"Officials know that Li Qiang is Xi Jinping's guy. He clearly thinks Li Qiang is a very competent person and he has put him in this position because he trusts him and he expects a lot of him."

Anger simmers over threats of more sanctions, with Foreign Minister Qin Gang warning that suppressing China will end in "conflict or confrontation" if the US does not change tack

Li Keqiang mentioned 'stability' 33 times in his government work report on Sunday summarising China's key policy plans for the year ahead

The country’s air pollution body said the spike had been driven by steel and cement plants operating at higher levels, and diesel truck traffic also rising

The yuan has been weakened by concerns that US interest rates might rise further and geopolitical tensions, which are keeping investment flows away from China

China refused to give at least one Hong Kong delegate a parliamentary seat because they held a foreign document, the FT said

The Ukraine war has prompted some elements in China's military-industrial complex to call for an increase in the defence budget

Asked about new US bill to ban some foreign tech such as TikTok, China's spokeswoman said the US was trying to deprive it of developmental rights and perpetuate its own hegemony

Even with huge sums of money, unless Chinese firms can develop their own chip innovations, they may be trapped at the low end of the value chain, industry players say

Billionaire investment boss says his money is stuck in a bank in Shanghai. He advised investors to be "very, very careful" about investing in an economy under a tight government grip

A US Treasury report said a programme to block US investment going to advanced tech sectors in countries deemed to be a potential security threat would cost $10 million, if set up this year

Premier Ki Keqiang and many reform-oriented policy officials are set to retire during the Congress, making way for loyalists to President Xi Jinping