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32.7% of EU people used generative AI tools in 2025

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In 2025, 32.7% of people aged 16-74 in the EU used generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Most people used them for personal purposes (25.1%), while 15.1% used them for work and 9.4% for formal education. This information comes from data on the use of ICT in households and by individuals published by Eurostat today. The…

Euro area job vacancy rate at 2.1%

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EU chemical production: -15% over 10 years

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In 2024, the EU produced a total of 224 million tonnes of chemicals (hazardous and non-hazardous) and consumed 232 million tonnes, indicating a 15% decrease in production and 18% decline in consumption compared with 2014. However, compared with 2023, there was a small increase for both production and consumption of 6% and 5%, respectively.  This…

Zhejiang banks bet big on high-tech drivers

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A visitor tries on a pair of smart augmented-reality glasses at a facility of Hangzhou Lingban Technology Ltd in Zhejiang province on Oct 21. JIANG XUEQING/CHINA DAILY As China prepares its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), policymakers have underscored the importance of pursuing high-quality development, advancing new quality productive forces in line with local conditions and…

China’s first deepwater oilfield sees full operation of secondary development project

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BEIJING — China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced Sunday that the secondary development project of the Liuhua Oilfield, the country’s first deepwater oilfield, has fully commenced operation. The milestone marks a major breakthrough in China’s ability to develop complex deepwater oil and gas reservoirs. Located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, the Liuhua Oilfield is…

Calls for steps to restore stability in real estate sector

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A visitor (right) examines a real estate project model at the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Sept 12. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY As China’s real estate sector tries to gain a solid footing, experts have called for swifter and stronger steps to restore sentiment and stability, such as easing…

Balanced growth, structural reforms in focus for 2026

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Workers operate a humanoid robot to collect data in a warehouse material handling scenario at the Hubei Humanoid Robot Innovation Center in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Dec 4. XIAO YIJIU/XINHUA Economists expect China’s 2026 policy agenda to place greater weight on domestic demand and innovation-led growth, sharpening the focus on long-term expansion and rebalancing the…

Uni-themed apparel all the rage

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Chinese universities are discovering that school logo and team-related apparel, in this case, winter outerwear, is becoming hot on campuses, especially as temperatures plummet. Renmin University of China has seen brisk online sales of its newly launched branded down jackets this week. The jackets, marketed under the university’s cultural intellectual property center Renda Hongchuang, were…

Demand-led growth at top of 2026 agenda

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A drone photo taken on Nov 1, 2025 shows a view of Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s key economic meeting put “demand-led growth and building a strong domestic market” at the top of next year’s agenda, and it also called for “reasonable” growth and a solid start to…