Starbucks, Luckin brewing up success in China’s drinks market
Consumers wait for coffee at a Luckin Coffee store in Shanghai on May 31. CHINA DAILY Starbucks Corp posted solid third-quarter results in China, with revenue and same-store sales rising…
FAW-Audi charges ahead with German engineering, Chinese tech
FAW-Audi’s Q6L e-tron and A5L are launched in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 7, 2025. FAW-Audi is set to blaze a trail in China’s ultra-competitive luxury NEV market with its…
Smart consumption takes off on policy push
Visitors film a fireworks show enhanced by visual and lighting technologies in Liuyang, Hunan province, on July 12. CHEN SIHAN/XINHUA BEIJING — At a bustling appliance store near Shanghai’s Zhongshan…
Loan subsidies set to boost consumption
Shoppers buy vegetables at a supermarket in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. GENG YUHE/FOR CHINA DAILY China has unveiled a policy granting interest subsidies for consumer loans for a year, in a…
Robot manufacturers shift focus to greater intelligence
Robots boxing in a ring at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug 8. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY BEIJING — Robots that are not only able to run, dance…
Beijing’s robot-themed restaurant wows visitors
A customer interacts with a robot bartender at Beijing’s first robot-themed restaurant, which opened on Friday in E-Town. A primary school student visiting Beijing’s latest attraction — a robot-themed restaurant…
Humanoid robots seen as pivotal future phenomenon
More than 100 cutting-edge robotics products premiered at the 2025 World Robot Conference, which opened in Beijing on Friday. China is sharpening its focus on humanoid robots as a pivotal…
Dual-track approach to aid currency
A visitor displays a cup of coffee purchased with China’s digital yuan, or the e-CNY, April 26, 2023. As global currency competition intensifies in the digital space, Chinese economists are…
Smart driving gets closer to consumers
Chinese consumers will experience greater access to newer and more breakthrough smart driving technology as a leading local manufacturer of intelligent driving solutions accelerates innovation and the availability of novel…
China sees positive price trends in July amid demand pickup
BEIJING — China reported positive signs in terms of both consumer and producer prices last month, as government policies to boost domestic demand continued to take hold. The consumer price…