Cook Islands’ expected partnership deal with China has triggered tensions between the South Pacific nation and New Zealand.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang called on the country’s top three telecom companies to step up research and development in the aid of broader innovation and economic growth — underscoring Beijing’s drive for greater self-sufficiency against the backdrop of tensions with the US.

China's artificial intelligence sector is gaining momentum. Premier Li Qiang has unveiled an ambitious national initiative to accelerate AI adoption in consumer technology, potentially catalyzing a surge in AI-enabled devices.

China will direct more efforts to boosting consumption and lifting people's livelihoods, Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday, vowing to adopt more targeted measures to stimulate consumer spending.

The Chinese president brought together the heads of leading businesses – including Alibaba’s Jack Ma – for the first time since 2018.

China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, China's national television broadcaster reported on Friday.

Multiple cooperation deals signed as Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown talk in Harbin, CCTV reports.

Message to nation’s state-owned service providers underpins China’s bid to achieve ‘high-level technological self-reliance’.

The development marked a breakthrough for Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, in a country where his company has faced increasingly tough competition.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday called for advancing scientific and technological innovation in frontier and emerging areas, better cultivating new quality productive forces and promoting the country's high-quality development.

China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, China's national television broadcaster reported on Friday.

Andrew Tilton, chief Asia-Pacific economist at Goldman Sachs, discusses the outlook for China's economy in the lead-up to Premier Li Qiang's announcements on March 5.