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By He Linping, Jiang Xiaodan, People’s Daily At 8 a.m., Zhong Chao, founder of PAM²L Biotechnologies, a developer of innovative, low-cost, and sustainable functional biomaterials, was already busy at work in Guangming Science City, a comprehensive national science center in Guangming district, Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong province. Zhong, also a researcher at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced…

By Wu Weizheng, People’s Daily A newly opened exhibition within Tianjin Metro Line 4’s Dongnanjiao Station is drawing commuters’ attention. The display showcases remains of Tianjin’s ancient eastern city wall – a discovery prompting passersby to pause in curiosity, admiration, or quiet reflection. With over 600 years of urban history, this wall fragment preserves authentic evidence of…

By Ma Yuxia The China International Import Expo (CIIE) is the world’s first national-level expo dedicated to imports, and alpaca is a “fluffy elf” from the Andes Mountains. They once seemed to have nothing to do with my life. Yet, as China expanded its global openness, these elements converged into a transcontinental economic bond that transformed…

By Huang Xiaohui, People’s Daily “Even field workers now use AI for crop breeding,” remarked Huang Fugang, a rice molecular breeder at Guangxi University, during recent acknowledgments to the Fengdeng large model’s R&D team. Released in April 2024 by a coalition of researchers from the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratory, Yazhouwan National Laboratory, China Agricultural University,…

By Kong Dechen China’s mineral exploration efforts during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) yielded remarkable breakthroughs across diverse geological settings – from deep underground to high plateaus – resource types, spanning energy minerals to strategic emerging materials. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, non-oil and gas mineral exploration investment  surged 23.9 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2025, accelerating the…

By Wang Hao, People’s Daily The Yellow River, China’s second-longest river, transports more sediment than any major river in the world. Centuries of silt accumulation have diminished reservoir capacity and elevated its riverbed, creating a “suspended river” that historically threatened downstream regions with flooding. Since 2002, China has conducted 31 coordinated water-sediment regulation initiatives to ensure the river’s long-term stability. Through…

By Liu Shiyao, People’s Daily On Dec. 31, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly declared in his 2023 New Year Address that “China’s space station was fully completed.” Today, the space station has been operating smoothly and safely for more than 1,000 days. It has accommodated seven astronaut crews and facilitated over 200 space science and…

By Xu Yuyao, People’s Daily At around 9 a.m., a delivery truck pulled into SF Express’s logistics park on the outskirts of Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang autonomous region. Workers swiftly unloaded parcels onto conveyor belts, sorting them into destination-specific containers. Among them was an online order by Lhasa resident Qiang Zhen – clothing shipped from Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province,…

By Guo Jiping, People’s Daily From Nov. 5 to 10, 2025, the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) is being held as scheduled in Shanghai. As a pioneering initiative in global trade development, the CIIE continues to showcase China’s commitment to openness, retaining loyal participants while attracting new international engagement. This year’s event features a record-high participation from 155 countries, regions,…