Visitors check out a colored lantern at the Sichuan province exhibition stand during the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Sept 12. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY For Koh Poh-Yian, senior vice-president of FedEx Express and president of FedEx China, 2024 is undoubtedly shaping up to be a busy year. The United States-based…
A consumer (right) learns about trade-in plans for home appliances at a store in Chongqing in July. SUN KAIFANG/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING — The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planner, said Thursday that it is intensifying efforts to spur investment and consumption in its bid to bolster domestic demand. Specifically, the…
A staff member of National Intelligent Voice Innovation Center demonstrates an acoustics imager to detect equipment breakdown at China Speech Valley, Hefei city, East China’s Anhui province, Sept 20, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] China has been vigorously developing its AI industry with talent cultivation and capital input. Various new products and applications like industrial AI quality detection…
Lujiazui, the financial center in Shanghai, forms a perfect backdrop to the Bund area. [Wang Gang/For China Daily] Amid Shanghai’s continued efforts to deepen international cooperation in terms of research and development, multinational companies should be better integrated into the city’s innovation network, which would be conducive to the city’s high-quality development, said officials and…
The bullet train No G9505 is pictured at Hangzhouxi Railway Station ahead of its maiden trip on the Hangzhou-Wenzhou high-speed railway in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, Sept 6, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] The Chinese economy grew steadily as reflected by travel and consumption surge during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Guangming Daily reported on Wednesday. During the…
Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2024 New Zealand-China Products Expo in Auckland, New Zealand, Sept 20, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The 2024 New Zealand-China Products Expo kicked off in Auckland on Friday with the participation of importers and exporters from both countries. The three-day…
A visitor takes photos of a naked-eye 3D screen at the 2024 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province, Sept 20, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] HEFEI – Eyeing opportunities emerging from the opening-up and upgrading of China’s manufacturing sector, multinational companies gathered at a conference on Friday that was held as part of the ongoing…
Gary Guthart, CEO of Intuitive Surgical Inc. shares his thoughts of Shanghai’s business environment and its future growth in an interview, on Sept 21. [Photo by Gu Yingjie/english.shanghai.gov.cn] Gary Guthart, CEO of Intuitive Surgical Inc., a new member of the International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council, stressed on Sept 21 that a forward-thinking attitude is key…
A view of the booth of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region during the 2024 CIFTIS. [ZHANG XIUKE/FOR CHINA DAILY] A total of 202 investment projects with an overall investment of 162.2 billion yuan ($22.85 billion), as well as 24 cooperation agreements were signed on “Beijing Day” held during the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services.…
A Nio electric vehicle is assembled at an automated assembly line in Hefei, capital of Anhui province. CHINA DAILY In December 2012, when The Economist, a London-based magazine, identified Hefei as the world’s fastest-growing metropolitan economy, not many thought the capital of East China’s Anhui province would be able to maintain its steady pace of growth.…