China's first cross-sea suburban railway, the Ningbo-Xiangshan line, began operation on Tuesday in east China's Zhejiang Province.

Beijing ranked fifth in the 2026 Global City Talent Retention Index, remaining in the world’s top 10 for the seventh consecutive year, according to a report released in Beijing on Monday.

The Commemoration of International Day of Peace 2026 opened in Wuhan on Monday, gathering more than 300 delegates from 60 countries to promote dialogue, mutual understanding, and global solidarity.

Xianning City in central China's Hubei Province plans to develop a 10-billion-yuan ($1.49 billion) modern service industry cluster in its Xian’an District by 2030, according to local authorities.

Chinese geologists have discovered buried ancient river channels containing fresh, brackish and saline groundwater beneath the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, delineating two large groundwater sources, according to the Xinjiang Geological Bureau.
With five days to go before the opening of the 48th WorldSkills Competition, preparations have entered the final stage at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai).
The 28th China Ice Cream and Frozen Food Industry Expo, also known as ICE CREAM CHINA 2026, opened at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin on Wednesday, bringing together 560 companies from across the global ice cream industry.
The Pinglu Canal officially opened to navigation on Tuesday.

Hong Kong will step up efforts to develop into an international innovation and technology center, targeting breakthroughs in core technologies such as artificial intelligence and life sciences, with the push backed by modern finance, expanded public research platforms and closer collaboration with the Chinese mainland.

China opened a vital waterway on Wednesday, giving its landlocked southwestern areas a shortcut to the coast and overseas markets, as the country moves to further strengthen its trade relations with regional neighbors, particularly those in Southeast Asia.
The 4th Weifang International Food and Agricultural Products Expo opened at the Lutai Convention and Exhibition Center in east China's Shandong Province on Tuesday.
The first steel box girder was installed on the Shuangyumen Bridge in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday.
The 2026 Yangtze River Civilization Forum opened in Chongqing on Tuesday under the theme "Crossing Rivers and Seas, Mutual Learning of Civilizations."

A suspected EF0 tornado struck Wanning, Hainan Province, at around 10:25 a.m. Monday, damaging facilities at the Wanning Experimental School of Beijing Normal University but causing no casualties, local authorities said.
The 18th Hunan Tea Expo concluded in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, on Monday, generating 709 million yuan (about $100 million) in online and offline transactions during the four-day event, according to the organizing committee.
A batch of 30 boxes of Shine Muscat grapes weighing 150 kilograms from Cixi City, Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, was exported to Belgium on Sept. 10 after clearing customs inspection, marking Zhejiang's first export of fresh grapes to the country.
Lianyungang, the eastern starting point of the New Eurasian Land Bridge in east China's Jiangsu Province, launched its first full Trans-Caspian freight train service on Thursday.
The "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou" region has retained its position as the world's top innovation cluster, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Innovation Cluster Ranking 2026 released on Tuesday.
A batch of 8.5 metric tons of fresh pomegranates from Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, southwest China, has been exported to Vietnam, marking the first pomegranate export from the region, Kunming Customs said on Tuesday.
A re-survey of the Helan Mountains rock art site in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has uncovered more than 500 previously unrecorded petroglyphs, including a rare four-horse chariot carving never before seen in the area.
The Pinglu Canal, a key project of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor in western China, will officially open to navigation on Sept. 16, authorities in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced at a press conference in Nanning, the regional capital, on Monday.
The Chinese-flagged yacht "Yangdu Tong" departed from Lingshui Qingshui Bay Yacht Marina in Hainan Province, south China, for Hong Kong on Monday after completing exit procedures, marking the first outbound yacht clearance since the Qingshui Bay port area of Sanya Port officially opened to international voyages.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport has been ranked the best-connected airport in the Asia-Pacific for 2025, according to the Airport Industry Connectivity Report released on Monday by Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific & Middle East.
The Beijing Photography Week 2026 (Photo Beijing 2026) opened at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing on Saturday under the theme "The Image, Resonance, Insight."
Chixi Village in Beihai City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, once a registered poor village, has been transformed into a cultural tourism destination after two years of collaboration with artists from Tsinghua University's Academy of Arts and Design.
Heilongjiang Province, known as China's "grain barn" and a major producer of rice and soybeans, is leveraging its fertile black soil and cold-region resources to develop specialty industries such as beef cattle and geese.
Smart elderly care products drew large crowds at the 2026 China International Consumer Electronics Expo (CICE), held in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, from Friday to Sunday.
The 8th International Electronics & Appliances Expo (IEAE) took place in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, from Thursday to Sunday.


Monitoring continues for possible landslides and mudslides under continued rainfall and higher temperatures.

A themed installation is pictured at a business district in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, Aug 10, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua

A group of medical workers from Mongolia’s Govi-Altai Province began a 14-day training program in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Lanzhou, northwest China’s Gansu Province, on Monday.
Three rescue dogs have remained involved in search operations after suffering paw abrasions during their rescue efforts at the site of a mudslide in the Gyirong Port area of Xizang Autonomous Region.
Specialty fruits are entering the peak harvest season across northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with improved farming, processing and marketing helping farmers increase their incomes.
The 2026 Tianmen Mountain International Cycling Carnival was held in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, from Saturday to Sunday, attracting 1,531 cyclists from China and overseas.
A library featuring Western fantasy-inspired architecture in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province, has become a popular tourist attraction since opening to the public on Aug. 10.

Two 325,000-deadweight-ton very large ore carriers (VLOCs), independently developed by Hengli Heavy Industry, were named in Dalian, Liaoning Province, on Sunday.
A new automobile logistics yard at Tianjin Port's Global Ro-Ro terminal was officially put into operation on Wednesday, with the first batch of commercial vehicles entering the facility on the same day, according to Tianjin Port Group.

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.
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.

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.

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.
The 2026 Guangzhou Huangpu International Tennis Open, an ATP Challenger Tour 100 event, will be held from Sept. 13 to 20 in the Guangzhou Development District, the organizing committee announced on Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out efforts to search and rescue people who are missing after a mudslide in Nepal caused casualties at Gyirong border port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Wednesday morning.
An 11.6-kilometer offshore steel trestle bridge, the longest of its kind currently under construction in China, was fully connected on Tuesday in Dalian, located in China's northeastern Liaoning Province.
The 4th Shaanxi Provincial Martial Arts Kung Fu Conference opened on Monday evening at the Huayin Sports Center Gymnasium in Huayin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Eighteen Chinese crew members are missing after the bulk carrier M.V. Ocean Winner sank in the Indian Ocean off India's eastern coast on Friday, with two Chinese crew members rescued so far, according to Indian maritime authorities.
The online buzz surrounding the barbecue feast in East China's Zibo city may have cooled, but the city continues to attract visitors, including a growing number of international tourists.
The 10th China International Elderly Care and Health Industry Expo, also known as the EldExpo, concluded in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on Sunday, with intended cooperation deals exceeding 760 million yuan ($106 million).
Firefighters in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, rescued a man Sunday after he became trapped in fastrising river currents while trying to save his pet dog during heavy rainfall.
At the "Sweet Light" modern sugarcane industrial park in Quli Town, Fusui County, in Chongzuo, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sugarcane varieties including Guitang 44, Yunzhe 081609, Guitang 76, Zhongtang 3, and Zhongfu 1 are thriving, with most stalks standing more than three meters tall.
Nearly 300 young football players from seven countries took a break from the inaugural "Hope Cup" Greater Bay Area U17 International Youth Football Invitational Tournament to experience traditional Lingnan culture in Foshan, Guangdong Province.

A dike along the Jialu River in Zhoukou, Henan Province, breached Thursday night after heavy rainfall and upstream flood discharge, flooding the Fifth People’s Hospital and a local driving school, authorities said.
The 36th Food Expo, together with four concurrent fairs including the Hong Kong International Tea Fair, opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday, attracting more than 1,850 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions.
Chongqing, a major automobile manufacturing hub in southwest China, exported vehicles worth 35.33 billion yuan (about $5.23 billion) in the first seven months of 2026, up 57.1% year on year, according to customs data released Thursday.
China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. (CCDC) supported Shanghai Electric Group Global Investment Ltd., a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., in issuing 1.5 billion yuan (about $209 million) in pilot free trade zone (FTZ) offshore bonds on 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.
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 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.

More than 300 strangers traveled from across China to attend a wedding in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday after a digital invitation meant for family and friends unexpectedly went viral.

The Pinglu Canal, China’s first major river-to-sea canal included in a national development plan, began live-ship trials on Wednesday, marking the final major test before the waterway opens to traffic.
Hong Kong officially opened its Economic and Trade Office (ETO) in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, strengthening ties with Malaysia and the broader ASEAN region.
The 29th Chengdu International Automobile Exhibition, also known as the Chengdu Motor Show (CDMS), will run Aug. 21–30 at the Western China International Expo City in Sichuan Province, organizers said Wednesday.

Guangdong police have dismantled 90 new-type gangs and solved 353 criminal cases, arresting 1,201 suspects and seizing large volumes of assets, the provincial public security department announced Tuesday.

Shanghai is piloting a new approach to weight management for children and adolescents, combining artificial intelligence, targeted health education and multidisciplinary medical care.

A “property service supermarket” in Changchun, Jilin Province, has brought more flexible property services to 39 old residential communities covering 245 buildings.
Guangdong Province's power load reached a record 175.7 million kilowatts at 1:47 p.m. on Tuesday, the fourth time this year that the provincial grid has set a new high, according to Guangdong Power Grid under China Southern Power Grid (CSG).
The Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, has rolled out a series of immersive intangible cultural heritage activities for the summer season.
A new alliance — the Cattle and Sheep International Sourcing and Sales Alliance — was established on Tuesday under the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ).
In Jiangkou County, Tongren, stands what local authorities describe as the world's largest single-site matcha refining facility. Fully automated production lines process the finely ground green tea for consumers at home and abroad.
The cumulative number of vehicles entering and leaving China through the Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge surpassed 25 million as of Aug. 10, according to data released by Gongbei Customs on Tuesday.
The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, unveiled an Art and Humanities Healing Center on Monday.

Twenty-seven participants from eight countries have completed a 14-day training program on medicinal resources and traditional medicine in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants said Monday.
Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province saw its agricultural imports and exports exceed 250 million yuan (about $35.7 million) in the first half of this year, with notable growth in both trade volume and product quality.


Drones zip across city blocks, delivering meals to doorsteps. On factory floors, humanoid robots are put to the test. Streets buzz with electric vehicles, and artificial intelligence (AI) is woven ever deeper into manufacturing, healthcare and urban services.

East China's Hangzhou City has increased the use of treated river water and reclaimed water in sanitation operations, with the two sources accounting for 45.37% of the city’s total sanitation water use in the first half of this year.

A worker camp serving the airfield section of Shanghai Pudong International Airport Phase IV Expansion Project was officially put into use on Thursday.
A B2B matchmaking event for Uzbek export enterprises was held from Wednesday to Thursday in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Offshore duty-free sales in south China's Hainan Province totaled 21.6 billion yuan (about $3 billion) in the first seven months of 2026, up 17.9% year on year, according to data released by Haikou Customs on Wednesday.
To date, the Canton Fair has established cooperation with 231 overseas institutions from 110 countries and regions.

A family of three stray cats at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport in Gansu Province has become a popular photo spot after being appointed as the airport’s “mouse control officers.”

All 30 weak-current buildings along the Chongqing section of the Chengdu Chongqing Central High Speed Railway have had their main structures topped out, China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. announced on Tuesday.
Yanji Airport in northeast China's Jilin Province handled 230,300 passenger trips in July, a single-month record, the airport said Tuesday.

After the long journey from Xihaigu, long known as one of China's harshest environments for human settlement, his family paused at the doorway before doing anything else.

The group standard Terminology for Artificial Intelligence One Person Company (OPC) officially took effect on Saturday, providing unified industrial references for OPC recognition, evaluation, operation and services.

Following the launch of the first five stores in February, Hainan Free Trade Port began opening a second batch of seven duty-free stores selling daily consumer goods to local residents on Saturday.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Vehicle Export Preparation Center was inaugurated Thursday at Nansha Jinyang Terminal in Guangzhou.
The 2026 World Robot Contest Trials (WRCT) Jiangsu provincial qualifier kicked off at Hanjiang High School in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Friday.

Authorities in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have rolled out a targeted loan program to help businesses in areas stricken by recent earthquakes, typhoons and floods, the regional finance department said on Thursday.

Two red pandas donated by Shanghai Zoo to Taipei Zoo made their public debut on Tuesday, as Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an announced their names "Le Le" (joy) and "Tian Tian" (sweetness).

The ninth “Love in Mango” program placed students at Hunan Broadcasting System, where they produced nearly 200 short videos and 1,500 social media posts.
The Zhengzhou International Land Port in central China's Henan Province has handled 704 dedicated finished-vehicle trains as of Wednesday, transporting more than 150,000 vehicles, according to Henan Zhongyu International Port Group.
The 16th Global Tiger Day event was held on Tuesday at the Siberian Tiger Park in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, highlighting China’s achievements in tiger conservation, science education and ecological tourism.
A humanoid robot innovation center in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, is developing practical robots for industrial and commercial applications, with one model already deployed at a European home appliance manufacturer's plant.
A national-level pilot base for embodied intelligence applications in Hangzhou is accelerating the deployment of embodied intelligence robots across various sectors.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on Tuesday that the Exchange Fund recorded an investment income of HK$134.7 billion (about $17.2 billion) in the first half of 2026.
The value added by Guangzhou's core digital economy industries is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan (about $69.6 billion) in 2026, according to the Blue Book of Guangzhou's Digital Economy Development (2026), jointly released by the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Sciences Academic Press on Monday.
The world's largest cable saddle was successfully installed on the Shizi Yang Bridge on Tuesday, marking a major step forward in the construction of the mega bridge in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Shanghai Nangang Port set a national record Monday when the newly delivered GLOVIS NOVA loaded 7,738 new energy passenger vehicles in a single operation.
The Guangzhou Eastern Public-Rail Intermodal Hub (Zengcheng West Station) operated 231 international freight trains in the first half of this year, transporting over 22,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of cargo valued at 6.27 billion yuan (about $873 million), Huangpu Customs said Monday.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is developing a China-ASEAN legal industry corpus to support the resolution of cross-border commercial disputes, the Guangxi High People’s Court said.

Maritime search and rescue operations are underway in the South China Sea after a foreign-flagged ship encountered distress and sank in the waters on Sunday.
The Zhejiang Museum in Hangzhou opened the exhibition "Silk Road Heritage: Nomadic Culture of the Kazakh Steppe" on Friday, co-hosted with Kazakhstan's Central State Museum in Almaty.
The JITRO Children's Choir from the Czech Republic joined young Chinese performers Friday at the Jilin Provincial Concert Hall in Changchun for a program blending folk songs and international classics.
The Liaoning Provincial Museum in Shenyang unveiled its annual special exhibition Sunday, "The Smile -- Spirit of Chinese Civilization in Cultural Relics," featuring more than 300 artifacts from 38 institutions nationwide.
The 2026 Grape Culture Carnival and Digital Countryside Market opened Saturday in Hongshan, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, showcasing the area's 30-year grape-growing tradition.
In Jianxi Township, Mingguang City, Anhui Province, selenium-rich volcanic soil has helped build a thriving wormwood industry, stretching from cultivation and processing to wellness and tourism.
A mudslide triggered by heavy rain hit parts of the Jiuzhaigou scenic area in southwest China's Sichuan Province at around 3:50 p.m. on Sunday, blocking some roads within the park.
A forest fire that broke out Sunday afternoon on Yuping Mountain in Liujiang Town, Hongya County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, has been taken under control, according to local authorities.
A rural tourism cluster comprising three Dai ethnic villages in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, is revitalizing the local economy through coordinated development, according to a recent visit by a media team taking part in the 2026 "Civilized China" reporting campaign.
A flash flood triggered by sudden heavy rainfall hit the Shuangshimen scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, northwest China's Gansu Province, at around 1:40 p.m. on Sunday.
South China's Guangdong Province has allocated 50 million yuan (about $6.96 million) in provincial-level natural disaster relief funds to support typhoon-affected areas, the provincial emergency management department said.
A wild snow leopard has been captured on camera in Huangzhong District, Xining City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, marking the first recorded sighting of the species in the area.

A cargo matchmaking conference for the Pinglu Canal was held on Wednesday in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bringing together more than 500 representatives from government agencies, logistics organizations, enterprises and business associations.

Hunan Province unveiled a summer campaign Thursday offering one-stop aviation tourism services covering dining, accommodation, transport, sightseeing, shopping and entertainment.
A 20-day science and technology training camp for Hong Kong secondary school students and teachers kicked off in Beijing on Monday, with over 300 participants engaging in hands-on activities in new energy, aerospace and engineering technology, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Xiamen University’s research vessel Jia Geng departed Thursday for Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, marking its first visit to the state.
The annual cross-border exhibition "Gold: The Treasured Metal Linking Eastern and Western Civilizations" opened at the Museum of Wu in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Wednesday.
The first leg of the 2026 China Table Tennis Super League (CTTSL) regular season kicked off Thursday in Dalian, Liaoning Province, as Shandong Weiqiao staged a comeback to defeat Shandong Luneng 8-6 on the opening day.
Qinghai Province distributed 1.391 billion yuan (about $193.7 million) in various relief and subsidy funds in the first half of this year, according to data released by the provincial civil affairs department on Thursday.
The world's first "triple-mix gas" hyperbaric intervention system for shield tunneling, independently developed by China Railway 11th Bureau Group, completed its first large-scale cutterhead tool replacement operation under ultra-high pressure on Thursday in the Jintang Subsea Tunnel in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province.
A basketball invitational tournament featuring teams from Hainan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao was held in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Thursday.
A major landslide in Pengshui County, Chongqing, has left 11 people dead and 50 missing, according to local authorities.
The Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration launched a three-day joint law enforcement patrol on the Beijiang River in Qingyuan, south China's Guangdong Province, on Wednesday.

More than 30 young entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and Macao took part in a three-day program in Foshan, a manufacturing hub in south China's Guangdong province, to explore local green manufacturing industries and connect with innovation and startup resources.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) hosted a reception on Wednesday for a delegation of cultural officials from Portuguese-speaking countries.
The international zone of Terminal 3 at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangdong Province has handled over 2.49 million cross-border passenger trips and more than 13,000 international flights since its launch on Jan. 22.
The "National Exhibition of Innovative Art by Young and Middle-aged Artists" opened at the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing on Tuesday, featuring over 150 works including paintings, sculptures, installations, photography, new media art and mixed media.
The Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, received a record 5.48 million visitors from home and abroad in 2025.
A total of 160 young overseas Chinese from 12 countries, including Germany, Thailand, Ireland, the United States and Canada, took part in a traditional tea culture program Wednesday at Hainan Overseas Chinese Commercial School as part of the 2026 "Root-Seeking Journey" summer camp.
The 2026 China University Aircraft Design Innovation Competition (Southern Region) opened at Chongqing Aerospace Polytechnic College on Wednesday.

Traditional horse racing events were held in Sog County, Nagqu City, China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, on Wednesday, showcasing its distinctive equestrian culture.
The 2026 national earthquake intensity assessment skills competition kicked off Wednesday in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, attracting eight teams from Shanghai City, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong provinces and Xizang Autonomous Region.

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.
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.
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.
An explosion occurred on the LNG-fueled hybrid container ship "Yihang Mingyuan" while it was berthing at the Yangluo Port in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, early Wednesday, leaving one crew member missing, according to Hubei Port Group Co., Ltd.
The 36th Hong Kong Book Fair closed Tuesday alongside the 9th Hong Kong Sports and Leisure Expo and the 6th Snack World, together drawing 990,000 visitors over seven days, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said.
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded steady growth in both passenger and cargo traffic in the first half of this year, according to data released by the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) on Monday.
Shenzhen's railway network handled 11.43 million passenger arrivals and departures in the first 20 days of the summer travel rush from July 1 to 20, up 0.03% year on year, according to Shenzhen railway authorities Tuesday.
Jiangmen Customs in south China's Guangdong Province is helping local fan manufacturers accelerate exports to Europe, where a prolonged heatwave has driven up demand for energy-efficient cooling appliances.

The Qixingping Tunnel, a major control project on the Kangyu section of the Xi’an–Chongqing High-Speed Railway, was completed Monday, marking significant progress on the line.

The Rilangshan Tunnel on the Sichuan section of the Xining–Chengdu Railway was completed Tuesday, marking a major milestone in the construction of the line.

A national-level meteorological station at Ayding Lake in Turpan, Xinjiang, recorded 50℃ on Tuesday, the highest temperature reported by any national-level station in China so far this year, according to China Weather Network.
In Qianqi Township, Fuding City, Fujian Province, peach orchards are in full harvest as growers pick, sort and ship the season's first crop.
The 2026 "Chinese Bridge" German Bo Le Chinese Choir Yunnan-Beijing Summer Camp opened at a university in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Tuesday.

The 2026 Beijing-Taiwan Education Exchange Week opened in Beijing on Monday and will run through Friday. The event features three sessions focusing on higher education, vocational education and basic education.

A 27-member drainage team from Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, returned to the city recently after completing a 13-day flood relief mission in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Residents in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian province, are using a former wartime air-raid shelter in Wushan Mountain, a hill in the city center, to escape summer heat that regularly exceeds 37℃ (99℉).
A new exhibition in Beijing explores how two scholars turned to visual art as a form of intellectual and spiritual expression, bringing together ink paintings, prints, sculptures and archival materials in a dialogue between literature, philosophy and art.
A new exhibition in Changsha is tracing the evolution of sketch teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), using a century of student and faculty works to chart the development of modern Chinese art education.
China's newly built national table tennis training base in Huangshi hosted its first major international competition on Monday as nearly 200 athletes, coaches and officials gathered for the 2026 Belt and Road International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) and Uzbekistan's Center for Islamic Civilization signed a cooperation agreement on Monday to expand cultural exchanges through joint exhibitions, academic research and professional training.
Shenzhen's Longhua District and Malaysia's Kedah state have established a sister-district partnership aimed at expanding industrial cooperation, cross-border investment and business ties between China and ASEAN.
Hong Kong Customs has seized an estimated HK$159 million ($20.3 million) worth of suspected counterfeit 2026 World Cup merchandise after cracking 50 cases during a nearly two-month enforcement campaign, authorities said Monday.
The 23rd Changchun International Auto Expo closed Monday, with Chinese automakers taking center stage in the race for smart-driving technology as the industry shifts from conventional vehicles to intelligent mobile spaces.
Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region posted steady economic growth in the first half of 2026, with several key indicators ranking among the top nationwide, according to data released at a press conference in Lhasa on Monday.
Output of service robots in Beijing surged 230% in the first half of this year, leading strong growth in the city's high-end manufacturing sector, according to data released at a press conference on Monday in Beijing.
The 10th Cross-Strait Food Trade Fair and the 13th Fujian-Taiwan (Quanzhou) Food Trade Fair opened in Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Monday.

Chinese police have repatriated a key suspect from Vietnam in a case involving phishing websites and the illegal use of the Silver Fox Trojan virus, the Ministry of Public Security said Monday.

The 1,000-kilovolt Beiyue ultra-high voltage (UHV) substation in Shanxi, a province in northern China known for its coal-rich energy base, has transmitted over 200 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since it went into operation.

A forum on social services and charity cooperation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday, bringing together officials, social organizations and researchers from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao.

Chinese police have stepped up efforts to combat online gambling during the FIFA World Cup, the Ministry of Public Security said Monday.

Shuanghe Cave in Suiyang County, Zunyi, Guizhou Province — part of southwest China’s famed karst landscape — has become a magnet for explorers and tourists seeking both adventure and relief from the summer heat.

Xizang has begun developing green hydrogen and oxygen industries and plans to become a low-cost supply base for China and South Asia, officials said Friday at the 5th China Xizang Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation in Nyingchi.
The Tibetan Hospital of Xizang Autonomous Region held a free clinic at its Yutuo Road outpatient department on Saturday and Sunday to mark its 110th anniversary.
The large-scale cross-border dance drama "Nicai Huayun" was staged in Hong Kong on Saturday and Sunday as part of the "Chinese Culture Festival 2026."
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Acrobatic Troupe staged its original production Tanggu Baixi — a Tang Dynasty (618-907)-themed acrobatic show — in Hong Kong from Friday to Sunday, launching a tour across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Dazhai Village in Longji Town, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, celebrated its annual Red Yao "Clothes-Drying Festival" on Sunday, marking its transformation from poverty to a thriving tourist destination.
The book-airing day, observed on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, has been practiced for more than a thousand years to air out books and prevent insect damage.
The Fuzhi 220-kilovolt substation in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, has been put into operation, becoming the first 220-kV substation completed under the city's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), according to State Grid Changchun Power Supply Company on Sunday.
The 27th China·Qinghai Green Development Investment and Trade Fair concluded on Sunday in Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 108 projects signed and total investment reaching 75.8 billion yuan (about $10.55 billion).
Yixian County in Jinzhou City, in northeast China's Liaoning Province, has developed a peanut industry with an annual planting area of 33,000 hectares and yearly output exceeding 100,000 metric tons.
PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company produced 25.31 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the first half of this year, a record for the period, the company said Sunday.
South China's Guangdong Province saw its total goods trade exceed 5 trillion yuan ($736 billion) for the first time in the first half of 2026.

Daily electricity generation across the power grid in southwest China’s Guizhou Province reached a record 704 million kilowatt-hours Monday and rose further to 714 million kWh Tuesday, Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. said Friday.

Mayors and representatives from several countries, including China, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal and Sri Lanka, gathered Thursday in Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, for the 2026 Global Mayors Dialogue to discuss how biodiversity conservation can support greener urban development.
A well-preserved tomb from the Sixteen Kingdoms period (304–439) has been discovered at the Changlepo West Cemetery in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, according to the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology on Thursday.
The "Mountain and Sea Craftsmanship - Intangible Heritage Co-Creation Exhibition" opened at the Ningxia Art Museum in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Thursday.
The 2026 "Understanding Contemporary China" International Chinese Education Conference and Annual Academic Meeting of the Virtual Teaching and Research Center opened in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Thursday.
The 2nd (2026) High-Tech Innovation and Development Conference opened Thursday at the National Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, drawing more than 20 academicians and over 100 experts and scholars.
Qinghai Province in Northwest China ranks second nationally in total developable wind and solar resources and holds the top spot for solar thermal potential, according to a pilot survey released Thursday.
The first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan freight train under a logistics contracting model departed from Jinhua South Railway Station in east China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday.
The Jiangsu provincial government on Thursday unveiled a new guideline aimed at boosting overseas patent filings, rolling out 15 measures to sharpen the global competitiveness of local industries.

Hangzhou, in east China’s Zhejiang province, suspended manual street cleaning from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and deployed more cleaning vehicles after the temperature reached 37℃ on Tuesday, the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of City Management said Wednesday.

Officers from Donggou Forest Police Station recently rescued an injured Chinese water deer fawn from a riverbank in the Wangqing forest area of northeast China’s Jilin province.
At daybreak, a patrol boat glides across the waters where the Yangtze River meets Poyang Lake in Hukou County, Jiangxi Province.
Registration for the 2026 Taiyuan Marathon opened Wednesday, with the race set to start at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 27 and expected to draw 40,000 participants in the full and half marathon categories.
Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang province launched its first end-to-end logistics service for cargo shipped along the Yangtze River on Tuesday, marking a major step in the development of the river-sea intermodal hub.
A symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape's UNESCO World Heritage inscription was held in Chongzuo, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Wednesday.


Visitors tour the "Think in Ink – Creativity of Hong Kong Ink Art" exhibition at the Hong Kong Central Library on July 15.

Visitors tour the new giant panda pavilion at Beijing Zoo on July 16.

The Sichuan-Chengdu sub-camp of the 23rd All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots (ACFTC) Youth Summer Camp for Taiwanese Compatriots opened in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Thursday, bringing young people from across the Taiwan Strait together for a weeklong cultural exchange.

For centuries, Xinjiang was known as a gateway on the ancient Silk Road, where merchants, caravans and goods simply passed through. Today, the region is taking on a new role—not just as a transit corridor, but as a hub where trade, manufacturing and logistics increasingly come together.
Archaeologists have uncovered 10 well-preserved tombs dating to the Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) in Chang'an District, Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology announced Wednesday.
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has allocated 30 million yuan (about $4.42 million) from the central budget to support post-disaster recovery in Jilin Province, which was hit by heavy rainfall and flooding brought by Typhoon Bavi.
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