South China's Haikou Customs announced on Sunday that the cdf Haikou international duty-free shopping complex in Hainan Province successfully carried out China's first regular customs-supervised low-altitude drone delivery of duty-free goods for island departures.
“Happy Spring Festival in Mampukuji Temple,” an event celebrating the Chinese New Year, kicked off on Saturday in Kyoto, offering a unique cultural experience to the Japanese people.
C919 aircraft have been deployed to routes linking Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou during the Spring Festival travel rush.
Magnificent scenery of Taihang Mountains after snow in Wu'an, north China's Hebei Province.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Dec. 4, 2024.
One of the cores of the Spring Festival is “being together,” said Richard Trappl, an Austrian sinologist and former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna, in the latest W.E. Talk. “Regarding international issues, I believe we need to be highly united. We should not be divided, try to avoid misunderstandings, and understand each other better,” he said.
Why was the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, selected as a UNESCSO intangible cultural heritage? What cultural values does it embody, and what inspiration does it bring to the world? How can we add more global appeal to the “Chinese New Year”? Richard Trappl, an Austrian sinologist and former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna, and Gao Wei, head of the Beijing Folklore Society and a member of the expert committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Beijing shared their views in the latest W.E. Talk program.
Various lanterns, festive Chinese New Year paintings, and layered displays of candies and pastries... The Chinese New Year goods at Phnom Penh’s Orussey market in Cambodia have become a dazzling sight.
Leading Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has successively released two cost-effective open source models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, quickly becoming the talk of Silicon Valley.
A commercial spacecraft launch site on China's southern island province of Hainan on Saturday started constructing its second phase that will include two launch pads designed for liquid propellant rockets.
The village, which features 625 rooms, will be put into operation on Monday.
The giant panda couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, made their first public appearance on Friday since their arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Tourists watch underwater dragon dance performance at Wuhan Haichang Polar Ocean Park in central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 25, 2025.
The Chinese national table tennis team has decided to disband all official fan groups on all social media platforms to manage fandom mess, China Sport Daily reported on Saturday.
The 2025 “Happy Chinese New Year” global launching ceremony and gala was held on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Paddy-field remains dating back over 8,000 years have been discovered at the Lijiagang relics site in Lixian County, Hunan Province, during an archaeological excavation at the site in 2024. The remains, which belong to the period of Pengtoushan culture are believed to be the earliest paddy-field remains found so far in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The new finding provides new archaeological evidence for the origin of rice farming and early rice cultivation behavior in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Dimitrij Ovtcharov, German table tennis professional, sent his warmest Spring Festival greetings to Chinese friends. He hoped that he can win championships in the following competitions this year, and he wished that everyone can work hard with great dedication.
The Year of the Snake is just around the corner. "AI's New Year Melody”, composed by AI tools, is now online, blending tradition and technology to create a vibrant Chinese new year celebration. Wishing you endless joy and prosperity, with good fortune always by your side!
The first detection of mysterious soft X-ray prompt emission by China's Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite has been confirmed to originate from the high-redshift gamma-ray burst (GRB) coded EP240315a, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).
Chinese health officials and doctors have reassured the public that HMPV is a well-known, albeit often under-recognized, respiratory illness.
China’s installed new energy capacity, which includes wind power, solar energy and biomass power generation, has reached 1.45 billion kilowatts, exceeding the country’s installed thermal power capacity for the first time.
“I found the story of the Native American wise man inspiring. I attempted to explain our collective responsibility in choosing what kind of community we want to create. First and foremost, we must be aware of the importance of our own responsibility in deciding what kind of person we want to become," said Borut Pahor, former president of Slovenia.
Chinese skier Gu Ailing, also known as Eileen Gu, is to attend the 9th Asian Winter Games that will be held in northeast China’s Harbin from February 7 to 14 as an athlete of Team China.
Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) for males aged nine to 26 was fully launched in Shanghai on Thursday.
China's National Energy Administration (NEA) on Thursday said a total of 446 million green electricity certificates (GECs) were traded in 2024, up 3.6 times year-on-year.
The satellite will be used for satellite communications, radio and television and data transmission services. It will also serve as a platform for testing and validating related technologies.
The number of black-necked cranes wintering in Napa Lake Nature Reserve, located in southwest China's Yunnan Province, has reached 562, marking a record high since 2022, local authorities announced on Thursday.
Upon completion, the 39.7-hectare production base will achieve an annual output of 200 metric tons of Haematococcus pluvialis, 65 metric tons of astaxanthin oil, and 200 metric tons of astaxanthin microcapsule powder, with an estimated annual output value of 1.2 billion yuan.
Splendid lanterns are lit up at Xixi National Wetland Park, adding festive atmosphere to Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 23, 2025.