China’s domestically developed shield machine, the world’s largest in diameter for high-speed rail tunnels, has successfully excavated over 10,000 meters beneath the Yangtze River on Dec 16. This marks the first time globally that a 15-meter-class large-diameter shield machine has achieved continuous boring exceeding 10,000 meters in a single drive, according to the project’s chief…
Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is leveraging its long snow season and quality snow to develop ice-and-snow tourism. [Photo provided by the regional culture and tourism department of Xinjiang to chinadaily.com.cn] Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has recently rolled out a variety of favorable measures to promote winter tourism, drawing on its abundant…
China General Nuclear Power Group, the country’s largest nuclear power plant operator by installed capacity, announced on Tuesday that it has started the main construction phase of Unit 6 at the Ningde Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian province, following the successful pouring of the nuclear island’s first concrete. The Ningde Nuclear Power Project is planned…
A pharma researcher works at a lab in Haikou, Hainan province, on Feb 5. SU BIKUN/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s pharmaceutical sector is playing an increasingly important role on the global stage, with cross-border licensing and partnership deals expected to exceed $100 billion by the end of 2025. China-linked pharmaceutical business development transactions accounted for nearly…
A robotic arm is seen at the smart workshop of Panpan Foods in Jinjiang, Southeast China’s Fujian province, Aug 19, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s machinery industry has achieved substantial progress in industrial scale, foreign trade and innovation during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), according to data released by the China Machinery Industry Federation…
As food delivery riders become an increasingly important part of China’s urban service economy, Pizza Hut China has recently launched a youth volunteer initiative targeting this group in Beijing. The first Beijing activity of the “little red hat” youth volunteer program was held at a Pizza Hut outlet in the CBD area, where teenage volunteers prepared freshly made…
Eurostat has released the new edition of its Migration and asylum in Europe, with the latest available data. The publication looks at topics such as migration to the EU, migration within the EU and from the EU, population by citizenship, international protection and asylum, irregular migration, and the skills of migrants. Did you know that…
An aerial drone photo shows construction at Liupanshui Railway Station in Liupanshui, Guizhou province, on Dec 11. TAO LIANG/XINHUA BEIJING — China has sent clear signals to stabilize and revive investment through strengthened policy support, including appropriately increasing the scale of central budget investment and continuing to leverage new policy-based financial instruments, economists said. The…
In 2024, 25.2% of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 0.7 percentage points compared with 2023. This share is 17.3 pp short of meeting the 2030 target (42.5%), which would require an annual average increase of 2.9 pp from 2025 to 2030. Among the EU countries, Sweden recorded…
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan 11, 2025 shows an offshore wind farm near the coast of Yancheng, East China’s Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s farthest offshore wind power project achieved full-capacity grid connection on Monday, signifying a major breakthrough in the country’s push to expand offshore wind power into deep and distant sea areas.…