Alibaba Cloud and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced a multiyear collaboration. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced a multiyear collaboration on Thursday, with the Chinese tech heavyweight becoming the official cloud computing and artificial intelligence partner of NBA China. With…
Sinochem Holdings holds a flag-raising ceremony at its new headquarters on Thursday in Xiong’an New Area, Hebei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China Huaneng Group and Sinochem Holdings officially relocated their headquarters to Xiong’an New Area in Hebei province on Thursday, marking a key step in the area’s role in absorbing non-capital functions from Beijing.…
Visitors explore Taiping Street, one of the most popular sites in Changsha, Hunan province, on Oct 4, 2025. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING — The 2025 “super golden week”, combining the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, demonstrated China’s vibrant consumption and sustained economic momentum, underscoring the country’s transition toward high-quality development. Cultural push Across China, the synergy…
Shanghai recorded 79.6 billion yuan ($11.17 billion) in online and offline spending during the eight-day National Day holiday that ended on Wednesday, up 3 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Consumer Market Big Data Laboratory. During this year’s holiday, which ran from Oct 1 to 8, major business districts in the city posted a…
The first tumor ablation surgery guided by magnetic resonance is carried out at Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan Free Trade Port in April 2024. YUAN CHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY Hainan Free Trade Port is accelerating its transformation into a global trade and services hub, with preferential tax and zero-tariff policies fueling double-digit growth…
A Pakistani livestreamer makes a sales presentation in the streaming room of an internet information industrial park in Haikou, Hainan province, on Sept 22. ZHENG YUE/XINHUA Usman Naim, a Nigerian national, opened his livestream session on a social e-commerce platform with local handicrafts and cultural products displayed behind him. He pitched Hainan-made goods to consumers in…
Visitors take photographs while an aircraft flies over a tourist attraction in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Saturday. LI XIANGYU/FOR CHINA DAILY This year’s eight-day National Day holiday, extended a day longer than usual due to overlapping with Mid-Autumn Festival, has witnessed a record high surge in tourism, with Chinese travelers increasingly seeking high-quality travel experiences, multiple…
Chris Shim As Chinese pharmaceutical companies accelerate their push into overseas markets, unified management and artificial intelligence are emerging as vital tools to sustain competitiveness and global credibility, said Chris Shim, general manager for Asia R&D and quality at US pharmaceutical digital solution provider Veeva Systems. “China’s biopharma sector is growing rapidly, not only through…
A drone photo taken on Aug 8, 2025 shows a demonstration project for integrated photovoltaic and energy storage in Dongying city, East China’s Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua] Giving more play to financial service providers and seeking deeper international cooperation are vital to the green transition and low-carbon development, which are the very basis of high-quality economic…
Visitors immerse themselves in the “Love and Deepspace” experience at Wanda Cinema in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, during the 2025 National Day holiday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As China’s box office and moviegoer numbers surpass those of previous years during this year’s National Day Golden Week, cinemas are diversifying their strategies to attract more viewers, particularly…