China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) stepped up efforts to advance key technologies in the first half of 2026, with their research and development (R&D) investment increasing 3.8% year on year, according to official data released at a seminar held by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.
Facts have proven that allowing external forces to meddle in regional affairs and deliberately hyping up maritime disputes will only reduce the Philippines to a pawn manipulated by others, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for international cooperation to improve the governance of natural resources.
Tea gardens in Fengxiangxi Town, Dejiang County, Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, have entered the peak harvest season for tencha, a key raw material used to produce matcha.
The Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM) extended nearly 650 billion yuan (about $95.97 billion) in new loans to foreign-trade sectors in the first half of 2026, CCTV News reported on Thursday.
A Chinese-made sewing machine became an unexpected attraction at Germany's annual Hausherrenfest festival when a vendor used it to slice radishes for a traditional festival snack.
China has built the largest and most comprehensive transportation infrastructure system in human history during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025), a transport official said on Tuesday.
Sales revenue in the high-tech manufacturing sector of southwest China’s Sichuan Province rose 14.3% in the first half of 2026, outpacing overall manufacturing growth by 6.7 percentage points, according to tax invoice data released Wednesday by the Sichuan Provincial Tax Service under the State Taxation Administration.
Private investment in Henan Province outpaced the national average by 6.7 percentage points in the first half of the year, according to data released Tuesday at a press conference on provincial industry and commerce in Zhengzhou City.
Beijing’s foreign trade in goods reached 1.78 trillion yuan in the first half of 2026, up 16.5% year on year, according to Beijing Customs. Imports rose 19.4% to 1.47 trillion yuan (about $217.04 billion), while exports hit a record high of 313.3 billion yuan.
Photo taken on July 22, 2026 shows component production and machining platform at Intelligent Robot Public Service Platform in Hefei City, Anhui Province.
The first Myanmar Gems Emporium in China opened Wednesday in the Jiegao Border Trade Zone in Ruili, Yunnan Province, drawing registrations from more than 4,600 jewelry dealers. It marks the first regular staging of the official jadeite auction in China.
Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui met Malaysian officials and industry representatives Tuesday and Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur to promote closer cooperation in finance and the gold market.
China has extended zero-tariff treatment to imports from 63 countries as part of efforts to promote high-standard opening up, a customs official said on Wednesday.
Members of the Jing, China's only maritime ethnic group, celebrated their traditional Ha Festival in Dongxing City, Fangchenggang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Wednesday.
China's shipbuilding industry reached record highs in three key indicators in the first half of 2026, maintaining its leading position in the global market, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Thursday.
China’s consumer goods trade-in programs generated 1.1 trillion yuan (about 161.9 billion U.S. dollars) in sales in the first half of 2026, benefiting 150 million consumers, official data showed Wednesday.
At the 2026 World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum, John Higgins, Chairman of the International AI Governance Association, said that the real threat to humanity is not artificial intelligence itself, but the misuse of AI by people with malicious intentions.
China's central bank,the People's Bank of China, said on Wednesday that a set of gold and silver commemorative coins featuring the Beijing Central Axis will be issued on July 27.
China's consumer goods trade-in programs generated 1.1 trillion yuan (about 161.9 billion U.S. dollars) in sales in the first half (H1) of 2026, benefiting 150 million consumers, official data showed on Wednesday.
China is now a major trading partner for over 160 countries and regions, with increasingly diversified imports, a customs official said Wednesday.
An explosion occurred on the LNG-fueled hybrid container ship "Yihang Mingyuan" while it was berthing at the Yangluo Port in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, early Wednesday, leaving one crew member missing, according to Hubei Port Group Co., Ltd.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that China and India should bear the well-being of humanity in mind, demonstrate a sense of responsibility as major countries, consolidate the positive momentum in bilateral relations, and strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.
China issued 2.07 trillion yuan (about $301.4 billion) in new special-purpose bonds (SPBs) in the first half of this year, accounting for 47% of the annual quota, a finance ministry official said Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that China and Vietnam should proceed from the overall interests of their respective long-term development and effectively strengthen unity and cooperation, Xinhua News Agency reported.
World Table Tennis announced on Tuesday that China's Sun Yingsha has officially held the women's singles world No. 1 ranking for four straight years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to carry out the basic task of fostering virtue through education and break new ground in the high-quality development of the country's basic education.
China and the United States need to translate the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries into whole-of-government consensus and action across various domains, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.
The 70-minute performance featured Russia's Sakha (Yakutia) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Tver Oblast String Quintet, and the Harbin Symphony Orchestra.
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