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China Chengtong Holding Group, the state-owned capital management firm, issued a 1 billion yuan ($139 million) 30-year bond on Wednesday. This is the first ultra-long-term credit debt issued in recent years.
China's mutual funds produced a mixed performance last year. Publicly offered equity funds endured a second straight year of losses, grappling with a prolonged stock market rout. Bond funds, on the other hand, had a comparatively stellar year.
China's Ministry of Education has released draft regulations for the country's after-school tutoring industry, the first of its kind on a national level stipulating the regulatory framework for the once-booming sector.
The Chinese software service industry is heading into a capital winter as the buzz of the late 2010s and flood of investment have yet to generate any headline-grabbing success stories. But as downtrodden investors pull back from much of the sector, one niche is still attracting capital: software as a service (SaaS) combined with artificial intelligence (AI).
Distressed Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties said it plans to sell a development project in London for 1 Hong Kong dollar ($13 cents) in an attempt to trim its $800 million in debt.
More than half of the Chinese mainland's 31 provincial-level governments have set lower GDP growth targets for 2024 than for last year, although many are aiming for higher rates of expansion than they achieved in 2023, Caixin's analysis of local legislative meetings shows.
China's debt-to-GDP ratio climbed to a new record high in 2023 despite the slow pace of borrowing, reflecting the economy's weakening growth, a new report from a state-backed think tank shows.
Nearly two in five children and adolescents in China are expected to be overweight or obese by 2030 if current trends continue, research has found. Experts called for urgent measures to counter the problem, including a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks.