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Agricultural technologies contribute to tomato planting in Shouguang, “China’s Hometown of Vegetables”
By Wang Zhe, People’s Daily Inside the Liangze Agricultural Cooperative’s greenhouse in Geshang village, Shouguang, east China’s Shandong province, tomatoes in red, orange, yellow, and green are thriving. “This year’s tomatoes are well-shaped and have an exquisite taste,” said farmer Han Yougong. He told People’s Daily that these tomatoes typically sell for over 5 yuan…
China’s hydrogen energy industry gains momentum for development
By Liu Yiqing, Shen Xiaoxiao, People’s Daily China’s first hydrogen-powered urban train recently completed a test at a speed of 160 km/h in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province. The train, developed by China’s CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., is equipped with a built-in hydrogen power system and an independently developed hydrogen-electric hybrid energy control…
China continuously expands high-level opening-up
By Peng Fei, People’s Daily In the eyes of many foreign companies, investing in China means investing in the future. A survey conducted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade showed that over 80 percent of surveyed foreign-invested enterprises rated China’s business environment in 2023 as “satisfactory” or above. In the annual…
Chinese new energy industry contributes to global green, low-carbon transition
By He Yin, People’s Daily In recent years, China’s new energy industry has developed rapidly, and international cooperation in this field has accelerated. The international community pays close attention to the development of China’s new energy industry, believing that China has made significant contributions to global green and low-carbon transformation and has become an important…
Artificial intelligence holds key to future education
By Li Zhen, People’s Daily Artificial intelligence (AI) education is gaining momentum in China. China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) recently announced a list of 184 primary and secondary schools selected as AI education bases, with the aim of better promoting the development of AI education. Six schools in Beijing were on the list, including Beijing…
Smart farming blooms on Chengdu plain
By Li Kaixuan, People’s Daily On a morning in Chongzhou, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province, Wang Lingli opened an app on her phone. Seeing that the temperature was 14°C with no rain expected for the next two hours, she grabbed her drone and headed out the door. As a professional agricultural manager, Wang leads a…
China works to promote energy conservation, carbon reduction in construction industry
By Liu Zhiqiang, Ding Yiting, People’s Daily At the construction site of a futuristic village demonstration project in Huangpu district, Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, prefabricated components of house structures were hoisted into place, and soon, 200 green, low-carbon and livable residence buildings would rise from the ground. In a prototype room, Fan Zesen, deputy…
Chinese cross-border e-commerce platforms gain popularity overseas
By Xu Peiyu Nowadays, an increasing number of overseas consumers prefer to buy Chinese products on Chinese cross-border e-commerce platforms. According to a recent report by a third-party market analysis firm, Chinese e-commerce platforms claimed half of the top 10 most downloaded shopping apps worldwide in 2023. SHEIN, a China-based international fashion e-commerce platform, ranked…
New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor achieves rapid development
By Jiang Feng, Zhang Yunhe, Song Haoxin, Zhang Danhua, People’s Daily Serving as a vital connection between the Silk Road Economic Belt, the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC), which runs through the western part of China, is rapidly expanding. According to the latest…