Who’s who on Xi’s Europe trip: Chinese president accompanied in Macron meeting by top party and ministerial officials

These are officials in the president’s entourage during his Europe visit: Cai Qi Cai, China’s No 5 official and the ideology chief of the ruling Communist Party, often accompanies Xi on domestic and overseas trips. The 68-year-old is on the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, the party’s highest authority, making him the most powerful chief of … Read more

China’s ‘two sessions’ 2024: economic heavyweights face press on ambitious 5% GDP growth target

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing in our spring flash sale. China’s finance and commerce ministers, as well as the heads of the People’s Bank of China, National Development and Reform Commission and China Securities Regulatory Commission, face the press … Read more

Microsoft President Meets Chinese Government To Discuss AI, Trade Relations, More

Microsoft President Brad Smith recently met with China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao to discuss important topics including artificial intelligence (AI), economic cooperation and trade relations between Washington and Beijing. According to a CNBC report, key details about this meeting are mentioned in a Chinese government announcement, which has been translated using the Chinese search … Read more