
Passenger traffic through Hekou, a major border crossing between China's Yunnan province and Vietnam, rose 9.2% in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, customs data showed.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has ordered telecom operators and local authorities to strengthen emergency communications support as floods and other natural disasters hit multiple parts of the country.

China has called for more inclusive global artificial intelligence governance and said countries should be free to choose their own AI technologies without being pressured to align with competing blocs.

China has put its first active transformer fault-prevention system into operation at the Tianjin South ultra-high-voltage substation, marking a significant step toward improving power-grid safety.

China's Ministry of Civil Affairs on Wednesday issued guidelines for building a three-tier elderly care service network aimed at improving access to care for the country's growing aging population.

China's top economic planner has allocated 50 million yuan ($7 million) in emergency recovery funds to Hubei Province following severe storms, heavy rainfall, and tornadoes that caused casualties and property damage.
All 489 metro stations in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, have opened public cooling and rest areas in their concourses.
Six people have died and 11 remain missing after torrential rains triggered by Typhoon Maysak battered south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said at a press conference on Tuesday night.

Police in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province have launched an investigation after a farmer alleged that about 1 hectare of his soybean seedlings were deliberately damaged by herbicide spraying, according to official documents and statements from the parties involved.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong cross-border pension payment service was officially launched on Monday, according to the Guangdong Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

Three members of two Chinese mountaineering teams have died and another remains missing after a blizzard struck during their descent from Mount Muztagh Ata in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local sports authorities said.

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration has issued new rules governing the management, security and use of state-owned cultural relic data, with the regulations set to take effect on Nov. 1.

Weather authorities in central China's Hubei province had 117 active weather alerts in effect early Tuesday following a round of severe storms, according to official data.

Severe thunderstorms swept across Hubei Province on Monday evening, killing eight people and leaving one missing, the provincial emergency authorities said.

Severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak has inundated parts of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, prompting authorities to raise emergency response levels and release disaster recovery funds as heavy rain continues.
Police in south China's Guangdong Province recovered more than 100 million yuan (about $13.94 million) lost to bogus online investment and wealth-management scams in the first half of this year, the provincial public security department said.
Beijing has introduced 22 new measures aimed at promoting high-quality, full employment for the city's rural workforce, with a focus on creating jobs, expanding training opportunities and supporting entrepreneurship.

China recorded 15.5 haze days on average in 2025, down 11.1 days from the 10-year average, according to the China Meteorological Administration.

China has proposed 12 new occupations for inclusion in its official job classification list, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on Friday.

China's broadcast regulator is calling for higher production standards for micro-dramas, urging the industry to move beyond measuring success primarily by view counts and completion rates, according to media reports.

China is seeing a rapid expansion in AI-related hiring, with over 5,000 internet firms offering more than 200,000 jobs during a recent recruitment campaign, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.

China has expanded legal protection to cover 98.4% of the country's bird species as authorities step up efforts to combat illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking, a forestry official said.

China has issued warnings as Typhoon Maysak strengthened and moved toward the southern island province of Hainan, meteorological authorities said.

China has launched its 16th Arctic scientific expedition, sending a research fleet to study climate change and marine environments in the rapidly changing polar region.

China has fully allocated 200 billion yuan (about $29.5 billion) in ultra-long special treasury bond funds for equipment upgrades in 2026, supporting about 11,000 projects nationwide, authorities said.

China has released new guidelines to accelerate the development of its industrial internet, setting a goal of building a world-leading system by 2035 through deeper integration of artificial intelligence.

China has expanded a pilot occupational injury insurance scheme for platform and gig workers nationwide, extending coverage to more than 29.9 million participants, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.

China had 783.67 million electricity users by the end of 2025, the largest number in the world, according to a report released by the National Energy Administration.
Since its founding 105 years ago, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has kept standing at the forefront of China's transformation, leading the country through construction to become one of the world's foremost economic powers.
Sonam Wangdrak first saw a train not on a track, but in a school textbook.
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