A view of a Zara store in Beijing. CHINA DAILY Spanish fashion giant Inditex is betting on enhanced flagship store experiences and digital innovation to strengthen its presence in China as CEO Oscar Garcia Maceiras underscored the country’s importance to Zara’s parent company’s global strategy during a lecture at Fudan University in his latest visit to…
A staff member synchronizes robot actions at Leju Robotics in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, March 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China has released a new four-year plan to accelerate the integration of advanced manufacturing with modern services, aiming to make “service-oriented manufacturing” a key driver of high-quality industrial growth by 2028. Service-oriented manufacturing is a business…
Crowds flock to China Duty Free Group’s Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex during the 2025 National Day holiday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Travelers from Hainan province will have a wider array of duty-free goods to choose from under a policy expansion set to take effect Nov 1, including pet supplies, small drones, and portable…
Workers inspect durian in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, before placing the fruit into trucks for export to China on May 9. LAUREN DECICCA/GETTY IMAGES SHANGHAI — China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Wednesday granted market access to 15 categories of food products from 10 countries, including South Africa and Belarus, paving the way for more…
China’s consumer and factory-gate prices showed further signs of stabilization in September, as recovering domestic demand, industrial upgrading and policy support helped narrow price declines and strengthen underlying inflation momentum, analysts said on Wednesday. The National Bureau of Statistics said the consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, fell 0.3 percent year-on-year in September,…
Scania held the inauguration of its industrial hub in Rugao of East China’s Jiangsu province on Wednesday, marking the Swedish truck maker’s first fully owned factory in China. Covering about 800,000 square meters, the new facility entails a 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) investment, the company’s largest overseas investment in 60 years. It is Scania’s…
Scania held the inauguration of its industrial hub in Rugao of East China’s Jiangsu province on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Scania held the inauguration of its industrial hub in Rugao of East China’s Jiangsu province on Wednesday, marking the Swedish truck maker’s first fully owned factory in China. Covering about 800,000 square meters, the…
China filed a request for consultations with India at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, regarding India’s subsidy measures for electric vehicles and batteries, the Ministry of Commerce said. India’s subsidy measures are suspected of violating multiple obligations, including national treatment, and constitute import substitution subsidies explicitly prohibited by the WTO, the ministry said. These…
The 32nd edition of Oktoberfest Beijing is underway at Paulaner Brauhaus in the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Yansha Center, running through Oct 25. [Photo provided to… Read More »Munich beer festival returns to Beijing
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Wednesday that the US tech company will continue to increase its investment in China and further expand its cooperation with the country, aiming for mutual benefits and shared success. Cook made the comments in a meeting with Li Lecheng, China’s minister of industry and information technology, in Beijing. During…