India's latest anti-dumping investigations raise a question for Indian manufacturing: can restricting imports really make it more competitive? The answer may well be no.

As China and the EU prepare for the second meeting under their newly established trade and investment consultation mechanism, the EU's simultaneous push for concessions from Beijing and tougher trade barriers risks undermining the very trust needed for negotiations to deliver results, Chinese experts said.

Europe is reassessing its economic relationship with China, a shift driven by industrial anxiety, concerns over strategic dependencies, and ongoing debates about competitive conditions. European policymakers are weighing how to maintain manufacturing capacity while managing reliance on external suppliers such as China for critical technologies.

The economic relationship between China and the EU remains extraordinarily important which will continue to offer immense opportunities for both sides. Deep interdependence defines our era: China remains the EU's primary supplier of goods, while Europe constitutes a key market for Chinese companies. Interdependence can serve as a foundation for balancing mutual interests and addressing concerns through constructive engagement.

A vessel carrying 168,000 tons of bauxite from Guinea recently berthed at Fangchenggang Port in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the first batch of cargo shipped by rail to Wanzhou, Southwest China's Chongqing, on October 3, providing a reliable supply of raw materials for a mineral production base in the city.

Major international investment institutions are giving higher ratings to lited Chinese companies lately, with a clear focus on artificial intelligence (AI), advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and financial companies. The moves signal growing international interest in Chinese assets amid complex global conditions, market analysts said.

China is deploying more intelligent harvesters, crop-protection drones, and new-energy tractors during the coming autumn harvest and sowing season, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

China stepped up its gold purchases in September despite gold market fluctuations - a move an expert said will help hedge against international financial and geopolitical risks while creating favorable conditions for prudently and steadily promoting the yuan's internationalization.

During China's week-long National Day holiday this year, Chinese tourists are frequently seen on the streets of Moscow. "Russia is a unique country and a must-visit," said Wang Xinzuo, who visited several Russian cities and described his trip as smooth and enjoyable.

A major breakthrough in rice research by Chinese scientists was published online in the international journal Cell on Tuesday. The study marks the first time a three-dimensional spatiotemporal cell atlas covering the entire rice lifecycle - from seed germination to flowering and grain filling - has been constructed, providing a new research resource for understanding rice growth and development and exploring grain quality improvement, researchers said on Wednesday.

China's railways recorded more than 250 million passenger trips from September 23 to Tuesday, as the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day breaks wrap up, China State Railway Group Co said on Wednesday.

China has always believed that interdependence is not a risk, and intertwined interests are not a threat; openness and cooperation are the right path to development. Protectionism cannot enhance competitiveness, and decoupling will only harm others without benefiting oneself, a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Tuesday.

It is hoped that the EU will work with China in the same direction and resolve each other's concerns through dialogue and consultation, so that the two parties can jointly keep the global industrial and supply chains stable and unimpeded and promote the sound and steady development of China-EU economic and trade relations, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday.

Economic and trade relations are about leveraging respective comparative advantages to achieve mutual benefit, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday, commenting on reports that the UK is looking to impose higher tariffs on Chinese NEV exports.

Jordan is upgrading tourism infrastructure and tailoring services to attract more Chinese visitors, Jordanian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Imad Hijazeen said in a recent interview with Xinhua.

After France and Germany proposed that the EU reinforce its economy by introducing a new measure to strike back at countries deemed to harm its interests, reportedly with China as a likely target, a Chinese expert on Tuesday criticized the move as unilateral, noting that it would not solve the EU's declining industrial competitiveness but would instead undermine the mutually beneficial China-EU economic and trade relationship as well as the global trade order.

For Zhang Yang and his family in Ankang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, this year's National Day holiday was a memorable one. On Oct. 1, following the opening of the Xi'an-Ankang high-speed railway, they took a direct high-speed train from Ankang to Yan'an, a city known for its revolutionary history.

China's largest desert oilfield, the Fuman Oilfield located on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has extracted over 26 million tons of oil and gas from depths below 6,000 meters, hitting a major milestone, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the operator of the oilfield, said on Monday.

With one month to go before the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE), companies from around the world are preparing to gather in Shanghai in east China, bringing products ranging from advanced manufacturing equipment and medical technologies to African coffee and Syrian soap.

Five days into China's week-long National Day holiday, millions are still immersed in the sights, sounds and flavors of the season -- traveling, dining, exploring and enjoying the break. Yet this year, the scenes are subtly different.

The quiet Qilian county in Northwest China's Qinghai Province woke up to a soft invasion during the National Day holiday: A place with a population of only about 50,000 suddenly found itself receiving more than 100,000 visitors in a single day, according to media reports.

China's domestically developed large amphibious aircraft, the AG600 Kunlong, has successfully completed its 2026 garrison mission in Jiagedaqi, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As of the end of the mission, the AG600 had conducted 35 patrol flights over the forest region of the Greater Hinggan Mountains, accumulating 100 safe flight hours and dropping approximately 390 tons of water, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday, citing the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

​Spain builds more than 2 million vehicles a year as Europe's second-largest vehicle producer, but many decisions shaping its automotive industry are made abroad. With Volkswagen considering a possible phase-out of its Spanish brand SEAT after 2030, a new battery partnership with China's Gotion High-Tech highlights Spain's efforts to secure its place in the electric-vehicle value chain.

​Consumer spending across China is holding steady midway through the seven-day National Day holiday, with early data pointing to stable growth that reflects the economy's underlying vitality.

The G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting produced no outcome documents on three agenda items set by the US presidency — addressing "overcapacity", eliminating "forced labor" and adjusting the most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment principle — while members reached a joint statement on opposing the weaponization of food, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said.

Travel and spending during China's National Day holidays remained strong into the third and fourth days, with sustained passenger demand prompting transport operators to add capacity, popular scenic spots imposing visitor limits, and duty-free shopping recording growth, according to media reports.

China's Foreign Ministry on Saturday slammed a US congressional panel's claim concerning Northwest China's Xinjiang, which was made in criticizing Starbucks' decision to open stores in the region. The ministry reiterated that China will continue to expand high-standard opening-up and create more opportunities for foreign businesses.

China entered the third day of the National Day holidays on Saturday with travel demand remaining strong, as the country's railways expected to handle 18.9 million passenger trips amid concentrated short-haul demand, pointing to sustained holiday mobility after cross-regional passenger trips topped 300 million on Friday.

China called on G20 members to support the multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core, while voicing firm opposition to unilateralism and protectionism pursued in the name of addressing “overcapacity” or eliminating “forced labor,” Li Chenggang, China international trade representative and vice minister of commerce, said at a Group of 20 (G20) trade ministers' meeting.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Saturday that its anti-dumping investigation into imports of p-nitrotoluene originating from the European Union was launched in response to an application by the domestic industry and based on preliminary evidence of dumping and resulting damage to Chinese producers.

China's week-long National Day holiday began Thursday, extending a travel peak that started with the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from September 25, with travel agency data showing that Chinese globetrotters are opting to customize their outbound trips to combine multiple destinations into a single itinerary.

China's newly opened high-speed railway sections are expected to boost tourism, especially during holidays such as the ongoing National Day holiday, industry experts and local officials said. On Monday, China opened four major high-speed railway sections to traffic, spanning northern, northwestern, central and northeastern China, which are expected to draw more tourists to iconic attractions just ahead of the seven-day holiday.

China's commitment to open source, openness, cooperation and sharing provides a practical pathway for Global South countries to seize opportunities in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and bridge the North-South AI divide, experts have said. At the 2026 Global South Modernization Forum, held Wednesday in Cairo, participants said modernization in the Global South is at an important stage of overcoming development constraints, bridging capability gaps and transforming growth drivers, stressing the need to make good use of AI to strengthen endogenous development momentum.

Cambodia on Thursday officially inaugurated the China-funded National Road 10, a major infrastructure project aimed at boosting regional trade and tourism following more than five years of construction. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet hailed the 198.5-km highway as a strategic route and a new economic lifeline for the country.

China's efforts in accelerating the transition of its nuclear fusion program from fundamental research to large scale engineering have achieved a major milestone, as the project campus of the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST), which is dubbed China's "artificial sun," was officially delivered and put into use in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday.

China and the US are the world's two largest economies. Their economies are extensive, closely linked, and far-reaching in impact, with deeply intertwined industrial and supply chains. That each is embedded in the other is an objective fact. For more than a year, tariff frictions escalated and market expectations fluctuated repeatedly. Yet the two sides returned to dialogue, held successive rounds of consultations, gradually narrowed differences and accumulated consensus. This demonstrates that as long as both sides uphold mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, effective solutions to problems can be found through dialogue and cooperation.

This autumn, tree-ripened durians have been harvested in southwest China's Yunnan Province, as durian trees in experimental orchards have steadily come into bearing after years of trial cultivation.

In early September 2026, Egyptian young man named Abbas launched an account on a Chinese social media platform. In his profile, he proudly noted that he had been featured three times in the People's Daily. His first post was the newspaper's latest story about him.

The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) has expressed deep concern over a recent spate of restrictive measures by relevant EU institutions and member states at both legislative and administrative levels, saying the measures show a clear protectionist tendency and could undermine mutually beneficial business cooperation and the stability and smooth operation of industrial and supply chains, according to a post on the chamber's official WeChat account on Wednesday.

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 50.1 in September, returning to expansion territory after two months below 50, with the economic recovery trend further consolidating, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed on Wednesday.

An additional 55 percent tariff will be imposed on beef imported from Brazil starting at 00:00 on October 1, 2026, China's Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) said Wednesday on its official website.

China's 2026 express delivery volume had surpassed 150 billion packages as of Sept. 29, hitting the mark 12 days earlier than in 2025, the State Post Bureau said on Wednesday.

China on Tuesday vowed to respond resolutely to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese industries if the EU insists on introducing discriminatory restrictions against Chinese companies or products, after media reports that some EU member states are drafting a joint document calling on the European Commission to accelerate the development of a European version of the US "Section 301" tool and take tougher measures against China.

China urges the EU to stay on the right track of managing differences through dialogue. China will closely follow the EU's next moves. If the EU insists on introducing discriminatory restrictions against Chinese companies or products, China will respond resolutely to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese industries, a spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Tuesday.

China on Tuesday unveiled a new program aimed at achieving breakthroughs at the frontiers of science and producing major original research achievements in key fields, while also outlining a broader slate of major research missions for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30). Analysts said the moves signal a stronger push beyond catch-up innovation toward original breakthroughs at the frontiers of science and technology.

China on Tuesday lowered the rate on a key central bank lending facility and introduced interest subsidies for new commercial mortgages aimed at eligible first-time homebuyers, part of a combination of policy measures aiming to promote innovation-driven, high-quality and sound economic development.

China's excavator exports exceeded domestic sales in the first eight months of the year, with exports jumping 31.8 percent year-on-year, far outpacing domestic sales growth, CCTV News reported on Tuesday, citing the data from the China Construction Machinery Association (CCMA).

China's generative artificial intelligence (AI) user base exceeded 700 million by the end of the first half of 2026, with the adoption rate reaching above 50 percent, according to the Generative Artificial Intelligence Application Development Report (2026) released by an institute under the China Internet Network Information Center on Tuesday.

China and Canada have mapped out new cooperation priorities in agricultural technology, soil health and seed industry, marking a major step forward in stabilizing and expanding bilateral agricultural collaboration, according to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Sunday.

Preparations are fully underway for the APEC CEO Summit 2026, which will be held in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong, from November 17 to 18, and the summit has attracted widespread attention from all parties, with US companies being particularly active in signing up, a spokesperson for the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China's top trade promotion body, said on Tuesday.

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has made global headlines for the widespread adoption of its large language model, and that popularity may now be translating into rapid revenue growth. Some Chinese analysts estimate that the star firm's annualized revenue could reach $1 billion this year - nearly double the figure projected just a month ago.

China is expected to secure a bumper grain harvest this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Tuesday. This year, the summer grain output exceeded 150 million tonnes for the first time, and early rice output remained above 28 million tonnes for the sixth consecutive year, a ministry spokesperson told a media conference.

Preparations are underway for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit 2026, which will be held in Shenzhen, China, from November 17 to 18. This year's business summit has attracted widespread attention from all parties, with US companies actively signing up for participation, a spokesperson for the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China's top trade promotion body, said on Tuesday.

AI agent startup Manus is assembling a team to develop products for the China market, the company said Monday night via its Butterfly Effect WeChat channel. The move comes weeks after it resumed independent operations following the revocation of its acquisition by Meta.

China's dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) announced that it will use a portion of its excess initial public offering (IPO) proceeds to fund two new projects worth 18 billion yuan ($2.68 billion).

US businesses continue to view the Chinese market as a strategic priority, as China's supply chains, pace of innovation and talent pool help boost US firms' global competitiveness, the head of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China) told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

A new intercity train service linking Boten in northern Laos with the capital Vientiane was launched on Monday, further improving the passenger transport network on the Laos section of the China-Laos Railway and making same-day trips between northern Laos and the capital possible.

China is set to complete a next-generation geological map of the entire Mars by the end of 2028, a key scientific output expected to support the country's Tianwen-3 Mars sample-return mission, the mission's chief scientist said on Monday.

China's market is becoming harder for India to overlook. Indian news agency ANI reported that India's Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, said that India and China are working toward strengthening trade ties, people-to-people contacts and cultural exchanges, while focusing on greater market access for Indian products and technologies in China.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday announced 10 outcomes from the latest China-US economic and trade talks, including reciprocal tariff reduction on $30 billion worth of imports, an arrangement for the artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue, and an extension of the Kuala Lumpur trade arrangement to January 10, 2027.

China opened four high-speed railway lines on Monday, bringing more cities and counties into the national network and shortening journeys across regions ahead of the seven-day National Day holidays, as expanding transport connections create opportunities for tourism and local economic development.

Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio and Geely Holding Group announced a comprehensive partnership in charging and battery swapping on Monday, including cross-investments in their energy businesses and plans to support battery-swappable vehicles for individual consumers, Nio's WeChat official account said.

China unveiled a new five-year plan for its battery industry on Monday, aiming for the initial large-scale application of all-solid-state batteries by 2030 as the country accelerates the transition of next-generation battery technology from research to commercialization.

China's civil aviation sector is gearing up for a seven-day National Day holidays travel rush starting on Thursday. Airports across the country are bracing for surging passenger flows, with demand for international routes seeing particularly robust growth.

China has always participated in global artificial intelligence (AI) governance with a constructive and responsible attitude and has steadily contributed Chinese solutions. China consistently maintains that the United Nations should play its role as the main channel, and that a fair and equitable global AI governance system should be built, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday, in response to a question over on the establishment of the China-US AI Dialogue.

China's position on the TikTok issue has been consistent and clear, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday, in response to a question about remarks by Germany's Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media that Europe should follow the example of the US and that TikTok's European operations should be in European hands.

China's ocean drilling vessel Mengxiang, meaning "dream," has set a national record in deep-sea drilling, elevating its capability to the 5,000-meter level, after obtaining basalt samples from the South China Sea basin, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) said on Monday, making the country the third in the world to retrieve hard-rock samples from a deep-sea ocean basin using a drilling vessel.

China, home to the world's largest high-speed rail network, opened four major high-speed railway sections to traffic on Monday, improving transport links across several regions.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday announced 10 outcomes from the latest China-US economic and trade talks, including reciprocal tariff reduction on $30 billion worth of imports, the arrangement for the artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue, and an extension of the Kuala Lumpur trade arrangement to January 10, 2027.

In the first eight months of this year, the profits made by China's high-tech manufacturing enterprises above the designated size surged 54.7 percent year-on-year, which is 39 percentage points faster than the overall growth rate for major industrial enterprises, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday, highlighting the growing role of new growth drivers in supporting the economy.

China and the US have agreed to extend the Kuala Lumpur trade arrangement to January 10, 2027, while continuing active discussions aimed at reaching a solution agreed by both sides. The two sides also reaffirmed their commitment to implementing consensus reached in previous economic and trade consultations, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Monday.

Profits of China's industrial firms above designated size increased 15.7 percent year on year during the first eight months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. These industrial firms with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.97 million U.S. dollars) saw their combined profits reach 5.27 trillion yuan in the January-August period, according to the data.

China will review and approve, in accordance with laws and regulations, applications by financial services institutions from various countries, including US-funded institutions, to conduct business and establish branches in China, as part of the positive outcomes reached by the Chinese and US economic and trade teams during their consultations in New York and Washington in the area of financial services, China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday.

China and the US have agreed to convene the next artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue before the end of November this year, and to set up a communication channel for AI-related incidents, according to China's Ministry of Commerce on Monday.

China and the US have agreed to reduce tariffs on about $30 billion worth of imports from each other on a reciprocal basis, with tariffs on about 90 percent of the products on each side to be lowered to most-favored-nation (MFN) rates, one of the outcomes of economic and trade consultations held by the Chinese and US economic and trade teams in New York and Washington, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Monday.

No steering wheel, no pedals and no rearview mirrors. For the fifth consecutive year at the Global Digital Trade Expo, Tesla once again pushed the boundaries of imagination, this time via its fully autonomous Cybercab. The two-seat Cybercab features butterfly doors and a large interactive touchscreen, relying on camera-based vision and sensors to navigate without human intervention.

A cargo ship loads and unloads containers at a terminal in Lianyungang Port, East China's Jiangsu Province, on the morning of September 27, 2026. During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the port worked to keep foreign trade logistics running smoothly while pushing to meet its third-quarter production targets. Photo: CNS Photo

At this year's Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, some of the most revealing artificial intelligence (AI) products were not necessarily the biggest or the flashiest. One helped scholars trace historical references more efficiently. Another folded clothes. AI glasses targeted everyday interactions, while robots moved further into household and service scenarios.

The Chancay-Shanghai shipping route has seen increasingly frequent sailings and booming two-way trade since the beginning of this year, according to a Sunday report by China News Service citing Shanghai Customs statistics.

Railway stations and roads nationwide are packed, as people head home from their travel destinations on the last day of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday on Sunday. That traffic will add up to the estimated total inter-regional trips of 650 million passenger-trips, or about 220 million a day, during the Mid-Autumn Festival break. Average inbound and outbound passenger trips were projected to reach 2.2 million.

China's space-based breeding is moving beyond the "carpooling" era, as Northwest China's Shaanxi Province recently announced to build a lab for space biological mutation and start developing the country's first dedicated commercial satellite for space breeding. This means seeds traveling to space will soon have their own "dedicated ride," Shaanxi Fabu, the official social media account of Shaanxi Province, reported on Sunday.

China's Heihe pedestrian port in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, serving a cross-river ropeway linking the city with Russia's Blagoveshchensk, has passed a national acceptance inspection, Heilongjiang Daily reported on Sunday.

A land block in North China's Shanxi Province adds more than 100 billion cubic meters of proven reserves of coalbed methane, marking a key step in the exploration and development of the deep coalbed methane, which will ramp up the nation's energy security, China Media Group learned from PetroChina on Sunday.

The road section of the Shituo Yangtze River Bridge, a key project on the Chongqing-Wanzhou high-speed railway, closed its main span on Saturday in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Once completed, the bridge is expected to set four world records, according to media reports.

In a light drizzle at Can Tho Port in southern Vietnam, cranes unloaded containers from the first foreign trade vessel to sail through China's newly opened Pinglu Canal.

China registers robust travel volume on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, with passenger flows remaining high across transport networks.

Brussels is reportedly pressing Britain to align with its tougher trade approach toward China, amid calls for more restrictive China-related economic policies grow in Europe. Chinese experts warned on Saturday that the push reflects the EU's lack of confidence in going it alone, while an increasingly politicized "de-risking" drive risks raising business costs, disrupting supply chains and further eroding Europe's competitiveness.

As the digital economy accelerates, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a new growth driver for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, driven by expanding practical applications, according to a new report.

“Three days off for a 13-day super vacation” has sparked heated discussion and might appeal to some bold travelers as people plan for the Mid-Autumn Festival (Sep 25-27) and National Day holidays (Oct 1-7). In addition to rising flight bookings amid the travel boom, robot dances, AI poetry duels and self-driving sightseeing buses are moving from exhibition halls into scenic spots and theme parks, bringing tourists hands-on tech experiences. This issue previews what's "new" this holiday season.

A full-size metro carriage has been moved into the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, the venue for the 48th WorldSkills Competition -- not for display, but for hands-on competition in rail vehicle technology, one of seven skills making a debut this year.

At a barbecue restaurant in Badaju Market in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, the dining experience now extends beyond sizzling skewers and local delicacies to performances that introduce visitors to the city's history and culture.

China's first large offshore wind power project that utilizes 18-megawatt (MW) ultra-large offshore wind turbines on a large scale went into full operation on Thursday, according to Chinese energy giant China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN).

At a deep-water terminal on China's east coast in late September, rows of electric Transit City vans — fresh off Ford's China assembly line — stood in tight formation, waiting to climb aboard a giant roll-on/roll-off ship whose horns were sounding at the quay. Soon, those electric cargo vans, built by Ford in partnership with Jiangling Motors for modern urban logistics, will embark on a voyage of more than 15,000 kilometers, heading for developed markets such as Europe. Eventually, the export market for the electric van will expand to 52 countries and regions across five continents.

China and the US held their first dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) under the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism at the recently held eighth round of economic and trade consultations in the US, a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson said on Thursday. During the latest round of economic and trade consultation, the two sides reached multiple points of consensus.

China and the US maintain communication on arrangements for interactions between the two heads of state within the year, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday when asked whether China and the US plan to hold more economic and trade talks on the sidelines of the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting in Hong Kong or during the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, and whether China would formally invite US President Donald Trump to Shenzhen.

For Tong Anran, after two and a half years on a stretch of Horqin sandy land in north China, one thing stands out: the wind isn't as strong as it used to be. Since 2024, Tong, a technician with a forestry development company, has spent most of his days at a yellowhorn planting base in Haolibao Gacha, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

China accounted for nearly three-fifths of industrial robots installed worldwide in 2025, further strengthening its position as the world's largest market for industrial robotics, according to the World Robotics 2026 report released Thursday. A total of 354,000 industrial robots were deployed in China last year, up 20 percent from 2024 and accounting for 59 percent of global installations, said the Frankfurt-based International Federation of Robotics (IFR) in the report. The figure was nearly 60,000 units higher than the previous annual record.

China's outbound direct investment maintained robust growth in 2025, with Chinese companies expanding their global presence while directing more capital into emerging sectors including the green and digital sectors, according to official data released on Wednesday.

China's 16-day railway travel rush for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays officially began on Wednesday and runs through October 8, with an expected 284 million passenger trips, China Railway authorities said.

The 48th WorldSkills Competition, dubbed the "Olympics of vocational skills," kicked off its first full day of contests in Shanghai on Wednesday morning, bringing together 1,385 young competitors from 68 countries and regions across 64 skill categories, spanning traditional craftsmanship and emerging digital categories.