A tropical depression formed over waters east of the Philippines on Thursday morning and is expected to strengthen into a typhoon within 12 to 24 hours before making landfall along the coast of southeastern China, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.
A steppe eagle under first-class state protection in China was rescued Tuesday by residents and police in Tacheng, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after being found injured and unable to fly near a village road.
A 9,000-TEU container ship floated out of dock Wednesday at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Jingjiang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, as the city accelerates its shift toward greener, higher-value vessels. The ship will undergo sea trials after outfitting and equipment tests.
Imports and exports through the HKIA Dongguan Logistics Park reached 22.01 billion yuan ($3.24 billion) in the first half of 2026, Huangpu Customs said Thursday.
In Baicheng County, Xinjiang, 400,000 acid jujube seedlings are thriving on land that was barren and saline just two years ago, part of efforts to restore degraded Gobi desert.
The 2026 China-ASEAN Financial Conference was held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Tuesday, during which participants released the China-ASEAN “AI + Finance” Cooperation Initiative.
China's foreign trade posted strong, steady growth in the first half of the year, defying rising inflation in major economies, mounting trade barriers, geopolitical tensions and persistent pressure on global supply chains, according to official data and industrial experts.
Peanut producers in Xingcheng, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, are expanding exports to Thailand, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK as automation and international certifications improve efficiency and market access.
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday that it had carried out a fishery resource survey in waters under China's jurisdiction east of China's Taiwan Island from July 17 to 23.
The Global Civilization Institute was inaugurated in Beijing on Wednesday as an academic platform dedicated to advancing research on civilizations and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among them.
China has unveiled a new five-year plan to promote the inheritance, innovation and high-quality development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), according to the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Chinese and U.S. students and musicians performed together Wednesday in Beijing during the final stop of the 2026 Zhiyin Program, a youth music and cultural exchange camp that also visited Changzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai.
The final of Beijing’s first high school humanoid robot football tournament was held at Tsinghua University High School on Wednesday.
China’s transportation economy remained generally stable in the first half of the year, with major indicators continuing to grow, according to the Ministry of Transport.
"The waves looked like dragons, and I immediately knew I had to capture them," said a local resident surnamed Zhou in Chongqing. The billowing cloud formation was spotted above Gujian Mountain in Chongqing.
Hong Kong International Airport showcased a free esports experience zone Wednesday near Gate 11 in the departures area of Terminal 1, offering departing passengers eight sports-themed games before boarding.
China has released a five-year plan for renewable energy development covering the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) period, the National Energy Administration said on Thursday.
A China-Russia cross-border culture and tourism conference was held on Wednesday in northeast China’s Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang Province, drawing over 160 culture and tourism representatives from 20 Russian regions and Heilongjiang to attend to discuss on tourism facilitation between China and Russia.
The ASEAN-China Tourism Dialogue was held Wednesday on Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia, drawing more than 300 guests, including officials from cultural and tourism authorities of China and ASEAN member states as well as representatives from the tourism industry.
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.
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