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Air China expands routes amid aviation rebound

Air China, the nation’s flagship carrier, unveiled several major updates to its flight network on Thursday, signaling a strong push to meet growing demand amid China’s ongoing civil aviation development and steady economic recovery. Internationally, the airline will launch new routes from Beijing to Cairo and Toronto during the summer and autumn seasons. Additional destinations…

China Southern Airlines expands routes from South China to Australia

China Southern Airlines will continue to optimize the route network from South China to Australia, with the increasing number of two-way travelers. As the main Chinese carrier running the China-Australia route, China Southern Airlines operates 14 flights from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to Sydney and three flights from Shenzhen in Guangdong to Sydney per week, said…

Bicester collection chair: Diversity and depth of China’s economy unstoppable

Desiree Bollier, chair and global chief merchant of the Bicester Collection told China Daily in an exclusive interview that with China being a key market, the London-based luxury outlet shopping village operator anticipates more growth in the world’s second-largest economy. “China is a huge economy. It’s a force that stands in its own weight and…

Auto Shanghai 2025 kicks off

Visitors check out exhibited vehicles at the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition held in Shanghai, on April 23, 2025. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] Themed “Embracing Innovation, Empowering the Future,” the exhibition, also known as Auto Shanghai 2025, kicked off here on Wednesday, attracting nearly 1,000 noted enterprises from 26 countries and regions. Tanks to…

Cainiao launches ‘Green Channel’ for exporters amid US tariffs

Cainiao Group, the logistics arm of Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group, on Tuesday announced the launch of a cross-border “green channel” designed to help the country’s exporters expand their footprint in overseas markets in response to new rounds of United States’ tariff hikes. Leveraging its network of over 40 overseas warehouses in Europe, the US,…

An old innovator joins new ones at trade fair

An outlet of McDonald’s in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.[CHINA DAILY] Many innovative products are on display at the 137th China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou’s Pazhou Complex. But one of the world’s renowned past innovators is there, too. That innovator is McDonald’s, whose standardized menus and cooking methods have evolved into what is arguably the…

Shein, Temu to raise prices for US consumers

Shein and Temu, two popular Chinese cross-border e-commerce platforms, have announced that they will raise prices for US consumers starting next week, a move that comes amid tariff hikes by the Trump administration. In a notice published on its official website, Shein told customers that “price adjustments” will go into effect on April 25. The…

Chinese airline launches flights from Chinese cities to Kobe, Japan

Direct flights linking Japan’s Kobe and Chinese cities of Shanghai and Nanjing, Jiangsu province were launched by Shanghai-based airliner Juneyao Airlines on Friday (April 18) and Saturday (April 19), respectively, marking the first batch of international flights operated at Kobe Airport. The two new direct flights, both operational on a daily basis, would further enrich…

JD offers free takeaway for delays, expands rider hiring

Chinese e-commerce giant JD announced on Monday that, starting today, consumers who wait more than 20 minutes for their takeaway orders will receive them free of charge. This move comes as its rival restricts food delivery riders to take orders from only one platform. The company said in an open letter that it will step…

China COSCO Shipping opposes US accusations, restrictive measures

BEIJING – China COSCO Shipping Corp Ltd said on Monday that it firmly opposes the US accusations and its subsequent measures on China’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors. The US move is discriminatory and based on erroneous facts, the company said in a statement. The statement was in response to the restrictive measures imposed by…