Follow the reporter on the ground and see what people in the Pearl River Delta are saying as U.S. tariffs make real impact on the lives of factory workers and business owners in China's manufacturing sector.
Themed "Embracing Innovation, Empowering the Future," Auto Shanghai 2025, kicked off here on Wednesday, attracting nearly 1,000 noted enterprises from 26 countries and regions.
?Chinese EV maker NIO will expand its Firefly brand to another 16 countries across five continents this year, targeting the fast-growing global compact car market, the company announced at a Shanghai auto show on Wednesday.
?Rising unilateralism and economic protectionism are undermining global development and threatening the stability of the international order, said a prominent Chinese think tank leader during a UN Security Council Arria-Formula meeting on Wednesday.
?As transatlantic trade negotiations intensify, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has reaffirmed that Britain will not sacrifice its regulatory standards to secure a trade agreement with the United States.
?Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Wednesday there is a need to learn from history in regard to the U.S. federal government's push for wholesale re-industrialization or import substitution.
?China FAW Group Co., Ltd. announced an ambitious development plan for its car brand Hongqi on Wednesday, targeting operations in over 100 countries and regions with 1,000 sales and service outlets in five years.
?From wall-climbing robots conducting structural inspections to drones delivering medical supplies to remote locations, Hong Kong stands at the vibrant crossroads of hard and soft technologies, driven by an ambitious policy framework.
?Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade expand 15.4 percent to a total of 108.16 billion yuan (around 15 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from customs authorities.
?BMW will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Chinese tech startup DeepSeek into its newest cars in China later this year, said Oliver Zipse, chairman of the board of management of BMW AG, at the Shanghai auto show on Wednesday.
?The number of digital reading users in China reached 670 million in 2024, marking a 17.5 percent year-on-year increase, according to a report on digital reading released on Wednesday.
?A cross-border cold-chain highway truck carrying 28 tonnes of fresh lemons departed from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, traveled 1,300 km and arrived in Vietnam in 48 hours.
?China on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) after the European Union (EU) appealed a WTO panel report under the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA).
The China Development Bank said on Tuesday that it has issued loans totaling 369.1 billion yuan (about 51 billion U.S. dollars) for infrastructure development in the first quarter of the year.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday downgraded its global growth forecast in 2025 to 2.8 percent, a hefty 0.5 percentage point decrease from its January projection, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO).
The U.S. controversial measures targeting China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors have stoked concern that these protectionist, discriminatory and non-market practices will further disrupt the global economic and trade order.