Auto Shanghai 2025 mirrors global automakers’ confidence in Chinese market

By Liu Shi’an, Shen Wenmin, People’s Daily On April 23, the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, also known as Auto Shanghai 2025, kicked off, showcasing over 100 new vehicles and cutting-edge technologies from nearly 1,000 companies across 26 countries and regions. Despite the increasingly complex global trade environment, multinational carmakers and supply chain giants […]

America’s fentanyl crisis is a national failure. Blaming China won’t fix it.

By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily When a U.S. mayor recently floated the outrageous idea of “giving free fentanyl” to homeless people, the public backlash was swift and fierce. The episode once again exposed the severity of America’sfentanyl crisis. Yet rather than confronting its domestic failures, Washington has repeatedly turned to scapegoating – citing the fentanyl […]

AtChina’s Canton Fair, global buyers signalconfidence in trade and innovation

By Han Chunyao, Luo Shanshan, People’s Daily The second phase of the 137th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, kicked off in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, on April 23. The first phase, held from April 15 to 19 with the theme of advanced manufacturing, concluded here […]

To build a peaceful, safe and secure, prosperous, beautiful and amicable home

By He Yin, People’s Daily How a major country interacts with its neighbors is a key topic in international relations. It reflects the country’s worldview, perception of order, and values. The world today is undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century andfinds itself in a new period of turbulence and transformation. As China’s relations with itsneighboring […]

China’s digital culture breaks borders, captivating global audiences

By Chang Jin, People’s Daily What began as a curiosity has quickly become a global obsession. China’s wildly popular online microdramas – typically consisting of dozens of minute-long episodes – are gaining traction in international markets. “This is seriously addictive!” reads a top-rated comment on ReelShort, a short-form video streaming app designed to serve international […]

CSO praises Sanwo-Olu’s achievements, efforts to woo investors to Lagos, Nigeria

The South West Initiative (SWI) has commended Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for achievements and projecting Nigeria’s commercial capital and the nation at large as prime investment destinations to the world. Sanwo-Olu last week spoke during a lecture at Harvard Business School in the United States on the topic “Building the Future: Lagos State Infrastructure-led […]

COCSON, BAVCCA salute Kyari over achievements at NNPCL, dismiss protests

Coalition Of Civil Society Organisations In Nigeria (COCSON) and Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association (BAVCCA) have warned against politically engineered protests against the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Malam Mele Kyari, who “served the nation faithfully.” In a statement jointly signed on Thursday by […]

China bringsgreater stability, certainty to global economy

By He Yin, People’s Daily “Resilient,””optimistic,””encouraging”—these are among the most frequently used descriptors in global media analysesof China’s first-quartereconomic performance. Amid severe disruptions to global trade and widespread pessimism permeating market expectations, the Chinese economy has delivered a robust start to 2025. It has maintained steady momentum amid signs of recovery, signaling a commitment to […]

In China’s “World Supermarket,”trade thrives despiteglobal headwinds

By Ouyang Jie, Ke Zhongjia, Liu Junguo, People’s Daily On an ordinary afternoon at the Yiwu International Trade Market, the world’s largest wholesale hub for small commodities, business is anything but ordinary. The corridors bustle with buyers from across the globe, and vendors – some 75,000 of them – field inquiries from customers both online […]

From seafood to carbon assets: how Shandong islandis banking on blue resources

By Dai Linfeng, People’s Daily For most diners, seafood is simply a delicacy. But on Changdao Island in east China’s Shandong province, it represents something more: a climate asset. For instance, for local fisherman Wang Delian, the briny bounty of the sea comes with a new calculation: carbon offsets.”Each square ofsilky kelp fixesaround 0.2 kilograms […]