Liaoning, seafood paradise, looks to coast on surge in popularity

Dalian, other areas in Liaoning province mull new measures to exploit their potential

Smart vacuum market heats up

Zeng Wei, a 26-year-old bank teller in Beijing, developed a new habit last year. Before he goes to work every morning, he turns on his robot vacuum, which will automatically clean his 30-square-meter living room.

A droid to do your laundry, for a price

Hate doing laundry? Shinichi Sakane has a solution.

Will artificial companions be our best friend in the future?

Companion robots are playing an ever-increasing role in helping busy people look after the elderly and children.

State Grid scales up charging

State Grid Corp of China plans to build 10,000 charging stations and 120,000 charging units by 2020 to further expand public fast-charge networks for electric vehicles.

Bank of China boss calls for Belt and Road funding conduit

Tian Guoli, chairman of Bank of China Ltd, the fourth-largest State-owned commercial lender, called for the building of "a financial artery" for the Belt and Road Initiative, to stimulate an economic liftoff in countries along the routes.

Country Garden Education mulls IPO in the US

Chinese property tycoon Yeung Kwok-keung is planning an initial public offering of his private school business that could raise at least $200 million, sources with knowledge of the matter said, as demand for education services soars in the world's second-biggest economy.

Microsoft helps 14 Shanghai startups

A clutch of 14 startup entrepreneurs will undergo a 16-week incubating program in a Microsoft Corp-backed accelerator in Shanghai, the latest such endeavor by the software giant.

Birds fly out to work in Laos

A group of Chinese technicians can be seen working hard among the watermelon patches in the blinding sunlight of Laos every January. Two months later, these watermelons will be sent to Xi'an, the starting point of the Silk Road.

PepsiCo adds fizz to charity appeal

PepsiCo Greater China launched its annual New Year charity campaign - Postal Parcels for Mothers - on Saturday and delivered parcels to poverty-stricken women at Longchang village, Mashan county, one of the poorer areas of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Working in New Year? JD pays kids' trips

JD.com Inc, China's second-largest e-commerce player, announced it will invest about 75 million yuan ($10.9 million) to let the children of its employees reunite with parents who have to work during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

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