Swedcham China Insights

-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

- World Internet Conference (WIC) Nishan Dialogue opens in Qufu
- 2023 Summer Davos Forum returns to Tianjin after a five-year hiatus
- President Xi Jinping meets with the leaders of Mongolia, New Zealand, Barbados, and Vietnam
- China passes the law on foreign relations
- Greater Bay Area signs a Memorandum on cooperation on promoting cross-border data flow

- China’s cabinet pledges to roll out more measures to spur growth
- Hong Kong SAR launches dual counter model
- China cuts lending benchmarks to revive slowing demand
- China, Germany to boost win-win cooperation, address global challenges
- Li Qiang puts forward 3-point proposal on deepening China-France cooperation

- Xi emphasizes common development in talks with Honduras’ Castro
- Palestinian President Abbas arrives in Beijing for state visit
- U.S. Secretary of State Blinken to visit China from June 18 to 19
- Chinese Premier Li Qiang to visit Germany, France from June 18 to 23
- NDRC to hasten the formulation of policies for restoring and expanding consumption

- Chinese Premier urges improvements in business environment to bolster economic recovery
- Top political advisor meets with Taiwan’s New Party chairman
- China to expand 5G application scenarios, boost R&D on 6G
- China’s foreign trade shows resilience amid sustained growth
- China’s CPI up 0.2% in May