Swedcham China Insights

- China sets up a bureau for private sector
- Commodity market supply growth gains momentum
- Li Qiang attends leaders’ meetings on East Asia cooperation and visits Indonesia
- World’s largest services trade fair closes in Beijing, achieves 1,100 outcomes
- China's foreign trade remains stable in the first eight months in 2023

- China halves stamp duty on stock trading to invigorate capital market
- Premier Li Qiang met with US Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo
- Chinese FM holds talks with UK foreign secretary
- China’s manufacturing PMI up in August
- PBOC and CBIRC issued notices to ease some borrowing rules to aid homebuyers

- Premier Li Qiang meets the delegation of the US-China Business Council
- China releases implementation plan for new industries’ standards
- President Xi Jinping attended the 15th BRICS Summit and delivered a speech
- China completely suspends imports of Japanese aquatic products
- China's finance authority stresses tax cuts for SMEs

- China publishes 24-point guidance to attract foreign investment
- Chinese Defense Minister attends Moscow security conference
- Chinese customs authorities roll out new measures to support comprehensive bonded zones
- The 2023 (China) Eurasis Commodity and Trade Expo
- MOFCOM says probe into Taiwan authorities’ trade restrictions indicates alleged violations of WTO rules

-China attended the Ukraine Peace Summit in Jeddah
-Unregistered apps are not allowed to engage in Internet information services
-Consumer Price Index up 0.2% month-on-month
-China lifts bans on group tours to US, Japan and other key markets
-The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges will improve the trading system

- China issues 20 measures to restore and expand consumption
- Steady operation of China's light industry in the first half of the year
- PBOC guides commercial banks to adjust existing individual housing loan interest rates
- China looks to limit children to two hours a day on their phones
- China's total service import and export volume increased by 8.5% year-on-year in H1 2023

- China's State Council stresses need for efforts in flood, drought relief work
- China puts forward new measures to spur private investment
- China's top legislature holds session, foreign minister, central bank governor appointed
- Premier Li Qiang urges efforts to implement strategy to upgrade pilot free trade zones
- China’s housing minister urges efforts to strengthen property recovery

- China’s H1 GDP increased by 5.5%
- Li Qiang meets with John Kerry
- Opinions on promoting the development and growth of the private economy
- China raises key parameter to facilitate cross-border financing
- Xi Jinping meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

- China unveils first regulation on private investment funds
- China strengthens the management of self-media
- People's Bank of China releases "semi-annual report" on financial data
- General Administration of Custom releases imports and exports data
- PBOC says China had no prospects for deflation

- China imposes export restrictions on gallium and germanium
- Xi Jinping attends the 23rd SCO Meeting of the Council of Heads of State
- Premier Li Qiang met with the delegation of the Japan Trade Association
- PBOC extends Yuan support after offering reassuring rhetoric
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits China