Oil workers at Daqing Oilfield’s Chongqing branch use a video monitoring system to conduct electronic inspections of the natural gas wells at the exploration area of Sichuan province and Chongqing. [Photo by Zhao Qilong/chinadaily.com.cn] As of Monday, Daqing Oilfield, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp in Heilongjiang province, has achieved cumulative natural gas sales…
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) is expected to expand cooperation with Chinese partners in clean energy, health and biotechnology, water treatment and environmental technologies, as cross-border research commercialization gains importance in supporting industrial upgrading, officials and university leaders said. Such cooperation has been supported by the Torch Innovation Precinct at UNSW Sydney,…
Chinese photovoltaic giant Trina Solar announced on Monday that its self-developed TOPCon-compatible, Hybrid Back-contact Cell (THBC) achieved a maximum conversion efficiency of 28 percent — a record high. The breakthrough, independently certified by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) in Germany, marks the first time the industry has broken the 28 percent efficiency…
More than 6,300 metric tons of fresh durians arrived at Nansha Port in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, aboard three cargo vessels within 24 hours over the weekend, as the peak import season for the fruit gets underway ahead of the five-day May Day holiday beginning Friday. The shipment, comprising 356 containers, was cleared by Nansha Customs…
Bank of Communications recently obtained approval from the People’s Bank of China to serve as the exclusive pilot bank for the China-Brazil Bond Connect (CBB Connect). The move marks a notable southward expansion of financial ties as cooperation among Global South countries deepens, and formally establishes a two-way connectivity mechanism between the bond markets of…
The China National Space Administration has underscored the need to encourage commercial space development, with a focus on emerging sectors such as space-based computing power and in-space manufacturing, to deeply expand commercial application scenarios and strive for closed-loop business models, according to the news released on Monday. Vice-Minister of Industry and Information Technology and CNSA…
Ivan Espinosa, CEO of Nissan Motor, delivers a speech at Auto China 2026 in Beijing on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Chinese market has become the growth engine of Nissan Motor’s global strategy, CEO Ivan Espinosa said at the Auto China show, adding that the country enhances Nissan’s overseas competitiveness via exported cars, know-how…
A technician monitors the operation of unmanned road rollers for a highway construction project in Mianyang, Sichuan province. XINHUA A sharp acceleration in infrastructure spending has emerged as a key pillar of China’s investment stabilization drive, offsetting a persistent decline in the property sector and helping overall investment return to positive growth in the first…
Honor launches its latest tablet. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese tech company Honor Device Co Ltd has unveiled what it called the world’s thinnest flagship tablet with tailored support for running AI agents like OpenClaw. The launch comes amid soaring demand for computational power. According to the latest data from the National Data Bureau, China’s average…
Chinese private refining giant Hengli Group has strongly condemned recent United States sanctions imposed on one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, dismissing US allegations of ties to Iran as “groundless”, and lacking both factual and legal basis. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, placed Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refining Co…