A robotaxi in service in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. CHINA DAILY Tech heavyweight Baidu Inc and US-based ride-hailing service provider Uber Technologies Inc have announced a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform across multiple global markets outside of the US and the Chinese mainland. This collaboration…
An aerial drone photo taken on April 6, 2025 shows Adora Magic City berthing at the Qingdao International Cruise Terminal in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — With strong tides of innovation and a deepening drive for sustainability, China’s marine economy is surging forward as a fast-growing engine of “blue” growth. Now a…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the opening ceremony of the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, July 16, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang expressed resounding confidence in China’s technological development during a wide-ranging interview with China Daily in Beijing on Wednesday, highlighting the nation’s distinctive advantages in…
Riding the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese enterprises have rapidly expanded cooperation, trade and investment in the Middle East. The region has also become a key destination for exports including construction materials, consumer goods and electronics. However, as business opportunities flourish, trade issues concerning both sides are also emerging, including antidumping investigations. Many economies in…
This photo taken on Sept 2, 2024 shows part of a solid-state lithium metal battery in Yibin, Southwest China’s Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China has updated its catalog of technologies prohibited and restricted for export, adding battery cathode material technology to the restricted list while removing controls on certain architectural technologies, the Ministry of…
Visitors take pictures of the Toyota bZ7 at 2025 Auto Shanghai on April 23. [Photo by Cao Yingying / chinadaily.com.cn] In less than five months, a wholly owned electric vehicle plant of Japanese automaker Toyota launched construction in Jinshan district, Shanghai, after the initial cooperative framework, demonstrating the Chinese economic hub’s attractiveness for international investment…
SHANGHAI — China’s medical equipment exports reached over 9,000 medical institutions in more than 190 countries and regions last year, according to the China International Conference on Medical Equipment Cooperation held in Shanghai. Over the past five years, China’s medical equipment import and export trade has seen a compound annual growth rate of 9.4 percent,…
Visitors check out Alibaba Cloud services during a high-tech conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in September 2024. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese cloud computing companies have accelerated steps to expand their presence in overseas markets and build digital infrastructure such as data centers, as an increasing number of businesses are leveraging artificial intelligence technology and…
People view and take pictures of an industrial robot from Swiss technology company ABB during the China International Industry Fair in Shanghai on Sept 25, 2024. CHINA DAILY Multinational corporations will continue to scale up their investment in the Chinese market, propelled by the country’s thriving landscape of new quality productive forces, a vibrant innovation ecosystem…
Employees work on the assembly line of a textile machinery manufacturer in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. GENG YUHE/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s industrial sector has maintained a steady recovery momentum in the first half, with equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing posting rapid growth despite challenges and external uncertainties, officials and experts said. Their comments came after data…