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As the retail landscape for Spring Festival unfolds, traditional models of holiday shopping are being replaced by a focus on lifestyle, experience and emotional connections, compelling retailers and brands alike to rethink their strategies for the 2026 season, according to an industry report.
Chinese snowboarder Wang Ziyang finished 10th in the men's halfpipe qualification with a second-run score of 80.50 points at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, securing a place in the final.
Italian companies seeking to expand abroad can find growing opportunities in China, according to the latest report released by the Italy China Council Foundation (ICCF).
The 7th African Junior Wushu Kung Fu Championship opened Tuesday evening in Cairo, bringing together nearly 100 athletes, coaches, and officials from a dozen African countries alongside China's National Wushu Team.
Red lanterns swayed above Kotzia Square in central Athens on Wednesday as the rhythmic drums of a dragon dance drew thousands of Greek residents celebrating China's Spring Festival.
Nigeria remains committed to advancing a forward-looking, mutually beneficial partnership with China — one that reflects the aspirations of both nations and contributes to a more prosperous and inclusive world.
"Backed by China's advanced innovation ecosystem and strong engineering capabilities, this product is designed to address the complex information integration demands of emergency scenarios," he added.
Premier Li Qiang has called for greater efforts to advance both basic and applied research on rare earths, accelerate breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields, and strive to build a leading hub for rare earth technological innovation.
"We invite all to visit China during Spring Festival, to shop in China, and to join us in sharing the joy of the Chinese New Year," Sheng said.He added that a successful holiday push would also set the tone for the remaining months of the year by bolstering business confidence and consumer sentiment.
A low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for the Long March 10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test for the new-generation crewed spaceship system Mengzhou are successfully conducted at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South China's Hainan province, Feb 11, 2026.
China expressed opposition on Wednesday to the United States over fabricating excuses for its own attempt to resume nuclear tests, urging Washington to take concrete actions to safeguard international nuclear disarmament and the nuclear nonproliferation regime.
China has begun the second phase of national trials for sixth-generation, or 6G, mobile communications technology, marking a shift from early-stage research to testing practical technical solutions and prototype equipment, state media reported.
The Year of the Horse (Bing Wu) is approaching, making the second year when Spring Festival was recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. As both Bing and Wu are linked to the fire element in ancient calendrical system, the year is seen as an energetic fire horse year, with babies born in 2026 believed to embody passion and vitality.
Authorities are investigating a fatal hoist accident at a gold mine in eastern China's Shandong Province that killed seven people, as well as allegations that the company failed to report the incident promptly, according to media reports.
A road trip by two foreign travelers who recently took a taxi from south China's Hainan Province to Harbin in the country's far northeast, nearly 4,000 kilometers away, has gone viral on social media, unfolding like a real-life drama series.
A wave of public offerings is sweeping China's graphics processing unit, or GPU sector, marking a critical phase in the nation's push for self-reliance in advanced computing power.
China's semiconductor supply chain companies are making steady progress in core technologies and materials as US-led export controls and the possibility of more restrictions on advanced chip-making equipment catalyze the country's drive for greater self-sufficiency.
The optimized refinancing measures recently unveiled by three major Chinese stock exchanges will help direct resources more precisely to quality companies and better nurture technological innovation, said experts and market mavens.
China has the ability to halt the decline in fixed-asset investment and push for a gradual stabilization in 2026, but it will hinge on restoring private-sector confidence and aligning investment policy more closely with structural reforms, leading economists said.
Trade volume between Russia and China has exceeded the $200 billion level for three consecutive years, injecting strong momentum into economic and trade cooperation and demonstrating the deep foundation and broad prospects of bilateral ties, officials and experts said.
As the country's biggest holiday approaches, the Chinese New Year — especially this year's extended nine-day break — has become a critical period for consumption, offering a vital window for retailers to bolster their performance.
China's logistics volume increased by 5.1% year-on-year in 2025 to 368.2 trillion yuan ($51.3 trillion), driven largely by industrial demand and rapid growth in high-tech manufacturing, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Tuesday.
China's State Council Information Office released a white paper on Tuesday titled "Hong Kong: Safeguarding China's National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems", comprehensively reviewing the practice and outlining the way ahead for ensuring security and stability in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday stressed the importance of caring for the elderly and children during his inspection tour in Beijing ahead of the Spring Festival.
Multiple Chinese authorities have jointly issued guidelines to bolster the information and communication sector, aiming to support the development of low-altitude infrastructure.
China's digital services exports hit a record high in 2025, propelled by the rapid global expansion of technology giants in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, helping the country more than double its digital trade surplus and partially fill a long-standing gap in overall services trade.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Tuesday for closer regional cooperation amid rising unilateralism, growing protectionism and worsening economic fragmentation in the world, in order to build a prosperous, stable, open and interconnected Asia-Pacific community.
Across China's major cities, a quiet migration known as Lao Piao— literally "elderly drifters" — is unfolding as older adults leave their hometowns to help care for grandchildren in urban households.
Todd Lyons, acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other immigration officials on Tuesday were questioned by lawmakers on mass deportation operations at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers expressing divided views.
For generations of Chinese families, "nian gao" has been the most tangible festive expression of hope Over time, as the word gao(cake) came to echo gao(high), the rice cake took on its enduring association with progress and aspiration.
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