China's industrial sector got off to a robust start in 2026, with profits of major industrial enterprises accelerating in the first two months of the year, underpinned by the strengthening of high-tech sectors and highlighting improving business conditions amid strong policy support, official data showed on Friday.
The Hainan Free Trade Port has marked 100 days since launching its customs closure operations. As a strategic gateway for China-ASEAN cooperation, what tangible benefits will the FTP's policy innovations bring?
“We are bankrupting the UN at a time when we need it more," said Kishore Mahbubani, distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, during the Boao Forum for Asia 2026 Annual Conference.
Geopolitical conflict is reshaping the international economy in more direct ways. In late March, continued fighting in the Middle East disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, a critical corridor that carries about 20 percent of global oil and gas shipments, while Brent crude prices rose to their highest level since July 2022.
China's commerce minister urged World Trade Organization members to oppose unilateralism and protectionism at a ministerial meeting, as global trade tensions strain the multilateral system, according to media reports.
Hainan Free Trade Port has attracted more than 700 new foreign-funded firms in the 100 days since launching independent customs operations, underscoring a surge in overseas investment, according to media reports.
BFA Secretary General Zhang Jun said that more than 50 events were held over the four-day gathering, attracting more than 270 guests across various sub-forums.
Two 20,000-TEU container ships operated by China's COSCO SHIPPING Lines — CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean — which had been stranded in the Persian Gulf on the western side of the Strait of Hormuz, began transiting the strait on their return voyage to China, according to Cailian Press on Friday.
China reaffirmed on Thursday its commitment to further expanding high-standard opening-up and domestic demand, sharing development opportunities with the rest of the world, and welcoming businesses from all countries to further tap the Chinese market amid global challenges.
A 19-year-old man in China was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, after planting plastic film in mooncakes and demanding compensation from multiple hotels, authorities said, according to media reports.
Hubei province launched the first zero-carbon emission vessel fleet for the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward in green waterway transport.
To obscure historical facts, play down Japan’s war crimes and seek to evade responsibility by playing on words when reviewing textbooks is Japan’s go-to tactic to deny and distort its history of aggression, a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
A man who forcibly entered the Chinese Embassy in Japan earlier this week has been handed over to Japanese police, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.
China on Wednesday issued a set of guidelines to accelerate the establishment of a nationwide long-term care insurance system, with the aim of addressing the basic care needs of people who have difficulty in taking care of themselves.
China is pursuing industrial-scale breakthroughs in the hydrogen sector, targeting regional self-sufficiency in renewable and clean low-carbon hydrogen to fuel its broader economic transformation as the nation embarks on its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30).
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will appear Thursday in a New York court for the second time since his capture by US forces in an extraordinary nighttime raid.
China stepped up its diplomatic outreach on Wednesday over the Iran conflict, assuring the Gulf states that Beijing takes their security concerns seriously and will continue working with regional parties to help ease tensions.
The United States has delivered a 15-point plan for a monthlong ceasefire to Iran, various media outlets reported on Wednesday, but a spokesman for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters denied that any such development had occurred.
Amid intensifying geopolitical competition in high-tech sectors, China unveiled on Wednesday a plan to open some of its major scientific projects and facilities to the world, calling for the building of a "global technology community".
Nearly four decades ago, while working in one of the poorest parts of east China's Fujian Province as the Party chief of Ningde Prefecture, Xi Jinping told local officials that ensuring access to everyday necessities for people living in remote areas, even items as basic as light bulbs and soap, was also a measure of good governance.
"I hope that one of the lessons we will learn from the Iran war is that no matter how powerful you are militarily, you still suffer consequences of wars," says Kishore Mahbubani.
The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery for global energy transportation, and peace and stability serve the interests of all parties. The U.S. attempt to stir up tensions and pursue its own interests under the guise of an "escort coalition" is ultimately doomed to fail.
The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery for global energy transportation, and peace and stability serve the interests of all parties. The U.S. attempt to stir up tensions and pursue its own interests under the guise of an "escort coalition" is ultimately doomed to fail.
The incident is a serious violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and posed a grave threat to the safety and security of Chinese diplomatic personnel and facilities, Lin said.
"AI+" has been written in China's government work reports for 3 consecutive years. In a recent interview with China News Network, CEO & Chairman of Founders Space Steve Hoffman said AI will reshape nearly all industries.
This year's forum will spotlight the theme of full integration between technological and industrial innovation.
As a "millennium plan" and a project with national significance, the Xiong'an New Area, about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, has been designed to relieve Beijing of functions that are nonessential to its role as the nation's capital, and to boost the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Zhang Xuefeng, a popular entrepreneur in education field, died on Tuesday afternoon in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, following sudden cardiac arrest. He was 41.
China's steady growth prospects, underpinned by its policy predictability, strong innovation momentum and vast domestic market, are injecting certainty into both the regional and the global economy amid geopolitical headwinds and energy-related crises, experts said on Tuesday.
China has discovered an additional 9.67 million metric tons of rare earth oxides in Mianning county, Sichuan province, raising the total to 11.46 million tons, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Tuesday.
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