A Changan Deepal L3 test vehicle navigates heavy traffic in Chongqing on Dec 24. HE PENGLEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Automotive executives have put smart driving at the center of attention during the ongoing two sessions with a broad consensus that advancing from Level 2 assisted driving to higher levels of autonomy requires balancing technological innovation with…
A staff member (middle) promotes new excavators to foreign merchants at a construction machinery manufacturing enterprise in Yantai, Shandong province, on Feb 25. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY Rising orders from overseas buyers are offering an early glimpse into the momentum of China’s export sector in the Year of the Horse. At Zhejiang Sharbo Electric Appliance…
A visitor skis at an indoor ski resort in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Jan 13. DU ZIXUAN/XINHUA WUHAN — A row of Nordic-style wooden cottages, roofs blanketed with artificial snow and a 200-meter slope dotted with skiers: a bustling shopping mall in Central China’s Wuhan is the unlikely setting for this winter wonderland. Natural snow…
People shop at a downtown duty-free shop in North China’s Tianjin municipality, Nov 28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Waiting in line for tax refunds, once a familiar scene for Chinese tourists at airports and designated tax-refund service points in luxury department stores such as Galeries Lafayette in Paris and Ginza Mitsukoshi in Tokyo, is fast becoming ubiquitous…
Customers choose Spanish ham and red wine at a store selling imported goods at Yiwu China Commodity City in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, on Jan 30. XU YU/XINHUA The “Shopping in China” initiative will create broader market opportunities for both domestic and foreign businesses, unlocking the potential of China’s vast consumer market and reinforcing the country’s…
CAI MENG/CHINA DAILY The capital market is not only a vital platform for resource allocation and innovation-driven development, but also a key hub supporting China’s long-term economic competitiveness and the enhancement of national strategic capacity. The draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) for national economic and social development clearly states that China must…
A Wuling vehicle is assembled on an automated production line in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Jan 30. LI HANCHI/FOR CHINA DAILY China should establish its own intelligent driving standards and use the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region as a “bridgehead” for promotion to Southeast Asia, a national lawmaker said. That would mark a significant…
If one were to judge the priorities of this year’s two sessions by the sheer density of cameras and voice recorders, the answer would be unequivocal: it’s the economy. As we step into the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), the atmosphere in the Great Hall of the People feels distinctively different. The…
A view of a data center in Qingyang, Gansu province. XINHUA Northwest China’s Gansu province is transforming its industrial base by pushing forward an industry-driven development strategy to modernize its economic structure and achieve high-quality growth. “As a traditional industrial base, transformation through innovation is imperative,” said Ren Zhenhe, governor of Gansu and a deputy…
The Jilin delegation holds a group deliberation on Saturday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As it enters the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, Jilin aims to present a beautiful picture of high-quality development and make significant breakthroughs in its comprehensive revitalization, according to provincial deputies to the National People’s Congress. Huang Qiang, a deputy to the…