A self-driving vehicle developed by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc has crossed two bridges over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, making the city China's first to carry out commercial autonomous ride-hailing services spanning across the river.
China had 498,300 schools of all levels nationwide in 2023, a 3.9 percent decline compared to the previous year. A total of 291 million students were enrolled, seeing a 0.52 percent decrease from the previous year.
At a gate machine at a subway station in Shanghai, a passenger can be identified with five fingers open and the palm centered 5 to 10 centimeters of the reading area.
Instead of responding to concerns of residents and neighboring countries, Japan commenced the fourth round of releasing nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean on Wednesday.
Chinese authorities are intensifying scrutiny of sentence reductions, parole and temporary release programs, aiming to ensure fairness and prevent abuses in the criminal justice system.
Generic and more affordable versions of the diabetes drug metformin that have been included in China's bulk buy program are as effective as their brand-name counterparts.
China has established a technical system at the national level for the rapid identification of 300 pathogens within 72 hours.
Laotian law enforcement authorities recently transferred 268 telecom fraud suspects to Chinese police, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
China is set to standardize the imposition of fines, and prohibit practices such as leveraging fines for revenue gains.
Fossil groups of ancient plants that grew more than 300 million years ago were recently discovered in Shiyan, Hubei province — a discovery that experts say is of "great significance" in the study of prehistoric vegetation.
Though the number of overseas Chinese students returning to the Chinese mainland to find work declined in 2023 due to concerns about employment prospects and uncertainties about international politics, the figure was still higher than that seen five years ago
Japan last year recorded the lowest number of births in history, according to Japan's health ministry, worse than earlier forecasts.
Provincial forestry and grassland bureaus will delineate the boundaries of suitable habitats for wild animals to alleviate the harm caused by the rapid growth of wild animal populations, such as crop damage and human casualties.
The destinations for Chinese students studying abroad will become more diverse and comprehensive, while China remains the largest source of international students for countries such as the U.S., the UK, Australia, Japan, Germany and New Zealand during the 2022-23 academic year.
Governments at various levels have launched campaigns to address fire hazards caused by the improper parking of electric bicycles, as experts warned of the reasons behind fires caused by these vehicles.
The Xizang autonomous region promises to increase its public sports parks in the next two years to promote its fitness cause.
A new online archive platform for searching criminal and civil court cases opened to the public on Tuesday.
As the first "Brilliant China Tour" passengers prepared to board their Air China flight, they received a warm welcome from the airline — along with some cuddly panda dolls.
A measles outbreak has infected nine people in Florida including children and an adult after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that there have been 35 cases of the highly transmissible virus in more than 15 U.S. states this year.
An e-commerce worker and longtime blood donor in Zhejiang province became the country's 17,000th bone marrow stem cell donor on Monday morning.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has vowed to intensify measures this year to promote the construction of beautiful bays to meet the increasing demand for an attractive environment, following suggestions from national legislators.
Tourism industry insiders in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, are optimistic about a rebound in the number of tourists from South Korea this year as they look to recover from the market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, 15 universities in Beijing will establish new campuses in Xiong'an New Area, marking a new milestone in its development.
The number of South Korean tourists traveling to China in January exceeded 140,000, up 908 percent year-on-year, China Media Group (CMG) reported on Monday.
According to the latest media reports, China is set to introduce mandatory national standards on the matter.
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced on Sunday that this year, it will promote development of over 100 "beautiful bay" construction projects provinces.
Two spans and one support of the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou's Nansha district, which was struck by a barge last week, will be dismantled, local officials said in a statement issued on Monday.
Authorities in Shanghai have charged four livestreamers with money laundering, marking the first such case involving online platform rewards in China, according to the Shanghai Pudong People's Procuratorate.
Authorities in Nanjing , capital of Jiangsu province, have cracked down on a group posing as "relationship consultants" who were actually using illegal methods to obtain and sell individuals' personal information.
Up to 15 universities in Beijing will establish new campuses in Xiong'an New Area, as part of the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, it was announced at an industrial forum in the capital on Sunday.