The U.S. is preparing to impose tariffs of 10% on oil and refined products imports from Canada, which may disrupt the U.S. refining and fuel oil markets, which are accustomed to importing about 4 million barrels of crude oil per day from Canada.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Rural Comprehensive Revitalization Plan (2024-2027)", which mentions that the second round of land contracts will be extended for another 30 years after the expiration of the pilot project in an orderly manner, deepen the reform of the separation of ownership, contracting rights and management rights of contracted land

On January 20, local time, President Xi Jinping's special representative and Vice President Han Zheng was invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of US President Trump in Washington. During his stay in the United States, Han Zheng met with Vice President-elect Vance, and met with representatives of the US business community, Elon Musk

Li Qiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, presided over a symposium of experts, entrepreneurs and representatives of education, science, culture, health and sports on the afternoon of January 20 to listen to the opinions and suggestions on the "Government Work Report (Draft for Comments)".

According to the preliminary calculations of National Bureau of Statistics, China's GDP was 134.91 trillion yuan in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 5%; Among them, it was increased by 5.4% year-on-year in the fourth quarter.

According to the website of the State Administration of Taxation on January 16, from January 15th to 16th, the National Tax Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting proposed that we should strictly adhere to the organization of tax revenues in accordance with laws and regulations

For some time, the Biden administration has used the remaining term to intensively introduce China-related trade restrictions, escalating export controls on semiconductors to China on the grounds of so-called national security, restricting the use of China's connected car software and hardware and vehicles in the United States

Xuan Changneng, Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, said at a series of press conferences on "China's high-quality economic development results" held by the State Council New Office on January 14 that the People's Bank of China will implement a moderately loose monetary policy in 2025

The Party Committee of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council held a collective study meeting before the 2024 annual democratic life meeting of the theoretical learning center group.

From January 11th to 12th, the National Business Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting pointed out that 2025 is the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and it is of great significance to do a good job in business work.

The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a full-day meeting on January 9 to listen to reports on the work of the leading party groups of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, as well as the work reports of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee

According to foreign media reports, the spread in the global benchmark Brent crude oil futures market hit the widest since August 2024 on Wednesday, reflecting concerns about tighter supply and expectations of a recovery in Chinese demand. The premium of Brent crude futures to the six-month contract widened on Wednesday to $3.05 a barrel, the highest since late August.

The Syrian News Agency reported on January 7 that a passenger plane carrying 145 passengers was flying from Damascus International Airport in Syria to Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates on the same day.

The Baltic Dry Bulk Index ended a five-session winning streak on Monday, weighed down by weaker headsize and Supramax bulk freight indexes. The Baltic Dry Index fell 29 points, or 2.71%, to 1,043. The capesize freight index fell 85 points to 1,290. The average daily profit of capesize vessels fell by $711 to $10,696.

U.S. President Joe Biden will order a ban on new offshore oil and gas development in the U.S. coastal area of about 625 million acres, ruling out the sale of drilling rights in the Atlantic and Pacific waters, as well as in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.