China Industries
15 seconds for foot data, two hours to get new shoes! In China’s shoe capital – Putian city, Fujian province – intelligent technology is changing the way shoes are made. Now, it only takes two hours from data collection to product delivery. Click the video to see the secret behind such speedy production. Tanks to…
Employees install power cables on a transmission tower in Chuzhou, Anhui province, on July 29. SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s electricity consumption reached a historic high in July, surpassing 1 trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time, driven by strong demand from production and consumption sectors. The country’s total power consumption reached 1.02 trillion kWh in…
Electric vehicles are charged at the Quanhu Park station equipped with ultra-fast liquid-cooled chargers in Guiyang, Southwest China’s Guizhou province, June 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s green efforts are reshaping the global future of mobility and energy, with electric vehicles and charging infrastructure leading the way, said industry experts. “China is moving rapidly toward electrification, at…
BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce will extend anti-dumping duties on phenol imports from the United States, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Thailand for five years, starting Friday. This decision comes after a review of the anti-dumping measures that began in September 2024, initiated at the request of China’s domestic industry.…
On April 22, 2025, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, delivery drivers placed food in front of smart food lockers. XINHUA Leading Chinese e-commerce and food delivery players are taking a step back from discount wars, as Meituan, Taobao, Ele.me and JD all pledged in August to rein in aggressive price-cutting, promising to shift the focus from…
Technicians check gas transfer facilities in Suining, Sichuan province. LIU CHANGSONG/FOR CHINA DAILY The successful launch of the first section of the second Sichuan-to-East Gas Transmission Pipeline marks a significant step in Beijing’s ongoing efforts to bolster energy security and transition toward a cleaner energy mix, said industry experts. The project is more than just…
An employee promotes durian via livestreaming at China (Ezhou) Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park in Hubei province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Ezhou in Central China’s Hubei province is fast emerging as a new hub for cross-border e-commerce, leveraging air logistics and digital trade to better integrate into global value chains. At the livestreaming center of…
Employees work on clothing products bound for export at a garment company in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Aug 7. LIANG XIAOPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY African countries among global export destinations posted the highest export purchasing managers’ index for Chinese trading companies in July, making the overseas markets a new blue ocean for small and medium-sized enterprises seeking…
A visitor checks out porcelain artwork exhibited at the cultural center of Shunmei Group in Dehua county, Fujian province, on Aug 20. [Photo/Xinhua] FUZHOU — When Kang Zhican, a 24-year-old primary school teacher, stepped into the ceramics cultural center in Dehua county, in Quanzhou, East China’s Fujian province, he was instantly transported into a dazzling…
Chinese artist Gao Xiaowu speaks at a news conference in Beijing on Aug 23, 2025. [Photo by Song Yi/chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese contemporary artist Gao Xiaowu has made a major breakthrough in his European intellectual property rights campaign, having recently won a lawsuit in Austria. The case is likely the first instance of a Chinese artist achieving…