A fresh look at China’s innovation boom

By Li Zheng, People’s Daily As the first quarter of 2025 unfolds, China’s innovation landscape reveals compelling patterns through three distinct regional narratives. The eastern tech stronghold of Hangzhou continues its ascendancy, while central China’s Henan province emerges as an unexpected cradle of commercial innovation, and western regions demonstrate growing cultural influence through cinematic achievements….

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Tesla’s Megafactory in Shanghai starts operation

By Wang Yinxin, People’s Daily Tesla’s first overseas Megafactory, a sprawling 200,000-square-meter facility in Shanghai’s Lin-gang Special Area, commenced operations on Feb. 11, 2025, marking a pivotal expansion of the U.S. automaker’s global energy-storage ambitions. The site, equivalent in size to 30 standard football pitches, represents Tesla’s inaugural standalone Megapack production hub beyond American borders….

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‘Six Little Dragons of Hangzhou’ usher in new era of technological innovation

By Shen Mengzhe At a Beijing symposium on private sector dynamism in mid-February, two figures symbolised China’s shifting entrepreneurial landscape: Wang Xingxing of Unitree Robotics and Liang Wenfeng of DeepSeek. Born in 1990 and 1985 respectively, these founders epitomise a new wave of Chinese innovators reshaping emergent industries through boundary-pushing technologies. Their companies anchor an…

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International Textile Limited Selects RISE with SAP to Modernize Operations and Drive Efficiency

Islamabad, Pakistan — March 20, 2025 — SAP, a global leader in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, continues to revolutionize operations for International Textile Limited (ITL), one of Pakistan’s largest towel manufacturers and exporters. ITL has selected RISE with SAP to modernize its operations with a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. This transition will…

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Minister of State for Health directs urgent reforms in Islamabad’s healthcare system

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Malik, Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, chaired a meeting with the District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and her team to review the progress of the District Health Office (DHO) on March 20, 2025, at the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination,…

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Dr Mukhtar announces key priorities for National Health and Population Policy 2025-34

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad, Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSR&C), today chaired an important meeting to discuss the National Health and Population Policy (NHPP) 2025-34. The meeting included representatives from the World Bank, UNFPA, the Population Wing (M/o NHSR&C), and other key stakeholders. The Minister emphasized that the NHPP…

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