A screen shot of a report by the market research company Omdia. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese tech company Honor secured the top position in global smartphone shipment growth among the world’s top 10 phone manufacturers in 2025, according to the latest industry data. The performance highlights Honor’s successful global expansion and its strategic focus…
An employee from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group works on the topping-out of the main structures of Fenghe Ecological Sports Park, the largest public ecological park in Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The largest public ecological park in East China’s Shandong province, which features a sewage treatment plant in its underground level and…
A customer interacts with an embodied intelligent robot at a robot store of ENGINEAI Robotics Technology Co Ltd in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, Jan 15, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] SHENZHEN — When a Chinese robotics innovator faced an urgent space crunch for his laser sensor startup a few years ago, he did what many entrepreneurs in…
People learn about AI model DeepSeek at a fair themed on AI technologies in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 4. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING — China’s technology titans are leveraging the Chinese New Year holiday season to secure users for their intelligent assistants, betting that 2026 will be the year when “AI agents” evolve…
A staff member arranges gold accessories at a gold shop in Yangzhou city of East China’s Jiangsu province, Jan 29, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s gold production edged up in 2025 while overall consumption declined, amid a shift from jewelry toward investment products, data from the China Gold Association showed on Thursday. The country produced 381.339 metric…
Representatives of Brembo and JAC pose after they ink a strategic deal on Feb 5, 2026. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] JAC Group, one of China’s major automakers, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with global braking systems leader Brembo to deepen long-term collaboration and jointly advance innovation in next-generation vehicle platforms. The agreement, signed on…
A humanoid robot demonstrates its skill of folding clothes at the 2025 World Internet Conference Light of Internet Expo in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Nov 6. HUANG ZONGZHI/XINHUA BEIJING — The widespread rise of artificial intelligence is modifying China’s labor market in ways that go far beyond job replacement or creation. It has generated new…
A drone photo taken on Dec 31, 2025 shows China-made construction machinery being loaded for export to Indonesia at Yantai Port in East China’s Shandong. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s machinery industry posted steady performance in 2025 as both sales and profits increased, the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) said on Thursday. The added value of…
Visitors gather at Schneider Electric’s booth during an expo in Shanghai in December. CHINA DAILY China is a “pioneer” in the global energy transition, outpacing other nations through consistent long-term planning and massive infrastructure investment, according to a senior executive. “You can call us a foreign company, but we are extremely local,” said Frederic Godemel,…
Employees of Daqing Oilfield in Heilongjiang province work in snowy weather. XINHUA China’s energy self-sufficiency rate is on track to reach 84.6 percent this year, as the country intensifies efforts to insulate its economy from global supply volatility, according to a report released by a think tank recently. The outlook follows a strong performance in…