Join us for a discussion on policy priorities emerged from China's annual Central Economic Work Conference and their implications for China’s economic trajectory in 2026.

China will keep expanding domestic demand and support the broader economy with more proactive policies in 2026, the Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, was cited as saying on Monday by state media Xinhua.

Growth has cooled following months of slowdown in consumption and rapidly falling investment Read more at The Business Times.

China’s services activity expanded at the weakest pace in five months, a private survey showed, adding more evidence of sluggish consumer demand that’s putting further pressure on a slowing economy.

China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to keep fiscal and monetary spigots open as they seek to snap a deflationary spell.

It’s never a great day for Beijing policymakers when #ChinaEvergrande is trending. But here we are as giant developer China Vanke Co. shocks markets by proposing a delay in making a payment on a local bond.

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