China’s service trade grows in Q1 amid tourism boom
BEIJING — China’s trade in services expanded 2.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, with stellar growth recorded in travel service exports, data from the Ministry of…
Ikea grows footprint of smaller stores in Beijing
Ikea China opened its first small-format store in the Tongzhou district of Beijing on April 30, as the Swedish home furnishing giant continues to expand its footprint in China’s capital…
Museum in expo city marks new strides
As the one-year countdown to the opening of Expo 2027 Belgrade approaches, the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE), Expo 2027 doo Belgrade and the World Expo Museum (WEM) jointly signed a…
Chinese industry bodies issue trial guidelines to advance unified market
BEIJING — Seventeen national industry associations and chambers of commerce on Friday jointly released a set of trial guidelines for domestic trade transactions, aiming to build a unified, open and…
Stable Sino-US ties linked to global growth
Expanded cooperation between China and the United States will help reinforce the stability of global industrial and supply chains, while generating fresh momentum in advanced manufacturing, premium consumption and innovation-driven…
Jacaranda flowers, Kunming, Yunnan – Chinadaily.com.cn
Kunming is wrapped in a sea of purple! In May, jacarandas burst into full bloom. Head to Jiaochang Zhong Lu for the best views. In this two-kilometer jacaranda tunnel, the…
Mixology at the world’s best bar
Taki Li presents a selection of limited-edition cocktails created for the Symposia cocktail series at Bvlgari Hotel Beijing. On a busy night, Taki Li barely looks up. Her hands move…
Rules eased to boost cross-border financing
China has stepped up policy support for cross-border financing by raising leverage ratios for overseas lending by foreign banks in the country and the Export-Import Bank of China, in a…
Homegrown C919 jet taking skies by storm
Passengers get off a C919 aircraft at Harbin Airport, Heilongjiang province. LIU YANG/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s domestically developed narrowbody C919 jet has entered a new phase of scaled commercial operations,…
China approves 6G trials to accelerate next-gen connectivity
China has taken a key step toward shaping the global future of telecommunications, as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially approved the use of test frequencies for sixth-generation…