China Industries
Chinese leading food delivery platforms — Alibaba Group-backed Ele.me, Meituan, and JD — have launched a “dine-in” label on their platforms, and some merchants providing catering services on the platforms have been certified. The move came after the State Administration for Market Regulation recently released a draft guideline on the supervision and management of food…
BEIJING — China has allocated a total of 500 billion yuan (about $70.56 billion) through a new policy-based financial instrument, the country’s major policy banks announced on Thursday. The China Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank of China, and the Agricultural Development Bank of China allocated 250 billion yuan, 100 billion yuan and 150 billion yuan,…
This photo taken on June 25, 2022 shows workers checking equipment at the workshop of a coalbed methane mining base in Qinshui county, North China’s Shanxi province. [Photo/Xinhua] China is accelerating efforts to advance intelligent coal mining, a move that experts and executives said marks an essential step toward cultivating new quality productive forces in…
This photo taken on Sept 2, 2024 shows part of a solid-state lithium metal battery in Yibin, Southwest China’s Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China has established a complete supply system for lithium products, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said on Wednesday. The country’s output of key lithium products, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide…
Foreigners carry a suitcase for sample purchasing at Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang province, May 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] HANGZHOU — Yiwu, a key export hub in East China’s Zhejiang province, reported strong foreign trade growth in the first three quarters of 2025 despite a challenging global trade environment. Total imports and…
Yachts and motorboats shuttle near an island in Sanya, Hainan province, on Aug 3. YE LONGBIN/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s upcoming launch of island-wide special customs operations at the Hainan Free Trade Port on Dec 18 underscores the country’s push for high-level opening-up and its efforts to play a bigger role in regional economic integration, experts…
Technicians check solar panels at a power station in Tianchang, Anhui province, on Oct 14. SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s new solar power installations in September, though slightly up from August’s near three-year low, remained sharply below levels from a year earlier, official data show. China added 9.66 gigawatts of solar capacity last month, up…
Visitors learn about smart sleep products at the 2025 Shenzhen International Intelligent Elderly Care Industry Expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Sept 12. LIANG XU/XINHUA Cui Jiaojiao, a 31-year-old property agent in Beijing, has tried almost everything. Besieged by sleepless nights, she has stocked up on an arsenal of sleep aids — steam-heated eye masks…
An employee checks goods for cross-border sales at a warehouse in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, on Friday. HU XIAOFEI/FOR CHINA DAILY How soon do Chinese consumers now expect their online orders to arrive at their doorstep? A day or two? A burgeoning sector in China known as instant retail is now delivering a new answer: 30…
A staff member of the Bank of Communications Beijing Branch instructs a visitor to open a digital RMB wallet on a mobile phone. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China’s digital RMB ecosystem has been established in preliminary terms, with cumulative transactions reaching 14.2 trillion yuan ($2 trillion) by the end of September 2025, according to the People’s…