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  • AI propels smart home appliances towards all-scenario spectrum

    The recently-held 2025 Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE2025) has showcased how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies empower more intelligent, interconnected and comprehensive smart home scenarios.

    April17,2025


  • Foreign enterprises enjoy business opportunities in China through consumer products expo held in Hainan

    The fifth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) opened in Haikou City, south China's Hainan Province on April 13, drawing more than 1,700 enterprises and 4,100 brands from over 70 countries and regions, the Xinhua-run China Securities Journal reported on Monday.

    April17,2025


  • China's silver economy thrives as multiple sectors tap into its potential

    Culture and tourism, science and technology, and healthcare among other relevant sectors are unleashing new vitality to boost the development of China's silver economy.

    April10,2025


  • Qingming holiday sees travel boom with spring scenery igniting new tourism trends

    Data released by China's Ministry of Transport on April 5 showed that cross-regional passenger trips surged to 287 million on April 4, the first day of the Qingming Festival holiday, marking a 9.7 percent year-on-year increase compared to 2024.

    April09,2025


  • China's marathon boom unlocks new consumption scenarios

    In recent years, the craze for running has been at all time high in China. According to the statistics revealed by China Marathon, there were 32 marathon events nationwide on the same day of March 30, with over 420,000 runners.

    April03,2025


  • Chinese companies delve deeper into building smart cities to win the future 

    In the near future, ever escalating construction of smart cities is likely to enable Chinese cities to equip with "brains" capable of thinking and "neural networks" adept at coordinating with other urban public systems.

    April02,2025


  • Camping trip related spending drives new wave of consumption in China's leisure market

    Camping trip, a rising star in China's leisure consumption landscape, has gained momentum as urban dwellers increasingly embrace "mini-vacations" -- short, accessible getaways combining nature immersion and social bonding.

    March27,2025


  • China lends stronger support to foreign-invested enterprises to make them feel at home

    China has recently issued an action plan to stabilize foreign investment in 2025, which outlines concrete measures to solve keen concerns of foreign-invested enterprises, empowering them to invest in China and share China's development opportunities.

    February28,2025


  • China's pet economy thrives with fine pet care trend boosting consumption

    Right before this Chinese Spring Festival, Mr. Liu, a native of Shanghai working in Guangzhou, returned home by plane, with his pet dog "Dafenqi" by his side during the two-and-a-half-hour flight.

    February20,2025


  • Foreign investment projects surge as multiple regions in China intensify opening up efforts

    With multiple places in China stepping up support for foreign investment, a number of foreign investment projects have recently been launched, continuously boosting the country's opening up.

    February13,2025


  • New consumption trends: Chinese youth spend for joyful, shareable, and intelligence-empowered experiences

    New consumption trends are forming in China, as Chinese youth are prioritizing spending on goods that bring joy, experiences that can be shared, and items empowered by smart technology, according to report by People's Daily on Wednesday.

    February08,2025


  • Diverse partnerships underpin China's foreign trade prosperity in 2024

    China's foreign trade has shown strong resilience in 2024, which has largely depended on the diverse trade partnerships China forged.

    January24,2025


  • Foreign-funded institutions expand biz landscape to bet on growth in China

    The Chinese market has always been of strategic significance for BlackRock, reported Xinhua-run China Securities Journal citing the company's China business head Fan Hua on Monday.

    January24,2025


  • China's winter tourism boosted by industry innovation, diverse choices

    China's winter tourism market has gained fresh momentum with the approaching Spring Festival, gearing up to provide more culture-related activities, innovative products and diverse choices.

    January16,2025


  • China's foreign trade gears up for 2025 with new changes, promising prospects

    In 2024, China's foreign trade has shown steady progress, with an expanding scale, an optimized structure, diversified international markets, and accelerated release of new growth drivers. These upward and innovative trends reflect China's resilience in navigating challenges.

    January16,2025


  • Chinese foreign trade companies kick-start new year by seizing new opportunities, refining growth strategies

    As the new year starts, Chinese foreign trade companies are zeroing in on new markets, new business patterns, and new products. Supported by government-led initiatives, these companies are racing to seize new opportunities, break new ground, and foster new momentum in foreign trade.

    January09,2025


  • AI toys emerge as new force, lead new development trend of toy industry

    With the accelerated application of artificial intelligence (AI), AI smartphones, AI computers, AI glasses and other AI-related fields have become battlefields for fierce competition among technology manufacturers. Recently, AI toys have emerged as a new force, luring many A-share listed companies and startups to join the track.

    December26,2024


  • China makes new breakthrough in service trade in 2024 with pioneering pilot zones

    China has made progress in service trade as the latest official data showed that China's service trade continued to experience rapid growth in the first ten months of 2024, with the total service import and export volume exceeding 6.12 trillion yuan (about 838.5 billion U.S. dollars), up 14.6 percent year on year.

    December19,2024


  • Greetings from green China: Chinese green development stories dot the world in 2024

    From concrete data to factual cases, China's green development stories not only factored in its staunch determination for green transition, but also pooled more green vitality for global green development in 2024.

    December19,2024


  • Development along China-Laos Railway gains momentum

    Since its launch on December 3, 2021, the China-Laos Railway has emerged as a catalyst for regional economic growth. According to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the railway had handled over 43 million passenger trips and transported 48.3 million tonnes of cargo as of December 2, 2024.

    December12,2024


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