Visitors inspect a BYD Song Ultra EV at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area auto show on May 31 in Shenzhen. CHINA DAILY BYD reclaimed China’s monthly auto sales crown in May, overtaking SAIC Motor for the first time in five months, as robust overseas demand and strong performance from its premium brands helped offset…
A Nio ET9 on display at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area auto show in Shenzhen on May 31. CAO YINGYING/CHINA DAILY China’s automotive industry has exited high-speed, scale-driven growth, with competition now shifting toward operational sustainability, technological depth and long-term market viability, executives noted at a recent industry conference. Official data show national passenger…
Tao Hu (left), founder and chief scientist of NeuroXess, shakes hands with a patient using a thought-controlled exoskeleton at a clinical rehabilitation center in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Chinese brain-computer interface company NeuroXess is gearing up for what it sees as the next phase of the industry: mass production. The startup plans to begin operating a…
This photo shows the Trade in Services Exhibition area during the eighth China International Import Expo (CIIE) in East China’s Shanghai, Nov 9, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China’s services trade expanded 4.9 percent year-on-year in the first four months of 2026, with exports of travel and knowledge-intensive services reporting particularly strong growth, according to data…
Inbound visitors pose for a picture with a Chinese guide at a gift shop in Beijing in June. [Photo provided to China Daily] When Valentin Diaz… Read More »Tourism attempts to balance human touch with technology
Hybrid solid-liquid batteries, often referred to in the industry as semi-solid-state batteries, are moving from technical discussion toward broader use in the production of electric vehicles in China, as automakers seek new ways to stand out amid intense price competition. The technology retains a certain amount of liquid electrolyte while using solid electrolyte materials. With…
An AgiBot humanoid robot gives a calligraphy demonstration to visitors during the Digital-Intelligent Technology Ecosystem Conference 2025 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Dec 5. QIN ZIHANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Out of every 10 humanoid robots shipped worldwide, eight come from China. That single statistic from a market research company captures a remarkable shift in the country’s…
Since the beginning of the year, China’s economy has maintained a positive trajectory of recovery and structural improvement despite a complex and challenging external environment and tasks of reform, development and stability at home. From the production perspective, supply has continued to expand, while the industrial structure has undergone faster upgrading driven by greater self-reliance…
Song Meiying, deputy Party secretary of Tantou village, in Guangdong province, shows a mangrove seedling in the mangrove forest in the village. [Photo/Xinhua] GUANGZHOU —… Read More »Conservation efforts boost awareness of mangrove protection
My 1.5-year-old baby just taught me something Wall Street took years to figure out. Not long ago, my daughter saw a humanoid robot at our local shopping mall — a Chinese-made machine selling small plush toys. She burst into tears. Fast forward a few months. Now, dragging me by the hand, she practically sprints toward…