China Industries
China’s annual electricity consumption has surpassed 10 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) for the first time in history, the National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Saturday, marking a major milestone as the world’s largest energy consumer undergoes a massive structural shift toward electrification. Total power use in 2025 reached 10.4 trillion kWh, a 5 percent increase from…
Los-Angeles-based Chinese editor Yuntong “Hazel” Dai helps turn damaged footage and a missing scene of a Chinese micro-budget film into an overseas cash-point. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As Drifting, South, a 16 mm short-film directed by Chinese director Zhang Di, has just won the Winner award in the Short Film International Competition at Riga International…
People work at a durian processing enterprise in the Qinzhou comprehensive bonded zone in Qinzhou, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Jan 6. HOU CHAOBO/XINHUA NANNING — A ceremony was held on Jan 6 at Qinzhou Port, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, marking the arrival of Indonesia’s first container of frozen durian exported…
A visitor interacts with a robot equipped with intelligent dexterous hands at the 2025 World AI Conference (WAIC) in East China’s Shanghai, July 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Shanghai’s efforts to transform and upgrade its advanced manufacturing over the coming three years are expected to consolidate the city’s manufacturing capabilities, enhance industrial chain stability, and further catapult…
Workers operate on a production line of automotive intelligent central control navigation products at the workshop of a company in Suqian New & Hi-tech Industry Development Zone of Suqian city, East China’s Jiangsu province, Jan 4, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] NANJING – East China’s Jiangsu province plans to make the smart economy a key driver of its…
At the China-SCO local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone in Qingdao, Shandong province, a TIR international transport vehicle fully loaded with goods is about to depart for Moscow, the capital of Russia, after completing customs clearance procedures. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The China-SCO local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone in Qingdao, Shandong province,…
Workers process bamboo shoots at Hunan Lyudi High-tech Agriculture and Forestry Development Co. [Photo by Hou Liqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] China’s forestry and grassland sector achieved a total output value of nearly 11 trillion yuan ($1.58 trillion) in 2025, according to a media release from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. The sector’s four pillar industries — timber…
An aerial photo of new energy vehicles lined up at a railway logistics hub in Hefei, Anhui province, waiting to be exported, on Jan 14, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] China is stepping up efforts to advance high-level opening-up and anchor growth in deeper reform, institutional alignment and trade innovation as a strategic response to a fragile global…
This drone photo taken on Jan 13, 2026 shows one of the turbine blades being installed at the construction site of a 20-megawatt offshore wind turbine unit in the coastal waters of Southeast China’s Fujian province. [Photo/Xinhua] The nation’s successful installation of the world’s first 20-megawatt offshore wind turbine has redefined the technological frontier for…
Passengers wait to check in at a terminal building of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Sichuan province, on Dec 31, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s civil aviation sector logged a record number of passenger flights in 2025, marking a shift from the volatile post-pandemic rebound to a period of normalized, high-quality expansion, industry data show. According to a…