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Market diversification helps counter tariffs

Export-bound vehicles await shipment at Taicang Port, Jiangsu province. JI HAIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s policymakers vowed during the two sessions to bolster policies for stabilizing foreign trade and support enterprises in securing orders and exploring new markets as escalating tensions with the United States due to Washington’s tariff hikes dampen normal trade activity, analysts and executives…

Phonak launches AI-based hearing aid device

Phonak, a brand of Switzerland-based multinational hearing solutions provider Sonova, has launched a new family of hearing aid devices based on its innovative Infinio platform in China, aiming to help more people with hearing loss in the country. As understanding speech amid background noise remains the biggest challenge for people with hearing loss, the devices…

Innovation to bolster private enterprises

Highlighting the role of innovation as a catalyst for the advancement of the private economy, national political advisers have suggested that entrepreneurs actively integrate technology to drive cost efficiencies and operational enhancements, while also seeking out new avenues for growth. Additionally, favorable government policies are emphasized to streamline loan processes, addressing the challenges of costly…

Clean tech use surges in China

An employee works on a solar panel production line in Huaibei, Anhui province. LI XIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Clean-energy technologies made up more than 10 percent of China’s economy last year for the first time ever, with sales and investments worth 13.6 trillion yuan ($1.9 trillion), according to a think tank. These sectors grew three times as…

Washington urged to show right approach, readiness for dialogue

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao (center), China Securities Regulatory Commission Chairman Wu Qing (left) and National Development and Reform Commission Director Zheng Shanjie attend a news conference during the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress in Beijing on Thursday. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY China is open to dialogue with the United States on an equal footing…

Private-sector tech companies to drive growth

Visitors shake hands with Unitree’s H1 robot during the 26th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Nov 14. CHINA DAILY Outside an unremarkable building in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a humanoid robot is doing something truly remarkable. The Unitree G1, standing at 1.2 meters tall and weighing 35 kilograms, takes a martial arts stance, shifts…

German companies stay bullish on China market

Logo of Bayer Group is pictured outside a plant. [Photo provided to China Daily] HANGZHOU – Ma Jishen was excited to see Bayer, the German healthcare and agribusiness giant, achieve the designed production capacity in just over a month at its new factory, where he serves as director. The Bayer Crop Science Hangzhou Production Site,…

National venture capital fund to drive innovation

China will establish a national venture capital guidance fund to bolster the development of innovative enterprises, the country’s top economic regulator said on Thursday, as the country looks to foster new quality productive forces and pursue innovation-driven growth. “In the near future, we will establish a national venture capital guidance fund, with the goal of…

Baidu plans to issue $1.4b of offshore bonds

An employee comes out of the Baidu headquarters in Beijing. [Photo by Fan Jiashan/For China Daily] Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc plans to issue about 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) of bonds offshore, according to a report from Bloomberg. The deal will consist of a 5-year note to yield 2.6 percent to 2.8 percent, and…

Finance minister: China’s fiscal policy preparedness to tackle uncertainties

China has sufficient fiscal policy tools and ample flexibility to effectively respond to potential domestic and external uncertainties, Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an said at a news conference on Thursday. China has opted for a more proactive fiscal policy this year, aimed at achieving annual targets and strengthening the drivers of medium and long-term development,…