Electronics imported to the United States will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection notice posted late Friday.

As of Tuesday, over 170,000 overseas buyers from 210 countries and regions had registered to attend the 137th session of the China Import and Export Fair to be held in Guangzhou. Also known as the Canton Fair, the event will be held from April 15 to May 5, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said at a press conference.

China will raise its tariff rate on all imports from the U.S.from 34% to 84% starting from today, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced yesterday.

Shenzhen-based tech giants Tencent and Huawei have entered the top 10 of the Top 100 Global Innovators list by Clarivate, a leading global IP consultancy and analytics firm based in London.

Shenzhen-based Huawei was the second-largest applicant at the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2024 with 4,322 applications, according to the Patent Index 2024.

​Shenzhen-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD announced Monday that it achieved a record revenue of 777.1 billion yuan (US$107 billion) last year.

Three Chinese cities, namely Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, have been listed among the world’s 10 largest financial centers by U.K. think tank Z/Yen Group and the China Development Institute.

A full-size humanoid robot, said to be the industry’s first research-grade humanoid robot under 300,000 yuan (US$41,437), was jointly launched by Shenzhen-based robotics firm UBTECH and the Beijing-based National and Local Co-built Embodied Artificial Intelligence Robotics Innovation Center on Wednesday​.