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China sets 2027 goal for breakthrough in core AI tech

People learn about self-propelled welding robots at the 2025 Wuhan International Industrial Design Expo in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, Dec 12, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Eight Chinese government departments, led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, unveiled a plan on Wednesday to integrate artificial intelligence with manufacturing, aiming to secure a reliable supply of…

Volume of retail trade up by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU

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House prices and rents went up in Q3 2025

In the third quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU went up by 5.5%, while rents increased by 3.1%, compared with the third quarter of 2024. Compared with the second quarter of 2025, house prices increased by 1.6% and rents by 0.9%.  This information comes from data on house prices and rents published by…

Apollo Go secures Dubai’s first fully driverless testing permit

Apollo Go secures Dubai’s first fully driverless testing permit. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Baidu Inc’s autonomous ride-hailing service Apollo Go received a fully driverless testing permit from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, becoming the first and only company authorized to conduct fully unmanned autonomous vehicle tests…

Real estate stabilization key objective

A residential property project under construction in Shanghai. [Photo provided to China Daily] China is likely to roll out more forceful measures to stabilize its real estate sector in order to reinforce market confidence and prevent a sustained decline in property values from further dampening consumption, analysts said. Their comments came after Qiushi Journal, a…

UHV corridors set to scale up nation’s power transmission capacity

Employees check equipment at a transmission facility in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Nov 20. SHI JUN/FOR CHINA DAILY China is set to significantly expand its cross-country power transmission capacity to 420 gigawatts by 2030, the National Energy Administration said, as the world’s second-largest economy advances the strategic modernization of its electrical grid to harness a…

Country’s consumer market expected to gain momentum in 2026

Revelers take photos of the God of Wealth at Huaxi Live in Haidian district, Beijing, on Dec 31. GENG FEIFEI/CHINA DAILY Growth in China’s consumer market is expected to gain momentum this year, with improvements in household income expectations and consumer confidence, while service consumption will serve as a key driver boosting domestic demand, said…

Domestic NEVs gaining traction

This photo taken on Nov 3, 2025 shows a new energy vehicle (NEV) assembly line of BYD, China’s leading NEV manufacturer, at the plant of BYD in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua] As China’s BYD becomes the world’s largest seller of battery electric vehicles, the milestone signals not merely a reshuffling of global rankings,…