
Adora Magic City, China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, set sail from Shekou Cruise Homeport in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on Thursday, bound for Vietnam.

More than 200,000 metric tons of Southeast Asian fruit had been transported to China via the China-Laos Railway this year as of Wednesday, up 11.16% year on year, China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd. said Thursday.

Investors in the online tranche of Unitree Robotics’ IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market failed to pay for 8,734 allotted shares, while all shares in the offline tranche were fully subscribed and paid for, according to results announced Thursday evening.

The third phase of an eco-agrotourism project under the “Yunnan Hand in Hand” initiative was launched in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday, following the signing of a new cooperation agreement between Yunnan and Bali.

Ning Boyu, a principal engineer at China's tech giant Huawei, recently announced on social media that he has left the company and will pursue postdoctoral research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azín will pay a state visit to China from August 16 to 23, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.

Some Western countries aiming to decouple from China's supply chains may face staggering costs: an extra $23.6 trillion by 2050, according to estimates.
A 55-year-old woman with high-level quadriplegia has become the first patient at Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, Hubei Province, to undergo fully invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) surgery, the hospital said Thursday.

Huang Xiaochi, a 73-year-old technology expert from Foshan in south China’s Guangdong Province, booked ticket No. 022 for a suborbital space tourism flight in Foshan on Saturday.

China spent 243.6 billion yuan ($36.1 billion) on civil affairs programs in the first half of 2026, up 5.2% year on year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday.
The People's Government of Guangdong Province successfully issued 2.5 billion yuan ($350 million) of offshore RMB-denominated local government bonds in Macao, according to the Monetary Authority of Macao.

Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics has attracted strong market attention after its IPO subscription results showed the lowest winning rate in the history of Shanghai’s STAR Market.
Hong Kong Customs and Pakistan Customs signed a cooperative arrangement Wednesday to strengthen intelligence exchange and combat cross-border crime, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said.
China's zero-tariff policy for all 53 African countries with diplomatic ties has yielded over 730 million yuan (about $106.6 million) in import savings at Guangzhou Customs in the first three months since its implementation, according to customs data released on Wednesday.

More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries will compete at the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing from Aug. 22 to 26, a sports official said Thursday.

China has cleared and disposed of more than 60 million metric tons of solid waste since June 2025 under a nationwide campaign against illegal dumping and disposal, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Li Gao said Thursday at a press conference in Beijing.
More than 2,000 fabric suppliers joined the 2026 Global Home Textile Eco-Fashion Exhibition & Shaoxing Keqiao China Textile City Curtain Fabric Exhibition, which opened Wednesday in Keqiao, Zhejiang Province.

A 400,000DWT Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) flying the Marshall Islands flag berthed at Zhanjiang Port in Guangdong on Wednesday, carrying iron ore under maritime escort.

Chinese Olympic snowboarding champion Su Yiming has been named the Sport4L and Champion for Resilience by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Wednesday.

A short AI-generated video depicting a traditional Chinese fantasy palace has gone viral on overseas social media, drawing more than 5 million views in four days.

China recorded improvements in both air and water quality in the first seven months of 2026, with average PM2.5 concentrations falling 6.2% year on year, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu said Thursday.

Installed distributed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, surpassed 10 gigawatts (10,000 MW) on Wednesday, making it the first city in China to reach the 10-GW milestone for distributed PV.

China's homegrown C919 large passenger aircraft landed safely at the new Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia on Wednesday afternoon after departing from Beijing Capital International Airport, marking the completion of the aircraft's first scheduled international commercial passenger flight.

The 24th China-Korea International Youth Art Festival was recently held in Seoul, South Korea.

China has launched its first large-scale project to recycle and reuse retired wind turbines in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, according to China Resources Recycling Group on Monday.

China is expanding marriage registration services to new venues, with some regions now offering registration at banks, scenic spots and cultural events.

China’s wild Asian elephant population has grown steadily in recent decades as conservation efforts improve habitats and reduce human-elephant conflicts.

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway recently recorded a 99.4% on-time departure rate in the first half of this year, with 10,574 of its 10,640 train services departing all on schedule, according to the latest data from operator PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC).

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The first print issue of Vita, an international academic journal series in the life sciences led by China, was officially released on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward in China’s contribution to global scientific publishing.
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