By Ouyang Jie, Shen Xiaoxiao, Song Haoxin, People’s Daily To expand unilateral opening to the least developed countries (LDCs) and achieve common development, China has granted zero-tariff treatment for 100 percent tariff lines to all the LCDs it has diplomatic relations with since Dec. 1, 2024. For products subject to tariff quota administration, goods within…
by Kobayashi Yokichi Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently attempted to link a so-called “Taiwan contingency” with the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, implying the possibility of Japanese military intervention in the Taiwan question. This erroneous statement constitutes a blatant provocation on a question that lies at the heart of China’s core interests….
By Wang Yunshan, People’s Daily In Santanghu township, Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, rows of wind turbines, each towering over 100 meters, stand across the vast Gobi Desert. Beneath them, a vast sea of dark photovoltaic panels stretches. This is China’s first large-scale renewable energy base with outbound transmission project in desertified areas—the…
Japan’s retrograde moves undermine regional peace and stability By Meng Xiaoxu Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has openly linked Japan’s “survival-threatening situation” with a “Taiwan contingency,” signaling a troubling ambition to interfere militarily in the Taiwan question. Such dangerous rhetoric gravely threatens regional peace and stability. On the 80th anniversary of the victory in the…
By Huan Yuping, People’s Daily The international economic and trade landscape is undergoing profound transformation. As the World Trade Organization (WTO) marks its 30th anniversary, two prominent trends have emerged within the global trading system. On one hand, a few individual countries have launched trade wars and tariff wars that severely disrupt the world economy…
By Li Rui, People’s Daily Recently, China sent a Gravity-1 carrier rocket into space from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China’s Shandong province, placing three satellites into their designated orbits. This launch exemplifies the growing momentum of China’s emerging commercial space sector, which is contributing significantly to the country’s space exploration capabilities. The…
By He Yin, People’s Daily The 2025 Kuliang Forum, themed “Echoes of History,” was recently held in New York. In this special year marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, representatives from various sectors of China and the United States…
By Wang Zheng, Li Xinping, People’s Daily At the 2025 China Robot Industry Development Conference, the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) briefed on the performance of China’s robotics industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). Industry revenue doubled from 106.1 billion yuan ($15 billion) in 2020 to 237.89 billion yuan in 2024. In the…
By Wang Junling China is home to the world’s largest high-speed railway, expressway, and postal express delivery networks, as well as the world’s biggest and most extensive digital infrastructure. This increasingly modernized infrastructure system has supported rapid economic and social development, improving public services and enhancing everyday life. Looking ahead to the next five years,…
By Liu Wenxin, People’s Daily “Digital” and “intelligent” are two buzzwords in China’s recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan, which calls for digital and intelligent development in the manufacturing sector, digital and intelligent transformation of the service sector, and upgrading and retrofitting traditional infrastructure with digital and intelligent technologies. The evolution from “digital” to…
