Porsche Center Beijing Chaoyang is the first Destination Porsche retail store in the Chinese capital. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] For years, Porsche was one of the clearest symbols of the luxury car boom in China, where long waiting lists and strong resale values helped cement the sports carmaker’s status among affluent buyers. Now, as China’s…
Chinese telecom operators are packaging artificial intelligence usage into subscription plans, turning “tokens” — the basic unit consumed by large AI models — into the industry’s newest billing metric as carriers race to monetize the country’s AI boom. China Telecom launched on Sunday a series of trial token-based plans aimed at developers, small businesses, households…
China’s self-developed 103-grade racing gasoline was officially put into use in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Saturday. As the first domestically industrially produced 103-grade racing fuel, it fills the domestic gap and ends reliance on imports for top races. Previously dependent on imported fuel, China now masters core technology, with the domestic product meeting…
Huawei-Seres’ joint brand Aito showcases its models at Auto China 2026 in Beijing in late April. CHINA DAILY China’s auto market is entering a phase where consumers prioritize reliable technology, user experience and brand credibility over big discounts, according to a new survey by McKinsey & Company. The findings of its 2026 China Auto Consumer…
Staff members train humanoid robots at a data acquisition center in Shanghai on March 20, 2025. TANG YANJUN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE BEIJING — Behind a popcorn machine at AgiBot’s data collection center in Shanghai, a humanoid robot packs freshly popped popcorn into paper cups while Chen Xin, a data collector with a virtual reality headset around…
Tourists buy snacks at a night food market in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, last month. With visa-free entry, the market in the Sino-Russian border city attracts customers from both countries. HAN FEI/XINHUA Agricultural cooperation is emerging as a key driver of economic synergy between China and Russia, further bolstering already robust growth momentum between the two…
Visitors gather at the exhibition stand of Dassault Systemes during the 2025 Marintec China exhibition in Shanghai on Dec 2. CHINA DAILY French industrial software company Dassault Systemes is looking to strengthen its industrial artificial intelligence ecosystem in China, as the country steps up ongoing efforts to foster new quality productive forces and advance the…
A tea-picking celebration is staged at a tea plantation in Baixiang village of Sichuan province’s Mabian county in late March. [Photo by He Wei/For China Daily]… Read More »Mountains teeming with tea – Chinadaily.com.cn
Workers make lieba at the Churin Food bakery in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Churin lieba weighs around two kilograms and has a traditional European flavor. [Photo… Read More »In Harbin, the taste of Russian bread becomes a link to home
China’s general public budget revenue rose 3.5 percent year-on-year to 8.34 trillion yuan ($1.23 trillion) in the first four months of this year, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. Tax revenue, a key component of the general public budget revenue, climbed 3.9 percent year-on-year to 6.81 trillion yuan, while non-tax…