# Shanghai
Latest news and articles about Shanghai
Total: 28 articles found
China’s Trade Map Is Rewiring: Shenzhen and Shanghai Hold Fast as Inland and Small Cities Surge
China’s 2025 city-level trade data reveal a reconfiguration of the country’s external commerce: Shenzhen and Shanghai remain the top two, but inland provincial capitals and several smaller cities have surged. The shift is driven by higher-value manufactured exports, logistics innovations such as China–Europe freight trains, and the growth of platform-style trade centres like Yiwu.
Beijing Joins Shanghai in the 5‑Trillion Club as China’s Urban Hierarchy Tightens
Beijing’s 2025 GDP surpassed RMB 5.2 trillion, making it the second Chinese city after Shanghai to cross the RMB 5 trillion mark. The outcome highlights the concentration of economic power in top-tier cities and Beijing’s hybrid model of leading services, deep R&D and a resilient industrial base as the blueprint for future urban competitiveness.
China’s Housing Market Shows Broad Weakness in December, but Shanghai Stands Out
December 2025 data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics show nationwide declines in both new and second‑hand residential prices across most cities, with year‑on‑year falls widening. Shanghai is an outlier with rising new-home prices, while Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen registered notable drops, especially in the resale market.
China’s Medical Tourism Boom: Clinics, Cash and the New High‑end Travel Trade
China is rapidly developing a commercial medical‑tourism sector that packages clinical care with travel, driven by visa liberalisation, municipal initiatives and public hospitals’ international departments. The market offers low prices and fast access, but long‑term success depends on international accreditation, patient safety standards and managing domestic equity concerns.