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Liuyang reinventing nation’s booming fireworks industry

A tourist enjoys a creative fireworks show at the Sky Theater in Liuyang, Central China’s Hunan province, on July 12. CHEN SIHAN/XINHUA As the Chinese New Year fireworks faded and the night sky fell quiet, a profound transformation in China’s fireworks industry was only just beginning. For decades, the business model in the country’s fireworks…

Puyang moves to modernize manufacturing sector

Personnel from Sinopec Zhongyuan Oilfield Company pump hydrogen into a vehicle at a hydrogen production workshop in Puyang, Henan province, on Aug 12, 2024. TONG JIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY In a strategic pivot emblematic of China’s broader industrial ambitions, Puyang in Henan province is aggressively reshaping its economic landscape, pivoting from a reliance on depleted resources…

Stronger financing to fuel drug innovation

Employees of Betta Pharmaceuticals work on a drug packaging line in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. WANG GANG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China should strengthen investment and financing mechanisms for its biopharmaceutical sector in order to support innovation and nurture new growth drivers, said a national political adviser and a pharmaceutical entrepreneur at the ongoing two sessions. Ding Lieming,…

Pyrotechnics hub rebuilds entire value chain

A weekend fireworks show at the Sky Theater in Liuyang, a county-level city in Central China’s Hunan province. CHINA DAILY On a typical weekend night in Liuyang, a county-level city in Central China’s Hunan province, the dark sky becomes a vast canvas of light. Millisecond-precise electronic ignitions send thousands of fireworks blooming in carefully choreographed…

Better support sought for graying populace

Zhu Yancheng (center) guides an elderly resident in using Lanvita, an AI memoir platform, at a nursing home in Hefei, Anhui province, in November 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Integrating senior-friendly home renovation into China’s long-term care insurance system and building a combined “renovation plus service” support mechanism could help the country better cope with…

Progress seen in agri product processing

The key to transforming local agricultural resources into “rewarding” industries that drive rural prosperity and local economic growth lies in applying “industrial mentality and supply chain thinking”, Yang Jun, mayor of Xianning, Hubei province, told China Daily in an exclusive interview. The official’s remarks came on the heels of the Government Work Report, submitted on…

Experts call for inclusion of PV sector in energy framework

Technicians check solar panels at a power station in Tianchang, Anhui province, on Oct 14. SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY China should integrate its photovoltaic manufacturing sector into the formal management framework of the energy industry to avoid price competition and safeguard the nation’s strategic transition to a green economy, said industry experts and company executives.…

Service sector opening-up to benefit firms

A tourist wearing a flowery headwear gets her makeup done at a travel photography studio at Xunpu village of Quanzhou city, East China’s Fujian province, Aug 18, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s renewed push to broaden high-standard opening-up in the service sector will create more opportunities for multinational companies during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, as…

Service sector opening-up to benefit firms

A tourist wearing a flowery headwear gets her makeup done at a travel photography studio at Xunpu village of Quanzhou city, East China’s Fujian province, Aug 18, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s renewed push to broaden high-standard opening-up in the service sector will create more opportunities for multinational companies during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, as…

China’s largest coal-rock gas project reaches a new milestone

Daji gas field, China’s largest coal-rock gas project, has surpassed an annual production capacity of 4 billion cubic meters, solidifying its position as a critical replacement resource for China’s domestic natural gas growth. The field now accounts for more than 75 percent of the country’s total coal-rock gas output, said its operator China National Petroleum…