China launched seven satellites with a single rocket from waters off Yangjiang in South China's Guangdong Province on Thursday. Among them is CUHK No.1, which is the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) large-model satellite designed for urban sustainable development, according to local authorities and the satellite's developer.

Asked by media for comment regarding the EU's announcement on Thursday, Geneva time, that it would request the WTO dispute settlement body to establish a panel in its dispute against China concerning judicial rulings related to standard essential patent licensing litigation, an official of the Department of Treaty and Law of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said that China will handle the matter properly in accordance with WTO dispute settlement procedures and firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.

As the Spring Festival rapidly approaches, China's postal and courier industry has entered a peak “New Year goods” peak season. Data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) showed that from February 2 to February 8, nationwide courier parcel volume reached 4.686 billion items, up 3.19 percent week-on-week, with average daily throughput nearing 670 million, the People's Daily reported on Thursday.

Chinese passenger car exports reached a historic peak for any January in the first month of 2026, with exports of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) also reaching a new high for January, underscoring the industry's mounting competitiveness abroad amid robust overseas demand, Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), wrote on the CPCA's WeChat account on Thursday.

Connectivity projects under China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have seen progress this year, marked with the launch of some key railway projects. A Chinese analyst said on Thursday that the fact that multiple ailway projects under the BRI are nearing or entering operation is not a coincidence, but reflects China's commitment to global connectivity and the ability of Chinese companies to pursue projects according to set timelines.

When asked to comment on French Ministry of Agriculture and Food's allegations that a Chinese company was involved in contaminated milk powder, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that he was not aware of the specific situation mentioned, emphasizing that the Chinese government attaches great importance to food safety and will continue to take measures to safeguard consumers' legitimate rights and interests.

China will impose tariffs on certain dairy products imported from the EU ranging from 7.4 to 11.7 percent, starting from Friday, for a period of five years, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Thursday as it released the final ruling of its anti-subsidy investigation.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday that regarding the anti-dumping measures on Canadian canola, given the complexity of the case, the investigation period has been extended to March 9, 2026, and the ministry will issue an arbitration notice before that date.

China firmly opposes and expresses strong dissatisfaction with the US side's blatant spreading of rumors and smearing of Chancay Port, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday at a regular press conference, in response to a question regarding claims by US State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs that Peru could be powerless to oversee Chancay port, which is under control by Chinese enterprises.

Asked for comment on the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber's ordering an investigation into chipmaker Nexperia and upholding the suspension of the company's Chinese CEO, China's Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Lin Jian told a press conference on Thursday that the competent Chinese authorities have repeatedly stated their position on the Nexperia issue, pointing out that the root cause of the Nexperia problem lies in the Dutch side's improper administrative intervention within the company's operations.

When asked whether China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) supports electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers engaging in case-by-case consultations with the EU, following the EC's approval of a tariff exemption for a Chinese-made Volkswagen-branded SUV to be imported under a minimum price and quota arrangement, MOFCOM spokesperson He Yadong said on Thursday that China looks forward to see more Chinese EV firms reach price undertaking agreements with the EU.

The Chinese and US economic and trade teams maintain close communication at various levels through the economic and trade consultation mechanism, timely exchanging views on implementing the consensus reached at the meeting between leaders of the two countries in Busan and the outcomes of the Kuala Lumpur economic and trade consultations, as well as addressing each other's economic and trade concerns, China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong said on Thursday.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday urged provincial governments to strengthen the adequacy of subsidies for the consumer goods trade-in program and leverage the advantages of various channels to ensure the effective implementation of policies and better meet consumer demand, as part of the country's latest efforts to ramp up domestic spending during China's Spring Festival holiday.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance on Thursday officially launched its artificial intelligent (AI) video generation model Seedance 2.0 after several days of beta test, fully integrating the model into its Doubao and Dreamina AI product lines, while introducing restrictions on the upload of real-person images and videos.

China's education authority will prioritize the creation of new majors in low-altitude economy, artificial intelligence and high-end equipment manufacturing, as part of a broader push to deepen vocational education reform and better align talent training with emerging and future industries, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Thursday.

With the continued optimization of China's visa-free policy and the measures to boost consumption, both inbound and outbound travel is showing positive growth during the Spring Festival holiday. A number of the country's large passenger inspection ports are expected to see peak traffic flows.

Wingtech has noted the latest ruling issued by the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber in the Netherlands in the Nexperia case. The Enterprise Chamber has not revoked its previous erroneous decision, failed to lift the interim measures imposed on Nexperia, and nor restored Wingtech's legitimate controlling rights as a shareholder of Nexperia. The Enterprise Chamber has also ruled to initiate an investigation procedure against Nexperia. The company expresses profound disappointment and strong dissatisfaction with this ruling, according to a statement released by Wingtech on its WeChat account on Thursday.

This Spring Festival, humanoid robots writing festive couplets hint at a bigger story – Chinese consumers are shaping demand for intelligent service technologies, revealing the early contours of a vast and open robotics market.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have turned TSMC into a tool to curry favor with and pledge loyalty to the US and Japan, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, told a press briefing on Wednesday when asked to comment on reports that TSMC plans to begin mass production of 3-nanometer chips in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. If carried out, the plan would mark the first time a factory in Japan produces chips using the 3-nanometer process.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Wednesday launched a national-level overseas comprehensive service platform, upgrading support mechanisms for companies expanding abroad. The move was seen as an important step toward improving the service framework for outbound enterprises by analysts, who said that it provides stronger institutional support for risk prevention and will help enhance Chinese firms' global competitiveness.

With a mainland coastline stretching 18,000 kilometers and a sea area under its jurisdiction of around 3 million square kilometers, China is a major maritime nation with vast potential for developing its marine economy. To document the high-quality development of China's marine economy, the Global Times is launching the "Blue Momentum" series of in-depth articles from local marine economic powerhouses. The first installment focuses on Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province.

The first batch of daily consumer goods duty-free shops for island residents in South China's Hainan Province opened on Wednesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The openings mark the start of a policy designed to boost local consumption ahead of the Spring Festival holidays.

February 11 marks the 10th day of the Spring Festival travel rush, with the number of passengers continuing to rise as the holiday approaches, and data from industry information provider and airlines showed that the flights to Japan has plunged, while Thailand and South Korea emerge as top destinations for Chinese holidaymakers.

China should consider launching anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into the EU, particularly French wine or imposing reciprocal tariffs on relevant EU products as part of countermeasures against the proposal of a French advisory body's report for imposing additional 30 percent tariffs on Chinese imports, a Chinese expert familiar with the matter told the Global Times on Wednesday.

Chinese autonomous driving companies are expanding into the Middle East market, accelerating internationalization of their driving platforms.

Forging a new strategic partnership between China and Canada embodies the principles of equality, openness, inclusiveness, peaceful cooperation and shared prosperity, which is not directed at any third party, serves the common interests of both peoples, and contributes to global peace, stability, development and prosperity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday in response to US President Donald Trump's remarks about cooperation between China and Canada.

The Hong Kong stock market's IPO activity has been brisk since the beginning of 2026, with total funds raised at the market to date this year exceeding HK$79.12 billion ($10.12 billion), marking a year-on-year growth of 1,220 percent, China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the EU to embark on an "economic revolution" and reduce dependence on the US and China, according to media reports. Chinese experts said that the remarks reflect the EU's anxiety amid a slew of challenges, but protectionist actions will not help address these woes.

As China's Spring Festival rapidly approaches now, various local governments in the country have allocated 2.05 billion yuan ($297 million) in funds, which will directly benefit a vast number of consumers through measures such as issuing consumption vouchers, subsidies, red envelopes, and other forms during the 9-day holiday period, an official from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Wednesday.

The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) has stressed the importance of establishing clear and impartial procedures for the EU to handle price undertaking proposals from electric vehicle (EV) companies, and called for fair treatment to Chinese companies in future assessments.

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China (JCCIC) released a survey on the business conditions and outlook of Japanese companies in China, showing an overall positive trend, with a majority of Japanese firms regarding China as a key market and planning to maintain or even expand their investment in 2026.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance's newly unveiled video-generation model Seedance 2.0 has sparked widespread discussions on social media at home and abroad, with many users praising its powerful video-generation capabilities, and others highlighting China's rapid rise in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race.

Strawberries shipped from rural China to Dubai in 48 hours tell a small but revealing story – one that begins with a livestream. The larger point lies in how the digital economy is widening access to global commerce.

South Korean enterprises have ramped up efforts to further explore the Chinese market in the new year, marking closer bilateral trade and economic cooperation after South Korean President Lee Jae-myung paid a visit to China in January.

On the glassy waters at Gaoni Village in Xiangshan, a coastal county in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, crisscrossing square cages are connected to form “floating islands.”

China's outbound visa applications in 2025 recorded double-digit growth, and Northern and Central-Eastern Europe emerged as growth drivers, demonstrating strong momentum for outbound tourism, a report released by VFS Global, an outsourcing and technology services specialist for official and diplomatic missions, showed on Tuesday.

Several Chinese regions have included the nighttime economy in their local government work reports, aiming to stimulate consumption through a range of policy tools and make it a key driver for expanding and improving services consumption.

China plans to have at least 90 percent of its low-altitude public air routes covered by high-speed mobile telecommunication networks at the end of 2027, according to a guideline issued by five government departments on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV News reported.

The race for dominance in China's artificial intelligence (AI) market has intensified on the eve of the Chinese New Year. ByteDance's flagship AI large-language model (LLM) "Doubao" launched a festive promotion campaign featuring on red envelopes and tech giveaways, stepping straight into the high-stakes user competition during the peak holiday season.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday reiterated the government's strong dissatisfaction with a ruling by Panama's top court, saying that the decision has undermined investor confidence in Panama's business environment and that the HKSAR government will review both current and future investments there, according to local media reports.

China's domestically developed Snow Leopard 6×6 wheeled vehicle has completed more than 10,000 kilometers of testing and validation missions in the Antarctic interior, filling a long-standing technological gap in China's polar-land wheeled vehicles, state broadcaster CCTV News reported on Tuesday.

A Xiaomi-branded SUV spotted recently on a California highway briefly stirred online speculation over whether the Chinese tech giant was preparing to enter the US auto market, as images of the vehicle bearing local test plates circulated on social media platforms.

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games, currently underway in Milan and Cortina, Italy have drawn global attention, with a growing number of Chinese apparel brands and technology products supporting the event's operations, turning the Games into a key window for showcasing China's manufacturing and technological strengths to the world.

As China's silver economy emerges as a new blue-ocean market amid the broader trend of national consumption upgrading, one niche segment - elderly-friendly toys - is drawing increasing attention from the market. Following senior education and tourism, another consumption trend related to the elderly population is on the rise.

The world's first humanoid robot free combat league kicked off on Monday in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, for the 2026 season, with the winner to be awarded a gold championship belt worth 10 million yuan ($1.44 million), the Global Times learned from the event's organizer.

From February 2 to 8, the first week of chunyun, known as the Spring Festival travel rush, total offshore duty-free transactions supervised by Haikou Customs in South China's Hainan Province reached 1.11 billion yuan ($159 million), up 6.3 percent month-on-month, China Media Group reported on Monday.

Workers rush to fulfill export orders for photovoltaic equipment in a new-energy technology company in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu Province on February 9, 2026. In 2025, China's exports of new-energy products such as electric vehicles, photovoltaic products, and lithium batteries reached 1.3 trillion yuan ($187.46 billion), with the “green content” of foreign trade continuously increasing, official data showed. Photo: VCG

The yuan's central parity rate strengthened 67 pips to 6.9523 against the US dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. It marks the currency's strongest level since May 2023.

A research team from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has completed the world's first in-orbit verification of a wireless implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) device, marking a major breakthrough in global space neuroscience and neurotechnology, the Global Times learned from the research team on Monday.

When taking selfies, users are often frustrated by insufficient lighting. In China, a developer named Chen Yunfei acutely sensed this demand among users and completed an initial version of an app called CatLight in around an hour thanks to artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted coding.

The office of the inter-ministerial joint conference on coordinated regulation of new transportation business models has recently summoned Amap's ride-hailing platform, and demanded it to honor commitments to lower commission rates, strengthen oversight of partner platforms, and improve drivers' working conditions, according to the official WeChat account of China's Ministry of Transport.

​Amid the rapid advancement of China's humanoid robotics industry, Chinese humanoid robots made their first debut overseas at a Spring Festival parade in Paris, marking a symbolic step in their global outreach. INNOV8 Group, the French company that included the Chinese robots in the event, told the Global Times on Monday that the showcase highlighted Chinese technology and cultural expression can emerge, creating a shared public experience powered by innovation.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cited Chinese traders as a reason for last week's wild swings in the gold market, according to Bloomberg on Monday. Chinese analysts said that the claim is groundless and it was concern about relevant US policies that fueled market volatility.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said artificial intelligence (AI) computing power and energy supply will become the biggest challenges to technological development, noting that China would "utterly dominate" sectors such as AI, electric vehicles and humanoid robotics in the "absence of breakthrough innovations" in the US.

In a sports equipment factory in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, workers delayed their journey home for Spring Festival by two full weeks to make soccer balls amid surging overseas orders.

Adora Cruises, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp, said that its vessels had collectively served 1 million domestic and international passengers as of Sunday. The figure represents a milestone in the development of China's domestic cruise industry, industry experts said.

Several foreign companies have unveiled plans to expand their operations in China and step up investment, underscoring growing confidence in the market, with companies said that they remain bullish on China's long-term prospects.

As the Spring Festival is just around the corner, China's New Year economy continues to heat up, with domestic demand including New Year goods shopping, pre-holiday travel and dining reservations driving the rise in consumption enthusiasm. Analysts said that along with the implementation of multiple policies and measures to boost consumption, this year's Spring Festival is expected to unleash greater spending potential, setting a good start for the consumer market throughout the year.

China's annual Spring Festival travel rush has long served as a stress test for the country's transport system. This year, private car travel is again expected to account for the majority of the journeys. According to the Ministry of Transport's preliminary analysis and assessment, trips made by new-energy vehicles (NEVs) are projected to reach a record 380 million during the period.

With Alibaba's artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Qwen kicking off a Spring Festival giveaway plan that distributes free milk tea cards, the competition for users among China's major AI large-language model (LLM) companies is heating up and intensifying ahead of the Spring Festival.

Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno has said that a deal on critical minerals between Argentina and the US signed this week does not rule out Chinese investment in the country's mining sector, according to media reports. A Chinese expert said on Sunday that the remarks showed that Argentina clearly understands the vital role of China's open market in providing fair opportunities for countries and enterprises, including those in South America.

China's official data on Sunday showed that cross-provincial passenger trips are expected to surpass 1.4 billion during the opening week of the Spring Festival travel rush, underscoring a period of robust travel activity.

Four US-based subsidiaries of Chinese automaker BYD Co – covering businesses such as car sales, commercial vehicle manufacturing, and battery supply – have reportedly filed a lawsuit against the US government in the US Court of International Trade recently, challenging a series of tariff executive orders implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), domestic media outlet Caijing Magazine reported.

Pop Mart told the Global Times on Sunday that sales of its flagship LABUBU doll series surpassed 100 million units worldwide in 2025, and total sales across all its IP categories exceeded 400 million units.

China's foreign exchange reserves totaled 3.3991 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of January 2026, marking an increase of 41.2 billion dollars, or 1.23 percent, from the end of December last year, official data showed on Saturday.

The Chinese Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) held a video conference on Thursday local time on safety in the artisanal mining sector, sternly reminding Chinese companies and nationals in the country to refrain from involvement in illegal mining activities, according to a statement released on the embassy's WeChat account on Saturday.

Germany's trade volume with China grew by about 2.7 percent year-on-year to reach 253 billion euros ($299.05 billion) in 2025, making China Germany's most important trading partner last year, ahead of the US, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday, citing data released by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. The outcome came just one year after the US claimed the position in 2024.

Chinese authorities on Friday released a draft national food safety standard for pre-cooked meals for public consultation, a move analysts said marks a significant step toward strengthening food safety oversight while guiding healthier consumption and higher-quality industry development.

China and South Africa signed a partnership agreement, under which South Africa will enjoy zero-tariff treatment on 100 percent of tariff lines for its exports to China, according to a release by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday. This marks the 33rd African country to sign such a framework agreement with China. The latest move followed a commitment by China last June, which said will implement the policy of granting 53 African countries having diplomatic relations with China zero-tariff treatment for 100 percent tariff lines.

At a shop booth inside a range of glittering commodity shopping malls in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, Zhang Qinghua is busily engaged in online chats with his overseas clients.

China's economy in 2025 demonstrated not merely resilience but strategic composure. With GDP surpassing 140 trillion yuan ($20.2 billion), growth was sustained amid external headwinds, while structural adjustment and transformation advanced in substantive ways. Yet the significance of 2025 lies not only in growth, but also in the consolidation of a new developmental phase.

The People's Bank of China (PBC), China's central bank, and seven other government agencies on Friday jointly issued a notice on preventing cryptocurrency risks. The notice reiterated that cryptocurrencies do not have the legal status of currency or money, conducting related business activities involving cryptocurrencies within China constitutes illegal financial activities, and overseas entities and individuals shall not illegally provide cryptocurrency-related services to domestic entities in any form.

In 2025, against a backdrop of mounting external challenges, China's foreign trade reached 45 trillion yuan ($6.48 trillion), growing by 3.8 percent year-on-year and demonstrating notable resilience. A structural reading of the data reveals the deeper forces underpinning this performance and shaping the outlook for 2026.

The inaugural meeting of China-UK Financial Working Group (FWG) was held in Beijing recently, co-chaired by Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China (PBC) and Lucy Rigby, Economic Secretary to the HM Treasury (HMT). The convention of the inaugural FWG meeting is included as one of the outcomes of the recent high-level exchanges between China and the UK, the PBC said on Friday.

China's leading AI companies have rolled out in-app subsidy campaigns to cultivate user application and consumption habits during the upcoming Spring Festival, highlighting a shift in the country's AI competition toward real-world consumption scenarios and an AI deployment model that allows practical use cases to pull technological progress and unlock tangible commercial value.

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) on Friday expressed serious concerns and opposition to the European Commission's decision to launch an in-depth investigation into a Chinese wind power enterprise under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), urging the EU side to provide a non-discriminatory and predictable business environment for Chinese enterprises.

Beijing's cyberspace regulator on Friday issued a warning and a fine of 119.1 million yuan ($17.17 million) on Beijing Kuaishou Technology for failing to fulfill network security protection obligation, following an investigation into the incident of large amount of pornographic and vulgar livestream content appearing on the Kuaishou platform.

Asked to comment on reports that China has requested state-owned enterprises to suspend talks on new cooperation projects with Panama, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday at the regular press conference that China has previously stated its position on the relevant port issue in Panama on multiple occasions. “Our position is clear,” Lin said, adding that for specific details, the inquirer should consult the relevant Chinese authorities.

China's home-developed C909 airplane hospital, the country's first specialized medical aircraft, arrived in the Lao capital, Vientiane, on Friday morning, officially launching the first overseas public welfare medical service activity under the vision of the Air Health Silk Road, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday (Canadian time) announced a new electric vehicle (EV) strategy to transform the country's auto industry, and stressed strategic partnership with China to further diversify trade and catalyze new investment in the automotive sector, in a move that BBC describes as Canada's latest efforts to “reduce its reliance on the US.”

As the Spring Festival approaches, robot vacuum cleaners can be found on the shopping lists of some Chinese households. Pre-holiday deep cleaning has long been part of family life, but in some cases the task is now shared with machines rather than carried out entirely by hand. The change is easy to miss and difficult to quantify. Yet it points to a broader reorganization of how everyday household tasks are managed, as incremental advances in consumer technology enable machines to take on tasks previously done by hand, helping to create a market centered on automated convenience.

On Tuesday, a shipment of Chinese-made power generator sets worth more than 100 million yuan ($14.4 million) departed Ningbo Zhoushan Port and other ports in East China's Zhejiang Province, bound for Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other partner countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

India's largest carrier IndiGo plans to launch direct flights between Delhi and Shanghai soon. If approved, it will become the third direct air link between the two economies, a source close to the matter told the Global Times on Thursday.

Chinese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer AutoFlight on Thursday unveiled the world's first 5-ton-class eVTOL capable of carrying 10 passengers — the V5000 Matrix — completing a demonstration flight in Kunshan, East China's Jiangsu Province, the company told the Global Times.

Recently, a number of US enterprises, including chipmaker AMD and auto giant Tesla, have released the latest earning reports, showing strong performance in the Chinese market.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that maintaining an open, inclusive, and universally beneficial international trade environment serves the common interests of all countries, and that all parties have the responsibility to play a constructive role in safeguarding the stability and security of global supply and industrial chains for critical minerals.

Asked by a foreign media regarding that in early 2026, multiple foreign leaders have already visited China, and how much investment in China these visits have helped generate, He Yadong, a spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), said at a regular press conference on Thursday that, since the beginning of this year, leaders including South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have led delegations to China.

A spokesperson of Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in China's dispute case against the US over the Inflation Reduction Act is objective and impartial, reflecting the basic consensus of WTO members, and slammed the US for attempting to justify its own treaty violations and for undermining the stability of global industrial and supply chains.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that China has repeatedly stated its position on issues related to relevant ports in Panama. The State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office recently published an article pointing out that the relevant ruling by Panama's Supreme Court disregards facts, violates the principle of good faith, and seriously undermines the legitimate rights and interests of China's Hong Kong enterprises. The article stressed that the Chinese government firmly safeguards the lawful and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, Lin said.

China's generative artificial intelligence (AI) users had reached 602 million by December 2025, marking a surge of 141.7 percent year-on-year, according to an industry report released on Thursday, underscoring the rapid integration of generative AI into daily life and production activities, and is increasingly becoming a key engine driving China's digital and intelligent transformation.

Offshore duty-free sales in South China's Hainan Province reached 4.53 billion yuan ($652.54 million) in January, up 44.8 percent year on year, data from Haikou customs showed on Thursday. The surge comes as policy dividends continue to unfold following the launch of island-wide special customs operations on December 18, 2025.

China on Thursday introduced a zero-tariff policy on certain imported goods for consumption by residents in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP).

A new poll conducted by North American market research company Leger showed that most Canadians support allowing more Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) to be sold in Canada, according to the Canadian Press on Wednesday. A Chinese expert said on Thursday that the results reflected broad public support for the Canadian government's recent adjustment in its policy toward China, and Canadian consumers want more cost-effective Chinese EVs.

The US trade representative (USTR) claimed that Washington has enacted the US-Mexico Action Plan on Critical Minerals, and the US, the European Commission, and Japan intend to develop Action Plans for critical minerals supply chain resilience, according to press releases from the USTR. Chinese experts said on Thursday that the US' "small-circle" approach carries strong exclusivity and protectionist overtones, warning it will only disrupt global supply chains and is unlikely to challenge China's long-established advantages across rare earths and other critical mineral supply chains in the short term.

As recent reports in some Swedish media claim that untested machines and equipment produced in China led to the bankruptcy of Northvolt, a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, a spokesperson from Chinese Embassy in Sweden said on Wednesday night that attributing Northvolt's bankruptcy to the Chinese equipment supplier is seriously inconsistent with the facts, completely untenable, and a typical case of scapegoating and shifting blame.

Tech New Year trend of #Huaqiangbei, dubbed as “No.1 Electronic Commercial Street in China,” offers vivid snapshot of #China's ongoing consumption upgrade and rapid iteration of electronics innovation chain, steadily strengthening country's appeal to overseas consumers and global market participants.

China on Wednesday launched the first event of its 2026 "Big Market for All: Export to China" series in Beijing, as the country steps up efforts to expand self-initiated opening-up, increase imports and share the opportunities of its vast market with the rest of the world.

Last year's Spring Festival Gala left an indelible impression: the fluid, captivating dance of Unitree's quadruped robots. In 2026, humanoid robots from four leading Chinese companies will reportedly share the spotlight. Over the past year, robots have rapidly expanded their presence beyond laboratories. They have graced concert stages, completed full marathon distances, entered classrooms alongside students, and taken their place on factory production lines. Each appearance marks another step in their real-world learning and adaptation. These graphics illustrate how China's robotics industry relies on its advantages in technology, application, and industrialization to not only drive domestic innovation, but also help the global industry reach new heights.

Chinese commercial aerospace firm Space Pioneer's testing facility for its “36 satellites in one launch” technology has passed delivery and acceptance inspection, and it will be used to support future launch missions of its reusable Tianlong-3 rocket, the company told the Global Times on Wednesday.

Foreign automakers have increasingly sought cooperation with China's auto industrial chains since the beginning of 2026. Industry analysts said that this trend underscores the nation's strong and complete new-energy vehicle (NEV) industrial and supply chains, and multi-layered international cooperation will continue to contribute to the transformation and upgrading of the global automotive industry.