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      Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

      2024-10-28 16:33 Last Updated At:17:17

      The consumer goods manufacturing companies in China have seen their profit grow over the past three quarters as they keep expanding their businesses to overseas emerging markets.

      The data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Sunday showed that profit of the country's consumer goods manufacturing industry increased by 2.4 percent year over year in the first three quarters.

      The profit growth was driven by the increased export to the newly explored overseas markets, with the data showing that the export delivery value of the overall manufacturing industry increased by 4.1 percent in the same period.

      A furniture manufacturing company in Shunde District of Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, has recently expended their business into the Southeast Asian and the Central Asian countries.

      The value of the sofas and beds produced by the company annually can reach 350 million yuan (about 50 million U.S. dollars), said Tan Suzhen, general manager of Evergo Furniture Company Limited, adding that as the company expands overseas business, their sales to the Central Asian markets grew drastically.

      "Our sales to the Middle East market alone grew by 60 percent year over year. Our sales data is really impressive and has been growing, too," said Tan.

      With existing business in Western Europe and North America, an appliance manufacturing company in Yongkang City, east China's Zhejiang Province, found new customers in the Middle East and North Africa.

      The expanded business helped the company reach their annual sales goal at a faster pace and their sales have been growing at a remarkable 40-percent rate.

      "In terms of export, we reached our annual sales goal within the first three quarters and the year-over-year increase in the first three quarter was about 40 percent," said Hu Di, assistant to the chairman of Arda Appliance Company Limited.

      For the overall industrial sector, its export delivery value has been growing faster and faster, said Chen Xi, associate researcher of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research of China's National Development and Reform Commission, adding that the good performance can in turn nurture better sales and efficiency of enterprises.

      "In each of the first three quarters, the export delivery value growth of the industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated. Major provinces like Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang posted faster growths. The increased export delivery value helped boost sales of the enterprises and their efficiency," said Chen.

      Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

      Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

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      Humanoid robots complete first road test for half-marathon in Beijing

      2025-04-07 22:02 Last Updated At:22:57

      Some of the humanoid robots that will take part in a half-marathon race in Beijing scheduled for later this month have completed their first road test.

      The race, set for April 13 in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area in the capital city's southeast, will feature both robotic and human athletes competing on the same route but on separate tracks to ensure safety for all participants.

      The competition is open to global robot companies, research institutes, robot clubs and universities. So far, 23 organizations have signed up for the competition, and six robot teams have participated in the road test held at midnight on March 28-29.

      After all-round inspections and adjustments, a 1.8-meter-tall robot named Tiangong Ultra from the Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robots set off first. The robot finished the race by around two hours and 52 minutes.

      The robot departed afterwards is a 1.2-meter-tall humanoid from the Noetix Robotics, a company founded in Beijing in 2023. The main features of the robot are the advanced joint design and drive system, which has highly flexible movement capabilities and can achieve rapid movements, make turnings and complete complex movements, according to its developers at the site.

      To complete the 21-kilometer half marathon, each robot has to undergo several battery replacement operations along the way, which took about five minutes each time. Each team showed different technical features and tested different contents. A team from Shanghai mainly focused on the adaptability of the robot's sole to the road surface. "We must work to improve its uphill and downhill capabilities, its endurance, its operating stability, and some algorithm strategies to a higher level," said Bi Bei, head of the structural development of the Shanghai-based Cyan Robotics.

      Humanoid robots complete first road test for half-marathon in Beijing

      Humanoid robots complete first road test for half-marathon in Beijing

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