China launched its first direct air cargo route to Uzbekistan's Urgench on Monday.
Operating twice a week, it is the third international cargo flight route linking Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region with Uzbekistan. It thereby expands the airport's international cargo network to more than 30 routes connecting 20 countries.
This year, Urumqi Tianshan International Airport has opened eight cargo routes, including those to Paris and Madrid. It has ensured normal operations of more than 3,000 inbound and outbound cargo flights, a 535 percent increase year-over-year.
By the end of July, the airport had handled 55,000 tonnes of international cargo and mail, a nearly fourfold increase year on year and surpassing the total for the whole year of 2024.
First direct air cargo route from China's Xinjiang to Uzbekistan's Urgench opens
China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.
The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.
According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.
In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.
China's aggregate social financing maintains high growth in 2025
