China’s rapid integration of artificial intelligence into manufacturing, healthcare and consumer industries is creating a development model that offers lessons for global businesses, according to research by global consultancy firm Gartner. The company has unveiled its “Gartner China AI 25” list, which identifies 25 Chinese companies at the forefront of applying AI technologies across products,…
China’s business community has urged the United States to stop overstretching trade restrictions and return to the rules-based multilateral trading system. In a statement released by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on Thursday night, the organization called for the safeguarding of global industrial and supply chains and the resolution of…
Chinese sportswear maker Anta Sports Products Ltd has announced a strategic partnership with domestic motorcycle brand Zxmoto, positioning itself as the latter’s global strategic cooperation brand. Under the deal unveiled earlier this week, Anta will support Zxmoto at international racing circuits, including world-class motorcycle events, and debut a co-branded line of athletic footwear and apparel.…
A visitor photographs a live-line operation robot at China Southern Power Grid’s stand during the 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 28. CHEN HAOMING/XINHUA BEIJING — Chinese artificial intelligence researchers have released an open-source framework and a real-world scenario competition platform that significantly improves AI industrial application. As AI computing power grows stronger…
German footwear brand Birkenstock sees China as one of its most promising growth markets, with the country becoming a key driver of its global business expansion. With the Chinese market being a major driver, the company sees a 30 percent year-on-year growth in its revenue in the Asia-Pacific region, which accounts for 12 percent of…
Meet Imane, a 26-year-old from Morocco. Her day job is sitting in a livestream studio filled with Labubus, where she sells cool Chinese products to the world. In Chengmai, Hainan, a growing team of international hosts is using the “foreign anchor plus cross-border e-commerce” model to help “Made in China” go global. These sellers are…
Tata Motors will use an automaking platform from Chery to locally build electric cars under its premium Avinya brand, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The Indian carmaker told Reuters it will leverage the Freelander platform produced in a joint venture between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover in China, with the cars being manufactured at its newly…
A robot threads a needle at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin on May 28. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY TIANJIN — In the embodied intelligence exhibition hall, a humanoid robot waved and interacted with visitors, drawing crowds of onlookers. A German guest, Andrea Rosinger, repeatedly raised her phone to capture the scene. Rosinger was in…
On May 21, Molnlycke Health Care and Zhende Medical, a Shaoxing, Zhejiang province-based supplier of medical care and protection, announced plans to form a new joint venture company in China to accelerate growth in the market. [Photo/Molnlycke Health Care’s website] For Molnlycke Health Care, a global leader in medtech and one of the world’s largest…
A view of the port area of Binhai New Area in Tianjin. XINHUA TIANJIN — Chinese seaport cities saw the added value of their port economy hit 7 trillion yuan ($1.03 trillion) in 2025, according to a report released by an institute under the Ministry of Transport. The report, compiled by the planning and research…