuesday, as the city accelerated efforts to exit a Covid lockdown

With no end in sight to a lockdown that for some has lasted four weeks, frustrations are mounting behind the shuttered gates of the city's tower blocks

Unexpectedly strong GDP data for the first quarter of 2022, not heavily affected by China's worse Covid-19 outbreak in two years, also fails to lift the market

Passenger traffic is down to negligible levels at the Hong Kong International Airport as China enforces its strict zero-covid policy

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, China GDP rose 1.3% in January-March, but impacts from Covid lockdowns in Shanghai and other cities have hit retail sales, factories and employment

China Eastern flight MU5843 took off from southwestern city Kunming at 9:58 am local time (0158 GMT) on Sunday and landed at Chengdu, also in southwestern China, at 11:03 am local time, Flightradar24 data showed

The target will require officials to accelerate testing and the transfer of positive cases to quarantine centres

The size of China's NEV market is expected to top 5.22 million units this year, a surge of 47.2 percent over the previous year, according to a report