Chinese smartphone brands step up game despite slump in shipments
Vivo unveiled its latest smartphone, in Lijiang, Yunnan province. Smartphone shipments in the Chinese market fell 14.6 percent year-on-year to 16.79 million units in February 2026, according to the latest…
China’s commerce ministry comments on Meta’s acquisition of Manus
BEIJING — The Chinese government supports enterprises in carrying out cross-border operations and technological cooperation based on their needs, provided that such activities comply with Chinese laws and regulations and…
PepsiCo executive highlights China’s dynamic consumer market
PepsiCo’s potato farm in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province. A senior executive with PepsiCo Foods China said the country’s consumer landscape, combined with its large population and market scale, presents distinctive opportunities…
Gut microbiota research fuels drug innovation
Gut microbiota research is opening up fresh opportunities for innovative drug discovery and health product innovation, experts said recently in Beijing, as China steps up efforts to foster biopharmaceutical innovation.…
ByteDance-backed Volcano Engine says Doubao model hits 120t daily tokens
Token usage of the Doubao large language model has surged past 120 trillion per day, its operator Volcano Engine said on Thursday, underscoring explosive enterprise demand for generative AI services…
China to roll out three major trade and consumption drives this month
A drone photo taken on Feb 21, 2026 shows tourists taking yachts in Sanya, South China’s Hainan province. China is set to launch three major trade and consumption campaigns in…
China green lights domestically made radioactive imaging drug
China has approved a domestically developed radioactive imaging drug to help detect whether lung cancer has spread to lymph nodes, marking a step forward for the country’s nuclear medicine industry.…
China-US economic and trade ties based on win-win cooperation, ministry says
The essence of China-US economic and trade relations lies in mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, with the two sides sharing extensive common interests and vast potential for cooperation, the Ministry…
China’s AI core industry to hit 12.6t yuan by 2030, reshaping global competition
The market size of core industries for smart economy, or core industries powered by artificial intelligence, is projected to reach 12.6 trillion yuan ($1.83 trillion) by 2030, accounting for 25.1…
Robotic wolves add more teeth to modern combat
The quadruped combat robots. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY China North Industries Group Corp, the country’s biggest land armaments maker, has developed a series of quadruped combat robots — dubbed “robotic…