Foreign companies eye opportunities in western China's green industries
As China's Gen Z emerges as a new leading consumer group, it is also driving manufacturers towards a shift that reflects both emotional needs and rising cultural confidence.
Stepping into the production workshop of WG Tech, an optoelectronic company in Xinyu City, east China's Jiangxi Province, the first thing that caught the eye was slender glass substrates silently gliding along the conveyor belt.
Across China, numerous national demonstration bases for the comprehensive utilization of bulk solid waste have been established, experimenting with tailored models for resource recovery and reuse.
"100 Percent Mission Completed!" Nine-year-old Yang Yiran's eyes lit up as he guided a simulator onto Mars, while children and parents leaned over consoles, waiting for their turn at the International Sci-Fi and Future Tech Expo, a highlight of the 2026 China Science Fiction Convention held in Beijing from this past Friday to Sunday.
China on Monday launched a Lijian-2 Y1 carrier rocket with three satellites onboard.
China's science fiction sector has evolved from a small circle into a lush ecosystem spanning movies, games and VR tours over the past decade, with observers now eyeing a long-term growth to follow an era of meteoric rise.
China's government work report this year has, for the first time, stressed the need to create "new forms of smart economy" and to continue deepening and expanding the "AI plus" initiative.
At an exhibition held during the ongoing 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) in Beijing, a range of brain-computer interface (BCI) products -- from specialized chips to rehabilitation systems -- drew large crowds.
As 2026 spring farming gains momentum, integrated digital solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) are redefining agricultural productivity.
China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing two new satellites into space.
China will provide global researchers with access to ten of its major scientific research facilities this year, as announced during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference held in Beijing on Wednesday.
As regional conflicts and power politics continue to unsettle the world, China has remained a pillar of stability and certainty.
Shenzhen, China's southern technology hub, is systematically transforming its urban fabric into an AI testbed, spanning smart factory floors, robot janitors, the nation's first AI Bureau and even an AI-powered court system.
Business leaders from nearly 100 multinationals around the world that gathered in Beijing for the China Development Forum (CDF) 2026 have sent a clear message: in a world marked by overlapping challenges, China is increasingly seen as a source of stability and predictability.
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Sunday in east China's Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 02 into the planned orbit.
China on Sunday issued the security guidance for the use of the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, advising users, cloud service providers and developers to reduce risks during deployment and operation.
As artificial intelligence continues to drive industrial change in China, data shows that AI has emerged as the most competitive talent battleground of this year's spring recruitment season, with companies racing to hire skilled professionals amid surging demand.
On the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, a technological breakthrough in water management is transforming once-barren saline-alkali land into a productive hub for high-value agriculture.
Driven by national top-level strategies and supported by local governments, Chinese enterprises are actively exploring new pathways to break down industrial barriers, reshape the manufacturing landscape, and show sound growth momentum.
China's second domestically built large cruise ship is expected to be delivered by the end of 2026, with the construction of its main structure completed, according to the shipbuilder, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's second series of extravehicular activities (EVAs) on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Sunday.
JD Logistics has expanded its drone operations to nine provinces, including Jiangsu in east China, northwest China's Qinghai and Hainan in south China, integrating them with local courier stations and rural delivery services.
China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Friday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.
With the adoption of China's new development blueprint for the next five years, the world is seeing far more than a national development roadmap -- it is embracing inclusive growth, technological advancement and win-win cooperation that transcend borders.
China on Wednesday unveiled SYT80, a domestically developed T1200-grade ultra-high-strength carbon fiber, marking a major breakthrough in the country's high-performance carbon fiber technology.
While tourists thronged to Heilongjiang Province -- a former industrial base in northeast China reborn as an ice-and-snow tourism hotspot -- this winter, Seres, a Chongqing-based automaker in the country's southwest, rolled its one-millionth intelligent electric vehicle off the production line.
With a new development blueprint under review at the ongoing national legislative session, China is embracing a critical five-year period in an ambitious drive to basically modernize its vast population by 2035, on a scale unseen in human history.
China's annual "two sessions" have drawn elevated global attention this year, as lawmakers prepare not only to set the agenda for the coming year but also to approve a plan that could shape the country's trajectory through the end of the decade.
With a draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan under examination and discussion by China's top legislature and political advisory body at their ongoing annual sessions, the new development roadmap is set to shape the country's pathways toward a modernization that stands out in how it interacts with nature.