The Frontline of Going Global | China and Vietnam Issue a Joint Statement; Dubai Launches the World's First Integrated Air Taxi Vertiport; Qingtianzu

China-Vietnam Joint Statement

From April 14th to 17th, 2026, General Secretary and President of Vietnam, Su Lin, visited China, and China and Vietnam issued a joint statement. The two sides agreed to deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and build a China-Vietnam community with a shared future at a higher level. Key practical cooperation areas include: accelerating the docking of the Belt and Road Initiative with the "Two Corridors, One Economic Circle" framework, and promoting the connectivity of cross-border railways, highways, and ports; deepening cooperation in economy and trade, industrial capacity, digital economy, new energy, and clean energy; establishing a working group for industrial supply chain cooperation, expanding local currency settlement, and promoting AEO mutual recognition and customs clearance facilitation; launching the China-Vietnam Tourism Cooperation Year from 2026 to 2027; and strengthening cooperation in law enforcement and security, drug control, and combating telecom fraud. During the visit, the two sides signed cooperation documents in multiple fields such as party-to-party exchanges, public security, justice, economy and trade, customs, and science and technology.

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The Ministry of Commerce and the Export-Import Bank of China jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening Import and Export Credit Support to Serve a Good Start for High-quality Business Development in the 15th Five-Year Plan"

In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, recently, the Ministry of Commerce and the Export-Import Bank of China (hereinafter referred to as the Exim Bank) jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening Import and Export Credit Support to Serve a Good Start for High-quality Business Development in the 15th Five-Year Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), guiding local commerce authorities and branches of the Exim Bank to strengthen cooperation and linkage, increase support for import and export credit, accelerate the promotion of high-quality business development, and serve a good start for the 15th Five-Year Plan. The "Notice" emphasizes that local commerce authorities and branches of the Exim Bank should strengthen policy coordination, work docking, and information sharing. Under the premise of complying with WTO rules, they should explore ways to strengthen the synergy between fiscal and financial policies and business operations, focus on foreign trade and economic entities, import and export links, and international cooperation in the industrial supply chain, and provide more precise, efficient, and powerful financial services.

Department of Finance, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

The US Customs will start tariff refunds on the 20th of this month

In a statement submitted to the US Court of International Trade on April 14th, the US Customs and Border Protection said that the agency has basically completed the first phase of research and development of a new function for the customs declaration system for large-scale refunds to importers, and will start the relevant tariff refund work on the 20th. It is estimated that about 82% of the tariffs paid under the US "International Emergency Economic Powers Act" can be refunded through electronic payment, involving an amount of approximately $127 billion. The US Supreme Court ruled in February that the US "International Emergency Economic Powers Act" does not authorize the president to impose large-scale tariffs. The US Court of International Trade required in March that the Customs and Border Protection should not levy tariffs based on the "International Emergency Economic Powers Act" during tariff liquidation. This means that the tariffs previously levied under this act need to be refunded.

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Dubai launches the world's first integrated air taxi takeoff and landing site

On the 16th, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, announced the launch of the world's first integrated vertical takeoff and landing site for air taxis, marking an important step for the UAE in developing an advanced and sustainable urban transportation system. The takeoff and landing site is located near Dubai International Airport, covering an area of about 3,100 square meters. It is a four-story building with two dedicated takeoff and landing platforms for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and is equipped with parking facilities. It is promoted with the support of Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The project is expected to have an annual reception capacity of about 170,000 passengers, and the commercial operation of air taxis is planned to start at the end of 2026. According to the plan, by the end of 2026, four takeoff and landing sites will be built, including those at Dubai International Airport, the city center, Palm Jumeirah, and Dubai Marina.

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China and Spain promote in-depth cooperation between enterprises in scientific and technological innovation and industrial supply chain

On April 15th, the China-Spain Innovation Enterprises Exchange Meeting was held in Beijing. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez said during the meeting that the current China-Spain relationship is at its best in history, and the two countries have carried out in-depth cooperation in fields such as trade, investment, green energy, industrial manufacturing, and innovative technology. In recent years, Spain has led among major European economies in terms of economic growth rate, and China is at the global forefront in cutting-edge technology fields. There is great potential for future cooperation between the two sides. Spain always regards China as an important strategic partner, welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Spain, and will create a good business environment for Chinese enterprises. It is hoped that the business communities of the two countries will enhance strategic cooperation, deepen the integration of the industrial supply chain, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. The exchange meeting was jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain in Beijing. More than 100 representatives from the business communities of China and Spain participated in the meeting. During the meeting, representatives of Chinese and Spanish enterprises shared their cooperation experiences and had in-depth discussions on topics such as technology research and development and investment cooperation.

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The Hong Kong Trade Development Council launches "Global Outbound Connect", which will lower the threshold for mainland enterprises to "go global"

On April 15th, at the 2026 Hong Kong International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (InnoEX) and the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition), the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) launched "Global Outbound Connect" and announced that it will use the resources of its 51 overseas offices to help mainland enterprises more effectively connect with Hong Kong's professional service providers and explore global business opportunities.

Sina Finance

Golden Mantis: The memorandum signed with Vietnam's Sun Group does not involve any specific projects or specific amounts

Golden Mantis announced at noon on April 17th: Recently, the company noticed that its Vietnamese cooperation partner, Sun Group, released information in its country, claiming to have signed a cooperation document worth $2.3 billion with Golden Mantis, and relevant reports have been reposted by some domestic media. After learning about this, the company attached great importance to it. To avoid misleading investors, the company verified the relevant situation and hereby clarifies. On April 14th, 2026, the company signed a "Strategic Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding" (hereinafter referred to as the "memorandum") with Vietnam's Sun Group. The memorandum is a framework agreement reached after preliminary consultations between the two sides and has no legal binding force on either party. The memorandum does not involve any specific projects or specific amounts. As of the date of this announcement, the two sides have not reached a legally binding formal agreement on any specific cooperation projects. Whether the subsequent cooperation can be implemented, the specific cooperation content, and the cooperation scale need to be further negotiated and determined by the two sides, and can only be promoted after signing a legally binding formal agreement.

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The robot leasing platform Qingtianzu officially announces its overseas expansion, with the first batch of business landing in 13 countries

Qingtianzu announced its SHAREBOT overseas expansion. Its overseas business covers key regions such as Europe, North America, the Asia-Pacific, Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East, and the first batch of business has landed in 13 countries including Germany, France, the United States, Malaysia, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. Platform data shows that the service unit price in the overseas market can generally reach more than six times that in the domestic market. In addition, the platform has cooperated with regional service providers such as RobotX, Mangobot, and Always Robotics.

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Redshop, Xiaohongshu's cross-border e-commerce platform, will be officially launched in June this year

On April 13th, according to a person related to Xiaohongshu who revealed to the media, its cross-border e-commerce platform Redshop will be officially launched in June 2026, marking that Xiaohongshu has fully entered a new strategic stage of "platform going global" from the testing stage of "merchants going global", further improving its global business layout. Regarding this, a person close to Xiaohongshu said, "Redshop will be officially launched in June 2026. In the first phase, it plans to invite some seed merchants in a targeted manner, focusing on categories such as intangible cultural heritage handicrafts and special handicrafts, and will gradually expand to more categories later."

Sina Technology

Building materials enterprises are accelerating their "going global" to seek new growth

The building materials industry is accelerating its focus on the overseas market. Recently, many relevant listed companies have been actively involved in overseas mergers and acquisitions, capacity layout, and channel construction. "Going global" has become an important direction for building materials enterprises to seek new growth. From the recent actions of building materials enterprises, the "going global" of listed companies shows the characteristics of multi-path promotion.

Securities Daily

China's total nuclear power installed capacity reaches 125 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world

On April 17th, the China Nuclear Energy Association released the blue book "China Nuclear Energy Development Report 2026". The blue book shows that as of now, there are 60 commercial nuclear power units in operation in China, 36 nuclear power units under construction, accounting for more than half of the global scale of nuclear power under construction. At the same time, there are still 16 units approved for construction. The nuclear power installed capacity continues to grow, and the total installed capacity reaches 125 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world. This year, China has started the construction of 2 nuclear power units and will complete the construction of 7 nuclear power units. The scale of nuclear power under construction continues to lead the world.

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The world's largest marine wind-powered rotor sail propulsion system is released today

On April 17th, the world's largest marine wind-powered rotor sail propulsion system developed by the 725th Research Institute of CSSC will be officially released, marking a major leap from following to leading in some areas in the field of high-end marine environmental protection equipment in China. It is reported that the system has a diameter of 5 meters, a height of 35 meters, and a weight of 150 tons. It can efficiently capture wind energy during navigation to provide additional thrust for ships, and can save 5% - 25% of fuel consumption for large ocean-going ships on average, and correspondingly reduce carbon emissions.

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