Skiing fervor glides into malls across the south
A visitor skis at an indoor ski resort in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Jan 13. DU ZIXUAN/XINHUA WUHAN — A row of Nordic-style wooden cottages, roofs blanketed with artificial snow…
Factories hum on rising overseas demand
A staff member (middle) promotes new excavators to foreign merchants at a construction machinery manufacturing enterprise in Yantai, Shandong province, on Feb 25. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY Rising orders from…
Proposals on future of self-driving tech tabled
A Changan Deepal L3 test vehicle navigates heavy traffic in Chongqing on Dec 24. HE PENGLEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Automotive executives have put smart driving at the center of attention during…
Carmakers preparing to enter Canadian market
Canada began issuing import permits on March 1 for a limited number of electric vehicles imported from China at the standard 6.1 percent tariff rate, reopening market access after scrapping…
China’s manufacturing, service sectors to create over 10m jobs annually in 2026-2030: official
BEIJING – China’s manufacturing and service sectors are expected to create over 10 million jobs each year from 2026 to 2030, Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform…
Nation’s GDP target heralds steady growth
China’s aim for a GDP growth rate of at least 4.5 to 5 percent in 2026 balances the need to maintain solid expansion with a continued shift toward higher-quality development,…
Government stepping up policy support to drive economic growth
A news conference on China’s economic policies gets underway on Friday in Beijing during the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature. Wang Xi/Xinhua China is…
GDP growth target for 2026-2030 reflects pursuit of high-quality development: official
BEIJING — The gross domestic product growth target set by the draft outline of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) has fully reflected a distinct orientation toward high-quality development by embedding…
‘AI lobster’ propels launch of localized Chinese products
An artificial intelligence-powered digital personal assistant developed by an Austria-born millennial inventor — and acquired by the United States-based company OpenAI — has taken the world by storm, sending Chinese…
China eyes 4.5-5% growth in 2026 as flexible target anchors expectations
China has set a GDP growth target of 4.5-5 percent for 2026, a range economists say signals a more flexible policy stance that can stabilize market expectations while giving policymakers…