A taxi driver tries out a Chinese-branded EV in Mombasa, Kenya, Aug 16, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese and African business leaders will gather in Beijing next week to explore new avenues for deepening China-Africa industrial cooperation, paving the way for African countries to accelerate their integration into global industry and supply chains, said China’s top foreign…
Employees work on a display unit production facility in Guiyang, Guizhou province, in February. QU HONGLUN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Despite continuous growth in China’s home appliance exports this year, the country must remain clearheaded in the face of a complex and volatile international trade environment, experts said. “Thanks to a rebound in international demand and inventory…
Cars that are part of a vehicle trade-in program are on display at an auto expo in Yantai, Shandong province. [TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY] China’s new round of vehicle trade-in program, initiated recently, is part of the country’s efforts to further catalyze the consumption of big-ticket items and boost economic growth in the second half,…
A clerk counts yuan bank notes and US dollar bills at a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, East China’s Anhui province. [Photo/IC] BEIJING – For some time, certain critics have fixated on the isolated statistic of a “decline in foreign direct investment (FDI)” to undermine confidence in the Chinese…
A drone photo shows wetlands in Sanjiangyuan area, Northwest China’s Qinghai province, July 23, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China has reduced CO2 emission by 3 billion tons over the past decade in an effort to promote green consumption, a white paper said Thursday. China’s energy savings in the recent ten years have been equivalent to…
A train driver prepares for departure at Idu Railway Station, the starting point of the Abuja-Kaduna Railway in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on Sept 18. The 186.5-kilometer-long Abuja-Kaduna Railway, which was built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, is the first modern railway in Nigeria. DONG JIANGHUI/XINHUA China will take further steps including…
People savor mushroom hotpot at a restaurant in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, in July. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s catering sector has witnessed fierce competition over the past few years, especially in the niche hotpot segment, with local hotpot businesses adopting a string of strategies of late to better attract customers. These include lowering…
Consumers dine at a Loquat Garden hotpot restaurant in Southwest China’s Chongqing in February. CUI JINGYIN/FOR CHINA DAILY If you walk along stunning mountain trails, taking in deep breaths of fresh air, but are not exactly on a vacation, then chances are that you are heading to the world’s largest hotpot (huo guo) restaurant. Located in…
Shanghai-born contemporary artist Zhu Peihong sits in front of his paintings. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Shanghai-born contemporary artist Zhu Peihong, who has successfully hosted two solo exhibitions in Harvey Galleries in Sydney, Australia, in 2018 and 2020, said he is proud that he could help promote international cultural exchanges and boost Sino-Australian ties. Trevor Harvey,…
Containerships seen at the port of Haikou, Hainan province. SU BIKUN/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING — China will apply tariff rates agreed in an early harvest arrangement for the bilateral free trade agreement signed with Honduras on some imported products from the latter, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Friday. The tariff rates…