Gold prices hit record on safe-haven play
A shopper (right) looks at gold ornaments at a jewelry store in Mengzi, Yunnan province. XUE YINGYING/FOR CHINA DAILY Gold continued its upward trajectory on Wednesday, with spot prices soaring…
Critical year ahead for China’s smartphone manufacturers
Chinese smartphone brand iQOO has unveiled its latest mid-range phone Z11 Turbo. China’s smartphone market is expected to see shipments of around 278 million units in 2026, a year-on-year decrease…
Chinese firms eye bigger share of winter sports pie
Skiers dressed up in Peking Opera costumes perform a themed skiing show at the Lake Songhua Resort of Jilin, Northeast China’s Jilin province, on Nov 21. XU CHANG/XINHUA HARBIN —…
From overseas expansion to higher-quality integration
A view of the exhibition stand of 52TOYS, a Beijing-based pop-culture toy company, during the China Toy Expo in Shanghai in October. CHINA DAILY Chinese companies are shifting from a…
TikTok inks joint venture deal for US operations
In a bid to avert a potential US ban over so-called security concerns, popular social media platform TikTok announced on Friday that it had closed a deal to establish a…
Foreign travelers fuel Hainan tourism
HAIKOU — On Dadonghai beach in Sanya, a coastal resort in South China’s island province of Hainan, foreign tourists are soaking up the winter sun, including Malika from Moscow who…
China’s fast-growing firms make up one-third of global gazelle ranking
A robot from Chinese company AgiBot is displayed during the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan 6, 2026. BEIJING — A global ranking of…
South China’s Shenzhen tops Chinese cities in foreign trade for 2025
SHENZHEN – Shenzhen, a major city in South China’s Guangdong province, recorded a 1.4 percent year-on-year rise in foreign trade to 4.55 trillion yuan ($649.8 billion) in 2025, securing the…
China’s consumer goods trade-in programs benefit 366m purchases in 2025
BEIJING – China’s government-backed consumer goods trade-in programs benefited 366 million purchases in 2025, boosting product sales worth a total of 2.61 trillion yuan ($373 billion) in value, government data…
Sinovac’s inactivated hepatitis A vaccine wins contract in Oman
A signage of Sinovac Biotech Ltd is shown on this picture taken on May 17, 2025. Sinovac Biotech said its inactivated hepatitis A vaccine has won an exclusive public sector…