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Building roads has become a priority in poverty alleviation efforts here in recent years. Until now, over 2,300-km roads have been built for villagers in remote mountains in Dahua.
China has impressed the world with the construction of its high-speed railways and its first self-built large jetliner, and now the oceans are the next stage for high-end manufacturing as construction commences of the nation's first homegrown cruise ship, which is scheduled to be delivered in September 2023.
China's fixed-asset investment grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first 10 months, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.
Buying travel products has become a new favorite of Chinese consumers during the Singles Day shopping spree, and the growth rate in this activity has exceeded the purchases of some physical goods.
China's retail sales of consumer goods rose 8.1 percent year on year in the January-October period, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.
China on Wednesday urged the United States to immediately stop pushing bills related to Hong Kong, immediately stop supporting violent criminal activities, and immediately stop using Hong Kong to interfere in China's domestic affairs.
All townships in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region bid farewell to dirt roads, as an 82 km asphalt road linking Tar Tajik Township was completed recently.
The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) released a press statement Thursday condemning the malicious acts of rioters and vowed to bring offenders to justice after masked rioters attacked an elderly man in his 70s with bricks and other hard objects.
Traders and investors from more than 100 countries and regions gathered Wednesday to attend the 21st China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF), held in southern China's tech hub Shenzhen.
Chinese President Xi Jinping toured the Acropolis Museum on Tuesday before he wrapped up his three-day state visit to Greece. A day before, he visited the Piraeus Port following separate talks with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a new strategy to fortify staple food with micronutrients like vitamin A and iron, which can cope with nutrient deficiencies more effectively in less-developed countries.
Space astronomers have filmed a solar eclipse from the edge of Earth’s atmosphere using a weather balloon and a high-tech 360° camera. Sent Into Space Limited developed a lighter-than-air balloon and a specialist camera to capture every angle of the event from August 21, 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on the business circles to actively participate in and promote BRICS economic cooperation so as to make tangible contributions to economic growth and job creation.
Tinonee resident Brian Acheson sets up his tip truck as a makeshift fire truck to assist residents fighting spot and grass fires in the Hillville area near Taree, NSW, Australia, November 13, 2019.
Photos of a 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree went viral on overseas social media Monday after netizens expressed admiration for its golden color and huge size.
Siberian tigers run in snow at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, November 13, 2019.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some 110 km north of Kiev, witnessed one of the worst nuclear accidents in human history on April 26, 1986.
A firefighter in Southwest China spent three years using his team's old equipment to build a variety of firefighting figures.
Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group is set to launch what is expected to be the largest fundraising in Hong Kong in recent years, marking a massive boost to the major financial hub amid months of city-wide unrest.
Eastern Theater Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s spokesperson Zhang Chunhui on Wednesday responded to the issue about the USS Chancellorsville recently sailing through Taiwan Straits.
The five new remote-sensing Ningxia-1 satellites are launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Nov. 13, 2019.
The U.S. House Committee on Intelligence held the first public hearing Wednesday since House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in September to determine whether he abused his office in his interactions with Ukraine.
The Walt Disney Company said Wednesday that its highly anticipated streaming service Disney has already reached a major milestone within one day, achieving a remarkable 10 million sign-ups since launching on Tuesday.
Progressively tackling the issues facing Hong Kong, which has been hit by protests since June, is one approach that the city can take as it works within the "one country, two systems" principle.
China should put a new mechanism in place to allow the central bank to buy bonds issued by the government to supply more funds to boost growth, according to a group of researchers from a leading national think tank on Wednesday.
China is a champion of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order, said Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at the ongoing Paris Peace Forum.
A joint counter-terrorism exercise with 10 ASEAN members and eight dialogue partners including China, U.S., Russia, and India kicked off Wednesday in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, saying he is willing to maintain close communication with Modi to guide a better and more stable development of China-India relations.
The Chinese mainland hopes Taiwan authorities will consider public demand and add extra flights across the Taiwan Straits during the Spring Festival in January, which will make it easier for Taiwan people on the mainland to return home during the busy holiday, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Wednesday.
Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, has said Berlin will be the site of its first European factory, and its fourth worldwide after it finishes up construction on the third outside Shanghai, China.
