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Fresh flowers from inland China hit Central Asian market

This photo taken on Aug 15, 2023 shows workers packing roses at a flower factory of a Flower Port project of Linxia Yinong Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Investment Co Ltd in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Northwest China’s Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua] LANZHOU – In just 48 hours, fresh roses in the Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in…

Tianjin welcomes parts for Airbus A320 series

Workers unload the nose section of an A320 aircraft. [Photo by Yan Dongjie/chinadaily.com.cn] The major components for the A320 aircraft series to be assembled in Tianjin have arrived at Tianjin Port aboard the COSCO Shipping Sagittarius, which sailed from Europe. The vessel docked at the Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal on Sunday. The delivery comes…

Industrial production down by 1.3% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU

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A third of EU enterprises advertise online

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Robots take center stage at Beijing expo, pointing to tech revolution

A visitor interacts with a robot equipped with intelligent and dexterous hands at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, July 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – As I pushed my four-year-old daughter’s stroller through a robotics exhibition in Beijing’s suburbs — a sprawling showcase of over 1,500 cutting-edge machines — it struck me that…

Chinese investment fuels Thailand’s ambition as global export gateway, says Thai official

Staff members work at the electric vehicle (EV) factory of China’s carmaker GAC Aion in Rayong province, Thailand on July 17, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] BANGKOK – Chinese investment is driving a wave of high-value projects in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), focusing on advanced technology sectors and fueling the country’s ambition to become a crucial global…

Li Auto misfire signals deeper troubles

Li Auto’s i8 pure electric SUV on display in a shopping mall in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Aug 7. [Photo provided to China Daily] Li Auto had hoped to stage a comeback in China’s crowded pure electric vehicle market with the launch of the i8 SUV in late July. This comes after the fiasco of…

Mid-tier premium brands feel the squeeze in China

Volvo launches the all-new S90 sedan in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, on May 29. WANG YUCHEN/CHINA DAILY Mid-tier premium brands such as Volvo and Jaguar are struggling to stay relevant in the competitive Chinese market, as local EV marques woo their customers and more popular global brands, including Audi and BMW, push downward into their previous domains.…

NEV sales charge ahead in offseason

Workers assemble cars at Geely’s Guiyang plant in Guizhou province. [Photo by Wu Min/For chinadaily.com.cn] The auto market hit its usual midsummer lull in July, with growth easing, but some carmakers bucked the trend and set new monthly records. According to the China Automobile Dealers Association, passenger vehicle retail sales reached approximately 1.9 million units…

Railways playing greater role in modernization

Builders from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group install a prefabricated box girder on Yuantang Village Grand Bridge on the Shaoyang-Yongzhou High-speed Railway in Hunan province on Aug 1. SHI JIAMIN/FOR CHINA DAILY China National Railway Group (CR), the nation’s railway operator, said that to better serve and support Chinese modernization, building a world-class railway enterprise…