From ice and snow to space: China's weekly economic highlights(1/5)

According to the latest industry report, the scale of the country's ice-and-snow economy is expected to surpass 1 trillion yuan ($136.5 billion) by 2025.

China aims to expand the length of its operating high-speed rail tracks to around 60,000 kilometers by 2030, up from 48,000 km at the end of 2024, data from the country's railway operator showed on Thursday.

China's courier sector handled 174.5 billion parcels in 2024, a surge of 21 percent year on year, the State Post Bureau announced on Wednesday.

China's shipbuilding industry marked a milestone on Sunday as the world's largest pile-driving barge, Erhang Changqing, was delivered in Qidong, East China's Jiangsu Province.

China's commercial space industry entered a fast development track in 2024, as its market volume is expected to exceed 2.3 trillion yuan.