Meituan, China's leading online food delivery-to-ride hailing firm, is joining a group of tech giants including Alibaba Group in developing a high-precision map, a trump card for them to drive unmanned services, and also a supplement to their core businesses.
Multiple approaches are being tested for the launch of the first central bank digital currency in China, said officials and experts, who expect more participation from private institutions in creating the government-backed currency.
PwC forecast that domestic strategic mergers and acquisitions may become a relatively bright spot for China, as the country is focused on stimulating its economy, while soft M&A activity will extend to the second half of 2019 if uncertainties remain unclear.
Officials and experts attending the Seventh Internet Security Conference called for a joint public-private effort to defend against cyberattacks and maintain a reliable and safe cyberspace.
On a hot summer afternoon in July, Tsinghua University in Beijing glimpsed a sneak preview of the future of artificial intelligence and its implications for technology and businesses in China.
China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas company, has been stepping up its equivalent overseas equity production of oil and gas in recent years to meet the surging demand for oil and gas at home.
Despite trade frictions, China's semiconductor industry should remain open to international cooperation and make more efforts to contribute to the development of the sector which is highly globalized, company executives and analysts said.
Electronics is one of the industries I cover as a reporter. I still remember the time when even technology experts found it difficult to explain what a chip is, except saying that chips are sophisticated components used in computers and other such devices. So, it's with wonder that I note now that the chip sector is a recurring topic in the public discourse in China.
For the past two years, the value of the yuan has been closely linked to that of the euro, so the accusation that China is manipulating its currency to stimulate exports is not supported by the data - unless the European Central Bank is also being accused of currency manipulation. What has actually been happening is that the US dollar has been rising against other world currencies.
It has been a spectacular year of sorts for gold with prices rising steadily and the strong demand continuing into August. By Friday, gold prices had advanced to $1528, or 19 percent, this year, with valuations continuously surpassing levels not seen in the last six years.
There was a remarkable moment when physics professor and TV personality Brian Cox was visiting the British Consulate in Hong Kong to deliver a promotional speech to journalists there.
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