People cycle through a forest of poplar trees at a park in Zhangye, Gansu province, on Sept 27. YANG XIAO/FOR CHINA DAILY Tina Bian, 31, joined China’s growing community of folding-bike riders this summer when she purchased a Dahon P10 for 4,700 yuan ($658). “Folding bikes can fit in the trunk of my car, which really…
Chinese e-commerce giant JD announced on Tuesday that it will launch a new car in collaboration with Chinese automaker GAC Group and battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) during the Singles Day shopping festival. JD said the internal and public testing of the new vehicle will begin at the end of this month,…
Chinese e-commerce giant JD kicks off its Singles Day shopping festival. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese e-commerce giant JD has simplified promotional methods and provided direct price cuts and shopping subsidies for consumers during this year’s Singles Day shopping carnival that kicked off at 8 pm on Oct 9. The number of active users on…
In this photo illustration, a DJI Mavic 2 Pro made by the Chinese drone maker hovers in place on Dec 15, 2021 in Miami, Florida. [Photo/Agencies] DJI, the world’s largest commercial drone manufacturer by market share, said on Tuesday that it has lodged an appeal with the United States Federal Court of Appeals, contesting a…
An automated production line at Danone Nutricia’s Wuxi plant in Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] French food and beverage giant Danone took a new step in its medical nutrition business in China on Oct 13 with the expansion of its Danone Nutricia plant in Wuxi, East China’s Jiangsu province. The expansion will add fully…
White feather broiler chickens at a farm of Shandong Yisheng Livestock & Poultry Breeding Co Ltd. CHINA DAILY Following a recent shipment of 12,000 white feather broiler breeder chickens from France, Shandong Yisheng Livestock & Poultry Breeding Co Ltd in Yantai, Shandong province, has boosted its year-to-date imports to 174,000 sets, commanding a major share of…
Major Chinese airlines operating flights between China and the United States have pushed back against a US proposal to bar them from flying over Russian airspace for round-trips to and from the US. The ban, if finalized, could take effect from as early as November. Last week, the US proposed the ban through an order…
Students engage in hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiments at a school operated by Yew Chung Yew Wah Education Network in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Yew Chung Yew Wah Education Network (YCYW), headquartered in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with schools in China, the United States and the United Kingdom, will…
[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Germany’s century-old materials science company Henkel officially inaugurated its Adhesive Technologies Innovation Experience Center in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang High-Tech Park on Sept 22. With a total investment of about 500 million yuan ($70 million) and over 500 scientists on-site, this base has become Henkel’s second-largest innovation center worldwide, after its headquarters in…
AgiBot showcases latest robots at China Mobile Global Partners’ Conference 2025 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] AgiBot, China’s arguably most-valued embodied intelligence startup, is ramping up efforts to accelerate application of its humanoid robots, as it showcases how these machines are used across industrial, commercial, and household scenarios. The move followed AgiBot’s…