Message to nation’s state-owned service providers underpins China’s bid to achieve ‘high-level technological self-reliance’.

China’s National People’s Congress will begin its annual meeting on March 5, giving leaders a chance to set the economic direction and lay out spending plans for the year ahead. With Donald Trump threatening more tariffs and the Chinese economy battling deflation and a prolonged property slump,

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday called for advancing scientific and technological innovation in frontier and emerging areas, better cultivating new quality productive forces and promoting the country's high-quality development.

The development marked a breakthrough for Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, in a country where his company has faced increasingly tough competition.

Comment: Differences are likely to outweight shared interests as Winston Peters visits Beijing, with Chinese naval maneouvres and its diplomatic ties in the Pacific causing concern

China stood ready for "in-depth" talks with the Cook Islands, Beijing said on Thursday, a day before a meeting between Premier Li Qiang and visiting Prime Minister Mark Brown. According to the Chinese foreign ministry,

China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, China's national television broadcaster reported on Friday.

Andrew Tilton, chief Asia-Pacific economist at Goldman Sachs, discusses the outlook for China's economy in the lead-up to Premier Li Qiang's announcements on March 5.

Tesla billionaire’s financial entanglement in China raises the prospect that he could be the odd man out when it comes to Trump’s Asia policy.

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that it was not consulted about expected agreements involving the South Pacific nation,

Premier Li Qiang has highlighted China's commitment to enhancing Belt and Road cooperation with Mongolia and the Cook Islands to deliver more fruitful results from ...

It’s not common for automakers – in China or elsewhere -- to sue their own customers. But Tesla has done so successfully in China, where Elon Musk’s company has used the courts and the patronage of a powerful leader to silence critics, reap financial rewards and limit its accountability.