China Industries
This aerial drone photo taken on Dec 27, 2025 shows cargo ships loading and unloading containers at Qingdao Port in East China’s Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua] China is assuming a more prominent role on the global stage, driven by its growing national strength and industrial vigor. Through the advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative, as…
Customers select down garments for children at a clothing mall in Pinghu, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Dec 14, 2023. HAN CHUANHAO/XINHUA HANGZHOU — As the winter chill spreads across the Northern Hemisphere, demand for down jackets surges. Unknown to many consumers, the cozy coats they zip up likely trace their origins to Pinghu, a…
BEIJING — China’s national railway operator said Sunday that the country’s total operating railway mileage nationwide has increased from 146,300 km to 165,000 km during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25). The expansion represents a 12.8 percent increase during the five-year period, according to the China State Railway Group Co Ltd. During the 2021-25 period,…
Tourists ride an amusement facility at the Taoranting Park in Beijing, Jan 3, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — During the New Year holiday, Beijing saw 8.808 million tourist visits, generating a total tourism revenue of 10.97 billion yuan (about $1.56 billion), said the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism on Saturday. This year’s New Year…
Tourists enjoy the lanterns at an ancient city scenic area in Huangyuan county of Xining, Northwest China’s Qinghai province on Jan 2, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – The recent three-day New Year holiday showed some promising travel and spending numbers in China, offering a glimpse of resilient and dynamic consumption landscape. A total of 142 million…
By building a vibrant e-commerce ecosystem and integrating digital tools across production, sales and branding, Liancheng county in Fujian province’s Longyan has transformed its traditional sweet potato industry into a modern growth engine. With year-end consumption peaking, food producers in Liancheng are operating at full capacity. “This is our busiest sales season,” said Shen Zhiwei,…
Livestreamers from a dairy company in Ulaanqab, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, promote the company’s products. LIU WENHUA/CHINA NEWS SERVICE In a bid to bring high-quality produce from its volcanic grasslands to consumers nationwide, Ulaanqab in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region is accelerating efforts to build new sales models through the integration of e-commerce and local specialty…
BEIJING — China’s low-altitude equipment industry has continuously expanded, with the industry output value maintaining an average annual growth rate of over 10 percent during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), official data showed Sunday. As of Dec 30, 2025, a total of 1,081 enterprises have completed registration in this sector, with 3,623 types of…
LI MIN/CHINA DAILY For decades, the corporate world fostered a persistent stereotype: technology is a male-dominated domain, and women are slower to adopt the tools of the future. That assumption is now being challenged by data from China’s rapidly digitizing workplace. As generative artificial intelligence spreads through offices and factories alike, it is female professionals…
Employees work on the production line of a garment company in Tianmen, Hubei province. KE HAO/FOR CHINA DAILY From an epoch when 300,000 garment workers left their hometowns in search of opportunities in South China, to today’s wave of skilled natives returning home to start businesses, Tianmen in Hubei province has rapidly risen as an unexpected…