PHOTO COLLECTION: China Economy

Robotic arms weld a vehicle frame at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Shoppers with their purchased goods walk by a luxury cosmetic store at an outdoor shopping mall, in Beijing, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

People walk past an electronic board displaying Shanghai shares trading index at a brokerage house, in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A vendor waits for customers at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shoppers tour a popular outdoor shopping mall, in Beijing, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Jiang Jiayu, owner of Yiwu Jiayu Festive Supplies Co. an exporter of party poppers, speaks at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shoppers stand near a billboard of a foreign cosmetic store at an outdoor shopping mall, in Beijing, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Workers assemble the door parts on a Zeekr 001 EV frame model at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker assembles the Zeekr 001 EV model at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Wallace Huang, export business director of Weking, demonstrates the latest voice activated rice cooker from the Chinese manufacturer of rice cookers and heaters at the 137th Canton Fair in Guangzhou in southern China’s Guangdong province on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shoppers tour a billboard of a foreign cosmetic store at an outdoor shopping mall, in Beijing, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Vendors from AlphaRobotics.AI show off service robots at the 137th Canton Fair in Guangzhou in southern China’s Guangdong province on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Visitors look at the Zeekr new 007 GT car model after it unveiled, in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Workers assemble the door parts on a Zeekr 001 EV frame model at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man is reflected on a glass window as he walks by the luxury cosmetic stores at an outdoor shopping mall, in Beijing, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Trucks line up to depart from a container terminal in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

A worker takes a rest at a factory making steel bike rims for export to U.S., in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province, on Friday, April 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)