Major General Jing Haipeng, commander of the Shenzhou XVI manned space mission, waves on Tuesday after disembarking from the reentry capsule at the Dongfeng Landing Site in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Jing and his team members, Colonel Zhu Yangzhu and Professor Gui Haichao, completed their five-month mission at the Tiangong space station.Zhu Xingxin/China Daily
Steps outlined for improving finance sector
China's top leadership has outlined steps to build up the nation's competitiveness in the financial sector, highlighting the need to strengthen financial regulation across the board, improve the financial system and optimize the sector's services while preventing and defusing risks.
After leaving my position, I no longer wake at night fretting about the time
Xiao Songyou, 29-year-old Shanghai resident
Foreign firms see profitable future in China
Nearly 90 percent of foreign companies expect their profits to remain stable or increase in China over the next five years, with a large number of them identifying technological innovation as the primary growth opportunity in the Chinese market, according to a survey released by China's top foreign trade and investment promotion agency on Tuesday.
Influencers urged to reveal real names
China's six most popular social media platforms as of Monday urged the accounts of content creators, or influencers, with more than 500,000 or 1 million followers, to show their real names or the names of their financial backers on their profile pages.
Film and TV industry embracing VR
In an answer to China's call for embracing the digital age, officials in the film and television industry have launched a series of guidelines to promote the application of virtual reality and augmented reality in the production of movies and TV shows in recent months.
By essentially doing Washington's bidding, Manila walks a very dangerous tightrope
That the Chinese navy had to block a Philippine warship from trespassing the waters off China's Huangyan Island is the latest proof that the Philippines has no intention to defuse the tensions despite China's repeated calls. Instead, Manila is bent on making provocative moves around Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea so the United States can take advantage of the issue to maintain its global hegemony.
Reform enhances security of financial system
Financial risks, in different forms, are frequently emerging in many countries and regions, posing a threat to the global financial system. The instability of the global financial markets poses a risk to global development and is obstructing economic recovery. The 2008 global financial crisis revealed the inadequacies in the financial regulatory system, which led to economic recession.
Canton Fair serves as key link for traders
The China Import and Export Fair, popularly known as Canton Fair, can serve as a trade bridge between China and India, according to Indian businesspeople and traders.
Oct manufacturing unexpectedly shrinks
China's factory activity unexpectedly shrank in October after returning to expansionary territory the month before, official data showed on Tuesday, reflecting subdued demand and shoring up the case for further steps to consolidate recovery.
Execs voice confidence in China's consumer market
Editor's Note: With strong policy support, unremitting technological innovation and industrial upgrading, China's economic recovery continued to gather steam in the third quarter, with its GDP expanding by 4.9 percent from a year earlier, leading to a 5.2-percent year-on-year growth in the first nine months. China Daily presents a series of Q&As with top multinational corporation executives, discussing their perspectives on the Chinese economy and how they will position future business in China.
The past instructing the present
More than 20 restored models of ancient Chinese mechanical inventions are currently on display in the lobby of the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Dalian Minzu University in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, attracting many students and teachers to visit and share photos on social media.
Taking baby steps toward the big leagues
BRISBANE, Australia — Lloyd Owers recalls with fondness his initial visit from his home in England to the Marshall Islands, a small nation of five islands, 29 atolls and about 60,000 people situated in the western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia.
