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Toxic tariff policy heralds US recession and greater uncertainty for world trade: China Daily editorial - March 16, 2025

It is Washington's firm belief that the United States only stands to win in the tariff war it is waging against the rest of the world. That has made it addicted to weaponizing tariffs in a bid to "make America great again".

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Driving significant new breakthroughs in Shanghai’s high-level institutional opening-up - March 16, 2025

In recent years, the global economic landscape has been undergoing rapid restructuring, with a new wave of scientific and technological revolutions and industrial transformations accelerating.

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Port fees, another foot-shooting proposal - March 13, 2025

If the US pushes ahead with its planned port fees, the damage will be multiple times that caused by the disruptions to commercial shipping in the Red Sea due to attacks on merchant ships by Yemen's Houthi militants last year. The US can also expect China taking countermeasures to safeguard its own shipbuilding industry's legitimate rights and interests.

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Robust legislative process underpins development achievements and progress - March 12, 2025

It is no coincidence that those disparaging the National People's Congress and almost all Chinese State organs as rubber-stamp agencies are also those peddling the "China threat" theory that China will leverage its fast-growing national strengths to "threaten" the "civilized world". Or that while trying to get people to swallow their "China collapse" forecast, they shun the question of how a country with such a supposedly rigid and dysfunctional system can continually achieve its obvious and remarkable development achievements.

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Accelerating the Development of an All-round Gateway-type Composite International Aviation Hub, While Bolstering Capabilities as a Global Shipping Center - March 11, 2025

Significant progress has been made in infrastructure expansion and the coordinated development of Shanghai’s multi-airport system. The city continues to enhance its hub capabilities through major projects such as the fourth-phase expansion of Pudong Airport.

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The Yangtze River Delta Takes a Bold Step Forward in Regional Market Integration - March 11, 2025

Since the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta was upgraded to a national strategy in 2018, significant progress has been made in linking markets across the region. Key achievements include high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure, enhanced policy transparency, and the integration of factor and resource markets. Today, the focus is shifting from basic “infrastructure connectivity” to the deeper stage of “unified systems and rules” and the “co-construction of an innovation ecosystem,” accelerating the region’s integration even further.

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Shanghai Fully Embraces Its Leading and Exemplary Role in Advancing Chinese Modernization - March 11, 2025

According to the Shanghai Municipal Government Work Report delivered by Mayor Gong Zheng on January 15, 2025, Shanghai’s economy was estimated to grow by approximately 5% in 2024, making it the first city in China to surpass a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 5 trillion yuan.

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China's diplomacy provides certainty - March 10, 2025

The world is becoming increasingly volatile. Certainty is becoming an increasingly scarce resource. The constancy of China's endeavor to promote the building of a community with a shared future is therefore a bright spot in dark times.

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Opening-up benefits China and the world - March 09, 2025

The Government Work Report delivered by Premier Li Qiang at the opening of this year's National People's Congress session underscores China's unwavering commitment to high-level opening-up as a cornerstone of its high-quality development strategy.

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Enhancing cross-border and offshore financial services to propel Shanghai as a world-class financial hub - March 06, 2025

Amid profound shifts in the global economic landscape, the development of an international financial center is a key marker of national competitiveness and a strategic pivot for supporting the new development paradigm.

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