Visitors gather at the AgiBot booth during the CES in Las Vegas on Jan 8. ZENG HUI/XINHUA The global humanoid robot industry witnessed a remarkable surge in 2025, with Chinese manufacturers, led by Shanghai-based AgiBot — also known as Zhiyuan Robotics — surging to the forefront on both commercial deployment and technological prowess, according to…
A staff member promotes shoes via live streaming at a network technology company in Ouhai district of Wenzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, Nov 10, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China has remained the world’s largest online retail market for a 13th consecutive year, with its digital consumption exceeding 23.8 trillion yuan ($3.39 trillion), official data shows.…
Potential buyers browse the features of the Mate XT tri-fold smartphone from Huawei Technologies Co at a store in Shanghai on Sept 7. CHEN YUYU/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s foldable smartphone market is poised for steady growth this year, driven by the gradual improvement of flexible screens, design innovations and rollout of new products, experts said.…
A view of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] Amid slowing growth in global maritime trade and increasingly complex geopolitical and trade conditions, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port handled over 1.4 billion metric tons of cargo in 2025, becoming the world’s first port to reach that level of annual throughput. According to the Zhejiang…
The recent surge in tomato prices in China was mainly due to the impact of unfavorable weather earlier in the season and tight supplies during the peak marketing period, experts said. Prices have started to ease slightly in mid-January and are likely to see a seasonal decline after the Spring Festival holiday in mid-February. Tomato…
China’s foreign trade is positioned for steady expansion this year despite mounting pressures, building on the strengths exhibited last year — a sustained shift up the value chain in exports, a broadening network of global partners and a supersized domestic market opening wider to imports, said officials and experts. Beijing’s push for balanced trade will…
A full shelf of Lao Gan Ma chili sauce is seen at a supermarket in London, the United Kingdom, on Thursday. Wan Jindong / for China Daily Lao Gan Ma, the iconic brand of chili sauce that has been a fixture in Chinese kitchens for decades, continues to enjoy unabated popularity abroad thanks to its…
Laoganma’s Guiding county branch in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province. [Photo by Liu Boqian / chinadaily.com.cn] Popular chili sauce maker Laoganma is approaching its 2020 revenue peak of 5.4 billion yuan (about $774 million), according to newly disclosed 2024 figures, with e-commerce marketing appearing to play a limited role. The Guizhou Provincial…
This photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows a view of China Changan Automobile Group’s digital and intelligent factory for the new energy vehicle AVATR in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s automobile production and sales reached 34.53 million units and 34.4 million units, respectively, in 2025 — up 10.4 percent and 9.4 percent year-on-year…
Huawei has returned to the number one position in China’s smartphone market in 2025, according to the latest report from the market research company International Data Corp. This marks a significant shift in the competitive landscape of the world’s largest smartphone market as Huawei managed to overcome the challenges from the US government’s restrictions to…