An employee works on the production line of a combine harvester manufacturer in Qingzhou, Shandong province. WANG JILIN/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s purchasing managers index for the manufacturing sector improved for the second consecutive month in October to a six-month high of 50.1, recovering back to the expansionary territory, the National Bureau of Statistics said on…
A man and a woman check a blind box in front of a Pop Mart vending machine in Shanghai on Dec 23, 2020. [Photo/IC] China’s Generation Z consumers have become increasingly drawn to purchases that offer emotional value, such as the popular blind box toys, South China Morning Post reported on Sunday. In a recent…
A logo of Chinese e-commerce giant JD. [Photo/IC] Chinese e-commerce giant JD has accepted the mobile payment option from Alipay, which is operated by financial technology company Ant Group. This marks a significant step that experts say breaks down payment barriers between the two internet companies, and enhances interconnectivity of various online platforms. Alipay said…
A contestant checks coffee beans during a coffee processing contest in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Oct 15. [LIU RANYANG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE] Major players in China’s growing coffee market are pivoting their strategies in order to stay competitive. Shifting away from price-focused tactics to a quality-driven approach, brands like Cotti Coffee, Luckin Coffee, Tims China and…
An automatic sprinkler is in operation in an agricultural demonstration area in Jinan, Shandong province. Li Menghan / China Daily In southwestern Shandong province, Juye county is bolstering smart agriculture in a bid to make local field management more scientific and technological. In recent years, Juye has sped up building high standard farmlands, and promoted…
Cargo is offloaded from containers at a logistics facility in Rongcheng, Shandong province, in September. [LI XINJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY] BEIJING – China’s logistics sector maintained steady growth in the first three quarters of the year, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Tuesday. During the period, social logistics rose 5.6 percent year-on-year…
Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei, at the launch of the company’s new mobile operating system on Tuesday in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. BAI YU/XINHUA China’s first homegrown and fully autonomous mobile operating system was launched by tech firm Huawei Technologies Co on Tuesday night, breaking the global OS landscape dominated by Google’s Android and Apple’s…
Detailed stimulus policies, including proactive fiscal expansion, are likely to be rolled out to address China’s local government debt issue and facilitate a steady economic recovery, as China’s top legislature is set to convene a highly anticipated session next month. The Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress will convene its 12th session from…
A view of the 31st China Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Fair held in Shaanxi province’s Yangling demonstration zone. MA ZHAO/FOR CHINA DAILY With an expanded global reach and commitment to pushing the boundaries of agricultural progress, the 31st China Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Fair, held from Friday to Tuesday, brought a fresh wave of global agricultural innovation…
BEIJING — The world’s first mobile thermal-injection platform was recently delivered in China’s Shandong province, offering new opportunities to tap into China’s vast potential for heavy-oil recovery, according to the country’s major marine oil-mining company. China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced on Thursday that “Recai No 1” or “Thermal Recovery No 1”, the mobile…