Organizers of a top international trade event in Los Angeles said they hope to attract more Chinese investment despite trade frictions with the United States.

China will try to establish a trading platform in Beijing to better commercialize technologies, and promote the capital city as a "new highland" of securities industry opening-up, a top securities regulator said on Thursday.

Smoking has been declining on the Chinese mainland, but more efforts are needed for effective tobacco control, according to a survey released on Thursday.

The HSK exams, a test of Chinese-language proficiency organized by the Confucius Institute Headquarters, or Hanban, were taken 6.8 million times in 2018, up 4.6 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Education said on Friday.

The People's Bank of China, the central bank, stressed on Thursday that the government will ensure that small and micro businesses have adequate access to credit.

A string of high-profile foreign investment projects were inked in Shanghai on Thursday as global businesses continue to laud China's favorable investment policies and indispensable role in fueling growth.

China is drafting a list of foreign parties considered "unreliable entities" that harm the interests of Chinese companies, said the Ministry of Commerce on Friday.