Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, served as a major commercial hub thousands of years ago because of its silk, tea and lacquer. Today, it is embracing a greater opportunity offered by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative to connect to a wider world.
Chengdu, a megacity in southwestern China, is gearing up for its goal of transforming itself into a "garden city" by 2035, adding a green dimension to its latest urban development plan.
Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou) Co - one of the biggest polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, chip producers in terms of annual production volume in southern China's Guangdong province - recently marked two major breakthroughs for its $3.2 billion petrochemical and chemical fiber integrated project in Saudi Arabia.
China has set an ambitious goal for a third of new cars sold in 2020 to have connectivity and self-driving features in an effort to fuel fast-evolving changes in the automotive industry.
Borgward is likely to see a turn for the better in 2019 now that its owner Foton Motor has introduced partners to finance the manufacturing plan and help boost sales.
Audi's sales hit a record high of 660,888 last year in China, holding its continued position as the best-selling premium car brand in the country, according to its joint venture FAW-Volkswagen.
Despite China's auto industry facing a tough time last year, the used car sector performed well and is expected to sell 14 million units for 2018, which would mean record highs for three straight years.
China's leading electric vehicle maker BYD is planning to found an independent company to run its battery business, which aims to grasp a larger market share in the battery industry at a predicted time of soaring demand for new energy vehicles.
CHICAGO - Major carmakers on Thursday announced slowing 2018 sales in the United States even though the industry maintained close to its total from 2017, defying expectations.
Construction is underway on a "culture wall" that tells stories about how foreign residents come, settle down and adapt to their new lives in China at an international community in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
A Qingdao-based sea rice research and development team led by Yuan Longping, China's "father of hybrid rice", attracted attention this year by growing rice in Dubai's deserts in the United Arab Emirates.
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