PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that in the past few years, global investment companies have invested more than $ 3 billion in China's non-performing commercial loans.

A newly discovered Chinese-derived virus has added two new deaths and dozens of infections, and the epidemic has spread to Taiwan. As of Tuesday, more than 300 confirmed cases have been confirmed. This has prompted Asian governments to strengthen outbreak control.

Chinese State Council Vice Premier Han Zheng said on Tuesday that Beijing will continue to promote multilateral cooperation, including reform of global governance institutions, which is clearly a criticism of the US's recent attitude towards trade.

China is stepping up efforts to reduce plastic waste from takeaway meal boxes and express parcel packaging. A study found that 93% of the increased garbage in China's megacities in 2018 came from express parcels.

The number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan has more than tripled, and the epidemic has spread to densely populated and highly mobile first-tier cities such as Beijing. China's well-known epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan's frank acknowledgement that the virus has been transmitted from one person to another exacerbates concerns about the spread of the epidemic.

During the Chinese New Year holiday starting this week, more Chinese will be reluctant to travel far, because a newly discovered virus and financial pressure are prompting more people to reduce travel plans.

At the beginning of 2019, China's economy, hit by domestic credit tightening and foreign trade tensions, fell into its weakest state since the end of 2015, but just a year later, China and the United States temporarily reconciled in the trade war. Exporters' profits are rebounding and the labor market is starting to stabilize.

Mitsubishi Electric, one of Japan's largest defense and infrastructure manufacturers, said on Monday that its data could be leaked in a cyber attack last June.

The newly signed Sino-U.S. Trade truce eliminates a major anxiety factor for Chinese policymakers, but they still face another challenge: As the Chinese economy faces greater downward pressure, the confidence of consumers and businesses needs to be boosted.

The decline in the birth rate has accelerated the aging of China's population structure and the shrinking labor force, thereby weakening the economy, and the actions taken by the Chinese government have not stopped this trend.

Since November last year, the one-month egg futures price of the Dalian Commodity Exchange has fallen by 45% due to rising egg production and falling meat prices at the end of 2019.

Data released on Friday showed that China's economic growth slowed to 6.1% in 2019, and a decline in trade and business confidence has led to this much-watched indicator falling to its lowest level in nearly 30 years. However, this growth rate still falls within the target set by the Chinese government.

Volkswagen plans to subscribe for non-public offerings at discounted prices in the coming weeks, acquiring 20% ​​of Guoxuan Hi-Tech, becoming the company's second largest shareholder.

Singapore's state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings and Shanghai-based private equity firm Zhixin Capital had negotiated with WeWork's Chinese subsidiary to acquire a majority stake in WeWork's China business.

Sun Guofeng, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People's Bank of China, said on Thursday that there is limited room for further reductions in the deposit reserve ratio of commercial banks as the government must guard against risks in the financial sector.