The Dutch government’s move to distort facts and persist in unilateral actions is counterproductive to resolving issues regarding Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor company based in the Netherlands, said market watchers, warning that such actions will only heighten tensions with China. China is extremely disappointed and strongly dissatisfied with the statement made by Vincent Karremans, the…
Staff members work at a factory of a subsidiary of China First Heavy Industries in Qiqihar, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, April 28, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] SHENYANG — Digital transformation is accelerating among small and medium-sized enterprises in Northeast China’s industrial base, aided by supportive technical service system and thriving industrial ecosystem. In Wafangdian city, a major…
HAIKOU — Recently, Sunrise Fuel (Hainan) Co Ltd completed a cross-border transaction settlement with an overseas client through its EF account in less than two hours in South China’s Hainan province. It is a speed that would have been unimaginable in the past. “With the EF account, we can handle cross-border settlements entirely online through…
Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term indicators covering different areas, such as economy, environment, business, health and work. This monthly updated dashboard is designed to track developments within the EU as a whole and its members, as well as the EFTA countries, providing a holistic overview of key developments. It…
[Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Mushroom Cloud Maker Space showcased a range of AI applications in hardware, education and ecosystem development at last weekend’s popular 2025 Maker Faire Shenzhen. The company brought a variety of interactive AI hardware projects to the event, including smart assistants, edge-AI devices, robotics and a mini automobile, displaying how artificial intelligence is steadily evolving…
Construction workers from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group complete renovation on the grand bridge traversing the South Canal in Hebei province on Nov 11, ensuring the smooth flow of coal along the Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway. [BIAN ZHIQIANG/For chinadaily.com.cn] Renovation work on a key bridge along the Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway — a major national heavy-duty railway transporting…
Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc reported on Tuesday that its total revenue reached 31.2 billion yuan ($4.38 billion) in the third quarter of this year, with artificial intelligence-powered businesses delivering robust revenue growth. Revenue from Baidu’s core businesses, including search engines, reached 24.7 billion yuan during the July-September period, while revenue from AI businesses grew…
In 2023, the total expenditure on social protection benefits in the EU amounted to €4 607 billion. Nearly half of this amount (46.9%) was allocated to old age and survivors’ functions (largely composed of pensions). Sickness/health care function accounted for 29.6% of all benefits, 8.7% went to family and children benefits and 7.1% to disability…
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) discussed the progress on European official statistics on 13 November 2025 and adopted the Council conclusions on EU statistics. The Council welcomed: The improvements in the quality and availability of the Principal European Economic Indicators; The ongoing work of Eurostat in cooperation with the statistical authorities of the…
By Zhang Chenxu State Grid Henan Information & Communication Company has significantly reduced the time required to identify information system faults by developing an intelligent operations knowledge base and a root-cause analysis engine powered by dynamic reasoning. The company recently established a Quality Control (QC) team tasked with sorting and categorizing nearly 10,000 sets of…