Visitors inspect the AUDI E5 Sportback at Auto Shanghai in April. LI FUSHENG/CHINA DAILY Global automakers are doubling down on smart driving and cabin features via partnerships with domestic tech firms, in an effort to regain ground in China’s fast-changing auto market, while preserving the strength of their internal combustion engine offerings. This two-pronged approach…
An eVOTL of Hefei Heyi Aviation Co flies across the sky at Luogang Park in Hefei, Anhui province, in July. CHINA DAILY On a hot summer morning in Hefei, capital of East China’s Anhui province, a futuristic flying taxi hums to life inside Luogang Park, a green space resurrected from an old airport in the…
Despite a complex and volatile international landscape and disruptions to the global economic and trade order this year, China’s economy has maintained steady momentum thanks to proactive forecasts and contingency plans to counter a new wave of external pressure. In the first half, the country’s GDP grew 5.3 percent year-on-year, up 0.3 percentage point from…
FILE PHOTO: People look at the Porsche Taycan GTS electric vehicle (EV) during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, April 23, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] European luxury carmakers including Porsche and Aston Martin have surged ahead with US price hikes, which could point the way for bigger brands to follow in their…
A researcher conducts an experiment at a key laboratory of China National Building Material Group Co Ltd’s Bengbu Design and Research Institute for Glass Industry Co Ltd in Bengbu, Anhui province. CHINA DAILY When China’s foldable smartphones began surviving over a million folds without cracking, the spotlight fell on flashy consumer tech. But behind these…
A moviegoer checks out film posters at a cinema in Yichang city, Hubei province, Central China, on July 24, 2025. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING — China’s 2025 summer box office, including presales, has exceeded 7 billion yuan ($979 million) as of 9:28 pm on Sunday, according to the online box office tracker. The country’s summer filmgoing season…
State Grid Corp of China, the world’s largest utility that is crucial to the country’s economic lifeline, is vowing to improve high-quality services in a bid to bolster the reliability of its power supply. While outlining the prioritized 10 aspects of work in 2025, State Grid President Pang Xiaogang called on power workers nationwide early…
Customers visit a shopping mall in Liangjiang New Area, Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, June 7, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China has unveiled interest subsidy policies on certain loans to ease the financial burdens of both individuals and businesses, as part of the country’s broader push to boost consumption, analysts said. The interest subsidies, earmarked from fiscal funds,…
The Napahai Nature Reserve in Shangri-La, Yunnan province, is a popular destination in summer. [Photo by Xu Lin/China Daily] With high temperatures in central and eastern… Read More »Tourists flock west and northeast for cool summer retreats
Workers operate at a production line of SAIC-GM-Wuling in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in May. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s economy is on track for a steady rebound in the remainder of the year and its annual growth target of around 5 percent is achievable, backed by a solid first-half performance and robust policy support from the…