China Industry & Market News by Made-in-China.com

150 Million Flexible AMOLED Panels to Be Shipped

Jan 3, 2017

An estimated 150 million flexible AMOLED panels for use in smartphones will be shipped globally in 2017, triple the shipments in 2016, according to industry sources. Apple will launch a 5.8-inch iPhone equipped with flexible AMOLED ...

Tags: AMOLED display, AMOLED panels

China's Car Sales Growth to Slow in 2017

Jan 1, 2017

Automobile sales are expected to slow next year after a boom in 2016, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. Growth in auto sales in 2017 could slow to an annual 2 percent to 6 percent, said MOC spokesperson Shen Danyang, citing ...

Tags: Automobile, Car Sales

LED Technology Breakthroughs in 2016

Dec 31, 2016

As 2016 comes to an end, there were many exciting and surprising technology breakthroughs, based on statistics complied by LEDinside there were at least 10 major technology advancements this year. American researchers make droop free LEDs ...

Tags: LED, UV LED

China Raises Quota for PV Subsidies for 2016

Dec 30, 2016

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) announced to receive additional capacity target for PV projects for 2016, filed by provinces, region, or municipality by up to 1GW each, in order to cope with surge in such projects as a result ...

Tags: PV projects, PV

OLED to Penetrate 68% of TVs in 2020, Says PIDA

Dec 29, 2016

Use of OLED panels in TVs is on the rise, and the proportion of OLED models will keep rising to 68% in 2020, especially dominating high-end TV segment, according to the Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA). There ...

Tags: OLED, TV

Chinese Brands Face Cultural Obstacles

Dec 28, 2016

FROM electronics producers to railway contractors, Chinese businesses all face the same problems—promoting their brands overseas. One of China’s most influential commercial symbols, Lenovo, has overtaken HP as the ...

Tags: electronics, PC, Lenovo

China's FIT Scheme for PV Projects Revealed

Dec 28, 2016

China’s feed-in tariff (FIT) rates for solar PV projects for 2017 has been officially announced by the National Development and Reform Commission. The rates for large-scale, ground-mounted projects in different regions will be ...

Tags: PV Systems, PV Installation

Why Buy a New iPhone When You Can Dress Your Old One to Look Like The 7?

Dec 27, 2016

If you couldn't justify spending the money to replace your old iPhone with an iPhone 7, you're not alone. And if you feel somewhat left out because of it, you're also not alone. Giving your old phones an iPhone 7 makeover is reportedly on ...

Tags: Apple, iPhone 7

Chinese Nov Thermal Coal Imports Surged on Year

Dec 27, 2016

China imported 11 million mt of thermal coal in November, rising 69.2% year on year and 50.5% on the month to the highest volume since December 2014, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed Friday. During the ...

Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal

Apple Factory Manager Indicted for Stealing Thousands of iPhones

Dec 26, 2016

It's never a good idea to steal from work, even when the payload is thousands of iPhones. One now-ex senior manager at Apple supplier Foxconn has reportedly been indicted for stealing and reselling 5,700 iPhones from the Foxconn factory. ...

Tags: Foxconn, Apple, Sony

Apple Blames iPhone Battery Fires on 'External Factors'

Dec 26, 2016

Apple says it's not to blame for a spate of iPhones apparently catching fire. The Shanghai Consumer Council, a watchdog group in China, reported last week that eight iPhone 6 devices had spontaneously combusted. Apple's response is that ...

Tags: Apple, iphone, fire

Chinese Sports Industry Was Booming in 2016

Dec 26, 2016

Keeping up a sound and steady pace of development, the Chinese sports industry was booming in 2016 as investors tried to cover a wider range of business, while finding new engines to drive growth. Policy-oriented industry China's State ...

Tags: Sports Industry, outdoor sports

Robot Products May Not Enjoy Demand as Expected

Dec 25, 2016

Although many vendors have already entered into the robot market and released products aiming for 2017, some market watchers are pessimistic about their demand as these products are not essential to consumers and limitations over their ...

Tags: Robot Products, robot market

Bike Brand Speeds Into a New Era

Dec 24, 2016

Chinese bicycle brand Forever, which has a history of 76 years, has joined the bicycle-sharing scheme in the Internet Plus era by launching cooperation with U-Bicycle. "Forever bicycles will appear in the U-Bicycle fleet from the first ...

Tags: Bike, bicycle

Taiwan LED Production Value up 15% in 2016

Dec 23, 2016

Taiwan’s LED industry production value increased nearly 15% year-on-year during the first nine months of 2016, as more governments around the globe rolled out policies supporting environmental friendly businesses, said the Ministry ...

Tags: LED lighting, LED Industry