Payment platforms run promotions to boost volumes WeChat and Alipay, two major online payment platforms in China, call for consumers to go cashless and cardless in their daily life through promotions in August. Cashlessness is a new Chinese characteristic. In a recent report by Tencent, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, and French market research firm Ipsos, 84 percent of Chinese were "comfortable" going out with only mobile phones, no cash.
Pet owners in first- and second-tiered cities are more willing to buy quality and expensive pet food, according to the report. Wang, who works in a Beijing-based foreign company, said she prefers imported cat food, which costs her around 300 yuan every month.
People performing a square dance are livestreamed on Kuaishou at the People's Park in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province. [Photo by Li Sixin/For China Daily]
Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist of RBC bank, gives a presentation in Richmond Hill, file photo. Photo for China Daily
People visit the Bund in East China's Shanghai, on Aug 2, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Peter DeSantis, vice president of Amazon Web Services Global Infrastructure, will be on hand to explain how the cloud leader plans to stay on top as rival cloud powerhouses race to catch up. Also joining us will be Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich who will outline how Microsoft is thinking about the next generation of cloud computing.
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Phil Jones, police liaison at New Zealand’s Consulate General in Guangzhou, said New Zealand is expecting to expand cooperation with Guangdong police in the fight against drug trafficking and related cross-border crimes. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Paul Eremenko, 39, is chief technology officer of Airbus and he has a mission to explore the future. He admits to being "probably one of the luckiest men in the world".
People enjoy the night view during the 2020 Macao Light Festival at Tap Seac Square in South China's Macao, Sept 26, 2020. The light festival kicked off here on Saturday and will last till Oct 31.[Photo/Xinhua]
People scan their faces and walk in the first convenience store with 5G network in Hongkou district in Shanghai on Sept 24, 2019. [Photo/Sipa]