A family poses for a photo in front of a floral display celebrating Spring Festival at Jiefangbei, or the Liberation Monument in Chongqing, on Jan 26, 2025. [Photo/VCG] During the Spring Festival holiday, from Jan 28 to Feb 4, people ventured out to explore the beautiful landscapes of China, immerse themselves in intangible cultural heritage…
BEIJING – China’s film industry set a new record during the 2025 Spring Festival holiday, as the box office for the period from Jan 28 to Feb 4 reached a staggering 9.51 billion yuan ($1.33 billion), the China Film Administration announced Wednesday. The number of moviegoers also soared, with 187 million people attending theaters during…
A consumer scans an Alipay QR code to pay for the order at a self-service restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s convenient mobile payment services have bolstered tourism-related consumption and injected fresh momentum into the country’s economic recovery during the Spring Festival holiday, experts and industry insiders said. They added that an increasing number…
Shoppers seen at a supermarket in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. [SUN ZHONGZHE/FOR CHINA DAILY] BEIJING – As China wraps up its 8-day Spring Festival holiday celebrating the start of the Year of the Snake, the world’s second-largest economy has witnessed shopping and travel booms ignited by hundreds of millions of Chinese people’s family reunions. This year’s…
Visitors watch a robot dog performance at a sci-tech museum in Jiaxing city, Zhejiang province, on Jan 31, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s sci-tech museums have received more than 3 million visits during the 2025 Spring Festival holiday, according to the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) on Tuesday. The Beijing-based CSTM said that it…
A potential buyer tries on gold jewelry at a store in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on Sunday. GENG YUHE/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s domestic gold production in 2024 exceeded 377.24 metric tons, up by 2.087 tons from 2023, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 0.56 percent, according to the latest data from the China Gold Association. However, gold consumption…
A visitor tries on Florasis cosmetics at a store in Tokyo on Jan 27. [Photo/China Daily] Huaxizi, also known as Florasis, a Chinese beauty brand with cultural and aesthetic attributes, has further accelerated its pace of going global by launching a new flagship store in Tokyo in late January, and it plans to continuously expand…
Customs officers inspect imported fruit at Beijing Capital International Airport. [Photo/China Daily] At 4:20 am (Beijing Time) on Jan 23, Air China’s CA166 flight from Melbourne, Australia, arrived at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport. Onboard were live rock lobsters, ready for Customs clearance before entering the Chinese market. This high-demand delicacy arrived just…
A drone photo taken on Aug 9, 2024 shows a China-Europe freight train departing from Tongjiang North Railway Station in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] Strengthening China-European Union economic cooperation has become crucial for worldwide economic growth, as the United States’ tariff hikes against its key trading partners have cast a shadow over the global…
TAIYUAN — North China’s coal-rich Shanxi province achieved a record coal-bed methane (CBM) output of 13.4 billion cubic meters in 2024, up 18.9 percent year on year, according to the provincial statistics bureau. CBM is a byproduct of coal production and considered a major cause of fatalities in coal mine accidents. This unconventional natural gas…