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Renewable energy and natural gas supply up in 2025

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Book highlights integrated growth path for rural industries

China’s rural areas can unlock new growth potential by better integrating ecology, agriculture, commerce, culture and tourism, according to a newly published book. Research on the Integrated Development of Ecology, Agriculture, Commerce, Culture and Tourism said such integration can help villages extend industrial chains, create new consumption scenarios and increase local incomes amid the country’s…

EU trade in rare earth elements increased in 2025

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Whatever happened to balanced trade?

A decade ago, China’s leadership argued that stronger domestic demand would lead to more imports and more balanced trade. Those speeches are still in the official archives. The trade data tell a different story.China’s goods surplus did not move in a straight line. Between 2015 and 2018 it fell by 40%, from US$600 billion to…

Women seen playing bigger role in shaping AI sector

Women are moving from participating in artificial intelligence to helping shape its development, as AI reshapes industries, labor markets and business models, a senior executive said. Nina Huang, senior vice-president of DataCanvas, said women are becoming increasingly active in China’s digital economy and are gaining a bigger role in the development of AI. Women now…

Why P&G bets on China’s supply chain

Over the past 30 years, the focus of China’s supply chain has shifted from rapid growth to high-quality development, said Zhao Bo, vice-president of supply chain innovation, global technology innovation at P&G, during the 2026 CISCE. This transformation has been underpinned by China’s advantages in scale, engineer dividend and the growth of new quality productive…

Northeast China’s first solar thermal power station opens for business

The 100-megawatt Jixi solar thermal project in Da’an, Jilin province, which began generating electricity on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua] Northeast China’s first solar thermal power station, the 100-megawatt Jixi solar thermal project, officially began generating electricity in Da’an, Jilin province, on Monday, according to the China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). The commissioning of the plant marks…

All units brought online at Zhejiang hydroelectricity station

Marking a monumental technological leap in ultra-high head and large-capacity energy storage, the Zhejiang Tiantai Pumped-storage Hydroelectricity Station brought all its units online last week. As the first facility of its kind to become fully operational during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, the 1.7-gigawatt project, located in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, boasts the world’s highest…

China tightens dual-use export controls on Japanese entities

China is placing 20 Japanese entities on a control list with absolute export prohibitions, and placing 20 others on a watch list with enhanced scrutiny, to curb Japan’s re-militarization and nuclear ambitions, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.Under the control list designation, Chinese exporters are prohibited from shipping any dual-use items – goods and…