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China’s sci-tech accelerates ahead

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China’s generative AI: 500 million users driving trillion-yuan boom

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is gathering strong momentum in China — fueled by industrial innovation and the enthusiasm of more than 500 million users. As the “AI Plus” initiative advances, from computing power infrastructure and patent breakthroughs to diverse industry applications, China’s intelligent economy is taking shape with remarkable vitality. Click the video to learn…

China to hold economic and trade talks with US in Malaysia

Vice-Premier He Lifeng will lead a delegation to Malaysia from Friday to Monday to hold economic and trade consultations with representatives from the United States, upon agreement between the two countries, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The two sides will engage in consultations on key issues concerning China-US economic and trade relations, in…

Nation to press ahead with global use of yuan

China is likely to press ahead with expanding the global use of the yuan in a gradual and prudent manner during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), while continuing to foster a sound environment for using and holding the Chinese currency, officials and experts said. As the dollar-centered international monetary system appears increasingly fragile, efforts…

China unveils draft rules to curb new steel capacity, tighten green standards

An employee works on the production line of China Baowu in Maanshan, Anhui province. [PHOTO by LUO JISHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] China’s top industry regulator has proposed tougher rules to rein in steel production capacity and promote cleaner manufacturing. The proposed rules would ban new steel projects outside of approved industrial parks of Yangtze River economic…

Greater sophistication new hallmark of foreign business

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY During the early years of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, running a manufacturing business was easy for many factory owners in China. Orders poured in from clients in Frankfurt, Osaka, Melbourne, Detroit, Sao Paulo and Nairobi. Factories hummed day and night, turning out laptops, garments, ventilators and industrial equipment to be…

China unveils first batch of firms listed on SSE’s sci-tech growth tier

BEIJING — The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on Tuesday released the first batch of enterprises listed on a sci-tech growth tier on the country’s Nasdaq-style Science and Technology Innovation Board, also known as the STAR Market. The move came after the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the country’s securities regulator, announced on June 18 this…

Nation set to cultivate new growth drivers

Editor’s note: The fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee has adopted the recommendations for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), setting China’s development course for the next five years. China Daily is launching a new series dedicated to interpreting the plenum and the plan. China’s emphasis on the establishment of…

New five-year plan anchors certainty

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee presides over the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, which concluded in Beijing on Thursday. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s focus on high-quality development and opening-up in the next five years as mapped by the just-concluded fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee…

China, US reach initial consensus on key trade issues

  An aerial drone photo taken on Oct 24, 2025 shows Merdeka 118, the venue for the China-US economic and trade talks, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Photo/Xinhua] China and the United States have reached preliminary consensuses on key issues including export controls, the extension of the 90-day tariff truce, fentanyl-related tariffs, the expansion of bilateral…