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Nanjing Underperforms in 2024 with Just a 4.5% Increase in GDP over 2023

Nanjing City’s GDP for 2024 was reported on 27 January to be ¥1.850081 trillion, making it one of the lesser performing cities in Jiangsu. Economic highlights were CNC machine tools, industrial robots and drones, up 19.7, 7.4 and 17.6 percent,...

JD Logistics Chairman Attends New Year Banquet in Beijing to Thank Front Line Workers

Among the details of Liu Qiangdong early life to emerge after his 25 January appearance with employees was that he had never left Guangming Village in Suqian. Upon being admitted to university, the Village pooled ¥500 and 76 eggs...

SUV Caught on Video in 360 Degree Flip; Man Leaps into Icy Waters to Affect Rescue

It was 25 January when the SUV was hit by a sedan at an intersection beside a canal in Jinhu County of Huai’an. With a man, woman and child trapped inside the sinking vehicle, Chen Bizhong was able to...

70+ Exercise & Fitness Centres in Nanjing to Remain Open throughout CNY

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Youth Olympic Sports Park and Longjiang Stadium are among the facilities that will continue to be open to the public free of charge or at a low cost, alleviating some people’s CNY...

Pandas Bemused at New Year’s Dinner Laid for them at Zoo in Nantong

in the Nantong Forest Safari Park, the giant pandas "Xinghui" and “Xingfan" had their daily bamboo diet supplemented with corn, apples and more. Staff said that they hope the event will encourage more people to pay attention to animal...

Iris Chang’s Father Passes Away aged 88; to be Buried Next to His Daughter in California

Born on 7 January, 1937 in Suqian, Zhang Shaojin was looked up to by his daughter as a role model. Regarded as a hero by many in Nanjing, Iris Chang’s book “The Rape of Nanking” brought the world an...

Yangzhou Museum puts on Exhibition of Snakes Dating from 1,700 Years ago

A double snake figurine in the collection of Yangzhou Museum, unearthed in the tomb of Princess Xunyang in Yinhu Village of Hanjiang District in Yangzhou, features a wooden snake body with human heads for both a head and a...

Changzhou Releases Economic Data for 2024; GDP up 6.1% to ¥1.08136 Trillion

Amongst the data was the per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents; ¥75,003, an increase of 4.5 percent. That for rural permanent residents was ¥42,671 yuan, up by 5.6 percent, representing a closing of the gap by 1.1...

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China Grows 4.5 Percent in Q3 but Exports are Doing Outsized Work

China's economy grew 4.5 percent in the third quarter, up from 4.3 percent in the second, yet investment in...

German Chemical Giant BASF to Make Chip Materials in Nanjing by 2028

German chemical giant BASF will build a semiconductor materials plant in Nanjing, with start-up expected by the end of...

China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

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