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Jul 24, 2025 19:29 PM

Gallery: Innovation Takes Off at Flying Vehicle Expo
The inaugural International Advanced Air Mobility Expo kicked off in Shanghai on Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge innovations from drones to electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The event brings together nearly 300 domestic and international exhibitors across a 60,000-square-meter exhibition space. Over 40 products will make their debuts during the four-day expo, which is expected to draw 50,000 visitors. The event comes as Chinese authorities work to harness low-altitude airspace to boost economic growth
Jul 02, 2025 18:49 PM

Gallery: Robots Clash in Soccer Showdown
Humanoid robots showed off their fancy footwork at a three-a-side soccer tournament in Beijing on June 28. Four teams from three universities went head-to-head in 20-minute games where the players’ every move was controlled by algorithms. After some intense elbow jostling, knocked knees and at least one contestant stretchered off, Tsinghua University’s THU Robotics team was crowned champions
Jun 26, 2025 18:09 PM

Gallery: Hot Topics at Summer Davos
As a media partner of the event, Caixin hosted a roundtable dinner to explore China’s new growth dynamics and emerging opportunities
Jun 13, 2025 19:51 PM

Gallery: Big Names Pack Caixin Summer Summit in Hong Kong
Government officials, business leaders and scholars gathered for the event. Veteran financial regulator Julia Leung Fung-yee and Peking University professor Zhou Qiren delivered speeches, while discussions focused on subjects ranging from the global economy to financial markets as well as China-U.S. relations and the green
Apr 24, 2025 18:17 PM

Gallery: Chinese Tech Dazzles Shanghai Auto Show
Top Chinese EV-makers have taken center stage at this year’s event, which opened Wednesday, highlighting their leading position in a global shift toward electrification. Against the backdrop of U.S. tariff hikes and EU duties on Chinese electric cars, homegrown firms and global carmakers alike have used the platform to showcase their latest models and technologies. The show is scheduled to conclude on May 2
Apr 15, 2025 19:41 PM

Gallery: Robots Liven Up China’s Biggest Trade Expo
The Canton Fair, seen as a barometer of Chinese export demand, opened Tuesday in southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou. The twice-yearly event has seen many high-tech companies specializing in fields such as AI turn up, with organizers for the first time setting aside a dedicated space for service robots
Apr 11, 2025 19:07 PM

Gallery: Shanghai Storefront Shuffle
In the tree-lined historical neighborhoods in Shanghai that were once concessions to the French in the early 1900s, many shops have become internet famous in recent years. As winter gives way to spring, many entrepreneurs are opening new businesses, while many others are closing down
Mar 20, 2025 16:51 PM

Gallery: Burmese Refugees Flee War to Toil in China
In Lincang, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, a significant portion of laborers on sugarcane farms are Burmese, including many refugees fleeing the country’s civil war. These workers are filling critical labor shortages across the border region, where local populations are shrinking due to migration and declining birth rates, according to an associate professor at Yunnan Open University
Mar 06, 2025 18:51 PM

Gallery: ‘Two Sessions’ Start
The two biggest annual events on China’s political calendar kicked off this week in Beijing. The annual meetings of the national legislature and the top political advisory body began with much fanfare, including a performance by a military band. The meetings are widely covered by the media as they can offer a glimpse into China’s policy priorities for the year
Feb 05, 2025 18:59 PM

Gallery: Ringing In the Year of the Snake
Travel and box office sales boomed during the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday as people flocked to tourist attractions and movie theaters. Travelers made an estimated 2.3 billion trips between the country’s regions during the holiday, which ended Tuesday, state media reported. The domestic box office taking for holiday movie releases hit $1.3 billion as of Wednesday morning, a record high, authorities said. During the holiday, visitors crowded temples, train stations, and at least one museum where a robot dog offered onlookers a New Year’s greeting
Jan 23, 2025 19:32 PM

Gallery: Caixin’s Davos Luncheon Highlights AI
The rise of AI and its global implications dominated the discussion at a Caixin-hosted CEO luncheon Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland. The closed-door event, which took place during the WEF’s annual meeting, brought together dozens of global leaders including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan and Primavera Capital Chairman Fred Hu. Those attending shared their views on matters ranging from shifts in geopolitics — particularly in U.S.-China relations — to global cooperation on trade, health and the climate
Jan 08, 2025 18:35 PM

Gallery: Rescuers Rush to Xizang
The death toll of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Xizang rose to 126 as of late Tuesday, while 188 people have been injured. Power has been restored to the three most devastated villages near the epicenter in Tingri county
Dec 26, 2024 17:28 PM

Gallery: Christmas Sparks Spending in China
Although it’s not an official holiday on the Chinese mainland, the festive spirit was on vivid display in Christmas markets, decorated trees and fireworks displays throughout the country. The holiday saw people head out to shop and spend at a time the country is struggling to revive sluggish domestic consumption. In the first 11 months of 2024, retail sales of consumer goods in Beijing and Shanghai recorded year-on-year declines for most months. Analysts attribute the trend to an outflow of high-net-worth individuals and young professionals, caused by the exit of foreign enterprises, high unemployment and the overall economic slowdown
Dec 06, 2024 19:40 PM

Gallery: Spring Festival Wins U.N. Recognition
UNESCO has added China’s celebration of the Lunar New Year to its world intangible cultural heritage list. The addition enshrines the holiday’s status as a practice worthy of preservation. UNESCO has recognized 44 Chinese cultural elements or practices on the list. The Spring Festival is China’s biggest holiday of the year. Next year’s festival, which falls on Jan. 29, marks the start of the Year of the Snake
Nov 29, 2024 14:13 PM

Gallery: Destruction in Lebanon
Since the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire took effect on Wednesday, tens of thousands of Lebanese who had fled their homes returned to scenes of devastation in their towns and villages
Nov 18, 2024 18:37 PM

Gallery: Straining to Stand Out at the Guangzhou Auto Show
Automakers have been competing for the spotlight at the 22nd Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, which ends today, as competition grows ever fiercer in the world’s largest car market. Brands such as Xiaomi, BYD and Mercedes-Benz showcased new models and intelligent driving technologies while major component suppliers including Huawei and CATL showed off their cutting-edge technologies
Nov 15, 2024 14:55 PM

Gallery: Airshow China Takes Flight
The biennial event this year follows the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country’s air force, and has attracted over 1,000 exhibitors from dozens of countries and regions
Oct 30, 2024 18:25 PM

Gallery: China’s Shenzhou-19 Space Mission Takes Off
The spacecraft carried three astronauts, including the country’s only female spaceflight engineer, into orbit on Wednesday, where it docked with the Tiangong space station. The mission will last about six months, during which the crew will conduct experiments and take spacewalks. They will replace the crew of the Shenzhou-18 mission, who are scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 4
Oct 25, 2024 18:41 PM

Gallery: Readying for Launch
The Shenzhou-19 spacecraft will carry astronauts into space on the second of the two crewed missions that China has planned for this year. The first occurred in April. The upcoming launch of the 40-plus-ton rocket assembly will take place in the coming days following a series of pre-flight tests
Oct 08, 2024 18:30 PM

Gallery: China Wraps Up Golden Week
The weeklong National Day holiday ended on Monday, with travelers making 765 million domestic trips between Oct. 1 and Oct. 7, government data showed. That’s up 5.9% from the comparable period last year. Meanwhile, tourist spending rose 6.3% to 700.8 billion yuan. Both figures surpassed pre-Covid levels in 2019. The most popular domestic destinations were Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Shanghai