A view of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING — China’s top economic planner on Wednesday held a symposium with business representatives to solicit opinions and suggestions on the collaborative development of state-owned and private enterprises for the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, chaired…
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Exports EU agri-food exports reached €20.1 billion in April 2025. This is a 4% drop from March but still 2% above the same month last year.… Read More »EU agri-food trade grows, maintaining surplus
BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Friday held a meeting with new energy vehicle (NEV) industry players on regulating market competition. The meeting was held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the State Administration for Market Regulation. It urged efforts to promote lawful, fair, honest, proper and…
Visitors gather at a booth of the Qwen large language model, developed by Alibaba Group, during a high-tech expo in Shanghai. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group has launched Qwen3-Coder, its most advanced agentic artificial intelligence coding model, marking a significant step in bolstering AI advancements. Designed for high-performance software development, Qwen3-Coder excels in…
China’s commerce minister had a “candid and in-depth” video meeting with his European Union counterpart just days before the China-EU Summit in Beijing on Thursday, with analysts saying that it showcased the willingness of Beijing and Brussels to resolve lingering trade frictions through dialogue. By moving closer together and staking out common ground, China and…
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People visit the exhibition area of the Myanmar International Auto Expo 2025 in Yangon, Myanmar, July 18, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] YANGON — Under the bright showroom lighting, sleek electric vehicles were displayed in the Yangon Convention Center. Shiny dashboards, AI features, and curious crowds signaled Myanmar’s growing interest in a cleaner automotive future. The three-day Myanmar…
LONDON — The prestigious scientific journal Nature has hailed China’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Kimi K2, as “another DeepSeek moment” for the global AI community. An article published this week by Nature said that following the significant impact of DeepSeek’s R1 launch in January, researchers around the world are now increasingly enthusiastic about the…
China’s electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, saw steady expansion in June, official data showed on Monday. Power use rose 5.4 percent year-on-year in June to 867 billion kilowatt-hours, according to the National Energy Administration. Electricity consumed by the primary and secondary industries increased 4.9 percent and 3.2 percent year-on-year, respectively, while consumption…