Businesses rethink plans after Trump unleashes whirlwind of tariffs, and analysts say that while trade barriers might be overcome, others must ‘abandon wishful thinking’.
4 Apr 2025 - 6:00AM videocam
When it’s basic farmland vs ‘well-facilitated’ farmland, the latter considerably outperforms in cost and yield.
My Sweet Home has achieved phenomenal success by moving beyond the trashy tropes of China’s booming micro drama industry.
22 Mar 2025 - 4:33PM videocam
Fuyao University of Science and Technology, which began enrolling students this year, trumpets faculty’s international credentials.
22 Mar 2025 - 11:00AM videocam
The TP1000, which completed its maiden flight on Saturday, has a larger payload and longer range than any previous unmanned transport aircraft in China.
17 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM videocam
Government guideline seeks to encourage entrepreneurship, but many young people say starting a business is too risky in a sluggish economy.
China’s proprietary Huaxi cattle, the culmination of meticulous breeding to produce optimal growth and high-quality meat, is entering the global value chain.
With millions of university graduates entering the labour force each year, many companies prefer younger, lower-paid employees.
NPC deputies and CPPCC members call for comprehensive legislation to curb misuse of artificial intelligence.
Sluggish economy and real estate slump at home signal end to wave of overseas investment.
2 Mar 2025 - 10:00PM videocam
The move is part of Beijing’s wider drive to reverse a slide in foreign direct investment and boost economic growth.
28 Feb 2025 - 6:30PM videocam
But poll by AmCham in southern China still finds weakened confidence and concerns surrounding bilateral trade tensions with the United States.
Shenzhen, long the heart of China’s tech industry, may have a new rival as Hangzhou’s companies take centre stage. Will they compete or collaborate?
25 Feb 2025 - 4:15PM videocam
Businesses in China are holding back on hiring in 2025 – though demand is still high for overseas positions and sentiment has improved on late 2024.
Jiang Chaoliang, who was dismissed as Hubei party boss at the start of Wuhan outbreak, also spent years in the financial sector.
22 Feb 2025 - 8:37PM videocam
Calling scientific and technological innovation the ‘main battlefield of international strategic competition’, agriculture official says the race for dominance is on.
20 Feb 2025 - 10:54AM videocam
The domestic start-up’s runaway success has led some higher education institutions to create course programming on applications of its AI model.
Demand for gold jewellery spiked in China ahead of Valentine’s Day as consumers pivoted away from other luxury gifts.
While the US faces egg shortages, China’s poultry farmers are dealing with the opposite problem: plunging prices due to chronic overproduction.
13 Feb 2025 - 10:56PM videocam
For China’s billionaires, founding new universities offers a chance to make money – and demonstrate they are ‘politically correct’.
9 Feb 2025 - 2:06PM videocam
Cherries were once considered a luxury item in China, but a flood of cheap Chilean imports has tanked prices ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Restaurants across the country offer more affordable set menus for Lunar New Year’s Eve in bid to attract more diners.
Lunar New Year botanical fairs see stall costs and plant prices plunge amid consumption woes in lead-up to holiday, boding poorly for domestic demand.
27 Jan 2025 - 5:55PM videocam
Workers use bonus levels to gauge companies’ financial health and competitiveness in the coming year.
27 Jan 2025 - 10:05AM videocam
Pet economy offers better career prospects as clinics and hospitals open across country.
25 Jan 2025 - 6:39AM videocam
Authorities again announce huge findings of gold veins across different Chinese regions, with the help of big data and powerful computing.
20 Jan 2025 - 3:48PM videocam
Shanghai and Guangdong, two of China’s major exporting regions, have set modest growth targets as leaders warn of ‘external factors’.
15 Jan 2025 - 5:00PM videocam
As China’s companies move to emerging markets, they find clients wanting infrastructure and pathways to local development as well as products.
China’s labour practices are driving a wedge between the world’s biggest EV maker and efforts to expand globally in areas where employee protections are paramount.
13 Jan 2025 - 1:09PM videocam
‘Frankly, extra work is required to meet the emotional needs of young colleagues’.