Genuine understanding is never achieved from a distance – it develops and grows only through firsthand experience and the human connections forged through people-to-people exchanges.
Trade ultimately relies on trust, and by making it easy to arrive, meet, and close deals within days, Guangzhou helps both sides build that trust in person.
Global imbalances should therefore not be simplistically blamed on the alleged undervaluation of the RMB.
During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), China will transform its growth model, expand domestic demand, deepen high-standard opening up and accelerate its evolution from the world’s manufacturing powerhouse into a core market for global demand.
Local-currency trade and multi-currency payment systems are not meant to replace the dollar, but to create choices.
China is using solar power to combat desertification.
The countries that thrive in the AI era will be those that prepare their people for the technology before it reaches the workplace, not after.
Rather than imposing limits on ourselves within the narrative of “peaking,” we would do better to seek cooperation in the facts of resilience.
As the skilled workforce continues to expand and the spirit of craftsmanship grows stronger, China will gain sustained momentum in building itself into a manufacturing powerhouse.
Countries must work together to uphold the multilateral trading system and free trade, with the WTO at its center, and to keep global supply chains open and resilient.
