Workers at a factory in Dahua county, Hechi, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, race to complete orders for protective uniforms on September 10, 2026. The factory, a demonstration project backed by China Datang Co to promote rural vitalization, mainly ...

Saemangeum is drawing attention again - this time because of Chinese companies. According to the Yonhap News Agency, a delegation of about 20 Chinese companies in sectors, including solar power, secondary batteries and information and communications technology, visited South Korea ...

Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, has kept both its name and its urban site unchanged for more than 3,000 years. Its streets and lanes carry centuries of history. In recent years, the city has worked to protect, ...

On August 19, as Unitree Robotics made a stunning debut on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market, the hall roared and investors grinned—yet when the camera cut to founder Wang Xingxing, his expression barely moved.

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed new public procurement rules that would allow public buyers across the EU to restrict or reject bids from suppliers based in countries not covered by the bloc's procurement agreements, a group that includes China. ...

India-based funds are turning their attention to Chinese assets, and talk of investing in China is "more than at any point since 2020," the Global Times learned from senior Indian market players.

Stepping into the thematic hall of the ongoing 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), one is immediately greeted by a life-size cutout of Erling Haaland in a Norway jersey, who became a viral sensation in China during ...

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Thursday that it has extended the anti-dumping investigation into pecans imported from Mexico and the US to March 25, 2027 due to the complexity of this case, according to a statement on the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) concerns the common well-being of all mankind. All sides should adhere to the principles of openness, inclusiveness, benefit for all, and being oriented toward good. The creation of closed and exclusive “small circles” and the pursuit of ...

China urges France to face up to China's position and immediately stop using Anti-Ultra-Fast Fashion Law to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese-funded enterprises, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling said on Thursday, responding to French officials' ...

China hopes India will provide a fair, just, transparent and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from all countries investing and operating there, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday, when asked about reports that India's Serious Fraud Investigation ...

Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson Huang Ling said on Thursday that public reports indicate some French companies have received subsidies from the EU and its member states, which may have been passed on to their China-based entities to some extent. ...

The Chinese and US economic and trade teams are earnestly implementing the consensus reached at the Beijing meeting between the two heads of state, and are in consultations on a framework arrangement for reciprocal tariff reductions covering $30 billion, with ...

The US companies in China have witnessed a sharp rebound in business confidence, supported by stronger financial performance, an improved geopolitical landscape and regulatory progress, a business report released by the AmCham Shanghai showed on Thursday.

Chinese container shipping company Sea Legend's vessel Dubai Tower arrived in the UK after sailing from Ningbo port in East China's Zhejiang Province via the Northern Sea Route in Arctic, a source from the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group told the Global ...

China recorded 499 million inbound and outbound passenger trips in the first eight months of this year, up 8.7 percent year-on-year, China Media Group reported on Thursday, citing official data.

Chinese companies are strongly opposed to any measures that would exclude or restrict third-country companies from participating in EU public procurement on the basis of so-called non-market factors, such as the country of origin of the company, including where such ...

Walk into the ICT-themed exhibition hall at Beijing's Shougang Park during this year's China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), and the first things to catch the eye are artificial intelligence (AI) models. A trillion-parameter open-source AI large model ...

An intelligent traffic robot directs vehicles and pedestrians at an intersection in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, on September 9, 2026, adjusting its orientation in sync with the changing signal lights. The robot handles routine patrols and violation identification, and ...

From new service brands and overseas expansion support to fast-growing digital trade, China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) 2026 offers a snapshot of how China's services industry is evolving. Behind the exhibits and new product debuts is a ...

Representatives of US local governments and businesses attending the ongoing China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, on Wednesday expressed continued interest in strengthening economic and investment cooperation with China.

Indian steel prices are expected to rise further in the coming weeks, while industry statistics show that hot-rolled coil prices rose by 4,000 rupees ($42.1) per metric ton between August and early September, reaching a four-year high, Reuters reported. Higher ...

Driven partly by expectations of faster Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy tightening, the yen has hovered around a seven-month high this week.

China on Wednesday recognized 11 new occupations including shore-based ship management engineering technician, embodied intelligence robot technician, and sports data analyst, and it also recognized 23 new job specialties including community workers and age-friendly renovation designers, according to a document ...

A number of Chinese localities including Beijing and Shanghai have recently announced plans for developing high-end, precision and advanced industries as well as building a modern industrial system during the nation's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period.

The US side's accusation of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms of industrial-scale distillation against US AI models is groundless in fact and without basis in law, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Wednesday, stressing that the US move is ...

Walking into the telecom and IT exhibition hall at the ongoing 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), a visitor might do a double-take – there, on a dental chair, sits a human skull.

China-EU consultations must be conducted on the basis of equality, and wielding the big stick will not resolve the real problems facing a weakening European industry but will only damage China-EU mutual trust and undermine the possible outcomes of China-EU ...

The China-Laos Railway transported 244,000 cross-border passenger trips in the first eight months of this year, up more than 50 percent year-on-year, China Railway Kunming Group Co announced on Wednesday.

The Arctic shipping route is moving toward normalized operations, with a Chinese shipping executive saying his company aims to extend the navigation window to six to eight months in the next three to five years. But turning the route into ...

Chinese cloud service provider JD Cloud and GPU maker Moore Threads are teaming up to build a 100,000-GPU intelligent computing cluster, Moore Threads said on Wednesday, in an effort to scale up domestically developed AI computing infrastructure.

It is hoped that the US side will earnestly implement the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state and refrain from making unfounded accusations against China. Both China and the US are major countries in artificial intelligence ...

The US administration on Tuesday criticized Ford Motor over its ties with Chinese companies, with Washington's political intervention reaching deeper into technology licensing, supply chains and routine commercial cooperation between companies in the two countries. Analysts said the move could ...

China's price levels continued their moderate recovery in August, reflecting sustained improvement in domestic demand under supportive policy measures.

Zhao Qinghong, a property sales manager in south China's Shenzhen City, has been busier than usual recently, as a new package of measures for the property market has brought more prospective buyers to the residential project where he works.

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.8 percent year on year in August, official data showed Wednesday.

On September 3, the second Global Enterprises Summit on High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation, themed "Connectivity, Building a Better World," was held in Singapore. State Grid Suzhou Power Supply Company, the only unit within State Grid Corporation invited to the ...

Workers produce energy storage products for export at a workshop in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu Province, on September 8, 2026. Customs data showed China's goods trade reached 34.78 trillion yuan ($5.18 trillion) in the first eight months of 2026, up ...

The China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), now in its 26th edition, officially opened on Tuesday in Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian Province, with its exhibition space reaching a record high.

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developer DeepSeek on Tuesday opened about 150 new positions, targeting senior engineers with two to 10 years of experience. Unlike the company's broad recruitment drive in June, every one of the new roles sits on the ...

The 8th Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum opened in the coastal city of Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province on Tuesday. Domestic and foreign officials and industry insiders agreed that in the face of multiple challenges including geopolitical risks and ...

In the first eight months, China's foreign trade expanded 17.6 percent to 34.78 trillion yuan ($5.13 trillion), sustaining a double-digit growth momentum and highlighting the country's resilience despite a sluggish global trade recovery and geopolitical conflicts disrupting global industrial and ...

The current phase of China's economic transition represents a reconfiguration of its growth engines rather than what some Western media recently hype as an economic “stall.” Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that China's GDP still ...

Silk, tea, and porcelain have long been cherished as national treasures, each carrying the wisdom and artistry of Chinese civilization. Now, these time-honored industries are turning a new page – one that will promise a future of high-quality and sustainable ...

The popularity of Chinese high-tech is related to the fact that high-quality products are available at a low price. China is a leader in technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology because it makes technology that the world ...

Moore Threads, one of China's most closely watched GPU companies and described by some as a potential challenger to Nvidia, saw its shares fall 3.7 percent on Tuesday after a 20 percent drop a day earlier. The decline pushed its ...

As the 18th BRICS Summit will open from Saturday, some Indian media outlets have shown keen interest in the prospects of China-India cooperation under the BRICS framework, engaging in heated discussion over the potential economic engagements and collaborative opportunities the ...

The escalating US-Canada tariff dispute has become the latest symptom of a tariff-driven trust crisis rooted in Washington's trade policies, Chinese experts warned on Tuesday. As Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods took effect, they noted that growing calls for ...

China's first 88,000 cubic meter very large gas carrier (VLGC), named "Chang Ping Yuan," completed construction, marking a new breakthrough in China's independent design and construction of very large gas carriers, China Media Group reported on Tuesday.

China stands ready to work with all parties to ensure that artificial intelligence (Al) delivers sustainable value and becomes an important driving force for enhancing the well-being of all humanity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday, commenting ...

China's integrated circuit (IC) exports reached $40.731 billion in August, while cumulative exports for the January-August period totaled $256.75 billion, up 103.9 percent year-on-year, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Tuesday.

The European Commission is expected to propose a sweeping overhaul of EU public procurement rules this week, in what European media describe as its latest effort to reduce economic reliance on China. Chinese analysts said on Tuesday that the proposed ...

China's foreign trade has seen very positive growth in the first eight months of the year, with total goods imports and exports reaching 34.78 trillion yuan ($5.18 trillion), up 17.6 percent year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points faster than in the first ...

China's foreign trade in yuan-denominated terms grew 17.6 percent year on year in the first eight months of this year, official data showed on Tuesday.

A familiar face on a video call may not be what it seems, as artificial intelligence (AI) can now replicate people's faces and voices with startling realism, creating new challenges for the law. On Monday, China's top court issued guidelines ...

The 5th Global Digital Trade Expo, an event dedicated to promoting digital trade and industrial cooperation, will take place from Sept. 23 to 27 in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, with artificial intelligence (AI) as its main theme, ...

China has unveiled a plan to improve its investment mechanism for rural revitalization as part of broader efforts to boost agricultural and rural development, the country's agriculture ministry said Monday. Jointly issued by multiple government bodies, including the Ministry of Agriculture ...

Both Xiaomi and Huawei held product launches on Monday, unveiling new foldable flagship mobile phones, while Apple confirmed its own autumn event for Wednesday (US time), where its first foldable iPhone is widely expected.

China's mature manufacturing ecosystem, technology capabilities and experience in scaling up production offer opportunities for Indian businesses seeking to expand their manufacturing capabilities, particularly in emerging sectors such as batteries, renewable energy, electric vehicles (EVs) and electronics, an Indian business ...

Two major national exhibitions, covering services trade and investment, are taking place back-to-back this week in China, with record-breaking scale, unprecedented international participation, and a clear message to the world: the country's doors are opening wider.

India's economic momentum in recent years has been obvious to all. Its remarkable GDP performance and rapid development in sectors including digital industry and biomedicine give it unique advantages when leading discussions on technology governance. If New Delhi can harness ...

Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone on Monday, powered by the latest Kirin 9050 Pro chip – the first high-performance processor to adopt logic folding technology – at a launch event in Guangzhou, South China's ...

Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said on Monday that it remains open to partnering with Apple, as its general manager touted the company's competitiveness against global mainstream players, following a blockbuster first-half performance that saw revenue surge nearly ...

"At 9 am, we made this decision in the car; by noon, the memorandum of understanding [MOU] had already been signed," Pakistani reporter Amjad Aziz Malik told the Global Times when recalling his experience in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, ...

A major breakthrough has been achieved in China's hybrid rice seed production, as a large-scale demonstration plot recorded a yield of 530.4 kilograms per mu (7,956 kilograms per hectare), surpassing 1,000 jin for the first time.

Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, on Monday, featuring the latest Kirin 9050 Pro chip - the first high-performance processor to adopt logic folding technology, according to the Xinhua News ...

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Monday launched the Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone powered by the new Kirin 9050 Pro chip, the first high-performance processor to use logic folding technology.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday announced a preliminary ruling that the investigated imports from Japan were being dumped, causing material injury to China's dichlorosilane industry, and that there was a causal link between the dumping and the material ...

Europe is crying foul again. A European metals industry group has alleged that EU manufacturing job losses could surge unless Brussels stops what it called the “colonisation” of industry by Chinese component manufacturers, according to a Guardian report on Sunday. ...

China's currency, the renminbi (RMB), is playing a bigger role in Africa as trade with the continent flourishes. From the launch of direct RMB settlement services in Tanzania to expanded connectivity with the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) in Kenya ...

Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting System Co, in East China's Jiangsu Province, has issued rectification measures over the improper handling of the newly hired university graduates in early August, with the company's general manager's salary to be suspended for one year, ...

China officially released the nautical map for the approaches to the country's major river-to-sea Pinglu Canal on Monday. Meanwhile, aids to navigation along the canal's seaward stretch were fully installed the same day, marking that the canal's maritime safety system ...

Four retired passenger planes — an Airbus A321, an A320, an A319 and a Boeing 737-700 — will be auctioned as a package on Tuesday in China with a starting price of 4 million yuan, the Global Times learned on ...

China's power batteries will enter a stage of large-scale retirement during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), making a comprehensive upgrade of recycling and reuse particularly important, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said at ...

A $399 desktop duck-shaped robot named Microduck from a French-American company has become an unlikely lens through which to view the deep integration of global technology supply chains.

At her exhibition booth, neatly arranged trays display dried sea cucumbers of various sizes, alongside an assortment of other dried seafood products. Eldha Anggia, a seafood exporter from Indonesia, is attending the show for the very first time. Though her ...

Eight Chinese central financial enterprises, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), unveiled capital increase plans on Sunday to replenish their core Tier-1 capital. The plans total 360 billion yuan ($53.6 billion), which will help further strengthen their steady ...

If India is growing so fast, why is its global ranking falling? Some will inquire.

China and Russia are discussing new railway routes while expanding capacity at existing border crossings, according to Russian media reports citing Oleg Belozerov, CEO of state-owned Russian Railways, as growing bilateral trade drives demand for stronger cross-border transport links.

On Wednesday, China and Egypt issued a joint statement on further deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership. The statement mentioned that the two sides agreed to further deepen the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and Egypt's Vision 2030, and ...

The Bank of Korea said in a recent report that South Korea's lead over China in memory chip production is expected to widen thanks to an aggressive capacity expansion by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

A splash of ketchup on the floor became an impromptu challenge for a Chinese robot vacuum at IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Academicians, officials and young engineers look forward to advancing China‑Central Asia cooperation amid deepening bilateral ties, as both sides grapple with shared challenges of energy transition and climate change.

A new paper by Huawei's semiconductor segment chief He Tingbo on the company's Tau (τ) Scaling Law presented measurements from the Kirin 2026 chip, showing that transistor density increased by about 55 percent while power consumption fell across several key ...

On Sunday morning, the G3998 Fuxing bullet train departed from Ruijin Station in East China's Jiangxi Province and set off for Yan'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, marking the first direct high-speed rail service between the two major revolutionary sites, ...

The claim by the UK group called Coalition on Secure Technology (CST) that "China could use tractors and other internet-linked agricultural machinery to spy on British farmers" is baseless, reflecting a lack of confidence on the part of certain British ...

The Unit 2 of the Zhaoyuan nuclear power station in East China's Shandong Province started pouring concrete on Saturday, marking the official start of the unit's main works and meaning the first phase of the plant has begun construction. The ...

In a world first, a Chinese medical team performed an AI-powered, ultrasound robot-guided transcatheter closure procedure for congenital heart disease on a 48-year-old man on Saturday, according to a novelty search conducted by an authoritative institution.

Straight punches, hooks and roundhouse kicks... Two humanoid robots wearing boxing gloves and protective headgear are staging a combat demonstration in the center of the ring. Around them, a wall of smartphones rises, capturing every jab, every feint, while the ...

Construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway has made fresh progress, with the No.2 North Koshtobe Tunnel in Kyrgyzstan recently broken through, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Co said. Phased advances achieved on other key projects including the Naryn No.1 Tunnel.

The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed El Nino formation and expects it to strengthen to a super El Niño in the coming months. China's National Climate Center (NCC) said its impacts will continue through autumn and winter as the event ...

The Dubai branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) on Thursday held a bell-ringing ceremony at Nasdaq Dubai to mark the listing of its global dual-currency green bonds themed after "China-Arab states renewable energy cooperation."

The humanoid crossed the finish line at full speed and hit the blue crash mats. Staff workers quickly carried it off, changed its battery and checked its joints. None of that support came from a robot maker – a small ...

Chinese-branded vehicles wait to be loaded onto a vessel bound for Australia at a port in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province, on September 4, 2026. China's auto exports hit 1.04 million units in July 2026, up 81.3 percent year-on-year, with ...

China has launched an international science program to deploy a constellation of cube satellites - small, standardized satellites built in compact modular units - across Earth-Moon space, with research institutions from Thailand, Serbia, Egypt, Senegal, Indonesia and other countries already ...

The US trade deficit widened sharply in July to its highest level in 16 months, driven in part by surging imports of computers, computer accessories and semiconductors amid the country's AI investment boom, foreign media reported. The US is seeking to ...

German businesses are undergoing a period of reflection amid growing market competition, with some blaming pressure from China while others acknowledge issues at home, Chinese experts noted on Friday after a recent survey indicated the complex views of German firms ...

At the display area for BYD - one of China's new-energy vehicle pioneers - the nail penetration test on a blade battery drew particular interest. Delegates leaned in, eyes fixed on the battery as a steel needle pierced through it ...

Beyond just application programming interfaces (APIs) and fully developed products, China's artificial intelligence (AI) models are now emerging as foundational tech infrastructure for global developers to build their next-generation AI models, Chinese experts said on Friday, after a Saudi Arabian ...

Starting December 5, 2026, China Eastern Airlines will increase flights on its Shanghai Pudong-Auckland-Buenos Aires route, raising the weekly frequency from two to four round-trip flights.