OpenHarmony builds digital foundation for multiple industries

By Gu Yekai, People’s Daily As a new-generation open-source operating system independently developed in China, OpenAtom OpenHarmony, or OpenHarmony, is steadily extending from consumer applications to a wide range of industrial and public-service scenarios. By integrating software with real-world needs, it is laying a solid digital foundation for industrial upgrading and the improvement of people’s…

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The Global South and China’s role in South-South cooperation

As the world’s largest developing country, China occupies a distinctive position within the Global South. Shaped by its own historical experience of underdevelopment, external pressure, and national revitalization, China is widely regarded as a natural member of the Global South and a consistent supporter of South-South cooperation. China’s engagement with the Global South is rooted…

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The Global South and its growing role in global modernization

Accounting for nearly 85 percent of the world’s population, contributing over 40 percent of global economic output, and driving approximately 80 percent of global economic growth, the Global South has emerged as one of the most influential forces shaping the contemporary international order. Its collective journey toward modernization represents a historic shift in global development…

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The Global South: origins, shared identity, and its vision for a multipolar world

The Global South represents a collective of nations whose shared experiences, challenges, and aspirations have shaped modern international politics. Emerging primarily in the mid-20th century, the Global South refers to countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and parts of the Middle East that sought political independence, economic development, and strategic autonomy in a rapidly changing…

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Bitget’s 2025 Review: UEX Leads the Convergence of Crypto and Traditional Markets

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has published its year-in-review covering its Universal Exchange (UEX) model expansion across crypto, onchain markets, and tokenized traditional assets under a single, unified trading experience in 2025. According to CoinGlass’ 2025 Crypto Derivatives Market Annual Report, Bitget ranked fourth in 2025 by derivatives trading volume, recording $8.17 trillion…

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Shift to industrial potato varieties can double Pakistan’s export earnings

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): Pakistan can significantly expand its potato export earnings—potentially doubling them—by shifting toward industrial potato varieties and strengthening value-added processing, a leading horticulture expert said. Talking to Wealth Pakistan, Shoaib Ahmad Basra, member of the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Horticulture Export and Development Company (PHDEC) and former president of the…

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Pakistan develops five advanced ginger breeding lines

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (APP): Pakistan has developed five advanced ginger breeding lines as part of sustained research efforts aimed at establishing domestic ginger cultivation after decades of unsuccessful trials and complete reliance on imports. Dr Muhammad Iqbal, Principal Scientist and Director at the Vegetable Research Institute of the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad, told…

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