A visitor interacts with a robot equipped with intelligent and dexterous hands at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, July 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – As I pushed my four-year-old daughter’s stroller through a robotics exhibition in Beijing’s suburbs — a sprawling showcase of over 1,500 cutting-edge machines — it struck me that…
Staff members work at the electric vehicle (EV) factory of China’s carmaker GAC Aion in Rayong province, Thailand on July 17, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] BANGKOK – Chinese investment is driving a wave of high-value projects in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), focusing on advanced technology sectors and fueling the country’s ambition to become a crucial global…
Li Auto’s i8 pure electric SUV on display in a shopping mall in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Aug 7. [Photo provided to China Daily] Li Auto had hoped to stage a comeback in China’s crowded pure electric vehicle market with the launch of the i8 SUV in late July. This comes after the fiasco of…
Volvo launches the all-new S90 sedan in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, on May 29. WANG YUCHEN/CHINA DAILY Mid-tier premium brands such as Volvo and Jaguar are struggling to stay relevant in the competitive Chinese market, as local EV marques woo their customers and more popular global brands, including Audi and BMW, push downward into their previous domains.…
Workers assemble cars at Geely’s Guiyang plant in Guizhou province. [Photo by Wu Min/For chinadaily.com.cn] The auto market hit its usual midsummer lull in July, with growth easing, but some carmakers bucked the trend and set new monthly records. According to the China Automobile Dealers Association, passenger vehicle retail sales reached approximately 1.9 million units…
Builders from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group install a prefabricated box girder on Yuantang Village Grand Bridge on the Shaoyang-Yongzhou High-speed Railway in Hunan province on Aug 1. SHI JIAMIN/FOR CHINA DAILY China National Railway Group (CR), the nation’s railway operator, said that to better serve and support Chinese modernization, building a world-class railway enterprise…
Anti-involution has been a buzzword this year. Efforts by central regulators to eliminate outdated and excessive capacity in certain industries and to rein in cutthroat competition may be one reason. But more importantly, as an explanation that went viral on the internet goes: China has been long afflicted with overly intensive competition. Local governments may…
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A weight management program for Chinese citizens was launched in Beijing on Aug 8, the National Fitness Day, during a conference on weight control and health literacy. The event was organized by Health Times, a publication affiliated with China’s National Health Commission. A report from Ping An Securities noted China’s weight-loss pharmaceutical sector could reach…