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Top talent brings Chinese animation to global stage

Storyboard design by Chinese storyboard artist and animation director Grey Rui Han helps propel China’s visual storytelling industry toward high-end global markets. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As China’s animation and visual storytelling industry is witnessing rapid growth, versatile talents combining creative ability, industry experience, and cross-cultural curation capabilities, have become the core driving force behind…

Industrial producer prices up by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU

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Volume of retail trade up by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU

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House sales up in most EU countries in 2025

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Brompton adds Decathlon unit, China VC BA Capital in strategic stake deal

Brompton, the London-based folding-bike maker, said it has taken strategic minority investments from Decathlon’s venture arm Decathlon Pulse and Shanghai-based BA Capital, in a move that underscores the company’s push to expand in China and other fast-growing urban mobility markets. The two investors have acquired small equity stakes in Brompton as part of a partnership…

Zero-tariff policy for African goods sees fruitful returns

Customs staff inspect imported African fruits. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] On Monday, Shanghai Customs announced the positive results of China’s expanded zero-tariff treatment to all African countries that have diplomatic relations with, which began on May 1. Since its implementation, the value of imports from the 53 African countries benefiting from this measure has exceeded…

EU-China and the mirage of dialogue

EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao smiled for the cameras in Brussels on 29 June as they announced a new Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism, presented as a platform to address bilateral trade issues.Beijing’s readout emphasised cooperation to manage differences. Brussels, facing a trade deficit with China worth roughly €1…

Stricter rules on battery safety put into force

China has enforced two mandatory national standards for new energy vehicles effective from Wednesday, phasing out the 2020 version, with the strictest-ever safety requirements for NEVs and power batteries. Experts say the move sets higher safety guardrails for the world’s largest new energy vehicle market and shapes global auto safety protocols. A key provision mandates…

Resilience fuels confidence in China’s economy

Participants communicate with each other before the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum’s 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, or the 2026 Summer Davos forum, in Dalian, Liaoning province, on June 24. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Confidence in China’s economic prospects remains strong among officials, economists and global business leaders, as the world’s second-largest…

Exports new driver of China’s auto growth

Unreleased models line up at Chery’s booth at the 2026 Auto China Show in Beijing on April 24. LI FUSHENG/CHINA DAILY China’s auto exports are growing faster than domestic retail sales, according to June sales figures released by major automakers, underscoring a trend analysts say turns overseas expansion from a strategic option into a competitive…