China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) revealed that in 2023, China's total contract amount of offshore service outsourcing contracts reached US$215.4 billion, with the top destinations being the United States, Hong Kong, the European Union, and RCEP countries.

According to official Chinese data, Xinjiang's exports to the United States and the rest of the world witnessed a rise last year. However, the region's trade is heavily skewed as it concentrates on a small set of nations and products.

In January, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) published sanitary requirements for food products from Brunei, Belgium, and Russia.

The spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce today criticized U.S. government raids on Chinese firms, calling it "harm[ing] Chinese companies' confidence in investing in the United States."

Earlier this month, trade officials from China and Japan held their first export control dialogue after a communication mechanism was first created last fall. But a new proposal in Japan that is currently under consideration will test the functionality of the mechanism.

Last Friday, top level trade officials talked about the progress of China's trade talks in 2023, including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), and highlighted that Beijing will add more "high-standard" rules on telecommunication and government

Today Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with a Japanese business delegation that visited Beijing, the first visit of this kind since 2019. In the backdrop, bilateral trade has chilled in recent years, but both governments have agreed to work together on a few issues that may help mitigate disagreements and