BEIJING – China’s energy consumption per unit of GDP decreased by 11.6 percent in the first four years of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said Wednesday. This reduction is equivalent to cutting 1.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, nearly 50 percent of the…
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, recently launched new cargo flights between Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The route has become the first direct cargo route between Xinjiang and Africa to meet the growing demand of Sino-African trade. The new cargo route, operated twice weekly by Boeing…
Visitors gather at a booth of the Qwen large language model, developed by Alibaba Group, during a high-tech expo in Shanghai. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese companies are doubling down on open-source artificial intelligence-powered models as part of a broader push to bring fast-evolving AI technology to more businesses and developers worldwide, and bolster its application…
Zhang Xiaoyan China is well positioned to meet its preset annual growth target this year, supported by pro-growth policies, a resilient domestic market and rapid advances in technological innovation, said a renowned economist. Zhang Xiaoyan, associate dean at Tsinghua University’s PBC School of Finance, expressed confidence in the foundations of the Chinese economy, even as…
China’s furthest offshore wind power project from the coast, the Three Gorges Jiangsu Dafeng project, connected its first units to the grid recently, marking a step toward developing wind power in deeper and more distant waters, said industry experts and company executives. The furthest point of the project, located off the coast of Dafeng district…
Danfoss’ booth at an expo in Shanghai. [Photo/VCG] Danish technology and engineering conglomerate Danfoss Group is doubling down on its commitment to the Chinese market, unveiling a series of major innovations and manufacturing investments in 2025 to tap into the country’s accelerating green transition and industrial modernization. After upgrading its application development center focused on…
Chinese and Tanzanian experts jointly perform surgery on a child with congenital heart disease at a cardiovascular research institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Jan 18. EMMANUEL HERMAN/XINHUA CHENGDU — How can people in remote and underdeveloped areas access advanced healthcare services? Can tailored medical solutions meet their unique needs? China, with such questions in…
Employees work at the car production workshop of Volkswagen Anhui in Hefei, Anhui province, in May. CHINA DAILY HEFEI — As China emerges as a global hub for smart manufacturing and technological innovation, German companies are ramping up their presence and partnerships in the country, moving beyond traditional technology transfer to embrace joint R&D and ecosystem-level…
China’s textile industry posted stable growth in the first four months of the year, official data show. The total value-added output of textile companies with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.79 million) went up 4.2 percent year-on-year during the January-April period, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information…
With an investment of 1 billion yuan ($139.6 million), United States-based dental company Envista Holdings Corp signed an investment agreement with the government of Suzhou New District in Suzhou, Jiangsu province recently, kicking off its new manufacturing base project in China. Entering the world’s second-largest economy two decades ago, Envista has invested and established industrial…