Looking out from Yueyang Tower,renowned Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) writer Fan Zhongyan described the strategic position and spectacular view of Dongting Lake as "connecting the remote mountains and swallowing the Yangtze".
More than 3,000 hectares of Euramerican poplar trees were cut down on Zhongwei Island in the western area of Dongting Lake this winter.
By the end of 2017, China had more than 440,000 charging piles, or power ports, for electric vehicles, meaning there are roughly four EVs for every pile in the country, according to a report by the China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance.
Mobile wallets backed by various payment technologies are scrambling to grab a slice of China's public transportation market, which could become a multi-billion dollar business by 2020.
The modern Chinese consumer is healthier, less materialistic and more partial to local brands than ever before, according to research from market analysts in the United Kingdom.
Ireland can leverage its experience in construction services and project financing to facilitate the Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area infrastructure construction projects, the minister of state at the Department of Finance in Ireland, Michael D'Arcy, told China Daily in an interview.
BEIJING - About a year ago, a man surnamed Song, a programmer in Shenzhen, received a mysterious call and lost 280,000 yuan ($43,460) via Alipay, one of China's most popular online payment platforms. This was odd as Song did not have a single penny in his Alipay account. It turned out the swindlers had taken three steps to transfer his loan via Alipay's micro-loan provider Ant Micro.
C-Mer Eye Care Holdings Ltd surged 58.27 percent, or 5.67 points, to finish at HK$15.4 ($1.97) on Thursday, as the Hong Kong medical services company announced plans to step up investment on the Chinese mainland.
China Express Airlines Co Ltd, China's only airline focused on regional operations with both passenger and freight air transportation, received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission this week for a potential initial public offering.
Ziroom, a Chinese online apartment rental platform operator, has secured $621 million in first round financing, a reflection of investors' high hopes for the country's expanding rental market - especially for the young migrants to large cities.
The nation will step up its push to commercialize fifth-generation mobile communication technology, with 5G-ready smartphones likely to come out in late 2019, experts said.
China and the United Kingdom may soon become the world's biggest producers of graphene, following an agreement to manufacture it in eastern China.
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