China and the European Union (EU) have formed a strong economic symbiosis under the guidance of their respective leaderships, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

The upcoming national economic census will carry out an input-output survey, the State Council said in a notice.

While all roads led to Rome in the past, today, Rome is beating a path to China, especially this time of year, when the ongoing China International Import Expo (CIIE) offers companies access to the vast China market and beyond.

China, consistently opening up over the last four decades, now has a special platform at the CIIE.

A waxwing picks fruit from a tree in Hulun Buir City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Bohemian waxwing is a species of migratory birds. It mostly feeds on insects and fruits during the breeding season.

Snow scenery of Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 27, 2022. Dunhuang embraced its first snow of this winter on Sunday.

Staff members make inspection at the Suwalong Hydropower station at the upstream of the Jinshajiang River at the intersection of the Mangkam County of Tibet and the Batang County of the Sichuan Province, Nov. 30, 2022.

Jiang Zemin passed away due to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, at the age of 96, it was announced on Wednesday.

China's factory activity contracted at a steeper pace in November amid renewed domestic COVID-19 cases and slackening domestic and external demand, adding pressure to the country's slow and bumpy economic recovery, experts said.