Alibaba upgrades Qwen App with agentic capabilities
Alibaba Group announced on Thursday a major upgrade to its flagship consumer-facing artificial intelligence application, Qwen App, marking a further step in the company’s long-term strategy to bring advanced AI…
Simplified entry, refunds draw shoppers
Foreign customers shop for sunglasses at a duty-free store in Tianjin on Nov 28. SUN FANYUE/XINHUA BEIJING — Park Eun Jeong, a 46-year-old visitor from the Republic of Korea, wrapped…
China’s Hainan reports surging green electricity trade in 2025
An aerial drone photo taken on March 16, 2025 shows the photovoltaic devices at a parking lot in the Boao zero-carbon demonstration zone in Boao, South China’s Hainan province. HAIKOU…
Audi reclaims top spot in China’s premium car market
An R8 LMS GT3 EVO II race car by FAW Audi is on display at the 23rd Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, held on Nov 22, 2025. Audi regained its position…
China prioritizes core tech to boost auto sector
China will accelerate breakthroughs in core technologies such as all-solid-state batteries and high-level autonomous driving, while guiding automakers to expand overseas in a reasonable, orderly and secure manner, according to…
Market regulator opens antitrust investigation into Trip.com
China’s top market regulator has opened an antitrust investigation into Trip.com Group, suspecting the online travel services provider of abusing its dominant market position, the regulator said on Wednesday. The…
World’s first 20-megawatt offshore wind turbine installed
An aerial photo of the world’s first 20-megawatt offshore wind turbine in the waters off of Zhangzhou, East China’s Fujian province, on Jan 13, 2026. The world’s first 20-megawatt offshore…
China’s second-hand vehicle sales top 20m in 2025
BEIJING – China’s used car market hit a record high in 2025, with transactions topping 20 million units, according to data from the China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA). In December,…
Key figures on food chain – employment in agriculture
Key figures on the European food chain – 2025 edition, published in December, traces the journey of our food from farm to fork using the most recent data. The publication…
UBS: Profit growth rate of A shares expected to rise
Meng Lei, China equity strategist of UBS Securities, said during an interview with China Daily that with the narrowing decline in the Producer Price Index (PPI) and its gradual shift…