The move will give “all types of investors more time to digest market information” and create “a fairer market order," China's markets regulator said

China's bluechip CSI300 Index dropped to an 11-month low on Thursday despite the release of better-than-expected economic data

The drop was blamed on the city’s repeated Covid shutdowns and came after Beijing also posted its first population decrease since 2003

Subway trains in Beijing and Shanghai were packed, while some major traffic arteries in the two cities were jammed with slow-moving cars

Investors didn’t know which way to turn at the start of the week confused by contradicting speculation over the US Fed’s rate hike direction

The exchange said it would try to thwart big or sudden swings in capital markets, and make solid preparations to expand reforms in the initial public offering process

Authorities said they had received reports that some employers had refused to employ workers who caught the virus during the city’s two-month lockdown

Derivatives that debuted on the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) offer tools to manage risks in a portfolio of about 1,000 small tech firms

The Tesla chief executive said a shortage of batteries and machinery tools stuck in Chinese ports is taking a big toll on output and revenue.

Retail sales in Beijing shrank 7.7% for the January-May period, after Covid-19 curbs starting from late April confined shoppers to their homes

Of 133 member companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, 93% said they had reduced their revenue forecast for this year

Workers in Shanghai were disinfecting subway stations and trains before reopening four metro lines and 200 bus routes on Sunday