Policy

China's State Council has issued guidelines on providing basic public services based on where people actually live, rather than the location of their household registration, as part of efforts to support the country's people-centered new type of urbanization. The guidelines aim at ensuring that residents without local household registration enjoy the same access to basic public services as those with local household registration, known as "hukou," according to a notice issued

To continuously facilitate personnel exchanges between China and Russia, China has decided to extend the visa-free policy for Russian citizens to Dec. 31, 2027, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday. Guo made the remarks in response to a question about new outcomes achieved during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China. Ordinary passport holders from Russia can stay visa-free for no more than 30 days for business, tourism, visiting fam

China has granted zero-tariff treatment to nearly 9,000 categories of products from 53 African countries with diplomatic ties to Beijing, Liu Yuxi, China's ambassador for the Affairs of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, said Monday. Liu said the policy has helped drive growth in China-Africa trade. According to statistics from China's General Administration of Customs, trade between China and Africa rose 26.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, nearly nine percen

President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to further extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, while pledging to further strengthen political mutual trust, strategic coordination and practical cooperation between the two countries amid a fluid and turbulent international situation. The agreement was reached during talks between the two heads of state at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, before Pu

China's market regulator said Tuesday it had taken steps to improve the business environment for private firms since the country's first law dedicated to promoting the private sector took effect last year. Zhang Daoyang, an official with the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), said that in the year since the Private Sector Promotion Law took effect, the regulator had initiated dozens of policy measures, including 22 measures to support private sector developmen

An action plan for stabilizing jobs, expanding employment capacity and improving employment quality, issued by the leading group on employment work under the State Council, was made public on Monday. The plan outlines policy measures that focus on meeting labor demand in key sectors, tapping employment potential and raising employment quality, among other priorities. To stabilize labor demand in key sectors, the plan proposes developing the manufacturing sector in light of lo

The high-profile meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in China's capital has been lauded by global institutions, experts and media practitioners as a powerful boost to global economic recovery and a positive signal for robust business opportunities. "It's very important, of course, that the world's two largest economies are engaging at the highest level," Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Communications Department Juli

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Wednesday announced a nationwide campaign aimed at tackling obstacles to building a unified national market and fostering fair competition. Running from May to December, the campaign will focus on problems that impede fair market access and independent business operations, as well as those that restrict the free flow of goods, SAMR official Wang Shizhong said. To address these problems, the SAMR will step up law enf

Narcotics control authorities from China and the United States recently cracked a cross-border drug smuggling and trafficking case, arresting five suspects and cutting off a transnational drug route, China's Ministry of Public Security said on Monday. In early April, the ministry's Narcotics Control Bureau and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the US Department of Justice jointly handled the case, according to a statement issued by the ministry. Coordinated operations we

China on Monday outlined its 2026 legislative priorities, as the country released annual legislative plans for both the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee and the State Council. With a focus on strengthening legal frameworks related to public well-being, lawmakers will advance revisions to the Road Traffic Safety Law and the Teachers Law and draft laws on social assistance, healthcare security, and childcare services, according to the annual legislative agend

The Brazilian government announced on Thursday that starting from May 11, Chinese citizens holding ordinary passports will be granted visa-free entry, the Xinhua News Agency reported. According to a communiqué issued by Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, citizens of the People's Republic of China holding ordinary passports are eligible for short-term visa-free entry, with a maximum stay of 30 days per entry, according to Xinhua. The move will help attract more Chinese tou

China is willing to work with the United States to faithfully implement the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state, so that China-U.S. relations can truly stabilize and improve, to better benefit both countries and the whole world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with a visiting delegation of U.S. senators l