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.
China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has achieved about 90% penetration across key industries, with nearly 40 million active terminal devices, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.
The HICOOL 2026 Global Entrepreneurship Competition attracted 10,209 startup projects from 141 countries and regions, with overseas projects accounting for 56%, as the four-day HICOOL 2026 Global Entrepreneur Summit opened Wednesday at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall) in Beijing.
Chinese smart pet products, from AI-enabled feeders to health-monitoring devices, drew interest from overseas buyers at the 28th Pet Fair Asia, which concluded Sunday at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.
The World Organization of Science Literacy (WOSL), officially registered in Beijing in June, will debut in September with 32 founding institutional members from China and abroad, deputy chairperson and secretary general Yin Lin said.
The 2026 China International Fruit Expo (CHINA FRUIT) opened Wednesday in Shanghai, drawing nearly 300 exhibitors from more than 60 countries and regions.
The 17th Dongguan Taiwan Famous Products Fair, set for Sept. 3–6, will feature participation from all 22 of counties and cities from China's Taiwan Province for the first time, organizers said.
China was the European Union’s largest source of goods imports in the second quarter of 2026, accounting for 21.9% of the total, while the United States ranked second with a 14.1% share, Eurostat said Wednesday.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport opened a new family space Wednesday near Gate C77 in Terminal 2, offering more than 110 square meters of facilities for travelers with infants and toddlers.
The 2026 Guangzhou Huangpu International Tennis Open, an ATP Challenger Tour 100 event, will be held from Sept. 13 to 20 in the Guangzhou Development District, the organizing committee announced on Wednesday.
A joint Chinese-Russian archaeological team has completed its excavation and survey work in Russia's Altai region, the Collaborative Research Centre for Archaeology of the Silk Roads announced on Wednesday.
China's Ding Ming, aged 82, won the men's 80-meter hurdles title in 15.99 seconds in the M80 final at the 2026 World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Tuesday.
China on Wednesday allocated 30,000 items of disaster-relief supplies, including tents, heating stoves, quilts, clothing, folding beds and moisture-proof mats, to support relief efforts following a huge mudslide in Gyirong County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
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