BEIJING, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In mid-December 2022, after China started to ease COVID-19 restrictions that had lasted for three years, the world keenly anticipated a swift and robust recovery in China's economy in 2023. But at a tone-setting economic conference, top Chinese policymakers, while stressing that "an overall recovery and improvement is expected," also offered a sobering assessment of the difficulties that lay ahead. "Economic work in 2023 will be comple

With air travel finally returning to pre-pandemic levels, this holiday season is expected to be exceptionally hectic. Many passengers, especially in the United States, will face maddening flight delays, and many more will suffer unnecessarily long flying times. But, most worrying of all, at least a few might witness or be involved in frightening airport near-misses. To be sure, the US has an outstanding record of aviation safety, with no fatal commercial airplane crashes since 2009. But the freq

South Korea’s car exports climbed 84.2 percent from January to September this year compared to 2019, while imports of electric vehicles and EV batteries from China gradually increased, a report showed Monday. The export volume surged to $50.5 billion in the cited period after the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and global supply glitches, according to the Korea Automotive Technology Institute, or Katech. Compared to last year, exports of battery-powered cars and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles sky

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dain Leaders, an edutech company, is expanding its scope of contents business to actively respond the increasing metaverse market demand and lead the digital transformation in the medical, educational, and public sectors. Interaction technology that can control emergency situations based on voice commands and joint recognition in HAIO Having provided learner-oriented education environment and unique learning contents utilizing VR c

BEIJING, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The China-aided mega modern library, located in the historic center of El Salvador's capital San Salvador, will not only help to propel educational, cultural, and technological development in the country, but also stands as a monument of friendship between China and the Central American country, Chinese ambassador to El Salvador told the Global Times. The ambassador expressed his belief that the relationship between China and El Salvador has become a mode

SME100 Participants More Than Doubled Revenue in 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Malaysian SMEs have experienced a significant rebound following the reopening of the economy post-COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the SME sector recorded an 11.6 percent growth in GDP against 8.7 percent for the overall economy. Congratulations to the Winners of 2023 Malaysia SME100 Awards This is also reflected in the number of participants of the SME100 Awards, with nominati

AI will not take all jobs nor end civilization. But it will help businesses make better decisions. CARY, N.C., Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. And stories are rampant about its promise and its threat. Will AI's potential be realized in the year ahead? SAS, the leader in AI and analytics, asked executives and experts across the company to predict trends and key business and technology developments in AI for 2024. Below are some of the predictions they

CJ Olive Young Corp., the distribution unit of South Korean food-to-cosmetics conglomerate CJ Group, on Wednesday opened a foreigner-focused outlet in Seoul as travelers return to the country after years of the COVID-19 pandemic. CJ Olive Young's outlet in Myeongdong, central Seoul, underwent a large-scale renewal to serve as an online-to-offline (O2O) shopping platform mainly for the convenience of foreign customers. O2O commerce is a business model that draws potential customers from onli

Rapid Business Recovery for the Group with Limited-service Hotels Meeting Rigid Market Demand SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- From October 23rd to 25th, the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific ("HICAP") 2023 was successfully held in Singapore. This conference focused on the dynamics and future prospects of the hospitality and travel industry in the Asia-Pacific region, discussing topics related to emerging travel trends, new developments in the hotel indust

Ten years ago this November, the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its Third Plenum, outlining a series of far-reaching reforms designed to sustain China’s rapid economic growth. Around that time, a naive extrapolation based on the difference in growth rates between China and the United States suggested that China’s GDP would overtake America’s by 2021. Some speculated that this could happen as early as 2019. These predictions have been far off t

SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In August 2022, students at the Mabalacat City College (hereinafter referred to as "MCC") in the Philippines had a particular hybrid learning class. Unlike classes in the past, the teaching content was explicit at a glance on the smart screen, and the teacher in the classroom could communicate and interact smoothly with online students throughout the entire class. Everyone immersed themselves in lively discussions and enjoyed the char

Despite coming from vastly different beginnings -- one of us comes from a fishing district in Malawi with one of the country’s highest adolescent pregnancy rates, the other grew up in West Germany during the height of the women’s movement -- we have both seen the transformative impact of empowering women and girls. What also unites us is the same sense of urgency for more to be done -- faster and at a bigger scale. During the first 20 years of this century, progress toward equality w

The 21st edition of CACLP and the 4th edition of CISCE will take place from 16 - 18 March at Chongqing International Expo Center, China. Concurrent with the tradeshows, the 9th China Experimental Medicine Conference and Series Sessions, the 11th China IVD Industry Development Conference and Series Forums and a diverse range of activities will kick off from 15-17 March in Chongqing as well. CACLP & CISCE 2024 have already confirmed over 1,100 global exhibitors since the sales kick

BANGKOK, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chula Marketing professor draws attention to Chula's readiness to drive research and social innovation to create the leaders of the future and drive Thai soft power to the global society. Chula Joins the Move for Economic Advancement with Thai Soft Power through Research and Innovations Thai soft power is trending at the moment. This trend helped revive the Thai economy and tourism after the great slump of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020

CHONGQING, China, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GTChair ("the Company") recently took part in Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2023 which returned as an in-person event for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, and took place at the Makuhari Messe exhibition center from September 21 through 24th. The four-day gaming and anime fest, the largest of its kind in Asia, saw the Company showcasing its flagship gaming chairs whose designs are centered on versatility, ergonomics, and adaptability

BEIJING, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Along with our reporting mission of witnessing the first-hand success of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Hungary, Serbia and Greece upon the 10th anniversary of the proposal of the joint initiative. The COVID-19 pandemic has been over, and the resulting economic fallout across the world is on the waiting list of the problems that need to be tackled.  Our trip, then, turned out to show that in an era of uncertainty, countries tha

BANGKOK, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chula Marketing professor draws attention to the strengths and weaknesses that Thai entrepreneurs and related sectors should immediately address so that the Thai economy can soar with soft power while revealing Chula's readiness to drive research and social innovation to create the leaders of the future and drive Thai soft power to the global society. Thai soft power is trending at the moment. When "Lisa BlackPink wore a traditional Tha

This April, tragedy narrowly averted a GS Construction Consortium’s apartment construction site in Geomdan New Town, Incheon. The upper layers of an underground parking garage, designated as a children's playground, gave way, triggering a chain collapse. While no casualties were reported as the accident happened late at night, the subsidence revealed a grim scenario had it occurred post-completion. A month later, GS Engineering & Construction, the builder, admitted to omitting ste

The coast of Ulsan, a major industrial city in the southeast, was once a site where pods of gray whales were easily spotted, a scene that has become rare as marine pollution and whale hunts took a toll. Among the factors that made the whales disappear, the marine waste issue was what inspired Byun Eui-hyun, CEO of Usisan, to start a business to help clean up the ocean and save the endangered largest animal on Earth from dying from ingesting plastics. "We are the first plastic upcycling comp

PARIS, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After the brilliantly successful launch of the new version of Artprice.com by Artmarket at the beginning of September, our initial analyses and statistics show an overwhelmingly positive response from our customers and new users as well as a very considerable increase in logged activity (+441%) on a 10-month moving average basis. This surge in activity is expected to directly translate into a substantial boost in our revenue. (See: https://www.artprice.com