
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 secretarygeneral 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.
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