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China’s Trade Map Is Rewiring: Shenzhen and Shanghai Hold Fast as Inland and Small Cities Surge
China’s 2025 city-level trade data reveal a reconfiguration of the country’s external commerce: Shenzhen and Shanghai remain the top two, but inland provincial capitals and several smaller cities have surged. The shift is driven by higher-value manufactured exports, logistics innovations such as China–Europe freight trains, and the growth of platform-style trade centres like Yiwu.
Suzhou Bets on 'AI+': From Chip to One‑Person Startups, a City Repositions to Lead Industrial AI
Suzhou’s latest five‑year planning proposal makes artificial intelligence a central pillar for industrial upgrading, data infrastructure and entrepreneurship. The city aims to build a full‑stack AI ecosystem—from chips and datasets to platforms and applications—while branding itself as China’s go‑to city for single‑person startups and promoting AI exports and standards participation.
China closes the '14th Five' with 5% growth — industrial upgrade and exports bolster a still-fragile recovery
China reported 5.0% real GDP growth in 2025 and declared the goals of the 14th Five-Year Plan achieved, driven by gains in high-tech manufacturing, exports and services. Yet consumption remains tepid, fixed-asset investment — particularly in property — has fallen markedly, and demographic decline and external uncertainty pose medium-term risks.