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By Li Hongxing, People’s Daily Many sporting equipment items used during the Paris Olympics just attracted considerable attention. For instance, a table tennis table featured a variable lighting system that could be controlled via smart phones or remote devices. Judo mats incorporated smart chips and flexible piezoelectric film technology, allowing real-time collection of data on…

By Yu Weiliang, Fan Haotian, People’s Daily High-quality development of enterprises relies heavily on technology and talent. In Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, a dedicated platform has been established to bridge the gap between enterprises and technological expertise. In a laboratory of the School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, associate professor Zhang…

By Li Xinping, People’s Daily In the first six months of this year, fixed-asset investment in China’s railway sector reached a record high. The investment has fully leveraged the advantages of the railway industry’s long supply chain, wide-ranging impact, and strong driving effects. A railway project under construction today well explains the “multiplier effect” of…

By He Yin, People’s Daily Great transformation is accelerating across the world. Changes of the world, of our times, and of historical significance are unfolding like never before, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation. Yet the overall direction of human development and progress will not change, the overall dynamics…

By Cheng Chen, Fu Wen, People’s Daily Most people would throw plastic bottles into recycling bins after drinking bottled water. Where do the recycled bottles go?  In Jinjiang, Quanzhou, southeast China’s Fujian province, a plastic bottle embarked on a green and low-carbon journey. Early in the morning, a 10-meter-long trailer stopped at a factory entrance of Jinjiang Gangyi Fibre Co., Ltd.,…

By Luo Shanshan, People’s Daily At 8:30 a.m., local time, container trucks were lining up in front of a Chinese overseas warehouse in Dusseldorf, Germany, waiting to be unloaded. About an hour later, the first truck was ready to depart. “The goods on this truck will be sent to different parts of Germany and its…

By Niraj Lawoju I’m from Nepal. Last September, driven by curiosity, I came to China for the first time and started my journey as a student at Sichuan University. Niraj Lawoju (center right) poses with a Chinese farmer in a paddy field, Sichuan province, April 19, 2024. Lawoju had joined other international students from Sichuan…

By Dr Salah AbdAl Aty I am a lawyer from the Gaza Strip. Since the outbreak of the recent round of the Palestine-Israel conflict, my family and I have been forced to relocate time and time again. Now, we are currently residing in the capital city of Egypt, Cairo. Since last October, we had endured…

By Wang Yinxin, Lin Yuan, People’s Daily Jiangjun Mountain, located in Shaxian district, Sanming city, southeast China’s Fujian province, has been particularly bustling these days. Wei Fasong, a forest owner in Jiai village, Shaxian district, makes his way to the mountain every week to check on the growth of Chinese herbal medicine such as Dioscorea…

By Wen Cheng Five nominated sites of the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase II) were included as a serial extension of the property of the same name already listed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The decision was…