Eight participating institutions under the World Internet Conference (WIC) Think Tank Cooperation Program released a series of reports at the three sub-forums of the WIC Asia-Pacific Summit held in Hong Kong on April 15. At the sub-forum on Large Artificial Intelligence Models, China Telecom Research Institute Esurfing Think Tank released a report titled The Evolution…
An aerial view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. YANG HE/FOR CHINA DAILY Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, has put in place trade-in subsidies for compatriots from Taiwan and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions as well as foreign nationals, in order to further spur and expand consumption. The move…
China’s gross domestic product expanded by 5.4 percent to 31.88 trillion yuan in the first quarter of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. China’s retail sales increased 5.9 percent year-on-year in March, the NBS said. China’s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, increased 7.7 percent year-on-year in March, the NBS said.…
On April 15, the WIC Digital Academy Cybersecurity Emergency Response Advanced Training Program (hereinafter referred to as Program) officially launched under the theme “AI for Good, Coordinated Responses”. The program brought together senior experts from leading cybersecurity institutions and firms from both China and abroad to form a distinguished teaching team. Together, they guided senior…
This photo taken on April 10, 2025 shows the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center, the main venue of the upcoming fifth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, capital of South China’s Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] As the complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment continue to intensify, China’s foreign trade has…
A teller counts and arranges dollar notes at an Agricultural Bank of China branch in Qionghai, Hainan province. [Photo/China Daily] The Shanghai branch of the Export-Import Bank of China has recently completed foreign exchange trading business for the e-commerce overseas warehousing service provider WINIT, marking its first business of the kind, according to information provided…
Vehicles on sale at a Ford dealership in Spring, Texas, on April 3, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The United States may temporarily pause tariffs previously imposed on the automobile sector, AP reported on Tuesday. The move considers automakers need for time to shift production to the US, said the report. The financial market has been greatly impacted…
Chinese cross-border e-commerce app DHgate has secured the second spot on the free app download charts in the United States Apple App Store, just behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT, amid new US tariffs. Data from app analytics firm Appfigures showed that DHgate was ranked No 352 in the non-game free iPhone apps category in the US on…
The workshop focuses on advancing the recommendations outlined in the report on Governing AI for Good and for All — Empowering Global Sustainable Development, which was officially released at the summit. [Photo/wicinternet.org] The Workshop on AI Governance and Sustainable Development: for Good and for All was convened in Hong Kong during the World Internet Conference…
The World Internet Conference (WIC) released its report on Governing AI for Good and for All — Empowering Global Sustainable Development at the Asia-Pacific Summit in Hong Kong on April 14. Focusing on AI governance and sustainable development, the report presents the global progress, current developments, and existing issues in AI for sustainable development, with…