China's ice-snow economy heats up, cools summer
As many cities in China are hit by record-high temperatures this summer, ice and snow sports have become increasingly popular among Chinese looking to escape the broiling summer heat.
Macro
China's manufacturing gains momentum with tech innovations
Summer is in full swing in north China's Tianjin Municipality, and things have been hotting up at the Changlu Fluorochemicals Co., Ltd., where workers are operating at full capacity to meet the swelling market demand for chemicals like perfluoropolyether.
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Economic Watch: Foreign firms confident in China's industrial chains
China's supply chains featuring resilience and integrity have attracted more foreign-invested companies to up their investment in the Chinese market amid an improved business environment.
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Economic Watch: China's "fruit platter" region reaps technological boon
Boasting a long history of growing lychees, Qinzhou has over 1 million mu (about 70,000 hectares) of this tropical fruit. This year has been a bumper year for local lychees as the production is expected to exceed 500,000 tonnes.
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Industries
China's software industry continues rapid growth in H1
China's software and information technology service industry maintained double-digit growth in terms of revenue and profits in the first half of the year (H1), official data showed.
China's cultural industry achieves double-digit revenue growth amid recovery
Major enterprises in China's cultural sector and related businesses saw their combined revenue return to double-digit growth in the second quarter of this year as the industry continued to recover.
