Shandong’s gross domestic product in 2025 is estimated to exceed 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion), making it the nation’s third, and first northern, province to reach this economic milestone, Governor Zhou Naixiang said in his New Year address on Thursday. Zhou said that key indicators, including industrial output, consumption, and import-export growth, outperformed national averages…
BEIJING — China’s national railway operator said Sunday that the country’s total operating railway mileage nationwide has increased from 146,300 km to 165,000 km during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25). The expansion represents a 12.8 percent increase during the five-year period, according to the China State Railway Group Co Ltd. During the 2021-25 period,…
Bank of China provides Peru’s Chancay Port, the first smart port in South America, with comprehensive financial services. CHINA DAILY From tea brands popular in Southeast Asia and new energy vehicles thriving in Europe, to infrastructure construction in Latin America and energy investments across Africa, the globalization of Chinese companies is reaching new levels. As…
The outlook for China’s high-quality development remains highly encouraging with the country staying firmly committed to reforms, said Asif S. Cheema, the Asian Development Bank’s country director for China. He noted that China’s development plan for the next five years underscores the government’s continued emphasis on high-quality development, including greater investment in people and efforts…
An engineer debugs robots from Shanghai AgiBot Innovation Technology Co Ltd at its mass production factory in Shanghai on Dec 8. TANG YANJUN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Embodied intelligence was one of the most widely discussed topics in China in 2025, starting from the 16 humanoid robots that took center stage at the annual Spring Festival Gala,…
A visitor examines a rare earth iron ore exhibit at the Fifth China-Mongolia Expo in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Aug 26. DING GENHOU/FOR CHINA DAILY China is pioneering a green transformation of its rare earth industry through world-leading technological innovation, setting global standards for sustainable mineral extraction, company executives and experts said. For years,…
Editor’s note: China’s automotive industry accelerated its transition to electrification and intelligence in 2025, marked by key policy shifts, robust growth and major technological advances from both domestic and international automakers. Below are the top 10 picks from China Daily’s motoring editors. New energy vehicles exceed 50 percent of market share Since March, the market share…
Tourists ride an amusement facility at the Taoranting Park in Beijing, Jan 3, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — During the New Year holiday, Beijing saw 8.808 million tourist visits, generating a total tourism revenue of 10.97 billion yuan (about $1.56 billion), said the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism on Saturday. This year’s New Year…
Gao Qiuhong under a star-filled sky at Yak Meadow in Lijiang. [Photo provided to China Daily] “When the meteors streaked like diamonds across the snowcapped peaks,… Read More »Tourism written in the stars
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