US electric vehicle maker Tesla announced on Tuesday that it has rolled off its 9 millionth vehicle at its Shanghai Gigafactory, the company said in a press release sent to the Global Times. A Chinese expert said the milestone reflects ...

China on Tuesday released the implementing regulations for its law on value-added tax (VAT), detailing operational tax rules ahead of the law's 2026 rollout, which authorities said will help promote fair competition and support the development of a unified national ...

China will strengthen and expand the implementation of large-scale equipment upgrades and trade-in policies for consumer goods, according to a notice issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Tuesday.

China's manufacturing sector advanced steadily under pressure, moving toward innovation and higher quality in 2024. Its manufacturing power index has reached the same range as Germany and Japan, placing China in the second tier of global manufacturing powers and making ...

On December 26, the 1,000th industrial humanoid robot, the Walker S2, successfully rolled off the production line at UBTECH's Liuzhou facility in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This milestone comes just six months after the company produced Guangxi's first of its ...

Beijing Tongzhou High-Speed Railway Station, a key node in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei rail network and located within the capital's southeastern integrated transport hub, officially opened to traffic on Monday, according to a statement China State Railway Group Co sent to the ...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday local time emphasized that Taiwan region is the territory of the China, reaffirming that Serbia fully supports the one-China principle and backs the People's Republic of China, China Media Group (CMG) reported on Tuesday.

As winter sets in and the garment industry hits its peak, the production lines are working overtime at Bosideng's smart factory in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. Bosideng is a leading manufacturer in China's down-apparel industry.

The recommendations for formulating Gansu Province's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) for economic and social development call for closer integration between the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and the China-Europe Railway Express, as both routes run through Gansu, according to the ...

History often becomes clearer with the passage of time. The far-reaching significance of China's victory in the battle against poverty is becoming increasingly evident. It marks a major milestone in the path to Chinese modernization, represents a decisive step toward ...

China is set to see a sharp rise in cross-border travel over the upcoming New Year's Day holiday, as immigration management reforms continue to translate into smoother border clearance, authorities said on Monday, with analysts expecting experience-based consumption such as ...

The People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, has rolled out an action plan for further strengthening the management and service system of the digital yuan and related financial infrastructure construction, which will be formally implemented on Thursday, ...

Inside the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center, the Ya'an exhibition area at the Sichuan Pavilion of the 2025 China International Travel Fair was bustling with visitors. British travel advisor Charles White paused, his gaze drawn to the adorable panda-themed ...

China will adjust tariff rates on certain products, including applying provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation (MFN) rates to 935 items in 2026, to drive greater self-reliance, boost the green transformation of economic and social development, and improve ...

Nikkei on Sunday released a survey of 100 CEOs, which covers a topic related to China-Japan economic relations, showing that 67.3 percent of respondents said it has a "negative impact" or "somewhat negative impact" when asked about the impact of ...

Carbon dioxide injection at the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) Xinjiang Oilfield had surpassed 1 million tons this year as of Sunday, making it the first oilfield in China to achieve annual CO2 injection at the million-ton level, CNPC said, ...

The People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, has rolled out an action plan to ramp up the management and service system of digital yuan and related financial infrastructure construction, which will be implemented on Thursday, or the ...

2025 has been an uncommon year for the global economy. While much of the world struggled to regain momentum, China pressed ahead, brushing aside doubts and absorbing global headwinds.

NEC's 5G difficulty reflects the deeper structural challenges confronting Japan's telecommunications equipment industry, and efforts to build new high-speed telecom systems on geopolitical grounds are bound to face formidable obstacles.

The first generating units of the China Huadian Corp's Yebatan Hydropower Station – China's highest-altitude arch dam power project currently under construction and the largest hydropower project on the Sichuan-Xizang section of the upper Jinsha River – officially began generating ...

"If you're renting robots for a company annual gala in early 2026, I suggest booking as soon as possible – otherwise, they'll be snapped up during peak season," a sales manager from a Shanghai-based robot rental firm told the Global ...

The 2025 Conference on High-quality Development International Cooperation of Cities, hosted by the Global Times, was held in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province on Saturday. Aligned with the recently concluded Central Economic Work Conference, the event gathered government officials, entrepreneurs ...

China's independently developed, world-first 30-megawatt (MW) pure hydrogen gas turbine Jupiter I achieved 100 percent hydrogen power generation and maintained stable operation in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday, marking the successful transition of the world's first 30-MW-class ...

From Thursday to Sunday, three major central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) held groundbreaking ceremonies for their new headquarters in the Xiong'an New Area in North China's Hebei Province. Analysts said that the relocation will further help Beijing relieve non-essential functions related ...

In 2025, China's national grain output reached a new high of 715 billion kilograms, up 1.2 percent year-on-year, building on the high base of surpassing the 700 billion-kilogram milestone for the first time last year, China Media Group reported ...

As the year 2025 approaches its end, the prices of precious metals such as gold and silver continue to set new record highs.

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security released on Friday a series of typical labor dispute arbitration cases for 2025. In a labor dispute arbitration triggered by artificial intelligence (AI) replacing a job position, the arbitration committee ruled ...

Tesla Cybertruck chief engineer Wes Morrill shared a short clip on social media X on Saturday showing a hilarious moment during a simulated motion test of China's Unitree G1 robot. During a synchronized “combat” routine with the engineer, the robot ...

China will continue to adopt a more proactive fiscal policy next year, expanding fiscal expenditure to maintain the necessary intensity of spending, Finance Minister Lan Fo'an said at the national fiscal work conference held from Saturday to Sunday.

China's largest ultra-deep oil and gas production base, the Tarim oilfield, which is also the main gas source for China's west-to-east gas transmission project, has achieved an annual photovoltaic power generation exceeding 2 billion kilowatt-hours, with daily peak generation surpassing ...

Autumn grain purchases across China have surpassed 200 million tonnes, marking a 32-million-tonne increase from the previous year and the highest level for the same period in recent years, official data showed Saturday.

Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 0.1 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2025, extending the growth streak that began in August, official data showed on Saturday.

China's cyberspace regulator has released a slew of draft measures on the management of anthropomorphic artificial intelligence (AI) interaction services, and is now soliciting public comment on it.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced on Saturday the establishment of a standardization technical committee for humanoid robots and embodied intelligence, aimed at systematically advancing standard-setting in the field and comprehensively enhancing industrial competitiveness.

A revised version Foreign Trade Law was passed at a session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee on Saturday and will take effect on March 1, 2026, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

Profit in high-tech manufacturing continued to grow in the first 11 months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday, underscoring the sector's increasing role in driving China's economy.

China has achieved breakthroughs in industrial technological innovation in 2025, with the core artificial intelligence (AI) industry exceeding 1 trillion yuan (about 142 billion U.S. dollars) in scale, according to a national conference on industry and information technology held on ...

The Chinese Embassy in Mexico on Saturday firmly rejected US politician Peter Navarro's public smearing of Chinese exports, calling such remarks "extremely despicable," according to an announcement published on the embassy's website.

With the opening of the Xi'an-Yan'an line on Friday, China's high-speed rail (HSR) network has surpassed 50,000 kilometers in operating mileage, Global Times learned from China Railway. The milestone marks a new phase in China's railway development and highlights the ...

A worker operates a production line at a sportswear company in Qiandongnan, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, on December 26, 2025. As year-end approaches, workers are ramping up production to fulfill orders, pushing through the fourth quarter to meet full-year targets. ...

Since the launch of island-wide special customs operations in South China's Hainan Province, the policy has not only unlocked sizable consumption opportunities for the region but also triggered a notable surge in tourism demand, according to data obtained by the ...

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), China made notable progress in advancing a low-carbon transition while sustaining economic growth. These achievements suggest that decarbonization is not been treated as a trade-off, but increasingly as part of a broader process ...

China's pursuit of shared benefits with the world has yielded concrete results worldwide. From high-quality daily products to green goods that support the global fight against climate change, and to artificial intelligence tools such as DeepSeek that empower users and ...

China's Ministry of Finance and three other departments jointly released a guideline on Friday, calling for enhanced efforts to tap into job creation potential, expand employment capacity, and bolster support for entrepreneurship among demographic key groups, according to the ministry's ...

Researchers at East Lake Laboratory in Central China's Hubei Province accelerated a 1,110-kilogram high-speed rail model to 800 km/h in just 5.3 seconds using levitation support and electromagnetic propulsion, breaking a world record, according to a statement the lab sent ...

The chairman of Wingtech Technology Co said at the company's fifth extraordinary shareholders' meeting for 2025 on Friday afternoon that the firm is resolute in safeguarding its rights and must regain equity and control of Nexperia, according to Shanghai Securities ...

China's preliminary determination in a countervailing investigation into certain dairy products originating in the EU has drawn widespread attention. Industry sources and experts in China described the determination as fair, lawful, and in line with WTO rules, saying it responds ...

China will continue to prioritize the cultivation and expansion of emerging and future-oriented industries with plans to develop integrated circuits, new displays, new materials, aerospace, low-altitude economy and biopharmaceuticals into emerging pillar industries, according to a post published on the ...

In response to a question about Morgan Stanley's Humanoid Robot Almanac, which stated that China led the world in humanoid robot patent filings over the past five years and offers major cost advantages to the global supply chain, Foreign Ministry ...

China on Friday officially launched the national venture capital guidance fund, a move aimed at expanding patient capital and steering financial investment toward early-stage, small-scale, long-term and hard-tech ventures, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China Media ...

China's 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) was revised to 134.8066 trillion yuan (about 19.16 trillion U.S. dollars), down 101.8 billion yuan from the preliminary figure, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday.

Science and Technology Daily, China's major science newspaper, unveiled the country's top 10 sci-tech news events in 2025 on Thursday, including the large model Deepseek, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), and the superconducting quantum computing prototype.

The 22.13-km Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, officially opened to traffic on Friday.

With the launch of the Xi'an–Yan'an high-speed railway (HSR) on Friday, China's high-speed rail network has surpassed 50,000 kilometers in operation, a landmark achievement in the country's railway transportation network, Global Times learned from China Railway.

China, home to the world's largest high-speed rail network, has expanded its total operational mileage beyond 50,000 kilometers with the launch of a new high-speed line.

China's commercial aerospace stocks continued their upward trajectory on Thursday, with shares of companies including Anhui Shenjian New Materials Co, Chongqing Zaisheng Technology Corp, Create Technology & Science Co, and Shandong Longji Machinery Co all rising by the daily limit.

China's fast-growing goods economy and intellectual property (IP) industry, amid the nation's economic high-quality transition and consumption upgrade in recent years, have fostered the rise of domestic IPs with increasing value, and industry players are now focusing more on international ...

The 2026 Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon will be held in Beijing on April 19, 2026, following the world's first edition in 2025, running concurrently with the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon, with humanoid robot competitors racing alongside human runners on the same day, ...

ByteDance, TikTok's parent firm, unveiled a report on the handling of internal violations in the third quarter of 2025, the Beijing News reported on Thursday.

Multiple Chinese beef industry insiders, including cattle breeders, industry associations and industry observers told the Global Times on Thursday that China's beef industry is under pressure resulting from expanding market share of imported beef, calling on relevant authorities to introduce ...

In the first week after the official launch of island-wide special customs operations at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) - from December 18 to Wednesday - imports of goods benefiting from zero tariffs exceeded 400 million yuan ($57 million), ...

New measures supporting financial sector development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, demonstrate China's determination to "open its doors wider and wider" in the next phase of development ...

Morocco's participation in BRI has given new impetus to our cooperation with China. This approach fully aligns with our strategy to position Morocco as a hub linking Africa, Europe, and Asia, while consolidating structured partnerships in infrastructure, connectivity, and sustainable ...

The offshore yuan strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday, moving through the key 7.0000 mark and touching 6.9965 at 3:19 pm, its strongest level since September 2024.

In response to the incident involving the abrupt closure of the Zhengzhou Zhongyuan Porsche Center in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, Porsche China on Thursday issued a statement, extending its apologies for the inconvenience and concern caused to the car ...

China is always committed to maintaining the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chain and actively promoting and facilitating compliant trade, He Yongqian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, said on Thursday at a regular press ...

When asked to comment about the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the results of its Section 301 investigation into Chinese semiconductor policies and announced additional tariffs on certain Chinese semiconductor products,and the current tariff rate is ...

In response to recent US orders to block all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, He Yongqian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, said at a regular press briefing on Thursday that China has consistently and firmly opposed the ...

China hopes that relevant companies can reach solutions on the TikTok issue that comply with Chinese laws and regulations and reflect a balanced consideration of interests, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday, urging the US ...

Recently, during a maglev experiment conducted by the maglev team of China's National University of Defense Technology, a ton-class test vehicle was successfully accelerated to 700 kilometers per hour within just two seconds, state broadcaster CCTV News reported on Thursday. ...

Dong Kai, deputy chief designer of the Zhuque-3 reusable rocket by Chinese private aerospace firm LandSpace, told the Global Times on Thursday that the rocket is expected to achieve a successful recovery by middle 2026, with plans to evolve into ...

China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Thursday announced the results of a large-scale crackdown on dark- and gray- criminal networks in the financial sector involving a total of nearly 30 billion yuan ($4.26 billion), a campaign that has effectively ...

China's largest single-unit-capacity pumped-storage hydropower station was successfully connected to the national grid and began generating electricity on Thursday, marking another major breakthrough in the country's development of large-scale hydropower equipment and engineering capabilities.

A 299-kilometer high-speed railway linking the cities of Xi'an and Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province is set to commence operations on Dec. 26, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. announced on Wednesday.

Workers assemble a new-energy vehicle at a manufacturing plant in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei Province, on December 24, 2025. From January to November this year, China's automobile production reached 31.231 million units, up 11.9 percent year-on-year, and sales reached 31.127 ...

Recent appreciation of the yuan has sparked market discussion, particularly as the currency appears poised to break through the psychologically critical mark of 7 per US dollar for the first time since 2023.

The transformation of a single bulldozer can sometimes speak more vividly about an economy's direction than volumes of macroeconomic statistics. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven upgrading of bulldozers produced by China's Shantui Construction Machinery illustrates how advanced technologies are reshaping Chinese ...

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) have unveiled the 2025 version of the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment, outlining key measures to attract and use foreign capital with greater efforts. The ...

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Wednesday said that it would intensify efforts to implement a new round of initiatives to raise grain production capacity by 100 billion jin (50 billion kilograms), with a focus on boosting corn ...

Chinese technology enterprises have accelerated their listing procedures, with DEEP Robotics, a leading robotics producer and one of Hangzhou's "Six Little Dragons," setting a fresh example. The firm began its IPO advisory period on Tuesday, the Global Times learned from ...

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, together with seven other government departments including the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance, recently released a set of opinions on financial support to accelerate the ...

The prestigious 2025 Platts Global Energy Awards, often described as the "Oscars" of the energy industry, were held in New York. Li Zhenguo, founder and CTO of LONGi, was honored with the "Lifetime Achievement Award," becoming the first recipient from ...

In December, LONGi participated in the Sustainable Business Global Tour in Nairobi, Kenya, co-hosted by the Sustainable Business Leaders Forum (SBLF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the China Association for Standardization, ...

Beijing on Wednesday announced a series of measures to ease restrictions on home-purchasing for both local and non‑local households, in a move to support the city's property market.

Spot gold broke through the $4,500 per ounce for the first time on Wednesday, with other noble metals, including silver and platinum, also hitting all-time highs.

China has released the catalog of encouraged industries for foreign investment (2025 Edition), a key policy document aimed at further attracting and better utilizing foreign investment, according to an official statement on Wednesday.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Tuesday that it would step up policy support to foster innovation-driven development in foreign trade, during a roundtable meeting with foreign trade companies, according to the ministry's official website.

In response to reports that the US Trade Representative's Office claimed on Tuesday local time that it would impose tariffs on Chinese semiconductor products starting in June 2027, with details to be announced at least one month in advance, and ...

Trump's administration on Tuesday claimed that it will slap tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports over Beijing's so-called "unreasonable" pursuit of chip industry dominance, but would delay the action until June 2027, Reuters reported. A Chinese expert said there may still ...

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced on Wednesday a new 100-million-ton discovery in the shallow Neogene formations of China's Bohai Sea — the Qinhuangdao 29-6 Oilfield.

China is "a very important and central market" for and a long-term "strategic partner" of Saudi Aramco, an executive of the Saudi oil giant said recently, voicing optimism about the Chinese economy and its future development.

2025, a banner year for animation at the Chinese box office, was bookended by two powerhouse sequels: the homegrown phenomenon "Ne Zha 2" ignited the market early in the year, while Disney's "Zootopia 2" powered a year-end surge, underscoring the ...

Chinese e-commerce company JD.com's warehouse located in Paris, France has resumed normal operation and local police have intervened and are investigating the matter, after it was subjected to theft and robbery on Monday, the company told the Global Times on ...

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com said Tuesday evening that its warehouse in the Seine-Saint-Denis department north of Paris, which was burglarized in the early hours of Monday, has resumed normal operations.

As 2025 draws to a close, the Global Times is releasing a series of in-depth reports focusing on China's economic governance. Through concrete case studies and data analysis, the series explores the broader macroeconomic trends reflected in micro-level narratives, showcasing ...

A video released on Sunday by studio Yishijie offered an explanation of a recent People's Daily article, stressing that China's economy is "large not only in scale, but also in potential," and expressing strong confidence in its long-term development prospects.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) directly administered by the central government to better serve the overall work of the Party and the country and contribute more to Chinese modernization.

Private firms accounted for more than 90 percent of China's high-tech enterprises as of the end of 2024. Their leading role in scientific and technological innovation continues to grow, cementing their status as a vital role of new quality productive ...

China firmly opposes the US decision to include all foreign-produced drone systems and their critical components on the "Covered List" under the pretext of "national security," a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

Chinese private space company LandSpace took a key step toward an initial public offering (IPO), Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday, signaling accelerating capital-market momentum in the country's commercial space sector.