A view of New Aga Khan Museum of Islamic & Contemporary Art, which with Chinese Architectural Designer Shen Tao as design lead, has been named a 2025 NY Architectural Design Awards Gold Award winner. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As large-scale urban renewals worldwide grapple with balancing landmark ambitions and capital returns, a 55-billion-yuan ($7.74 billion)…
BEIJING – Private and foreign-invested enterprises saw steady expansion in China in the first half of the year, official data showed Tuesday, indicating improving market expectations as well as the country’s appeal as a global investment hub. Some 4.35 million new private enterprises were established in the first six months, up 4.6 percent year-on-year, according…
This July, Swiss travel bloggers Sam Schaer and Jenny Brunner embarked on an unforgettable adventure at the Yunnan Ethnic Village in Kunming, which began with… Read More »Swiss travel bloggers in Yunnan Ethnic Village: A cultural immersion
Construction of the No 1 reactor at the Jinqimen nuclear power plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, began on Sunday with the pouring of concrete for the nuclear island, marking a significant step forward for China’s Hualong One nuclear technology, said its operator China National Nuclear Corp. The Jinqimen No 1 reactor, designed for a 60-year…
China continues to be the world’s leading electric vehicle manufacturing hub with diverse export markets, according to the Global EV Outlook 2025 released by the International Energy Agency. Last year, China remained the largest player in fast charging deployment, accounting for 80 percent of the global growth. Tanks to chinadaily.com.cn Please visit: Our Sponsor
Consumers check out products at an Aldi supermarket in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on July 14. GUAN YUNAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Beijing-based retailer Wumart Group recently unveiled its new hard discount supermarket format — Wumart X Super Value — with six stores opening simultaneously across the capital, aiming to attract consumers seeking low prices and high-frequency essentials…
Robots boxing in a ring at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug 8. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY BEIJING — Robots that are not only able to run, dance and play soccer, but also sort parts on an assembly line, try their luck at a game of mahjong and even tickle the ivory were…
Shoppers buy vegetables at a supermarket in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. GENG YUHE/FOR CHINA DAILY China has unveiled a policy granting interest subsidies for consumer loans for a year, in a bid to cut household borrowing costs, stimulate spending, and accelerate economic growth by aligning fiscal and monetary measures. Vice-Minister of Finance Liao Min said on…
Visitors film a fireworks show enhanced by visual and lighting technologies in Liuyang, Hunan province, on July 12. CHEN SIHAN/XINHUA BEIJING — At a bustling appliance store near Shanghai’s Zhongshan Park, sales staff enthusiastically demonstrated product features and calculated discounts. The summer shopping season has been in full swing. A local resident surnamed Yao was looking…
FAW-Audi’s Q6L e-tron and A5L are launched in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 7, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] FAW-Audi is set to blaze a trail in China’s ultra-competitive luxury NEV market with its strategy of combining its century-old German engineering excellence with cutting-edge Chinese technological innovation. The strategy is well illustrated at the company’s…