The annual National People's Congress drew to a close on Thursday, with the legislature's chairman Zhao Leji saying it sets the stage for the "grand opening" of the nation's 15th Five-Year Plan. President Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders...

Enacting a law on combating cross-border corruption is a crucial step in the country’s anti-graft efforts, mainland deputies to the national legislature said on Thursday. They were speaking after the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Co...

A local delegate to the country's top political advisory body on Wednesday said Hong Kong can help the country achieve high quality growth by providing "financial vitality" for mainland enterprises to better innovate and go global. Tu Haiming, vice-...

Mainland airline bosses on Wednesday said the ongoing conflict in the Middle East will not have a “prolonged impact” on oil prices, but it is difficult to predict how much longer energy costs will fluctuate. Continued strikes by the United Stat...

The chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Wang Huning, on Wednesday said it had to do its best to help kick-start the country's 15th Five-Year Plan. He made the comment at the closing ceremony of the top nationa...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that China calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and efforts toward a political solution, and supports Gulf countries in taking the future of the region in their own hands. Wang, also a member o...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Tuesday said Hong Kong’s financial markets have buffered challenges brought by the recent geopolitical situation as the city continues to attract mainland companies to come here. Speaking at a spring reception join...

More than 10,000 Chinese travellers have safely and orderly returned from the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia and other countries, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, after the US-Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory mo...

Official figures on Tuesday showed that the nation's trade has surged by a fifth in the first two months of the year, significantly outpacing forecasts. The data – usually combined to account for distortions arising from the varying Chinese New Ye...

Local National People's Congress (NPC) deputy Ma Fung-kwok on Monday said Hong Kong delegates should be allowed to play a bigger role in the NPC’s future outbound exchanges or overseas visits. His remarks came after Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC...

China's rural affairs head on Monday said the country's agriculture sector was "almost fully mechanised" and becoming smarter, thanks to advancements in argitech that raised productivity while ensuring food security. The comments came as Han Jun, th...

China's top sports official on Monday said the hosting of the National Games by Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong late last year marked "an innovative practice of the One Country, Two Systems principle". Speaking to reporters in the "Ministers' Corrido...

The heads of China's top court and the country's highest legal supervision body delivered their work reports on Monday to the annual session of the National People's Congress. Zhang Jun, president of the Supreme People's Court, announced that China'...

The chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), Zhao Leji, on Monday said the committee must strive for high-quality development to contribute to a sound start of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The exhortation came as he deliver...

China's consumer inflation accelerated to the highest in more than three years due to the effects of the Lunar New Year holiday. The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.3 percent year on year in February, according to data releas...

Former chief executive and Vice-Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference CY Leung has said an initiative by Hong Kong to draft its own five-year plan to align with the national development blueprint won't affect the continued im...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said the war in the Middle East “should not have happened” and “does no one any good.” Speaking at a news conference during the annual “Two Sessions” in Beijing, he called for an immediate halt to mil...

Hainan may seek closer ties with Hong Kong to leverage the SAR’s strengths as a free trade port, a delegate to the country’s top political advisory body said on Saturday. Li Rongcan, who chairs the Hainan provincial committee of the Chinese Peo...

Beijing expects the current Legislative Council to be “more proactive” in aligning Hong Kong with the country’s latest five-year plan, according to local National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies. They were speaking following a meeting with...

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has asked the Legislative Council to come up with practical ways to better implement the executive-led political system in Hong Kong. He made the remarks at a meeting on Saturday during which Hong Kong's sole delegate to ...