A drone photo shows a view of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, Oct 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China announced on Monday that its economy posted a 5 percent increase in 2025 amid domestic and external challenges, showing a trajectory of resilient and stable growth and remaining a powerhouse of the world…
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Did you know that in 2024, EU households spent on average 12.7% of their budget on transport? Or that 6.3 million people worked in the EU’s transport sector, equivalent to 3.1% of all employment? Could you name the EU’s largest cargo ports and airports? Are you interested in transport safety or environmental impacts of transport?…
China has achieved a major breakthrough in its quest for semiconductor self-reliance with the successful development of its first domestic tandem-type high-energy hydrogen ion implanter. This development is expected to end the long-standing dependence on foreign technology in a critical segment of the chip-making process. The machine, dubbed the POWER-750H and developed by the China…
BEIJING — China will continue to implement a more proactive fiscal policy in 2026, summarized as expanding total volume, optimizing structure, enhancing efficiency, and strengthening momentum, Vice-Minister of Finance Liao Min said Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Liao emphasized that China’s fiscal deficit, total debt, and overall…
BEIJING – The Chinese government on Tuesday announced a special guarantee program with a total scale of 500 billion yuan ($71.42 billion) to support investment by micro, small and medium-sized private enterprises. The program, implemented through the National Financing Guarantee Fund over a two-year period, will cover not only medium- and long-term loans, but financing…
Residents and tourists shop at the China Duty Free Group’s Haikou International Duty-Free City. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Hainan Free Trade Port has recorded a steady start one month after launching its island-wide special customs operations, provincial officials said on Monday. At a press briefing, authorities said the Dec 18 rollout had met initial targets,…
By Ouyang Shijia, Zhou Lanxu and Wang Keju | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-01-20 00:25 China’s economy demonstrated strong resilience in 2025, with growth holding firm despite mounting external pressures and internal structural adjustments, while new growth drivers are taking shape to support sustainable expansion going forward, said officials and experts. Official data released on Monday…
BEIJING — China is researching the establishment of a national-level mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fund as part of efforts to optimize the layout of government investment funds and strengthen the guidance over their investment direction in a bid to accelerate the development of “new quality productive forces”, a senior official from the National Development and…
A humanoid robot demonstrates its skill of folding a cloth at the 2025 World Internet Conference (2025 WIC) Light of Internet Expo in Wuzhen, East China’s Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China has further cemented its lead in global advanced manufacturing by hosting 101 of the world’s 224 lighthouse factories, which are widely seen…