Li Qiang

China's consumer inflation rate slowed in October, official data showed in a sign that demand remains sluggish in the world's number two economy.

The slowdown comes as authorities have been seeking to boost domestic activity as a property crisis weighs on confidence.

SHANGHAI - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic met on Tuesday in Shanghai with Chinese PM Li Qiang, with whom he confirmed the steely friendship between the two countries, inviting him to visit Serbia next year.

Li accepted the invitation, also inviting Vucevic to an official visit to China.

China's Premier Li Qiang speaks during the opening ceremony of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2024.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday he was "fully confident" the country would hit its economic goals this year, lauding recent stimulus measures and suggesting there was still room for more.

China must "adapt its behaviour" to solve an escalating tariff row with Europe, EU chief Charles Michel said Friday, warning of the dangers of the dispute escalating into a full-blown trade war.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called Monday for a "fair trade order" during a visit to China where he met leader Xi Jinping and aimed to boost ties despite a tariff standoff between Beijing and the European Union.

State news agency Xinhua said Sanchez met Xi on Monday, without sharing details.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang shake hands during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.

President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that Russia's economic and trade relations with China are producing positive outcomes, as he greeted Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Kremlin.

China's relationship with Australia is "on the right track", Premier Li Qiang said in Canberra on Monday as the two trading partners moved on from a bitter economic dispute.

The highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Australia since 2017, Li held high-level talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese following a welcome ceremony at Parliament House.

Top leaders from South Korea, China and Japan discussed regional stability in their first meeting in five years on Monday, as they vowed to ramp up three-way cooperation.

South Korea's president reportedly called for a greater Chinese role in addressing concerns about North Korean nuclear threats during a meeting with the visiting Chinese premier on Sunday, on the eve of a trilateral meeting involving Japan's leader.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China this week and meet with leader Xi Jinping, the two countries announced Tuesday.

Putin will be in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement, the Russian leader's first trip abroad since his March re-election and his second in just over six months to China.