Zhang Jiandong, executive vice chairman of Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee: the Winter Olympics has promoted the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

Chinese Restaurant Brands Going Global: What Keeps Customers Coming Back After the Opening?

How long can the queues outside a brand’s first overseas store last? And how many customers drawn in by the novelty will become regulars? For Chinese restaurant brands expanding internationally, opening a store is only the beginning of the challenge of building a local business and retaining customers.

SAIC’s Overseas Sales Reach 1.166 Million Vehicles, Exceeding Full-Year 2025

SAIC Motor（上汽集团）said on October 27 that its overseas sales reached 1.166 million vehicles in the first nine months of 2026, up 52.4% year on year and already exceeding its full-year 2025 total.

WeRide Launches Insurance Partnership Program to Support Overseas Expansion

WeRide（文远知行）announced a global insurance partnership program on October 27, naming Allianz Insurance Singapore（安联保险新加坡）and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance（中国平安财产保险）as its inaugural partners.

US Orders Robotics Import Negotiations, Leaves Tariffs on the Table

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on October 28 directing trade officials to negotiate with foreign partners over imports of robotics, industrial machinery and related components following a Section 232 national-security investigation. The proclamation imposes no immediate new tariffs.

China Unicom to Step Down from NYSE in October

The action took effect in May this year after the board of directors decided to terminate the ADR, later issuing a notice to the ADR agency BNY Mellon.