On January 1, 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden exchanged congratulatory letters on the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Thailand’s Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin announced on January 2 that Thailand and China will waive mutual visa requirements for tourists permanently from March 1.
By December 24, 2023, the death toll from the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that rocked parts of Northwest China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces on December 18, 2023, rose to at least 149, according to Chinese media reports.
China is to focus on using the digital economy to promote the country’s shared prosperity vision.
Financial technology company Ant Group has concluded a procedure to allow its flagship Alipay payment platform to remove all “actual controllers,” according to a statement from the People’s Bank of China.
China’s Ministry of Commerce published the latest revision to the country’s negative list for technology exports on December 21, 2023, removing 34 bans and restrictions, adding four new ones, and revising another 37 items.