AI-driven industrial upgrades cut costs, boost production
Visitors gather at an exhibition area of the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference in Beijing on July 2. ZHANG CHENLIN/XINHUA BEIJING — When picturing a steel factory, words like “heavy”,…
China’s cross-border e-commerce surges in 2024
China’s cross-border e-commerce continued its growing momentum in 2024, hitting a new milestone with total volume throughout the year reaching 2.71 trillion yuan ($378 billion), up 14 percent year-on-year, according…
Samsung unveils latest line in foldable smartphones
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its latest foldables, including the Galaxy Z Fold7. South Korean technology company Samsung Electronics has unveiled its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy…
Shanghai retains position as world’s third international shipping center
Shanghai has retained its position as the world’s third international shipping center by comprehensive capabilities for the sixth consecutive year, with the scoring gap to the top two, Singapore and…
China’s openness creates opportunity for the globe
China’s high-quality development, underpinned by openness, innovation and inclusive growth, is bringing heightened certainty to a world grappling with mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainties, officials and experts said on Friday…
Push toward unified power market gathers steam
Technicians check a power supply facility in Chuzhou, Anhui province. SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY China is making steady progress in its strategic goal of establishing a unified national electricity market…
China’s foreign trade reaches record high in H1 2025 amid global headwinds
China’s foreign trade grew by 2.9 percent year-on-year to 21.79 trillion yuan ($3.04 trillion) in the first half of 2025, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs…
Shipping industry advances green efforts
This aerial drone photo taken on May 28, 2025 shows a view of the Yangpu International Container Port in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Danzhou, South China’s Hainan province.…
Huairou district hosts cultural festival
A series of cultural and leisure events within the Huairou Guochao Culture Festival kicked off on Saturday at the Sansa camping site in Beijing’s Huairou district. The event, hosted by…
Tale of two cities whets the appetite for adventure
Matthew Jellick on the Great Wall in Beijing. Arriving in China during the fall of 2016, I was immediately struck by the dynamism of my adopted city of Shenzhen, Guangdong…