Chengdu emerges as magnet for foreign businesses, professionals

By Wang Yongzhan, People’s Daily Chengdu, a key city in southwest China’s Sichuan province, has become a magnet for foreign businesses and investors, thanks to its rich cultural heritage, convenient location, and strong pro-business environment. Today, more than 4,000 foreign-invested enterprises are based in the city, and over 100,000 foreigners live and work there.When Dutch […]

Chinese online literature offers global readers a window into modern China

By Zhang Bolan, Zhao Yipu, Mang Jiuchen, People’s Daily Once a niche form of entertainment, Chinese online literature, from serialized novels to adaptations in television, gaming, and animation, is emerging as a new cultural bridge to the world – drawing millions of international readers into its vivid narratives and offering a fresh perspective on contemporary […]

What China’s wind, solar power surge means for world

By Cui Yan, People’s Daily Traveling along China’s coastal highways today, one frequently encounters vast stretches of wind farms, their towering turbines steadily spinning under the open sky – a striking emblem of the country’s accelerating energy transition.In the first quarter of this year, the country’s installed capacity of wind and photovoltaic power reached 1.482 […]

Exploring cultural richness of ‘pearl of Silk Road’ Kashgar

By Che Bin, Li Yanan, People’s Daily Located in the southwestern part of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Kashgar sits on a lush oasis nourished by the Yarkant River, which flows from the Karakoram Mountains. Since ancient times, traders and travelers crossing the Pamir Plateau have stopped here to rest, trade, and connect. This made Kashgar […]

Digital technology assists with protection, utilization of Suzhou’s classical gardens

By Wang Weijian, People’s Daily Early in the morning, Mei Hong, a senior engineer at the administration office of Lingering Garden in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu province, logged into a digital platform for garden conservation and monitoring, uploaded the latest data collected over the previous few days.Gesturing to rows of real-time data flashing on his […]

How global manufacturing hub Dongguan adapts to changing markets

By Hu Jian, He Linping, People’s Daily One in five smart phones, one in four anime merchandise items, and one in five sweaters worldwide are made in Dongguan, a manufacturing hub in south China’s Guangdong province.The economic pulse of Dongguan has long been synchronized with global industrial and supply chain dynamics.In the first four months […]

Once imported, now homegrown: China localizes world food staples

By Tian Xianjin, You Yi, Song Zhaojun, People’s Daily From cranberries grown in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province to caviar produced in Sichuan province in the southwest, and from Australian red claw crayfish bred in southwest China’s Chongqing to king prawn cultivated in northwest China’s Gansu province, an increasing number of high-end ingredients originally from the […]

China, Africa working together toward dream of modernization

By He Yin, People’s Daily On June 11, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), announcing a series of important new measures to expand China’s cooperation and openness toward Africa.His remarks provide fresh momentum […]

China-Central Asia cooperation grows deeper, more substantial

By Jia Pingfan, People’s Daily On April 29, 2025, construction officially commenced on three critical tunnels, Fergana Mountain, Naryn No.1, and Koshtet, along the Kyrgyz section of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) Railway, marking a major milestone as the project advances into its mainline construction phase.Starting from Kashgar in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the CKU […]

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area dynamic hub of collaborative innovation

By Fu Zimei, Jiang Lin, He Linping, Wang Yunna, People’s Daily Just how dexterous can a robotic “hand” be?In a robotics lab in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong province, a silver humanoid robot slowly extended its five fingers and delicately picked up a series of fragile items without popping a balloon, crushing a potato chip, or […]