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Theme parks adding to tourism boom nationwide

Tourists experience the Big LEGO Coaster at Legoland Shanghai Resort, which officially opened to the public on Saturday. It is China’s first and the world’s largest Legoland at launch. WANG XIANG/XINHUA Legoland Shanghai Resort, the city’s newest theme park and the world’s largest Legoland park, has significantly driven up bookings at nearby hotels and boosted…

China-led intl standard for autonomous driving test scenarios released

This photo shows a screen display inside a Pony.ai robotaxi in Nansha district of Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province, March 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – An international standard on test scenarios for autonomous driving systems has been officially released, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China said on Monday. The standard, led by…

China backing Europe’s green energy transition

Wind power equipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on June 23, is ready for export. WANG CHUN/FOR CHINA DAILY As Europe aggressively pursues a green energy transition to reduce its reliance on imported traditional fuels, Chinese new energy companies are playing a pivotal role by providing high-quality photovoltaic solutions, industry experts said. This collaboration…

China still key in driving global growth

A worker handles products at the Shu Brocade Workshop of the Chengdu Shu Brocade Research Institute, a private enterprise in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on July 3. LI XIANGYU / FOR CHINA DAILY China’s gross domestic product is expected to reach about 140 trillion yuan ($19.5 trillion) this year, reaffirming the country’s role as a major…

Smarter digital tech fosters new advantages

Staff members develop industrial software at a software company in Tianjin, North China, April 18, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] As digital and intelligent technologies have become a driving force of globalization, China is building new competitive advantages via the use of digital platforms helping smaller businesses expand overseas and promoting institutional opening-up, leading economists and scholars said.…

Turning mining sites into solar power assets

An aerial photo of the vast array of solar panels built as part of Tianjiao Green Power, a rehabilitation project aimed at balancing the environmental and economic development of coal mines in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] China is spearheading a global drive to transform decommissioned coal mining sites into…

More dialogue encouraged for peace, stability across Eurasia

Representatives take a selfie on Thursday before the opening ceremony of the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting in Beijing. The two-day meeting, themed “Safeguarding Diversity of Human Civilizations for World Peace and Development”, has brought together more than 600 attendees from around 140 countries and regions. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY A senior official of…

Pop Mart plane makes debut flight to celebrate China-Thailand anniversary

A themed aircraft celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sino-Thai diplomatic relations made its debut flight from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Bangkok on Friday. [Photo provided to China Daily] A themed aircraft celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sino-Thai diplomatic relations made its debut flight from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Bangkok on Friday, according to…

Anhui firm breaks foreign monopoly in IC substrates

In a remarkable industrial evolution, Guangde, a county-level city in Anhui province, transformed itself from a newcomer into a nationally recognized electronic circuits hub that reshaped the international integrated circuit substrate market. Recognizing electronic circuits as a key strategic industry, Guangde’s government launched an industrial park dedicated to printed circuit boards, or PCBs, in April…