In 2025, China's foreign trade reached a record 45.47 trillion yuan, maintaining the world's largest goods trading nation with 3.8% growth (9th consecutive year). Featuring diversity in markets, partners, products and imports, supported by policies and logistics, it enhanced resilience against risks, bringing certainty to global trade.

From Jan 14-17, 2026, Canadian PM Carney visited China, signing the China-Canada Economic and Trade Cooperation Roadmap. Both sides upgraded the joint economic and trade commission, expanded multi-field cooperation, resolved trade issues (electric vehicles, rapeseed etc.), and Canada adjusted EV tariffs to promote stable bilateral economic and trade relations.

In 2025, China's goods trade import/export reached 45.47 trillion yuan (+3.8% YoY), exports 26.99t (+6.1%), imports 18.48t (+0.5%). Amid global challenges, it showed resilience with structural upgrades (market expansion, high-tech exports, private enterprises as key force) and laid foundation for higher opening-up.

The China-EU anti-subsidy case on electric vehicles has achieved positive negotiation results. The European Commission released a guidance document for Chinese EV companies to submit price commitment applications. The China Chamber of Commerce supports enterprises to use the results, which helps stabilize China-EU industrial chains and promote cooperation.

This article discusses China's future policies to attract foreign investment, including expanding market access, enhancing services, optimizing the environment, and promoting the "Invest in China" brand, along with foreign-funded enterprises' contributions and 14th Five-Year Plan achievements.

In recent years, China's innovation has accelerated, with its 2025 Global Innovation Index ranking 10th (first top 10). Breakthroughs in AI, quantum tech, etc., and hits like "Black Myth: Wukong" show strength. Supported by policy, market and regional clusters, it drives high-quality development, though facing key area challenges. Future focus is original innovation for strength and stability.

On January 12, China's Ministry of Commerce reported the EU will release guidance on price commitment applications for Chinese EV exporters. The case achieved a "soft landing" via consultations, adhering to WTO rules, benefiting both sides' industries and trade.

On January 13th local time, the US relaxed export regulatory requirements for Nvidia H200 chips to China. Previously, Trump stated the US would allow such sales subject to Commerce Department approval, security review and transaction fees.

As of 2025, Ningbo Zhoushan Port leads global cargo throughput for 17 consecutive years, achieves 40 million TEUs container throughput milestone. It embodies Zhejiang's 88 Strategy and strong maritime province construction, with upgraded infrastructure, optimized business environment, and global node status (7th in Xinhua Baltic index). 2026 plans focus on world-class port building.

The National Business Work Conference and regions like Guizhou/Guangdong deployed 2026 service trade development, with Guizhou’s 2027/2030 targets. China’s 2025 service trade grew steadily (knowledge-intensive ~40%), digital trade leading. High-level opening up measures and expert views drive growth.

Wang Wentao delivers a report on expanding high-level opening up, covering its significance, 14th Five-Year achievements, 15th Five-Year tasks, opportunities/challenges, and high-quality BRI cooperation, emphasizing win-win for China and the world.

The World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Cooperation Barometer report notes global cooperation is transforming—traditional multilateral mechanisms weaken while small-scale flexible interest-oriented ones rise. It analyzes five cooperation pillars, points out the key issue is how to cooperate, and suggests reshaping cooperation via constructive dialogue, matching forms to issues, and building new capabilities.

The National Business Work Conference was held in Beijing (Jan 10-11). Wang Wentao (Commerce Minister) delivered a report; Li Chenggang presided. It reviewed past work, discussed 14th Five-Year achievements, outlined 2026 priorities (boost consumption, stabilize foreign trade, deepen opening-up, etc.), emphasized Party leadership, and set 15th Five-Year Plan directions.

The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from Dec 10-11. Xi Jinping delivered a speech summarizing 2025 economic work, analyzing the situation, and deploying 2026 tasks, which is significant for a good start of the 15th Five-Year Plan. It emphasizes China's long-term economic improvement trend and the "Eight Adherences" for 2026, with Party leadership as the fundamental guarantee.

China's intellectual property (IP) creation quality improves—effective invention patents exceed 5m, high-value patents per 10k population hit 16 (exceeding 14th Five-Year Plan). China ranks 10th in 2025 Global Innovation Index (first top 10). IP examination efficiency is world-leading; 2025 targets 972k authorized patents. Measures include cracking down on bad-faith applications, strengthening protection, and a patent conversion action (1.458m registrations, +48% YoY).

Recently, the NPC Standing Committee passed the newly revised Foreign Trade Law of China, effective March 1, 2026 (second systematic revision). It aims to advance high-level opening-up, align with international trade rules, institutionalize mature practices, strengthen trade promotion, and address external challenges, supporting China's high-quality foreign trade development.

The article summarizes 2025 foreign exchange reform achievements (supporting foreign trade/investment, cross-border e-commerce, tech innovation), 2026 work arrangements (convenient/open foreign exchange system, stabilize foreign trade/investment, advance tech/finance), and key measures like supporting high-tech enterprises and green finance.

China's Ministry of Commerce launched an anti-dumping investigation on Japanese imported dichlorosilane. The investigation is due to a 31% price decline and rising imports from 2022-2024 that harmed domestic industry, following WTO rules and Chinese laws, with fair investigations to be conducted.

This article focuses on the island-wide closure of Hainan Free Trade Port, explaining its regulatory logic ("opening first line, controlling second line, freedom within island"), policy effects (faster customs, more foreign trade enterprises), Hainan's roles as "experimental field" and "intersection point" serving national strategy, its radiating effect on mainland development, and its significance in advancing high-level opening-up amid anti-globalization.

The EU expanded its CBAM to cover more downstream products, increasing carbon costs for Chinese exports. It violates WTO and climate convention principles. Chinese enterprises need measures like supply chain collaboration, low-carbon transformation, and diversified markets to respond.