A new high-resolution climate study from China's Loess Plateau suggests that soil temperature, not just air temperature or rainfall, played a decisive role in shaping the spread of millet farming during the Neolithic period.
During his first trip to Beijing, Bilal Lashari was a 27-year-old Pakistani traveling with his parents. It was the summer of 2008, when the Chinese capital was swept up in the euphoric atmosphere of the 29th Olympic Games.

China will release data on foreign trade in goods for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) as a whole, as part of broader efforts to further advance the area's development.
Chongqing's total import and export volume with ASEAN reached 36.48 billion yuan (about $5.06 billion) in the first quarter of 2026, up 30.2% year on year, as the two sides continued to deepen economic and trade cooperation.
The "China-South Korea Economic Friendship and Cooperation Center" was officially launched in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area on Thursday during the China–South Korea (Chongqing–Gyeonggi) economic and industrial cooperation promotion event at the 8th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade (WCIFIT).
The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) in Hunan Province opened its polyester futures and options segment to overseas traders on Friday, granting international access to seven related products.

Artificial intelligence coding tools are enabling non-programmers in China to build and launch mobile apps within hours, lowering development costs and fueling a wave of small-scale entrepreneurship around so-called "vibe coding," according to developers.
The 8th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade opened Thursday at the Chongqing International Expo Center, with the United Kingdom featured as the guest country of honor.

Chinese companies became the largest source of foreign investment projects in Germany last year, overtaking the United States for the first time since 2017, an official report showed Thursday.

China's peak summer electricity demand is expected to reach a record 1.6 billion kilowatts this year, about 90 million kilowatts higher than last summer, as authorities step up smart grid coordination and nationwide power dispatching to prevent shortages during extreme heat, according to media reports.

China will remain a prime long-term destination for global investors, driven by its vast consumer market, deeper opening-up and rapid advances in digital and green technologies, which are reshaping industries and generating fresh growth opportunities, government officials and business executives said on Thursday.

Direct from Drone World Congress:The whole world looks to China for drones.The Drone World Congress 2026 opens at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China, May 21, 2026./Chinanews.com.Shenzhen produces 70% of the worlds consumer drones and nearly 50% of industrial drones.

Participants attend the 2026 Suzhou Global Investment Promotion Conference on Thursday in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. The conference was held as a sideline event to the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. CHINA DAILY

China's top wheat-producing province is using artificial intelligence and satellite imaging to manage this year's harvest as the country enters its annual summer reaping season.

China will impose tighter controls on certain strategic mineral resources under new regulations aimed at safeguarding national resource security, according to the State Council.
China's State-owned oil majors are rapidly accelerating their pivot toward renewable energy, transforming from traditional fossil-fuel drillers into integrated green energy powerhouses to meet the nation's ambitious "dual carbon" goals.
Located about 10 kilometers southwest of Athens, Greece, Piraeus Port is a vital gateway connecting Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

China's market regulator said on Wednesday that an international standard led by China on corrosion testing for power conductor materials had been formally approved and published by the International Organization for Standardization.

The Pinglu Canal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will open a new transport corridor connecting western China directly to Southeast Asia.

China and the European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday launched the jointly developed SMILE satellite to study interactions between solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere, marking the first full space science mission jointly carried out by the two sides.

After months of negotiations, FIFA and China Media Group (CMG) have reportedly reached an agreement on broadcasting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the final deal said to be significantly lower than FIFA's initial asking price.

The first sovereign panda bond issuance by Pakistan — priced at a historically low coupon rate — highlights the growing potential of China's capital market to provide diversified and lower-cost financing channels for developing economies, experts said.
China's value-added industrial output expanded by 4.1% year-on-year in April, maintaining a stable growth despite the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and demonstrating strong resilience.
When Michael Owen carried a shoulder pole to hand over lychees to players on Sunday at the Yuexiushan Stadium in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, cheers echoed throughout the stadium.
It's 5 am, and as the first rays of sunrise touch the waters north of Dalian, Liaoning province, several fishing enthusiasts board a yacht bound for a "sea ranch", hoping to land some big game fish.
Cambridge Science Park, the United Kingdom's oldest and largest hub for science and technology innovation, is planning a 30-year expansion that would triple its capacity for research-focused companies.

About one-quarter of foreign-owned companies currently operating in Russia were founded by Chinese citizens or organizations, according to a study reported by Russian state media, highlighting expanding business ties between Beijing and Moscow.

State-run oil company Sinopec has just launched a domestically developed 103-octane racing fuel in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a move that could reduce the country's dependence on imported fuel for top-tier motorsports events, according to media reports.

Chinas value-added industrial output increased by 5.6 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, official data showed on Monday.

Amid continued volatility in global energy markets.China and Russia are accelerating the structural deepening of their energy partnership – anchored by stable fossil-fuel supply chains while simultaneously breaking ground in next-generation clean-energy corridors.
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