Shanghai V&J TRD

With China’s three most economically important cities recently rolling out policies to address renewed weakness in the property sector, analysts say stabilising the industry would be significant in terms of boosting consumer sentiment, but that no quick market rebound should be expected. After Beijing, north China’s biggest population centre, lifted purchase limits outside its Fifth Ring Road and eased housing fund rules in early August, Shanghai and Shenzhen followed suit with similar policies...

Seven years ago, He Yangyang left his university job in downtown Shanghai to return to his Songjiang district hometown – on the outskirts of the city – and begin exploring how digital technology could transform farming. Today, his Tushibao Agricultural Cooperative farm has made the hi-tech vision of agriculture a reality, using a central control system to manage fully autonomous field operations – ploughing, planting, managing and harvesting – that are overseen by just a few staff...

China has reached a major milestone in offshore energy infrastructure, with the total subsea pipeline network now exceeding 10,000km (6,213 miles), as the country accelerates efforts to explore offshore resources to meet its energy-security needs. The milestone was achieved as the final section of a deep-sea pipeline was installed on Sunday in northern China’s Bohai Bay, according to state broadcaster CCTV. As one of China’s largest offshore oil-production bases, Bohai Bay now hosts the...