The US carmaker will produce 10,000 massive batteries a year at the Megafactory in Shanghai’s Lingang free-trade zone when construction of the plant is complete.

Li Qiang, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang among Chinese leaders paying respects to the leading facial recognition expert and SenseTime co-founder, who died Friday.

Education groups from both countries meet for the first time since the pandemic, promising to encourage exchanges.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has urged the strengthening of economic ties between Shanghai and Hong Kong to build world-class tech start-ups.

Shanghai’s economy, dealt a double blow by China’s troubled property sector and the nation’s tumbling stock market this year, could see better days in 2024 when the US is widely expected to lower interest rates, a government economic adviser said

Mayor Gong Zheng said more landmark deals are in the works as Shanghai tries to burnish its image as an international investment magnet.

During ‘rational and pragmatic’ talks on Monday, Wang Wentao told Chuck Schumer that China wants the US to define its security boundaries.

‘World can accommodate China and the US in their respective development’, Xi tells team led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during Monday’s meeting.

After a 4-year pause, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is leading lawmakers for ‘direct, candid and respectful’ conversations with Chinese leadership.

The appointment of Shao Xinyu comes as the leadership is seeking to promote more officials with science and technology backgrounds.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo visited Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, New York University Shanghai and Disneyland on the last day of her four-day trip to China.

Kerry Properties has broken ground on a massive mixed-use project in Shanghai, just two months after it won a tender for a prime site in the city centre.

Chai ignited public discussion about air pollution in 2015 with a documentary that fell foul of censors.

Shanghai officials have been striving to attract foreign fund inflows after the government ended its zero-Covid strategy, but FDI inflows still missed expectations.

Head of Shanghai’s legislative body is the most senior official to be disgraced since the party’s major reshuffle in October.

China aims to build a complete artificial intelligence value chain, from ‘smart chips and algorithm frameworks to industry-specific large language models’, according to a senior government official.

The maker of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine is expected to sign an agreement with Shanghai government as early as Wednesday, with the investment going towards vaccine development and manufacturing, according to sources.

Away from his core initiatives, Xi has been turning attention to pet projects such as a plan to move major institutions from Beijing to a purpose-built site 100km away.

The Chinese president and his Honduran counterpart Xiomara Castro hold their first meeting since the Central American nation switched its allegiance from Taipei.

President will spend two days in Shanghai before travelling to Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping.

Elon Musk met Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Jining on Thursday morning, following which he left by his private jet for Austin, Texas. The previous evening he visited the Tesla factory, where he lauded the employees’ ‘amazing’ work.

The Tesla chief executive is expected to meet Shanghai Communist Party secretary Chen Jining on either Thursday or Friday amid speculation about an expansion of the electric-car maker’s production facilities.

The Lujiazui Forum will be held on June 8 and 9, and will feature over 70 speakers from top financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.

Lawrence Wong’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang indicates a mutual desire to push forward cooperation ‘driven at the senior levels’, one analyst notes

As head of the Communist Party’s Organisation Department, Chen oversaw the emergence of a group of Tsinghua and tech cadres at the very top of Chinese politics.

The new head of personnel appointments and promotions is a nuclear scientist and stern environmental enforcer.

Taiwanese ex-president visits Yangshan deepwater mega port and meets the Shanghai Communist Party secretary on last leg of historic 12-day mainland trip.

In his latest whistle-stop tour across China, Apple chief executive Tim Cook pledged to bring more new products and business in the country.