Yang Jian

5 days ago | shine.cn | Yang Jian

Shanghai's Pudong New Area has signed four major foreign-invested projects, totaling 4.05 billion yuan, underscoring its growing role as a hub for multinational investment. The projects, signed on Friday, are for the headquarters of Morimatsu, a biopharmaceutical production facility for Daiichi Sankyo, an integrated food industrial base for Yihai Kerry, and a new venture for Trafigura China. Amid global uncertainty, Pudong is emerging as a key gateway to China's fast-evolving industries.

6 days ago | archive.shine.cn | Yang Jian

On a summer afternoon in Bairin Right Banner of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 61-year-old Aotegenhua strums a tovshuur (Mongolian lute), her voice rising and falling like the flowing Xar Moron River nearby. She sings of Gesar, the mythic warrior-king who vanquished demons and united fractious tribes. Around her, children mimic her gestures, learning a story that has bound their ancestors together for more than 1,000 years.

1 week ago | shine.cn | Yang Jian

Editor's note: The United Nations has officially designated 44 Chinese traditions as world cultural heritage. This series examines how each of them defines what it means to be Chinese. Folk artists perform the Gesar epic in northwest China’s Qinghai Province. On a summer afternoon in Bairin Right Banner of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 61-year-old Aotegenhua strums a tovshuur (Mongolian lute), her voice rising and falling like the flowing Xar Moron River nearby.

1 week ago | shine.cn | Yang Jian

Shanghai will open a new international business zone near Pudong airport with visa-free access by the end of this year to boost global connectivity and economic openness. The Shanghai Eastern Hub International Business Cooperation Zone, approved by China's State Council, or the nation's cabinet, in February 2024, is set to streamline cross-border commerce through relaxed visa rules, integrated transit links, and pro-business policies.

1 week ago | shine.cn | Yang Jian

The official poster of the 10th Space Day of China, which is on April 24 this year. Shanghai plans to expand its commercial space industry to over 100 billion yuan (US$13.8 billion) by 2027, a city official announced on Thursday. The city aims to produce 100 commercial rockets and 1,000 satellites annually by then, positioning itself as a hub for reusable rockets, low-cost satellite manufacturing, and space applications, according to Shanghai Vice Secretary-General Zhuang Mudi.