BEIJING – China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and five other departments released an action plan on Wednesday, mapping out key measures to better align the supply and demand for consumer goods and further stimulate consumption. By 2027, the supply structure of consumer goods is expected to be significantly optimized, with three trillion-yuan ($141.25…
Hainan province holds a mobilization meeting on Nov 18 to launch a trial of its island-wide special customs operations, a final push before the system goes entirely live next month. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Hainan provincial authorities launched a trial of round-the-clock special customs operations on Tuesday, 30 days ahead of their official start. The…
China has completed its first high-capacity all-solid-state battery production line and is running small batch tests, signaling the country’s accelerated efforts to commercialize this game-changing technology for the global new energy vehicle sector. The new production line, built by automaker GAC Group, is capable of mass producing all-solid-state batteries of above 60 ampere-hours, GAC said…
In the latest episode of Eurostat’s Stats in a Wrap podcast, we will take a look at the statistics that help us understand how Europe measures youth labour market participation, what the data tell us and what challenges statisticians face when working on these data. In this episode, host Jonathan Elliot is joined by Eurostat’s…
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European Statistics Code of Practice, Eurostat is publishing a series of articles highlighting the 16 principles of the Code, their importance and role. Today, we focus on the final set of principles, 11 to 15, which emphasize the quality and usability of statistical outputs. These principles are crucial…
The number of electric passenger cars in the EU reached 4.4 million in 2023, accounting for 1.73% of all passenger cars. Compared with 2022, the total number of electric cars went up by 1.4 million. In 121 (56.28%) out of the 215 regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS…
Access to land is the first step to becoming a farmer and, too often, the hardest one. Across Europe, young people who want to grow… Read More »Access to land: opening the way for Europe’s next generation of farmers
In 2023, 4.1 women out of every million women were victims of intentional homicide, by family members or intimate partners, in the EU, nearly double the rate for men at 2.2 per million men. Between 2015 and 2023, the intentional homicide rate for women in this intimate context in the EU fluctuated between 3.9 per…
In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter, and a substantial decline (49.7%) compared with the €81.2 billion trade surplus in the first quarter of 2025. The first…
