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Migration & asylum in Europe: migrant skills

Migration and asylum in Europe – 2025 edition, published in December, looks at topics such as migration to the EU, migration within and from the EU, population by citizenship, the skills of migrants, international protection and asylum and irregular migration. Today, we focus on skills of migrants. In 2024, around 78 100 highly qualified non-EU…

Spacecraft & space transport exports exceed €2 billion

In 2023, EU exports of spacecraft and space transport services amounted to €2 205 million, while EU imports of these products reached €628 million. These figures are derived from the FIGARO balanced view of international trade. EU exports of these manufactured products and transport services to non-EU countries peaked at €3 718 million in 2012…

Giants losing share as battery market grows

Power battery giants CATL and BYD have seen their market shares decline even as the market maintained robust growth momentum driven by the booming new energy vehicle industry. In 2025, the cumulative installed capacity of power batteries across the country hit 769.7 gigawatt-hours, up 40.4 percent year-on-year, according to the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance.…

Chinese, Finnish enterprises sign deals as committee for innovative business cooperation meets in Beijing

BEIJING – Chinese and Finnish enterprises on Monday engaged in lively discussions on cooperation in innovation, green development and digitalization, and signed multiple commercial agreements during the sixth meeting of the China-Finland Committee for Innovative Business Cooperation, which was held in Beijing. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao attended…

Discovering the treasures of Beijing

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China pledges to be ‘market for the world’ as it pursues high-standard opening-up

Foreign tourists check out at a market in Sanya, South China’s Hainan province, on Jan 11, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China, beyond its “world’s factory” name, is willing to become a “market for the world,” with its super-large market set to provide broad opportunities for products and services from all countries, the Ministry of Commerce…

Beijing leads Chinese cities in number of registered AI models

BEIJING — Beijing municipality leads Chinese cities in the number of registered artificial intelligence (AI) models, city’s mayor Yin Yong said on Sunday while delivering a government work report at the annual session of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress. “The number of registered and launched large AI models in Beijing has consistently ranked highest nationwide,”…

China cancels all flights on 49 routes to Japan

All scheduled flights on 49 air routes between China and Japan have been cancelled for February, flight data showed on Monday, as Chinese airlines extended special ticket change and refund policies for Japan-related travel. Data from flight information platform Flight Master showed that as of Monday, 49 China-Japan routes had cancelled all flights scheduled for…