China's GDP is expected to grow by over 6 trillion yuan (about $869.6 billion) this year, head of the country's top economic planner said Friday.
After a days-long disruption, the first resumed flight from Dubai to Shanghai successfully touched down on Thursday evening.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, takes part in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Jiangsu Province at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026.
Senior Chinese leaders on Thursday attended deliberations at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature.
From overt military interventions and sweeping sanctions to more covert tactics such as proxy wars, color revolutions, and covert infiltration, Washington has employed a wide range of methods to interfere in and even overturn other governments.
History has shown time and again that the use of force cannot bring lasting security; it only breeds further conflict and resentment. The logic of power politics will never guarantee true safety. In the end, hegemonic behavior driven by militarism is bound to backfire on those who pursue it.
Regarding the Iran situation, Chinese spokesperson for the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress Lou Qinjian said on Wednesday that no country has the right to dominate international affairs, dictate the destiny of other countries, or monopolize development advantages, let alone impose whatever it wishes on the world.
The output of China's core artificial intelligence industry exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan ($165 billion) in 2025, with more than 6,200 companies operating in the field, said Li Lecheng, head of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on Thursday.
China targets an economic growth of 4.5 percent to 5 percent in 2026 and will strive for better in practice, according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation. Here are some highlights from the report.
Major U.S. news outlets are drawing sharp contrasts between President Donald Trump's past denunciations of military intervention and his current decision to launch strikes on Iran, highlighting what critics describe as a reversal of his earlier rhetoric.
China on Thursday called for accelerating the green transition across the board under the guidance of the "dual carbon" goals as the country pledges to boost its green and low-carbon economy ahead of the 2030 deadline to peak its carbon emissions by 2030, according to the government work report submitted Thursday to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.
China has called for accelerated efforts to shore up infrastructure, emergency response, and other weak links in flood prevention, drainage, and disaster response in northern China in a move to safeguard national security and social stability, said a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
China's defense budget growth is expected to drop from 7.2% in the previous years to 7% in 2026, according to a draft report submitted to the national legislature for review Thursday.
China will optimize functional zoning to guide localities in better leveraging their comparative advantages based on their defined functions, according to the government work report submitted on Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
On investment cooperation, Li said the government will reform mechanisms to attract foreign investment, guarantee national treatment for foreign companies, implement updated catalogues encouraging foreign investment, and improve services for international businesses.
China has pledged to resolutely fight separatist forces aimed at "Taiwan independence" and oppose external interference, according to a government work report submitted to the annual session of the National People's Congress, or the national legislature, which opened Thursday.
The 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, opened its fourth session on Thursday morning in Beijing.
China's economy remained generally stable, and steady growth was registered in 2025, according to a government work report submitted to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
China will build three international centers for sci-tech innovation and turn them into world-class innovation engines, according to a government work report submitted on Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
China will continue to implement a more proactive fiscal policy in 2026 and increase government deficit by 230 billion yuan (about $33.29 billion) over last year, according to a government work report submitted on Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
China targets an economic growth of 4.5 percent to 5 percent this year and will strive for better in practice, according to a government work report submitted on Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
China targets an economic growth of 4.5 percent to 5 percent this year and will strive for better in practice, according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
Under the guise of democracy, freedom, and human rights, the United States disregards civilian lives, places "America First" above international fairness and justice, and tramples the UN Charter, international law, and the sovereignty and dignity of other nations.
As these advances continue, how can "AI+" open up new frontiers for consumption? On this topic, let's head to Chang'an Avenue and speak with both Chinese and international friends to hear their views.
China's non-fossil energy consumption rose by about 160 million metric tons of standard coal equivalent in 2025, lifting its share of primary energy use by roughly 1.9 percentage points from a year earlier, state media reported, citing data from the National Energy Administration (NEA).
As the world's second-largest economy embarks on the inaugural year of its 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), the two sessions will serve both as a review of past achievements, and as a strategic compass guiding the nation's future development. Lawmakers will examine a draft outline of the new five-year plan.
A deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) has proposed that domestic violence cases should be exempted from a 30-day cooling-off period for divorce to avoid risks of secondary harm to victims during the waiting period.
The first group of 25 Chinese citizens evacuated from Iran to Turkmenistan boarded a flight back to China early Wednesday morning, Xinhua News Agency reported.
A countdown clock set up in a public square in Guadalajara, Mexico on March 2, 2026 shows that 100 days remain until the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Demonstrators gather in New York City on March 2, 2026 to protest military actions launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
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