China

China’s Xi’an sees increasing trips made by China-Europe freight trains

The Xi’an Guojigang Railway Station in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi province, is the railway station that sees the most trips made by China-Europe freight trains across China. It is designed to handle 5.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and transport 66 million tons of cargo via railway each year.  At the massive 500-soccer-pitch-sized station, vehicles…

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China’s demographic dividend is turning into talent dividend

With five million students graduating in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) each year, China has become the world’s leading producer of STEM graduates. According to global think tanks, approximately 50 percent of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers are trained in Chinese universities, making China the top provider of elite AI talents globally….

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Xiong’an emerges as high-level modern city

By Wan Xiubin, Zhang Zhifeng, Zhang Tengyang, People’s Daily On April 1, 2017, the Chinese government decided to establish Xiong’an New Area in north China’s Hebei province. Over the past seven years, Xiong’an New Area has transformed from a blueprint to reality, seeing a total investment of over 670 billion yuan ($92.62 billion) in key…

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China-U.S. relationship can embrace brighter future

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with representatives of the U.S. business, strategic and academic communities at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 27. Xi listened attentively to his U.S. guests and responded to their comments. He expounded on China’s development prospects and strategic intentions, and the country’s position and propositions on…

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China strives to build world-class business environment

what can a sound business environment create? As the first large chemical production base in China operated solely by a foreign company, BASF’s Verbund site in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong province has experienced rapid development. Its first batch of production facilities were set up in 2020, and this January, its thermoplastic polyurethane plant was put…

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