China Industries
The 2026 Taihu Bay Future Healthcare Conference begins in Wuxi, East China’s Jiangsu province, on May 8, 2026. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] By gathering top scientists, investors, and industry leaders for the 2026 Taihu Bay Future Healthcare Conference, Wuxi in Jiangsu province is solidifying its biopharmaceutical sector in alignment with the Healthy China 2030 initiative.…
A customer shops for gold jewelry at a store in Qionghai, South China’s Hainan province, on Jan 29, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] Driven by a surge in investment demand for gold bars and coins, China’s gold consumption saw a steady increase in the first quarter of 2026, even as high prices weighed on jewelry sales and domestic…
Builders from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group start laying tracks on May 8 for the Yibin-Yanjin South section of Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway, helping to bolster social-economic development along the route. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Amid the country’s drive to expand the operating mileage of railways, builders from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group (CREC4)…
Customers select gold jewelry at a duty-free store in Haikou, South China’s Hainan province, on Jan 17, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China’s gold consumption edged up in the first quarter of 2026, mainly driven by the strong demand for gold bars and coins, data from the China Gold Association showed on Saturday. The country’s gold…
BEIJING — Seventeen national industry associations and chambers of commerce on Friday jointly released a set of trial guidelines for domestic trade transactions, aiming to build a unified, open and orderly competitive market system and further advance the development of a unified national market in China. China’s domestic trade market is large in scale, with…
As the one-year countdown to the opening of Expo 2027 Belgrade approaches, the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE), Expo 2027 doo Belgrade and the World Expo Museum (WEM) jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Shanghai on May 7 on the participation of the WEM in Expo 2027 Belgrade. It is the first time that WEM…
A visitor test-rides a bicycle at the 2026 China International Bicycle Fair in East China’s Shanghai, May 6, 2026. The four-day 2026 China International Bicycle Fair kicked off at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua] SHANGHAI — China’s bicycle sector registered steady production growth in 2025, with total output hitting 110.8 million units,…
A Chinese-made expandable container house is installed by YouTube content creators in the United States. Provided to China Daily A fully furnished home for less than $20,000 might sound improbable in today’s housing market; yet one such unit has made its way across the Pacific to the United States. Spanning 770 square feet (about 71.5…
Tourists seen in Dunhuang, Gansu province, on Monday. ZHANG XIAOLIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s domestic tourism market recorded 325 million trips during the five-day Labor Day holiday, up 3.6 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Thursday. Total domestic tourism spending reached 185.5 billion yuan ($27.3 billion) during the holiday,…
People wait to dine at a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in Shanghai on May 2. CHINA DAILY The country’s catering sector is experiencing sustained acceleration in chain store development, driven by market consolidation and operational quality upgrades, according to the 2026 White Paper on the Development of Restaurant Chains in China released by the China Chain…