China will step up efforts to attract multinational corporations to establish research and development operations in the country, leveraging its comprehensive industrial system, highly skilled workforce and vast application scenarios to help global partners tap into the nation’s green, digital and intelligent transformation, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. “Foreign-funded R&D centers have become…
At the Forum on Innovation and Application of AI Agent during the 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit, Latif Ladid, founder and president of the IPv6 Forum, highlighted the need to move from standalone AI systems to networked agents. Ladid described the internet of agents as the next “killer application” after the mobile internet, with…
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A new supercomputing cluster capable of handling the most demanding scientific AI tasks has gone live in Central China’s Henan province, marking a major step forward in the country’s push to integrate artificial intelligence with scientific research. The cluster, announced by Dawning Information Industry, also known as Sugon, consists of 60,000 specialized processors designed to…
Despite rising external uncertainties and complexities, strong recruitment trends by Chinese companies highlight their commitment to ongoing technological advancement and cross-border expansion, according to top executives of the recruitment company PageGroup. Cautious optimism is reflected in a report recently released by the company in Shanghai. Boosted by the stronger outlook of the healthcare, technology, fast-moving…
Staff member processes copper rods at a workshop in Huaian, East China’s Jiangsu province, on Jan 19, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s economic growth accelerated to 5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, posting a resilient expansion despite mounting uncertainties. The growth marks an increase from the…
Two large State-owned commercial banks in China have announced the rollout of their own versions of OpenClaw, signaling growing interest in artificial intelligence across the sector. The push, however, is not without some hesitation. Analysts said that as highly regulated and risk-averse institutions, lenders cannot directly deploy open-source AI agents. Instead, they must rely on…
A dancer welcomes visitors with a traditional performance at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on April 11, 2026. [Photo/VCG] Efforts by the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to build itself into a global tourist destination have borne fruit, evidenced by a steady growth in its inbound tourism market. From January to…
The booth of Shiseido during an expo in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Japanese beauty and cosmetics brand Shiseido is optimistic about China and is seeing new growth points in the country, its top China executive said, while assuring that the company would continue to invest in the domestic market. “China is no longer following the trend.…
A drone photo taken on Dec 14, 2025 shows a cargo train bound for Southwest China’s Sichuan province, departing from China-Laos Railway’s Vientiane South Station in Vientiane, Laos. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s cross-border e-commerce retailers can now return exported goods through any customs port nationwide, rather than shipping them back to the original departure point, a policy…