NANNING — China’s New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service handled a record 1.425 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo in 2025, marking a 47.6 percent increase and surpassing the one-million-TEU milestone for the first time, China Railway Nanning Group said on Tuesday. Of the total, 701,000 TEUs were transported from western regions such…
Container vessel ZIM IBERIA docks at Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal on Jan 1 in Tianjin, marking the arrival of the first shipment of Chilean cherries imported via North China’s ports this winter. ZHAO ZISHUO/XINHUA BEIJING — On the morning of New Year’s Day, as sunlight streamed into their Beijing apartment, Li Xiaolan’s family…
A wolf park in Altay, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region offers people the opportunity to get up close and personal with wolves. Here, a China Daily Website reporter observes a rarely seen, gentler side of these wild animals. Zhou Zhongyu from Nanfang Daily contributed to the video. Tanks to chinadaily.com.cn Please visit: Our Sponsor
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A technician supervises a Changan L3 autonomous driving vehicle during a road test in Chongqing on Dec 24. HE PENGLEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China’s recent road approval of Level 3 conditional autonomous driving systems for two automotive models marks the country’s entry into a new phase of exploration in commercializing smart vehicles, but comes with significant…
A China Coal Pingshuo Co Ltd employee operates mining equipment remotely. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY As China enters a critical phase of ensuring energy supply during the winter, Shanxi, a major coal-producing province, is accelerating the construction of intelligent coal mines to ensure a safe and stable coal supply, and to contribute to achieving China’s dual-carbon…
BEIJING – Zootopia 2 has become the highest-grossing imported film in Chinese box office history, exceeding the previous record held by Avengers: Endgame, industry data showed on Tuesday. According to data platform Maoyan, the animated sequel had earned 4.251 billion yuan ($606 million) as of Tuesday morning, overtaking the 2019 superhero blockbuster. The total for Zootopia…
We expect China to add a layer of make-up to its international trade narrative in 2026, from leadership speeches and ministry readouts to state-media framing.The message will be that globalisation is not ending but being reorganised. China will present itself as indispensable and will push back against others’ efforts to rewrite trade rules without China.In…
A customer tries on a gold bracelet on Tuesday at the debut store of Laopu Gold, a high-end Chinese brand specializing in traditional gold craftsmanship, in Shanghai. CHEN YUYU/FOR CHINA DAILY As record gold prices meet a revival of traditional craftsmanship, Chinese people’s appetite for so-called ancient-style, or gufa, gold jewelry reflects more than investment…
BEIJING – Beijing aims to grow its core artificial intelligence (AI) industry beyond 1 trillion yuan ($142.5 billion) within two years via a new action plan unveiled on Monday, as China’s capital city seeks to cement its role as a global AI innovation hub. Under the plan, authorities will roll out nine major initiatives targeting…