Foreign companies eye opportunities in western China's green industries
China's chain supermarkets and convenience stores reported steady operational improvement in 2025, industry surveys have shown.
Snow blankets the Changbai Mountains in winter as skiers descend the slopes at Beidahu and Lake Songhua resorts in northeast China's Jilin Province. This season, the province is using major sporting events and upgraded services to turn its ice and snow resources into a driver of tourism, aiming to raise its international profile as a winter destination.
The event drew over 300 commercial aerospace companies, showcasing the full industrial chain from launch vehicles and satellite manufacturing to space applications, supporting services and investment.
China is the undisputed global powerhouse in wind energy. From the Gobi to the sea, wind power forms a cornerstone of the country's transition toward a cleaner and more sustainable development model.
Senior Chinese provincial- and ministerial-level officials met this week at the central Party school in Beijing for a study session focused on priority tasks for the next five years.
Scientists in China have created a flexible, thread-like "fiber chip" that can be woven into fabric, opening the door to garments that function as interactive screens, advanced brain implants capable of processing signals internally and hyperrealistic virtual reality touch.
China has rolled out a nationwide subsidy program to support elderly people with disabilities who purchase care services, authorities announced Thursday, as part of efforts to ease family burdens and build a more senior-friendly society.
The moat water system of Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Tuesday achieved full connectivity for the first time in more than 70 years, marking a milestone in its urban renewal.
China on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive policy package leveraging fiscal and financial synergy to boost consumption and energize private investment, further igniting the domestic demand engine.
Huanggong Bazaar in Yining County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region stirs even before dawn on trading days. Shrouded in winter darkness, trucks loaded with cattle, sheep and horses edge toward the gate at this bazaar, arriving in a sequence governed by the market rhythm that has changed little across generations.
One month into the island-wide special customs operations, the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) in south China has maintained smooth and orderly functioning, with initial achievements in logistics efficiency, passenger convenience, and economic aggregation, highlighting the country's commitment to high-level opening up.
Through studying the observation data of China's gigantic radio telescope located in the country's southwestern Guizhou Province, an international research team has uncovered compelling new evidence supporting a binary-system origin for at least some fast radio bursts (FRBs), one of the most enigmatic phenomena in modern astrophysics.
China on Thursday sent an Algerian satellite into space using a Long March-2C carrier rocket.
From January to November 2025, Bayannur exported nearly 395,000 tonnes of sunflower seeds, up more than 23 percent from a year earlier. Export value rose nearly 22 percent to 4.55 billion yuan, according to city commerce officials.
South China's island province of Hainan reported a record-breaking 14.727 billion kilowatt-hours in green electricity and green certificate transactions in 2025, the provincial power exchange center said on Wednesday.
China's domestically developed large fixed-wing drone, the FP-985 "Taurus," completed a long-distance logistics flight across the high-altitude regions between Sichuan and Xizang on Wednesday.
The Xixia Imperial Tombs were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List last year, underscoring their importance as a testament to a multicultural civilization shaped by agro-pastoralism and trade in northwest China.
The rapid rise of China's ice-and-snow industry is not only fueling a domestic consumption boom but also attracting international businesses from as far as Chile.
Turning things upside-down doesn't always mean chaos -- it can actually open up surprising opportunities. That's the story behind a plush horse toy from Yiwu, China's famed "world's supermarket", which has galloped into the hearts of millions thanks to a manufacturing mix-up.
Li is among a growing number of young Chinese people seeking opportunities in the country's rapidly expanding low-altitude economy -- a sector that covers drones, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and related services operating below conventional airspace altitudes.
A Chinese spacecraft designed for space tourism on Monday completed its suborbital flight test mission in northwest China.
The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's Tiangong space station have recently successfully completed a series of crucial in-orbit training exercises and advanced scientific experiments, laying solid groundwork for future missions and scientific discovery.
From the first homegrown chip to the rapid rise in global innovation rankings, Hong Kong has accelerated its pivot towards innovation and technology (I&T) over the past year, positioning the sector as a critical new engine for growth alongside its traditional economic pillars.
China's space station has deployed and implemented 265 science and application projects in orbit, and set multiple records, according to an annual report released by the China Manned Space Agency on Thursday.
As exhilarated tourists ride the 521-meter super ice slide and take photos with the spectacular ice sculptures on show in the Harbin Ice-Snow World theme park, they are contributing to a growing ice and snow industry that has been reporting record numbers in the world's second-largest economy.
The city has effectively conserved areas along its riverbanks, enhancing their function as protective green corridors. Leveraging these environmental improvements, the city has developed new cultural tourism attractions and landmarks.
China's equity market kicked off 2026 with strong momentum, reinforcing growing confidence among domestic and international institutions, with technology-related sectors broadly regarded as the primary growth driver.
By studying the detection data of China's first Mars rover, Zhurong, Chinese geologists have found that the Martian surface had still exhibited significant aqueous activity approximately 750 million years ago.
The emotional experience and the sought-after "sense of ritual" -- a mindful effort to imbue activities with symbolic meaning -- best capture how Chinese people ushered in 2026, as vibrant celebrations across the country reflected robust domestic consumption at the start of the new year.
The recent three-day New Year holiday showed some promising travel and spending numbers in China, offering a glimpse of resilient and dynamic consumption landscape.