A visitor looks at AI-enabled robots at the booth of Hisense during an expo in Las Vegas. ZENG HUI/XINHUA The fundamental complementarity between the Chinese and US economies offers a solid foundation for pragmatic cooperation, but realizing this potential requires mutual efforts, a senior trade expert told China Daily in an exclusive interview. Noting that…
A group of tourists takes camel rides near Crescent Lake in Dunhuang, Gansu, on March 8. [Photo/Xinhua] Camels have a reputation as bad-tempered, irascible beasts,… Read More »Discovering beauty and history in a desert corner of China
Inside a humming factory in Hefei, Anhui province, a 1.66-meter-tall humanoid robot dubbed Lingshu steadies its grip, pivots and places a wafer-thin semiconductor onto a moving line, an extremely high precision task where an aberration of just a fraction of a millimeter could spell failure. The scene, once confined to research labs, is now moving…
Customers try on the Qwen Glasses G1 at the Appliance & Electronics World Expo on March 12 in Shanghai. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY Flying all the way from Australia to Shanghai to attend his first Appliance & Electronics World Expo, distributor Simon Cuff was impressed by the scale and, most important, the spectacle of the event.…
As officials from China and the United States wrapped up one-and-a-half days of economic and trade talks in Paris on Monday, some US experts described the outcome as a modest but meaningful step toward greater stability in bilateral economic relations. According to Xinhua News Agency, the two sides addressed issues of mutual concern, including tariff…
Shanghai has consolidated its position as a first-rate foreign investment destination through certifying 30 regional headquarters of multinational corporations and 15 research and development centers on Wednesday (March 18), according to official sources. A vast majority of the companies certified are from industries including biomedicine, integrated circuits, high-end equipment, automobiles, as well as fashion and…
Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Chengdu on Wednesday, highlighting China’s importance to the company. “China is important to us. We’ve been here for over 30 of our 50 years,” he said. He described Chengdu as “one of the most vibrant cities in the world—full of innovation, entrepreneurship, and chill”. Tanks to chinadaily.com.cn Please visit: Our…
China is well positioned to sustain steady growth over the next five years, underpinned by rapid advances in technological innovation, a deepening shift toward green and low-carbon development, and continued improvements in people’s livelihoods, an official of the Asian Development Bank, or ADB, has said. The country has set an economic growth target of 4.5…
China’s trial program offering incentives via issued invoices is beginning to boost consumption, with 230 million participants and total prize money of 1.85 billion yuan ($260 million) as of March 12, according to latest data from the State Taxation Administration (STA). In an effort to promote consumer spending, three central departments launched a six-month pilot…
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in Chengdu, Sichuan, on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Apple CEO Tim Cook underlined the importance of China to the United States tech company on Wednesday, when he attended an event in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary. “We select China because China is so important…