A new scheduled all-cargo air route linking Chengdu and Addis Ababa officially launched on Friday.
Chinese rescue teams are searching by land, water and air for people missing after a mudslide on the Nepal side of the China-Nepal border caused casualties at Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.
Southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has added 15 new international sister cities over the past five years, bringing its total to 134 pairs across 41 countries.
More than 99% of imports on both sides will ultimately be tariff-free under an upgraded China-Switzerland free trade agreement, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Huang Ling said Thursday.
Residents affected by a mudslide in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, have been resettled, and all stranded tourists have been transferred, local authorities said Thursday.
Hong Kong retained the top spot in the Asian Cities Internationality Index 2026 with a score of 74.6 out of 100, up from 73.7 last year, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) said Thursday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday chaired a Party leadership meeting to deliberate and make arrangements on rescue and relief efforts after a devastating mudslide hit Gyirong County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
China voiced firm opposition to a possible additional 7.5% US tariff on Chinese imports on Thursday, saying it would reserve the right to take necessary measures.
Two Chinese-developed green fungicides have been registered in Cambodia for the first time, with field trials showing promising results in controlling major rice diseases.
China's new economic growth drivers index rose 12.5 percent in 2025, with the transformation and upgrading index and the innovation driven index together accounting for nearly two-thirds of the increase.
The first themed salon of the "Hainan-Hong Kong Parlor", centered on cross-border financial cooperation, was held in Hong Kong, according to the Hainan International Economic Development Bureau.
The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will introduce new dedicated exhibition areas to showcase domestic innovations and help local firms expand overseas, according to a State Council Information Office press conference on Friday.
A massive mudslide that caused casualties and left a large number of people missing at the border port of Gyirong in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region was triggered by the collapse of glacier on the Nepalese side at a higher elevation, an expert said.
China has released its first national-level geometric reference remote sensing imagery dataset, covering the country’s entire land territory, according to the Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center under the Ministry of Natural Resources.
China is currently expanding the use of BeiDou spatiotemporal data in fields including intelligent driving, the low-altitude economy and embodied AI, Chen Jun, director of the Department of Land Surveying and Mapping under the Ministry of Natural Resources, said at a ministry press conference on Thursday.
China’s 2026 summer box office reached 11.967 billion yuan ($1.78 billion) as of 6:24 p.m. Thursday, surpassing the 11.966 billion yuan recorded during the entire 2025 summer season, according to real-time data from Beacon Professional.
John Barker, director general of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), said Thursday that China has the capability to become a major producer of high-quality wine, citing its commitment to sustainability and growing expertise in local terroir.
The 2026 China-South Africa Human Rights Seminar was held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Thursday, bringing together officials and experts from China, South Africa and other countries to discuss human rights and development.
In addition to bilateral efforts, Chinese President Xi Jinping has attached great importance to regional cooperation to build an amicable, secure and prosperous neighborhood.
China has long remained Kyrgyzstan's largest trading partner, with bilateral economic and trade cooperation making steady progress, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
Picked fresh in Kyrgyz villages in the morning, cherries and melons can now travel hundreds of kilometers and reach markets in Kashgar, an oasis city in the southwestern corner of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, by evening.
Ningxia has adopted China's new “batch-based inspection (quarantine)” model for agricultural food exports, with the first shipment of broccoli bound for Malaysia cleared by Zhongwei Customs, Yinchuan Customs said Wednesday.
The world’s first 35 kV high-voltage direct-connected synchronous condenser has entered regular service at Shengshan Wind Farm in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, State Grid Heilongjiang Electric Power announced Wednesday.
Tiangong Ultra claimed the championship in the large-size 100-meter race at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games on Wednesday, setting a new record of 8.64 seconds.
A rare rock painting depicting a chariot pulled by four horses has been discovered in the Helan Mountains in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, according to the Helan Mountain Rock Art Management Office.
The 2026 World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) will be held Sept. 22–24 in Haikou, Hainan Province, to discuss the future of the NEV sector, the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) announced.
In a vegetable greenhouse in Shouguang City, east China's Shandong Province, an AI-powered four-legged robot patrols the crop rows, using its high-definition camera to scan for plant abnormalities.
China's digital industry generated 20.71 trillion yuan (about $2.86 trillion) in revenue in the first half of the year, up 13.6% year on year, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday. The growth rate rose by 4.1 percentage points from a year earlier and 0.7 percentage points from the first quarter. Driven by domestic demand for artificial intelligence and strong exports, sector profitability improved, with total profits reaching 1.79 trillion yuan, up 19.3%. The profit margin climbed to 8.6%.
An international research team led by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has analyzed a 324-million-year-old insect fossil, filling a critical gap in early insect evolution. The study reveals that early insects transitioned from water to land via a gradual, semi-aquatic stage.
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