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Hainan unfolds new stories after launch of special customs operations

311,000 passenger trips, 7.5 billion yuan ($1.08 billion), 5,132 new foreign trade enterprises. These figures capture the remarkable progress made by Hainan FTP since Dec 18. One-month on from the implementation of the pioneering island-wide, special customs policy, follow China Daily’s lens to discover the new stories unfolding across Hainan. Tanks to chinadaily.com.cn Please visit:…

Auckland Airport eyes Spring Festival travel boom

As the Chinese New Year approaches, Auckland Airport is working with airline partners to add capacity between China and New Zealand, signaling growing confidence in sustained demand for air travel between the two countries. Air China is adding extra services over the Chinese New Year period, while China Southern Airlines has expanded flights this New…

TCL to take controlling stake in Sony’s TV, audio business

Eyeing deeper strategic cooperation in the home entertainment sector, Japan’s Sony Corp announced on Tuesday that it had reached an initial agreement with China’s home appliance heavyweight TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd for the establishment of a joint venture to take over the former’s home entertainment business. According to a memorandum of understanding, the proposed JV…

China welcomes Canada’s new EV trade measures: spokesperson

BEIJING – A Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson on Thursday welcomed Canada’s new trade arrangements for electric vehicles (EVs) exported from China, calling them “a positive step in the right direction.” Spokesperson He Yongqian made the remarks when answering a question on the agreements on EVs and rapeseed reached between the two countries. According to…

Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor launches new hybrid model in Israel

JERUSALEM — Chinese automaker SAIC Motor on Tuesday began the sales of a new hybrid model in Israel under its MG brand, Israeli car importer Lubinsky Group said in a statement. The mid-size crossover SUV MG S9, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle model, is known in China as the Roewe RX9. The seven-seat car is…

Global mayors hail potential of ice and snow economy

Representatives attend the main dialogue session of the Global Mayors Dialogue in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Jan 7. ZHANG SHU/XINHUA HARBIN — As mayors from around the world jointly lit a torch to mark the opening of a dialogue event in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, they also ignited a shared…

TikTok reaches deal for majority US-owned joint venture

Signage is displayed outside the corporate headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, in San Jose, California, US, Dec 16, 2025. [Photo/VCG] TikTok said on Thursday (US time) that it has reached a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture to run its US operations, a move aimed at averting a potential ban…