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China sees positive price trends in July amid demand pickup

BEIJING — China reported positive signs in terms of both consumer and producer prices last month, as government policies to boost domestic demand continued to take hold. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, climbed 0.4 percent in July compared with the previous month, reversing a 0.1-percent drop in June and exceeding…

Smart driving gets closer to consumers

Chinese consumers will experience greater access to newer and more breakthrough smart driving technology as a leading local manufacturer of intelligent driving solutions accelerates innovation and the availability of novel features in mass-market vehicles. “As both domestic and international automakers place growing emphasis on intelligent driving systems, advanced features are increasingly making their way into…

Dual-track approach to aid currency

A visitor displays a cup of coffee purchased with China’s digital yuan, or the e-CNY, April 26, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] As global currency competition intensifies in the digital space, Chinese economists are urging a dual-track approach to strengthen China’s monetary position — leveraging both central bank digital currency innovation and stablecoin development, with a clear eye…

Humanoid robots seen as pivotal future phenomenon

  More than 100 cutting-edge robotics products premiered at the 2025 World Robot Conference, which opened in Beijing on Friday. [JIN LIWANG / XINHUA] China is sharpening its focus on humanoid robots as a pivotal industry to fuel economic growth and cement its status as a global innovation pioneer, officials, experts and company executives said…

Beijing’s robot-themed restaurant wows visitors

A customer interacts with a robot bartender at Beijing’s first robot-themed restaurant, which opened on Friday in E-Town. [Photo by Zhang Xiangyi/China News Service] A primary school student visiting Beijing’s latest attraction — a robot-themed restaurant in the capital’s E-Town technology hub — was amazed to see a humanoid robot slice a cake with perfect…

Key figures on Europe – annual inflation rate

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Temporary protection for 4.31 million people in June

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Foreign firms boost growth in Beijing’s Chaoyang district

A distant view of the Guomao CBD skyline in Chaoyang district, Beijing, on July 5, 2025. [Photo/VCG] Foreign companies are helping drive strong economic growth in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, with GDP expanding by 5.1 percent in the first half of the year, said a senior official of the district in a media conference. The district…