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Qingdao delivers win for China-Europe freight trains

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Customs employees check operation records of a China-Europe freight train in Qingdao, Shandong province, in August. LI ZIHENG/XINHUA China-Europe freight trains via the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in Qingdao, Shandong province, hit record highs this year, as the hub expanded its multimodal links and overseas consolidation centers to cut logistics…

Guizhou to fund large AI model applications with one-time awards

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A girl looks at a robot dog during the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2025 in Guiyang, Southwest China’s Guizhou province, Aug 28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Southwest China’s Guizhou province will offer one-time awards of up to 5 million yuan ($702,870) for qualifying large AI model applications, provincial big data bureau director Zhu Zongyao said…

Experts: Advances in precision medicine to reshape future of respiratory health

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Attendees to the 2025 International Respiratory Immunology Summit in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, aim to accelerate progress toward precision diagnosis and treatment for chronic respiratory diseases. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese and foreign medical experts attending a global summit in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have noted that with chronic respiratory diseases having become a major global public…

Foreign visitors bring home a ‘bouquet of new friendships’

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Foreign visitors from 15 partner countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative visit a paper-cutting workshop in Yuncheng county, Shandong province, on Nov 13. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Standing before a Chinese artisan in Yuncheng county, East China’s Shandong province, Afghan visitor Rafiqee Noorllah felt overwhelmed. When he received a scroll from Ju Guangshan,…

China’s CSP industry drives global clean energy transition

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An aerial drone photo taken on Oct 23, 2025 shows a 1GW solar thermal and photovoltaic integrated project in Shanshan county, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s concentrated solar power (CSP) industry is accelerating its pace of industrialization and scale-up, with growth rates far surpassing the global average and domestic technology localization reaching…

Global fashion conference in Guangdong releases vision for textile industry

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The 2025 Global Fashion Conference is held in Humen township of Dongguan, Guangdong province, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A vision for the global textile and apparel industry was released recently during an international fashion conference in Humen township of Dongguan, Guangdong province, advocating for the establishment of a multi-level consultation mechanism to address…

From manufacturing hub to innovation center

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From left: Cissy Wang, general manager of CSL Behring China; Denis Depoux, global managing director of Roland Berger; Samantha Zhu, chairperson of Accenture Greater China; Wu Dongming, CEO of DHL Express China. Editor’s Note: As China steps up efforts to boost domestic demand and drive consumption-led growth, foreign corporations are uniquely positioned to seize the opportunities presented by this…

Japan’s tourism battered as Chinese travelers cancel trips

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A Chinese tourist group is led by a tour guide at the Sensoji temple, a popular sightseeing spot at the Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato   There has been a slew of ticket cancellations after Beijing issued travel alerts for Chinese citizens planning to visit Japan in the wake of…

China extends lead as world’s largest express delivery market

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Staff members at the joint distribution center in Yucheng handle parcels with the help of a sorting machine. ZHANG YU/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China remained the world’s largest express delivery market in 2024, extending its lead for an 11th straight year, according to the Global Express Development Report (2025). The report, released by the Development and…

Shanghai’s Songjiang district bets big on future industries

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A Shanghai district is building an industrial cluster for commercial satellites and terminal applications with a planned area of 2 square kilometers, local officials said at a press conference on Tuesday. The cluster, located in the Songjiang district of southwestern Shanghai, is projected to see its industrial value exceed 50 billion yuan ($7 billion) by…