Nio’s Onvo brand launched its first model, the L60, on Thursday in Hefei, Anhui province, which will be delivered from Sept 28. The five-seat electric SUV, with a starting price from 206,900 yuan ($29,270), offers two battery packs of 60 kilowatt-hours and 85 kWh, which can run 555 kilometers and 730 km, respectively on one…
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…
A train for Mombasa waits at a station of the China-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — As an African proverb goes, “a friend is someone you share the path with”. In the shared pursuit of modernization of the Global South, China and Africa have stood together as…
Francina Lerato Kuwali (first left), an international student from Malawi at China Agricultural University, and her classmates pose for a group photo with a farmer at an experimental field in Quzhou county, Hebei province, in May. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — Francina Lerato Kuwali, a 35-year-old student from Malawi at China Agricultural University, returned recently with the…
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…
A consumer chooses products at the counter of Florasis in Paris. CHINA DAILY Huaxizi, or Florasis in English, a Chinese beauty brand with cultural and aesthetic attributes, has opened an outlet at Paris department store Samaritaine, becoming the sole Chinese beauty brand to operate a physical shop in Europe. The Hangzhou, Zhejiang province-based company said it…
Gift Samabhandhu, president of Kenvue China, speaks at a sub-forum during the 2024 China International Fair for Investment & Trade in Xiamen, Fujian province, in early September. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Kenvue Inc, a United States-based consumer health company, will allocate more resources to innovate over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and health supplements to keep pace with…
Fully aware of China’s growing significance and optimism towards its outlook, German sportswear company Adidas became the first multinational corporation in the sports industry to take part in the 36th International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council (IBLAC) for the Mayor of Shanghai on Sunday. “I am honored to attend the Shanghai Mayor’s International Business Leaders’ Advisory…