Visitors gather at Cainiao’s booth during Hannover Messe 2025 in Germany on April 1.[Photo/Xinhua] 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. Experts said this will improve the capacity of…
Robin Li, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, at the company’s annual AI developer conference on Friday. DING YI/FOR CHINA DAILY Baidu Inc on Friday unveiled its latest large language model Ernie 4.5 Turbo and new deep-thinking model Ernie X1 Turbo with enhanced multimodal capacities, stronger reasoning and lower costs, as the Chinese tech heavyweight…
Olivia Qiu, the chief innovation officer for Signify, addresses the audience at the 2025 Signify Consumer Day event on April 22. [Photo by Li Junfeng / chinadaily.com.cn] Dutch multinational lighting company Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, will continue to invest in China and constantly enhance its innovation capabilities, according to Olivia Qiu, chief innovation…
China, amid a global landscape marked by rising protectionism tendencies and economic volatility, has vowed to boost domestic demand and expand opening-up, which will contribute to global economic stability, and anchor foreign business confidence in China, said a senior executive with a US company. “The fundamentals of China’s economy are sound and the country’s development…
Global automation and electrification leader ABB is doubling down on its commitment to China, forging closer collaborations to accelerate the digital transformation of the nation’s energy and industrial sectors, a top executive said. “Among the sectors ABB Energy Industries, a division of ABB, is supporting in China, such as power, water, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, we…
“There is no substitute for China,” Gary Rosen, CEO of Accor Greater China, said in an interview with China Daily. He believes that “the next China is China”, and “there’s so much that’s coming out of China that the world will benefit from”. Rosen stated that sustained economic growth, recent favorable policies, and rising household…
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 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…
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…
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…