The prime minister will heap dutiful praise on his boss, Xi Jinping, and the leadership of the Communist Party. He will reveal the official economic growth target for 2025. He will also provide a catalogue of “major tasks” for the year ahead that will closely echo last year’s list.

It’s 12 years since Xi Jinping launched his crackdown on graft with a promise to catch “flies” as well as “tigers”. Since then, inspectors have disciplined six million officials. Yet last month the Chinese leader warned corruption was still on the rise and remained the “biggest threat” to the ruling Communist Party.

The uncertain reaction to Xi Jinping’s display of warmth made sense ... Mr. Xi signaled that he stood behind the private sector at the meeting on Monday, pushing the Hong Kong stock market to its highest point in three years. For China, it all provided ...

As Chinese leaders meet in Beijing, they are striking a confident posture despite serious challenges to the economy and growing pressure from the United States.

In particular, President Xi Jinping's inspection tour to the Macao Special Administrative Region to attend the celebrations, and his speeches affirmed the remarkable development achievements Macao has made in the 25 years.

"A very good friend of mine" was how US President Donald Trump described Chinese President Xi Jinping during his election campaign last year. Then, in the days after taking office in January, Trump said he "always liked" Xi,

Chinese technology startups are racing for fresh fundraising to capitalise on the DeepSeek-induced fervor towards artificial intelligence, as well as President Xi Jinping's recent show of support to the country's private enterprises.