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Rail logistics spurs China-Nepal trade

Bridges over the Lhasa River are pictured in Lhasa, Southwest China’s Xizang autonomous region, July 30, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A freight train carrying 18 40-foot containers loaded with 486 metric tons of goods arrived at Shigatse West Station in the Xizang autonomous region recently, marking another milestone in China-Nepal trade cooperation, said China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group.…

Jiangsu ramps ups efforts to attract more MNCs

A drone image shows a section along the Haimen-Taicang Yangtze River conduit, a trans-river road being built by State builders such as China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp to link Nantong’s Haimen with Suzhou’s Taicang in Jiangsu province. CHINA DAILY NANJING — For Franz Decker, a senior executive at BMW Group, China’s rapid advances in artificial…

Hema exits membership store biz

Shoppers walk out of a Hema X membership store in Shanghai, on Aug 5, 2025. [Photo/VCG] Alibaba Group’s grocery retail arm Hema, also known as Freshippo, has officially exited the membership store business, shuttering all Hema X locations as it pivots toward more profitable formats amid intensifying competition in China’s retail market. Hema said that…

China promotes ‘Tech for Good’ with open-source, user-friendly AI models

BEIJING — As an electric piano softly rippled out Pachelbel’s Canon, what captivated listeners was not the melody itself but the fact that it was performed by Moonshot AI’s K2 model, not human hands. The Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI unveiled its latest open-source model, K2, last month, connecting it to the electric piano they often…

Pet cooling heats up on rising demand

A pet owner interacts with her dog at a pet store in Changsha, Hunan province, on July 20. YANG HUAFENG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE With people willing to spend increasing amounts of money on their pets, China’s pet cooling market is seeing a surge in demand. Liu Yang, a dog owner in Beijing, has spent over 2,000 yuan…

Household appliance makers accelerate overseas expansion plans

Visitors look at a Dreame Technology vacuum cleaner robot at an exhibition in Berlin, Germany, in September 2024. DU ZHEYU/XINHUA Chinese small home appliance makers are ramping up efforts to expand their footprint in emerging overseas markets and pooling more resources into localized research and development as part of a broader push to bolster global sales…

China’s foreign trade up 3.5% in first seven months

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AI roadmap key to staving off challenges

The 13th Internet Security Conference kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] It is crucial to promote a comprehensive roadmap for the development of artificial intelligence that prioritizes secure innovation, as AI is expected to bring new challenges, industry experts and company executives said on Wednesday. Luo Laijun, vice-chairman of the All-China…

Heatwaves in Europe boost AC industry

Workers assemble air conditioners at a Haier’s plant in Qingdao, Shandong province, in May 2021. ZHANG JINGANG/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s exports of air conditioners are seeing robust growth as unprecedented heatwaves sweep across Europe this summer, leading to surging demand for cooling appliances in the continent and prompting domestic household appliance manufacturers to make their products…

Huawei open-sources chip software ecosystem

BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Huawei has announced the full open-source release of its Ascend chip software ecosystem, aiming to support users to explore its deep potential and undertake customized development independently. Known as CANN (Compute Architecture for Neural Networks), the software serves as a bridge between high-level AI training frameworks and Ascend chips, allowing…