China unveiled its first unified cost calculation rules for vehicles on Wednesday, a move expected to fill a long-standing standards gap in the auto industry and help curb disorderly price competition. The unified rules, which currently remain a group standard, were led by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and jointly developed by 18 major…
A foreign visitor interacts with a humanoid robot during the Eighth Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, May 21, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s robotics industry is rapidly expanding beyond laboratory concepts to become a crucial driver of economic development, industrial upgrading and consumer transformation. Driven by a 10-trillion-yuan ($1.47…
Eicher-Tia Jhaj, an 18-year-old from London, was completely caught by surprise on her first trip to China recently, where she came across the animated characters… Read More »Fantasy event attuned to ACGN trends
A visitor interacts with an intelligent machine during the World Internet Conference Open Day in Beijing on Wednesday. CHEN XIAOGEN/FOR CHINA DAILY At a technology bazaar in Longfusi, a Beijing cultural landmark dating back nearly 600 years and once home to one of the city’s most important temple fairs, a compact camping cart rolled quietly…
A view of China’s first full-chain green and low-carbon ethylene project in Korla city, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s first full-chain green and low-carbon ethylene project was put into operation on Thursday, lifting annual ethylene capacity at the Dushanzi Petrochemical complex to more than 3 million metric tons and making it the only ethylene…
A currency exchange outlet in Hong Kong. CHINA DAILY China will introduce a series of measures to deepen the development of the offshore renminbi market by enhancing liquidity, expanding the supply of RMB-denominated assets and strengthening connectivity with onshore markets. The People’s Bank of China, the nation’s central bank, will continue to optimize relevant institutional…
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[PHOTO/CHINA BOUND] Discover the beauty of the Beihu National Wetland Park in Changchun, Jilin province — the largest national urban wetland park in Northeast China.… Read More »Beihu National Wetland Park, Changchun, Jilin
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YANG LIU/CHINA DAILY/MUKESH MOHANAN/CHINA DAILY China is rapidly moving from technological breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to real-world value creation, leveraging its full innovation chain, industrial ecosystem and massive market to become a global leader in AI application and industrial transformation, officials and industry experts said. Li Lecheng, minister of industry and information technology, said that…