According to customs statistics, China's total import and export of goods in the first half of the year reached 21.79 trillion yuan, representing a 2.9% year-on-year increase. Exports amounted to 13 trillion yuan, up 7.2%, while imports totaled 8.79 trillion yuan, down 2.7%. In June, imports, exports, and overall trade all achieved positive year-on-year growth, with accelerating growth rates.  

From the perspective of foreign trade entities, in the first half of the year, private enterprises recorded imports and exports of 12.48 trillion yuan, a 7.3% year-on-year increase, accounting for 57.3% of China's total foreign trade, up 2.3 percentage points from the same period last year. Foreign-invested enterprises saw imports and exports of 6.32 trillion yuan, a 2.4% year-on-year increase, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of growth. The number of foreign-invested enterprises with actual import and export activities in China has reached 75,000, the highest for the same period since 2021.

On the morning of July 1, 2025, a delegation from the Asian International Trade and Investment Chamber visited the China Foundry Association (CFA) to engage in in-depth discussions on key areas such as international exhibition cooperation, trade and investment services. The visit was led by Mrs. Chamaiporn Chuecharoan, Honorary Chairwoman of the Asian International Trade and Investment Chamber and former Consul General of the Kingdom of Thailand in Kunming. Accompanying her were Honorary Chairman Wu Zhiyi, Advisor Mr. Eakavud Chuecharoan, and Assistant to the Chairman and Translator Mr. Pipat Krudchamnong. Zhao Rui, Vice General Manager of Ximac International Exhibition Co., Ltd., Li Daobo, Senior Project Manager of the First Business Division, and Liu Mingyang, Operation Manager, also participated in the visit. They were warmly welcomed by Wang Dongsheng, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Foundry Association, Gao Wei, Executive Vice President, Chen Xing, Deputy Secretary-General, Cao Linfeng, and You Yang from the National Exhibition Department.

Since the new round of power system reform was deployed and implemented by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, the construction of China's power market has been steadily and orderly advanced. A multi-competitive subject pattern is formed, the scale of market-based transaction expanded year by year, and the ability and role of the market in allocating resources continuously improves. 

Starting from June 1 this year, all newly-commissioned new energy power generation projects will, in principle, be traded in the market, with electricity prices determined by the market. 

The full entry of new energy into the market broke down regional barriers, promoted the expansion of cross-provincial and cross-regional transaction scales, and is conducive to the optimal allocation of power resources across the country. The construction of the power market is further accelerating.

According to MIIT, on June 3, Li Lecheng, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, chaired a meeting to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on artificial intelligence, implement major decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee and the State Council, and study approaches to promote the development of the AI industry and its empowerment of new industrialization. Ministry leaders Ye Min, Xiong Jijun, Shan Zhongde, Xie Yuansheng, and Xie Shaofeng attended the meeting and delivered exchange speeches.