War on waste solidifies
A global crackdown operation on solid waste smuggling shows that China is playing a leading role in international joint operations. Officials from the UN and the World Customs Organization (WCO) are calling on developed countries to work with developing countries more closely and adopt better policies and technologies to solve the world's recycling woes.
Female pilots struggle with stereotypes
When Han Siyuan first applied for a job as a pilot cadet in 2008, she was up against 400 female classmates in China on tests measuring everything from their command of English to the length of their legs.
Studying overseas is not a panacea for Chinese parents
Whenever a child fails an exam or does not perform well, the new solution for many Chinese parents is to think that they should simply send their child to a country whose schools have less students and, thus, less competition.
Tech boom feeling a pinch
Wang Miaoyi's small one-bedroom apartment, which doubles as her design studio, is overflowing with game magazines, figurines and boxes of sci-fi novels.
Kenya, China sign agricultural exports deal after weeklong negotiations
Kenya and China signed an agreement on Friday allowing the East African country to export various agricultural products to China, a senior Kenyan government official said.
From 'Mayors' Class' to WeChat study
Dale Liao, a Singaporean resident, concluded her visit to China's commercial center Shanghai recently in a trip to learn how the communication application WeChat became a popular mobile payment system and marketing platform.
China seat supplier looks for way into stretched market
China is squeezing itself into a gap in the market for aircraft seats – a low-key effort compared with plans for a Sino-Russian jetliner or the military paraded at the just concluded 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, but one that may earn it a key role in global supply chains.
Coming of the smart port era
At the autonomous container yard of the Laem Chabang Port, an unmanned crane is accurately stretching out to a container carried by a truck and putting it beside the many containers already piled at the yard block.
China's huge market scale to drive future robotic export growth: experts
China's exports of robotic parts to South Korea have shot up about eight times in 2016 from the level in 2015 to account for 29.1 percent of South Korea's total robotic imports, according to latest data released by a South Korean robotic industry body. How is China's robotic industry development now? Does the country still trail foreign players who have an early start and rich experience? The Global Times recently spoke with several industry insiders who shared their views on the industry.
China finds new ways to develop distant-water fishing
China has become the world's largest distant-water fishing nation through merging small, weak companies into bigger internationally competitive modern companies, as well as building fishing bases with intelligent technology. Now the country's fishing industry is facing a bigger opportunity brought by the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative (BRI).
Will China's private aerospace firms fall into quagmire like EV makers?
As China's private aerospace firms take inspiration from SpaceX, China's electric vehicle (EV) start-ups aim to repeat the success story of Tesla Inc. As start-ups making EVs have run into troubles lately, some fear the nation's aerospace firms will take a similar track. The Global Times interviewed industry insiders who said the two groups of firms face a different future.
China set to further open up its cancer drug market
As cancer is taking more lives in China each year, the Chinese government is beefing up its efforts to bring more effective and safe new drugs with a slew of measures to further open up the market, in a bid to meet patients' increasing needs. As the West leads with more advanced drug treatment options, experts call on essential investment in the fundamental research and innovation of new drugs in China.
Japanese duty-free shops eager to transform amid declining Chinese customers
At the central avenue of Ginza district, Tokyo, foreign tourists with hands full of shopping bags can be seen everywhere, forming a unique landscape in the area packed up with trendy malls. Among these malls, the main store of Laox, the largest duty-free store in Japan, was once the most eye-catching. During peak times, the popular Japanese rice cookers stacked in the store could be snatched up by Chinese tourists in just a few minutes.
Huawei's AI ambition to reshape industries
During Huawei Connect 2018, an annual conference held by Chinese tech company Huawei Technologies in Shanghai from Wednesday to Friday, the firm unveiled for the first time its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and confirmed that it has been working on AI technologies lately. Analysts and industry representatives were surprised to find out that the tech giant, which used to be hardware-centered, has now taken AI seriously by investing heavily in AI fundmental research and applications.
Utah State delegation seeks bonds with China despite trade disputes on federal level
US state-level governments and US' private sector have strong will of continuing to do business with China amid the China-US trade war, officials and business representatives told the Global Times in recent interviews, and they also urged the Trump administration and the Congress to improve economic ties with China instead of escalating tariffs.
Shared-bike providers face dilemma as glory days come to end
After Chinese bike-sharing platform Mobike was sold for $2.7 billion to domestic on-demand online services provider Meituan Dianping, the valuation of another bike-sharing company called ofo was lowered from $4 billion to $2.5 billion.
China set to become advanced manufacturing power
As China beefs up efforts to transform and upgrade its manufacturing industry toward a digitized and intelligence-based model, an open and cooperative business environment is essential, said experts and executives.
Nation's high-tech market to draw spotlight at Shanghai import expo
High-tech products and technology are set to draw the spotlight at China's upcoming import expo, the first of its kind in the country.