An artist works on a portrait in Awat county of Aksu in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Friday. The county is using art to promote local culture and tourism. Bao Liangting / For China Daily
Nation sets its sights on export boost
China will intensify efforts to advance high-quality trade development, deepen international cooperation and bolster innovation to further boost exports during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, the country's top commerce official said on Friday.
Green agriculture efforts bearing fruit
China's agricultural green development continued to improve in 2023, with the national green development index reaching 78.23, up 0.33 points from the previous year and 3.04 points higher than in 2015, according to the newly released China Agricultural Green Development Report 2024.
US urged to remove more restrictions
Beijing has called on Washington to further remove unreasonable trade restrictions after the White House recently approved Nvidia's resumption of sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China.
Why China is irreplaceable in supply chains
Global supply chains are undergoing a fundamental transformation. Geopolitical tensions, shifting trade policies and rapid technological advancement are forcing companies to rethink how they source, produce and distribute goods.
Future sectors to receive more play
China will ramp up efforts to bolster the development of future-oriented industries such as humanoid robots, the metaverse and brain-computer interface, in order to foster new growth drivers, while accelerating the application of artificial intelligence in manufacturing as well as other key industries, according to the country's top industry regulator.
US industries hit by ICE arrests
The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration is disrupting several key industries, especially restaurants and food production that rely heavily on migrant workers, say experts.
Jazzing up the community
On a warm summer Thursday night in 2006, down a quiet alley by Beijing's Houhai Lake, a guitar trio stepped onto a narrow wooden stage. There was no fanfare and no media blitz; just music.
A testament to courage and resistance
Beneath the biting wind sweeping across the coalrich regions of Shanxi province lies a testament to unspeakable brutality. At 92, Qian Kuibao's voice trembles not with age alone, but with the weight of memories.
