By Shi Fang, People’s Daily Just after 7 a.m., Xu Yanchun attached a powered front wheel to her wheelchair and began her commute across Beijing. Her day included delivering accessibility training to over 100 supervisors in Fengtai District before providing guided interpretation for international visitors at the National Barrier-Free Environment Exhibition Hall. After travelling more […]
Category archives: Foreign
Three perspectives on five years of change in China’s foreign exchange market
By Qiu Haifeng As an important indicator reflecting the vitality of China’s external economy, cross-border capital flows have demonstrated consistent growth over the past five years. In 2024, China’s total cross-border receipts and payments reached $14 trillion, marking a 64 percent increase from 2020. In the first three quarters of this year alone, the total […]
CIIE fuels success of Spain’s “City of Ham”
By Yan Huan, Xu Hailin, People’s Daily Since its debut at the inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE) in 2018, Spain’s Iberian ham has been staple attraction at the annual event. Its complex aroma and savory depth have consistently drawn crowds, establishing it as one of the Expo’s star products Thanks to the CIIE platform, […]
Spotlight on the “firsts” of 8th CIIE
By Wu Yan, Huang Xiaohui, Cui Yin, People’s Daily On Nov. 5, the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Since its inaugural session in 2018 – establishing itself as the world’s first national-level import-themed expo – the CIIE has consistently upheld its core principles of openness […]
Understanding China’s urban development through a Chinese perspective
By Wu Yan, People’s Daily From the ancient wisdom in Kaogong ji, or The Artificer’s record, the earliest Chinese book on technologies which describes how craftsmen build the state, to the Athens Charter that defines the functions of a modern city, humanity’s pursuit of the ideal city has spanned millennia. China’s current efforts to build […]
Spring manufacturer in E China finds its bounce on new track of growth
By Liu Junguo, People’s Daily Recently, Le Zhiguo, head of the robotics spring task force at Zhejiang Meili High Technology Co., Ltd. (Meili), visited several humanoid robot companies, including Unitree Robotics and Deep Robotics. “Our purpose was to deliver prototype springs and deepen collaboration with downstream partners to jointly overcome technical hurdles,” stated Le. Le […]
Three products that reveal China’s secret in exploring new frontiers of growth
By Li Hongxing, People’s Daily Two recent developments in wind turbine blade technology have sparked considerable public interest. First, blade lengths have increased dramatically – from just over 30 meters to more than 150 meters – significantly boosting the power-generating capacity of individual turbines. Second, companies are pioneering innovative ways to recycle decommissioned blades, particularly […]
The Sanjiangyuan Region: Protecting China’s “Water Tower”
By Qiao Dong, Cao Jiwei, People’s Daily Nestled in northwest China’s Qinghai province, the Sanjiangyuan area – often called the “Water Tower of China” – derives much of its water from glacial sources. Among these, the Amne Machin peak in the Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture encompasses over 120 square kilometers of glaciers. These ice formations […]
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area sees vital scientific innovation
By He Linping, Jiang Xiaodan, People’s Daily At 8 a.m., Zhong Chao, founder of PAM²L Biotechnologies, a developer of innovative, low-cost, and sustainable functional biomaterials, was already busy at work in Guangming Science City, a comprehensive national science center in Guangming district, Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong province. Zhong, also a researcher at the Shenzhen Institute […]
AI technology applied to improve crop breeding
By Huang Xiaohui, People’s Daily “Even field workers now use AI for crop breeding,” remarked Huang Fugang, a rice molecular breeder at Guangxi University, during recent acknowledgments to the Fengdeng large model’s R&D team. Released in April 2024 by a coalition of researchers from the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratory, Yazhouwan National Laboratory, China Agricultural […]