Employees work on a production line at Edwards’ manufacturing plant in Qingdao, Shandong province, on May 16. LIU CHUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Foreign corporations are leveraging the industrial ecosystem, policy support and growing market potential of China to drive innovation and sustainable growth in the country. From pharmaceuticals to advanced manufacturing, companies like AstraZeneca, Edwards and…
China’s economy is maintaining strong momentum as major industrial enterprises posted accelerating growth in April, official data showed on Tuesday, suggesting robust economic resilience despite trade concerns. Officials and economists said the positive trends underscore the effectiveness of stimulus policy measures in cushioning the impact of the United States’ tariff hikes and stabilizing market expectations.…
An aerial drone photo shows visitors enjoying the cityscape at The Stage, a new observation deck atop White Magnolia Plaza in Shanghai, East China, April 14, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China will sharpen its focus on building a unified national market and curbing unhealthy market competition, according to the annual meeting of the expert advisory group of…
Ziqi Zhong, a doctoral researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has been appointed as a visiting professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China, helping to expand the latter’s global leadership in digital legal studies. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As China’s digital economy rapidly develops, the country is intensifying…
The 2025 International Humanoid Robot Skills Competition is held in Shanghai on Thursday. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] More than 60 teams participate in the 2025 International Humanoid Robot Skills Competition held in Shanghai on Thursday, contesting on 28 scenarios such as lifting boxes, garbage disposal, loading and unloading chained boxes, retrieving items from refrigerators and…
In the face of persistent trade tensions with the United States, China and other economies should deepen regional economic cooperation and defend the multilateral trade system, said a senior trade expert. Zhao Zhongxiu, president of the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily that Washington’s current…
Share – WeChat Technicians debug an explosion-proof wheeled robot at Sevnce Robotics in Southwest China’s Chongqing, May 27, 2025. In recent years, Chongqing has taken multiple measures to promote the development of robot industry. Now it has formed a whole robot industry chain covering R&D, complete machine manufacturing, testing, system integration, parts matching, talent training…
Beijing and Washington have maintained communication on trade-related issues through various multilateral and bilateral events and at multiple levels after the two countries reached a temporary tariff truce in Geneva earlier this month, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. He Yongqian, a spokeswoman for the ministry, told a press conference that China has recently…
This aerial drone photo taken on Dec 10, 2024 shows a container terminal of Lianyungang Port, East China’s Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua] China and the European Union are stepping up cooperation as the United States ramps up tariff pressure and global trade fragmentation deepens, signaling the shared commitment of China and the EU to openness, stability and…
Beijing’s Chaoyang district stands ready to provide the best possible services to global enterprises that aspire to expand into the Chinese market, including businesses from the Netherlands, local authorities said during a China-Netherlands enterprise roundtable. The key objective of the roundtable is to create a platform that enables Chinese and the Netherlands’ enterprises to connect,…