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China Life to boost equity investments

A pedestrian walks past a China Life Insurance Co Ltd sign in Huai’an city, East China’s Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China Life Insurance Co, one of the country’s biggest insurers, will increase its allocation to equity investments this year, due to its confidence in the Chinese economy’s high-quality growth prospects, said a senior…

L’Oreal hosts first campus music gala in China

L’Oreal China held its inaugural campus music gala on Friday at Fudan University in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] L’Oreal China held its inaugural campus music gala on Friday at Fudan University in Shanghai, one of China’s most prestigious universities, marking a celebration of beauty, innovation, and youth empowerment. The event themed “Magnetism of Beauty”…

C-Land revolutionizes residential living in Beijing

Real estate developer C-Land has innovated its high-end product lines in recent years, achieving both good market performance and reputation through sustained efforts in upgrading residential spaces and lifestyles, especially with its Chen and Fu series. It has also broken through in terms of branding and marketing, ranking among the top 28 real estate enterprises…

China is open to innovation, says expert

“China’s innovation is characterized by one big thing, that is, we are open to innovation,” said Xu Xiujun, director of the International Political Economy Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of World Economics and Politics, to China Daily Website at the Boao Forum for Asia 2025. He also pointed out that China’s…

Merck exec: China’s policies reconfirm our confidence in the country

This year’s two sessions is a reconfirmation of the confidence that Merck has in China because the Chinese government has set the economic growth target at 5 percent, focusing more on innovation, especially on new quality productive forces, Marc Horn, EVP of Merck Group, and president of Merck China, told China Daily Website during an…

China is assuming leadership in technology, says Roland Berger executive

Humanoid robots work at a smart factory of electric car manufacturer Zeekr in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on March 1. [Yu Changsheng/for China daily] BOAO, China – Propelled by domestic innovation, China is assuming technological leadership globally, transitioning beyond its role as the world’s factory, Denis Depoux, global managing director at Roland Berger, a Munich-based consultancy,…

Tech to drive China’s growth: head of Israeli Chamber of Commerce in China

“Technology and innovation will drive this economy to continue growing,” said Yuval Ben Sadeh, chairman of the Israel Chamber of Commerce in China, to China Daily Website at the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference on Thursday. He also said that China is still a good place and that he is seeing new companies coming into…

Standard Chartered pioneers ‘Global Chinese Services’ initiative

To highlight Standard Chartered Bank’s role in China’s modernization, the bank opens the “PIXEL HORIZONS 1858-2025:Standard Chartered Global Chinese CONTINUUM” in Shanghai on March 27, showcasing its 167-year history in China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Standard Chartered Bank, a bank with a 167-year history in China, has pioneered an initiative — “Global Chinese Services” —…

BlueFive Capital CEO praises Chinese tech innovations

At the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025, Hazem Ben-Gacem, CEO of Abu Dhabi-based asset management company BlueFive Capital, expressed his admiration for Chinese tech innovations such as DeepSeek and vowed to increase investments in China. “When people can’t tell if we’re a Middle Eastern or Chinese investment firm, that’s when I’ll know we’ve…

German enterprises double down on China investment amid growing global uncertainties

Hermann Simon, a renowned German economist known as the father of the “Hidden Champions” theory, delivers a speech in Bozhou, East China’s Anhui province, March 25, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] HEFEI – Rising tariffs from the United States are making it more challenging for German companies to export there, increasing the need for strengthening trade ties between…