China’s market regulator said it is closely monitoring CK Hutchison’s planned port asset sales and warned the company and its partners not to bypass antitrust scrutiny. The State Administration for Market Regulation said in a statement to China Daily on Sunday that the regulator is “highly concerned” about the transaction and will conduct a review…
Portable robots are displayed at the tech company UBTECH in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, March 26, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] South China’s Guangdong province, a global production base, produced 63,200 sets of industrial robots and another 1.94 million sets of service robots in the first quarter. The figures represented a year-on-year increase of 31.1 percent and…
China recently made a significant breakthrough in high-voltage cable testing technology with the successful application of its first domestically developed special test bushing for connecting both inside and outside high-voltage switchgear rooms. The technology, developed by State Grid Zhoushan Power Supply Co, was applied during the cable tolerance voltage test at the 110-kilovolt Daixi substation…
BEIJING – China has further shortened its market access negative list, which specifies fields that are off-limits to both domestic and overseas market entities, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on Thursday. The new version of the market access negative list reduced the number of items from 117 to 106, a decrease of…
As a major manufacturing city in Guangdong province, Dongguan has launched an initiative to promote the integration of artificial intelligence within traditional manufacturing, aiming to drive the deep application of cutting-edge technologies in the industrial sector. The city plans to develop at least three large-scale foundational models for manufacturing, with more than 135 industrial small…
A visitor studies a robot dog at an artificial intelligence experience store in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in August. DONG FANGXU/FOR CHINA DAILY In a major shift in China’s luxury retail landscape, Deji Plaza in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, achieved record-breaking sales of 24.5 billion yuan ($3.35 billion) in 2024, surpassing both long-time champion SKP Beijing and…
Chinese major e-commerce platforms, including Taobao, Pinduoduo and JD will fully scrap the controversial “refund-only” policy, which allows consumers to request refunds without returning the goods after delivery. Post-purchasing refund applications will be handled by merchants. Previously, e-commerce platforms could initiate refunds without approval from merchants, enabling customers to receive reimbursements without returning the purchased…
Visitors watch a humanoid robot play the piano at an expo held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on April 24, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] SHENZHEN – How small can a sensor be? In the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, the answer is just 8.5 millimeters in diameter. The world’s smallest optic-based force sensor to date was developed…
Employees work on a PV panel production line in Hefei, Anhui province, in October. RUAN XUEFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY The additional tariffs imposed by the United States on photovoltaic products from Southeast Asia form a “myopic” and “self-defeating policy “that will significantly inflate costs for US consumers and run counter to global trends, said Chinese solar…
Sports influencer Xu Xingyu hikes in the countryside around Beijing in July. CHINA DAILY The Chinese market continues to attract attention from global outdoor sports brands, with three leading entrants making recent market debuts. US outdoor equipment and backpack brand Gregory; Spanish trail running shoe brand NNormal, co-founded by legendary athlete Kilian Jornet; and Swedish…