A staff member distributes parcels at the workshop of a logistics company in Lanshan county of Yongzhou city, Central China’s Hunan province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s logistics sector reported improvements in overall efficiency last year, an industry report showed Thursday. The ratio of social logistics cost to GDP, a key indicator reflecting cost efficiency of…
The skyline of Beijing. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING – Beijing saw the establishment of 2,012 new foreign-invested enterprises in 2024, marking a 16.4 percent year-on-year increase, according to the Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau. This growth rate surpassed the national average by 6.5 percentage points, said Guo Wenjie, deputy director of the bureau. The capital city has implemented…
A bird’s-eye view of mascots of China International Consumer Products Expo. [Photo/VCG] HAIKOU – The fifth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), a key platform for global trade and consumption trends, will take place in Haikou, the capital city of South China’s Hainan province, from April 13 to 18, the event’s organizers announced at a…
This photo taken on Feb 21, 2024 shows a multilingual product introduction video using AI technology at Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] HANGZHOU – “One, two, three, four, five,” Fu Jiangyan, who owns a sock shop in East China’s Yiwu, repeats the numbers to her phone camera. With the…
The DeepSeek app is seen in this illustration taken on Jan 29, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] Chinese mainland and Hong Kong shares jumped on Wednesday as investors are optimistic that an AI boom will lift the nation’s economic growth, analysts said. The Shanghai Composite Index, an A-share market benchmark, gained 1.02 percent to close at 3380.21 points,…
The 33rd East China Fair kicks off in Shanghai with a bustling atmosphere, March 1, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 33rd East China Fair, a major regional trade event, kicked off on March 1 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, showcasing the latest innovations and trends in the textile, clothing, and light industry…
A C909 aircraft performs a flight demonstration during an airshow in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, in November. CHEN HUI/FOR CHINA DAILY With China mass producing homegrown aircraft such as the C919 and C909, ushering in a series-development stage, a new era has started for the nation’s commercial aircraft development featuring uniqueness, new energy and speed qualities, said…
An image shows an offshore wind farm in Guangdong province. As of the third quarter of 2024, a total of 39.1 million kilowatts of offshore wind power capacity in China had been connected to the grid. ZHOU GUOQIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY ACWA Power, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based energy and water desalination giant, is set to deepen its…
The China Pavilion attracts a large number of French visitors and is deeply loved by local children. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The agricultural products and technology displayed at the China Pavilion in Paris attracted considerable attention, aiming to further promote agricultural exchange between China and France. The China Pavilion is jointly organized and initiated by…
Visitors gather at the Zeiss booth during an expo in Shanghai on Thursday. [Photo provided to China Daily] Zeiss Vision will remain dedicated to its investment in China, one of the top priority markets for the German manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and ophthalmic instruments, a senior executive of the company said during an exclusive interview…