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China's Mechanical Industry Posts Fast Growth

Feb 19, 2017

China's mechanical industry developed rapidly last year, buoyed by the fast-growing auto and electrical appliance segments, China Machinery Industry Federation said Thursday. The auto sub-sector contributed nearly 60 percent of the ...

Tags: mechanical industry, passenger cars

Lenovo Quarterly Sales Down 6% on Year

Feb 17, 2017

Lenovo has announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016. Quarterly revenues were US$12.2 billion, a 6% decrease year-on-year. Third quarter pre-tax income was US$101 million, a 68% decline year-on-year. Net income ...

Tags: Lenovo, smart devices

Great Wall Eyes High-End SUV Market

Feb 17, 2017

Great Wall Motor Co Ltd, one of the major sport utility vehicle manufacturers in China, plans to launch its first high-end SUV brand in May, aiming to further expand its market share. The model will be equipped with competitive ...

Tags: High-End SUV, Great Wall, SUV

SINOTRUK Exported 25000 Vehicles in 2016

Feb 16, 2017

On February 8, Jining Municipal Standing Committee and Secretary of Party Work Committee of New and High-tech District Bai Shan and other five entourages visited SINOTRUK. Deputy Secretary of Party and General Manager of SINOTRUK Cai Dong ...

Tags: SINOTRUK, Truck

Quanta Ships 2.7 Million Notebooks in January

Feb 15, 2017

ODM Quanta Computer shipped 2.7 million notebooks in January, declining 30.8% on month but rising 17.4% on year, according to the company. Quanta expects notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2017 to decrease about 20%. Quanta on ...

Tags: Notebooks, PC

Stanford University Students Recreate 5, 000-Year-Old Chinese Beer Recipe

Feb 14, 2017

A team of students at Stanford University in California, US, have recreated 5,000-year-old Chinese beer recipe. The research revealed that the ancient Chinese made beer especially with cereal grains, including millet and barley, as well ...

Tags: beer recipe, Chinese beer

Kia Motors America Unveils 2017 Niro Pricing

Feb 14, 2017

Kia Motors America (KMA) has announced the pricing of its all new 2017 crossover hybrid Niro. When the Niro arrives in dealerships early in 2017 it will be offered in five trim levels – FE, LX, EX, Touring and a limited-production, ...

Tags: Kia Motors, LED rear

China to Launch Green Electricity Certificate

Feb 14, 2017

China, as a major market for renewable electricity, has already announced to launch renewable energy certificate (REC) program officially since 2018. This system would be helpful for China to establish a firmer, healthier renewable energy ...

Tags: Electricity Certificate, Electricity

Rising Chinese Demand Leads to Higher Mono-Si Market Share

Feb 13, 2017

China National Energy Administration released statistics right after the Lunar New Year: Up until late-2016, the cumulative PV installation reached 77.42GW in China. The newly-added installation reached 34.54GW in 2016, a doubled growth ...

Tags: PV installation, mono-Si modules

All-in-One PC Shipments to Increase in 2017

Feb 13, 2017

Because of weak demand for all-in-one PCs, worldwide all-in-one ((AIO) PC shipments fell 4.8% on year to total only 12.11 million units in 2016, the third consecutive year of on-year declines. However, the shipment volume is expected to ...

Tags: All-in-One PC, PC

Most Chinese Trust Domestic High-Tech Products

Feb 12, 2017

The majority of Chinese people believe that home produced products have made great progress over the past decade, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. In the survey of 2000 netizens, 65.1 percent of respondents say mobile ...

Tags: High-Tech Products, mobile phones

PV Market Witnesses Stagnation in Prices

Feb 11, 2017

Although the Lunar New Year holiday has ended, employees in China will have to wait until the Lantern Festival to return to work. In addition, power plant installation has been suspended in China during the Lunar New Year holiday, leading ...

Tags: PV Market, Solar Cell

Demand for LED Chips for LED Displays to Grow

Feb 10, 2017

Global demand for LED chips used in fine pixel pitch displays in 2017 will increase 30-40% on year, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The growth is due to increasing demand for such displays and increasing density of LED chips per ...

Tags: LED chips, LED Displays

PC Industry Expected to Stabilize in 2017

Feb 9, 2017

With AMD ready to release Ryzen CPUs and Vega GPUs, sources from the upstream supply chain expect the PC industry to stabilize and see a less than 5% on-year shipment drop in 2017, while PC and related component sales in the first quarter ...

Tags: PC Industry, CPU

124.2 Million Smartphones Shipped in 4Q16

Feb 8, 2017

There were 124.2 million smartphones shipped in the China market in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 8.0% on quarter and 5.3% on year and accounting for 29.6% of the global total, according to Digitimes Research. China-based vendors ...

Tags: Smartphones, Huawei