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China Innovation Index up 5.3 pct in 2024: official data2025-10-30
The China Innovation Index, a barometer of the country's innovation capability, rose steadily in 2024, official data showed on Wednesday.

Chinese state firms maintain stable revenue in first 9 months2025-10-30
China's state-owned and state-controlled enterprises displayed generally stable performance in the first nine months of 2025, official data showed on Wednesday.

China's small commodities hub sees strong trade growth2025-10-30
Yiwu, a key export hub in east China's Zhejiang Province, reported strong foreign trade growth in the first three quarters of 2025 despite a challenging global trade environment.

China to improve financial services further: official2025-10-28
China will continue improving financial services in the fields of financing, investment and industrial development, as well as in the domestic and international markets, according to Li Yunze, head of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), on Monday.

China unveils first batch of firms listed on SSE's sci-tech growth tier2025-10-28
The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on Tuesday released the first batch of enterprises listed on a sci-tech growth tier on the country's Nasdaq-style Science and Technology Innovation Board, also known as the STAR Market.

China's industrial profits grow at faster pace in first nine months2025-10-27
Profits of China's major industrial firms increased by 3.2 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2025, recovering at an accelerated pace, official data showed on Monday.

China to step up high-quality financial services for real economy2025-10-27
China will enhance high-quality financial services to better support the real economy, according to a report on the country's financial work submitted for deliberation on Sunday to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.

China's forestry and grassland sector forms four industries all worth over 1 trillion yuan2025-10-27
A report submitted to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Sunday shows that China's forestry and grassland sector has developed four industries worth more than 1 trillion yuan (about 141 billion U.S. dollars) each.

China's installed power generation capacity up 17.5 pct2025-10-27
China's cumulative installed power generation capacity had reached 3.72 billion kilowatts by the end of September 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 17.5 percent, official data showed on Sunday.

Profits of China's major industrial firms up 3.2 pct in first nine months2025-10-27
Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 3.2 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2025, official data showed Monday.

China pushes tech frontiers to fuel prosperity in next 5 years2025-10-27
China is spearheading a profound transformation fueled by the cultivation of what it terms "new quality productive forces" in the coming five years. At the very core of this ambitious shift lies a resolute commitment to translating cutting-edge technologies into burgeoning new industries.

AstraZeneca opens global R&D center in Beijing to accelerate drug innovation2025-10-26
AstraZeneca's new global research and development (R&D) center was officially opened in the BioPark of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA) on Saturday. This marks the British pharmaceutical giant's sixth global strategic R&D center and its second in China, following its first in Shanghai.

China turns former coalfields into hubs of green energy2025-10-25
Decades of coal mining once scarred some regions of China, leaving behind stretches of barren, subsided mining land. However, these areas are now being transformed into new sources of clean energy.

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Chinese cauliflower varieties upgrade agriculture in Pakistan and beyond

As climatic changes had made farming more difficult, more and more Pakistani farmers decided to experiment with Chinese vegetable seed varieties, which they had heard were more resilient, higher-yielding, and better suited to withstand extreme weather conditions.