Chinese tech giant ByteDance officially launched its artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation model Seedance 2.0 on Thursday, while imposing strict restrictions on uploads featuring real-person images and videos, according to a statement the company sent to the Global Times.

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 ...

In response to the recent preventive recall of certain Nestlé infant formula products due to the detection of cereulide, a toxin produced by Bacillus cereus, China's State Council Food Safety Office and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) attached ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Join the traditional Russian celebration of the arrival of spring, the "Moscow Winter Farewell Festival," which will be held for the first time by Moscow in Beijing's Chaoyang Park from February 19 to 22. We invite you to a large-scale ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chinese carmaker BYD surpassed the US' Ford Motor Co in global vehicle sales last year, moving ahead of the US automaker in the worldwide rankings for the first time, according to a media report on Wednesday. The development is not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The projected surge in the number of Chinese visitors to South Korea serves as a clear indicator of deepening bilateral economic and people-to-people ties, and compelling evidence of the outward reach of China's consumption vitality.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: In the 21st article of the "Readers' Reflections" column, Global Times reporter talked to Colin Mackerras, 2014 recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, a renowned Australian Sinologist and chair professor at Renmin University of China. He shares his ...

Can India's export growth to China unlock broader opportunities? As bilateral ties improve, focusing on trade, investment, and overcoming existing challenges will be crucial for turning these opportunities into tangible economic cooperation and growth.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

​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 ...

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 ...

The 25th Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 officially opened in Milan on Friday. Arthur Li and Carter Li, twin brothers studying at SZMS Nanshan Innovation School, participated in the Olympic torch relay in Milan, which heralded the start of ...

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 ...

Boosting domestic demand, with a particular focus on services consumption, has emerged as a priority in various regional agendas. This trend reflects a pragmatic choice by regional governments and demonstrates their responsiveness to rising consumption demand and proactive efforts to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product (GDP) fell to 13.9 percent in 2025, dropping below the 14 percent threshold for the first time, the country's top economic planner said on Saturday.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics kicks off on Friday local time, Chinese companies quietly emerged as a major force behind the scenes. From ultra-light carbon-fiber ski poles to cloud service provider empowering the "smartest Games ever," together with artificial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The participation of China's domestically developed C919 and C909 aircraft at the 2026 Singapore Airshow has attracted widespread attention, sparking discussion internationally. The BBC on Wednesday ran a report headlined "The Chinese planemaker taking on Boeing and Airbus."

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...