Published: Oct. 2, 2025  11:53 a.m.  GMT+8 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x New economy industries accounted for 31.2% of China’s overall economic inputs in September. Photo: VCG The contribution of high value-added industries such as biomedicine to China’s total economic inputs rose last month, as expansions in labor and technology

A new visa category launched by the Chinese government to attract young science and technology professionals is causing fervent backlash in China, where well-educated young people are already struggling to find work. The new “K-visa,” launched October 1, has been touted by Chinese officials as a boon for the country’s development – and widely seen

The Chinese government is a technocracy with a deep backbench. About 40 percent of the Communist Party’s new Central Committee has some kind of technical background, ranging in fields from aerospace to artificial intelligence. It is remarkable what happens to decision-making when you are charged with the well-being of over one billion souls—assuming you take

Getty Images When China first announced a new visa targeting foreign professionals in science and technology in August it largely went unnoticed. But the K visa, which went into effect on Wednesday, was thrust into the public spotlight last week, when an Indian outlet referred to it as “China’s H-1B” – a reference to the