Silk Road Fund begins operations

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents took to the streets demanding democratic reform after Beijing’s framework for the 2017 chief executive election. The movement foregrounded local political...

Twenty-one prospective founding members signed the AIIB Articles of Agreement in Beijing. The bank represented China’s effort to shape multilateral development finance and address infrastructure gaps,...

The 22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting began in Beijing, bringing Asia-Pacific leaders together under China’s chairmanship. The meeting advanced regional connectivity and trade initiatives and...

Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama announced parallel emissions and clean-energy commitments. The agreement helped build momentum for the Paris climate accord and showed China’s growing role in...

The cross-border program allowed investors in Shanghai and Hong Kong to trade selected shares through linked exchanges. It was a major step in the internationalization of China’s capital markets,...

The State Council issued a plan to upgrade manufacturing and develop high-tech industries. The strategy expressed an ambition to move from assembly and low-cost production toward innovation and...

Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama agreed that governments should not conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property for commercial advantage. The agreement reflected...

The Communist Party announced that couples would be allowed to have two children. The shift responded to demographic pressures created by decades of population policy and altered the social...

The IMF Executive Board decided that the renminbi met the criteria to join the Special Drawing Rights basket. The decision recognized China’s scale in global trade and its financial reforms, though...

Parties to the UN climate convention adopted the Paris Agreement, with China among the world’s largest emitters and a major participant in climate diplomacy. The agreement’s universal framework...