
Renowned China Coal Mine Art Troupe wrapped up its successful performing tour across Taiwan and returned to the Chinese mainland on Monday, after igniting widespread enthusiasm for Beijing-style traditional folk arts among local audiences.

The second “Magnificent Guangxi, Friendship Around the World — Guangxi Youth Friendship Envoys Visit Brunei” program was held in Brunei from July 26 to Aug. 2, bringing together more than 20 young representatives from universities across Guangxi for exchanges aimed at strengthening friendship between China and ASEAN countries.

Official government data released Monday showed that Vietnam recorded a wider trade deficit in July, marking its eighth consecutive monthly shortfall.

China is gaining an edge in the AI race through open-weight models, while U.S. AI labs are "building in silos" and risk falling behind Chinese competitors, Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue told CNBC on Monday.

The Hulan River in northeast China recorded its No. 1 flood of 2026 at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

The Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) announced on Monday that the 1.5-tonne Qizhi 5 tilt-rotor drone, powered by the domestically developed CS35 turboshaft engine, has successfully completed its maiden flight.

Changsha Huanghua International Airport announced on Saturday that it has continued expanding its route network connecting Changsha with ASEAN nations this year.
China has opened 103 new international air cargo routes since the start of this year, adding 229 weekly round-trip flights, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said. Eleven of those were launched in July alone.

Chinese scientist Wang Jinsong has become the first Chinese recipient of the William Nordberg Medal, one of the highest honors awarded by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the application of space science.

The main structure of the Heihe–Blagoveshchensk cross-border cableway, the first passenger cableway linking China and Russia, has been completed, with the entire project expected to be finished later this year.
China's artificial intelligence industry scale surpassed 1.2 trillion yuan (about $167 billion) in 2025, up 40% year-on-year, according to data released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) on Monday.

As outdoor temperatures approached 36 degrees Celsius this summer, Xuzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province has piloted an innovative cooling project for residential compounds, using mine water from the abandoned Woniushan coal mine to keep homes comfortable.
China aims to bring its new energy storage capacity to a new high by 2030, according to the 15th Five-Year Plan for New Power System Construction, released Monday.

The Xiuyan Jade Carving Exhibition opened Monday at the Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, bridging exchanges between the arts and crafts communities of northern and southern China.

A new cliffside sightseeing elevator, the Fuyao Elevator, has entered service at the Nizhu River Grand Canyon in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The 288-meter-tall elevator travels at 5 meters per second. Together with the canyon's first cliffside elevator and aerial cableway, opened in 2022, it has transformed the school journey for local children, replacing a three-hour mountain climb with a 30-minute trip.

The “A World in Love 2026 Sino-Australian Youth Cultural and Art Exchange Special Performance” was held recently at the Sydney Opera House, attracting about 2,000 spectators.

Scenic spots across China are introducing nighttime experiences, combining daytime sightseeing with after-dark exploration amid the summer travel rush and soaring daytime temperatures.

Heavy rains battered parts of southwest China's Sichuan Province from Sunday morning to Monday, triggering eight geological disasters and prompting the evacuation of over 40,000 people, local authorities said on Monday.

The Chinese mainland will strengthen cooperation with Hong Kong and launch more indices based on Chinese assets to enhance the international profile of Chinese indices and Chinese assets, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman Wu Qing said on Monday when Hong Kong launched five-year RMB treasury bond futures.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved the establishment of the secretariat of an Artificial Ice and Snow Landscape in China — the first ISO technical committee secretariat the country has undertaken in the ice and snow sector, according to China Media Group.


An aerial photo taken on Aug. 3, 2026 shows that a drone light show illuminates the sky above the World's tallest Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

China’s national summer railway travel campaign, which began on July 1, has handled 432 million passenger trips, China Railway reported.

Award-winning works from the "Suzhou Intangible Heritage AI Creation Campaign" were showcased at the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Product Application Expo in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, on Saturday, with prizes officially announced.

The 18th edition of an e-commerce training camp for young people from Taiwan kicked off in Yunxiao County, southeast China’s Fujian Provicen on Sunday, drawing over 40 young people from Taiwan for a five‑day AI skill study tour for online retail.

The group standard Terminology for Artificial Intelligence One Person Company (OPC) officially took effect on Saturday, providing unified industrial references for OPC recognition, evaluation, operation and services.

A Boeing 767 all-cargo aircraft carrying 50 metric tons of goods departed from Haikou Meilan International Airport for Milan Bergamo Airport on Saturday, marking the official launch of the Tbilisi-Haikou-Milan cargo route with fifth-freedom traffic rights.

China’s UnionPay International and Brazilian partners launched a cross-border QR payment trial Thursday, allowing users of the UnionPay app and participating Chinese bank apps to scan and pay at merchants connected to Brazil’s Pix instant payment network.

The China Cotton Association (CCA) has voiced strong opposition to the United States' decision to add 43 Chinese companies, including cotton textile firms, to the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List," saying the move seriously violates the basic rules of international trade.

Seven employees at Sayram Lake Scenic Area in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, were placed in administrative detention for 10 to 15 days and fined 1,000 yuan ($148) each over a July 23 altercation with a tour bus driver, a joint working group said Monday.
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