China-founded general AI agent company Manus said on Tuesday that it has formally resumed independent operations, the latest development in its separation from Meta after China's foreign investment security review authority ordered the US technology giant's acquisition of the company ...

China-Russia mutual visa-free arrangement fully embodies the high-level strategic mutual trust between the two countries, helps facilitate people-to-people exchanges, enhance friendship between the two peoples and boost cooperation across sectors, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday.

Cooperation between China and Venezuela is protected by international law and the UN Charter, and that China's legitimate rights and interests in Venezuela must be safeguarded, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday, in response to a question ...

Major Chinese smartphone makers, including Huawei, Xiaomi and Honor, raised prices on selected models on Tuesday by between 200 yuan ($28) and 1,000 yuan, spanning flagship and mid-range devices, as rising costs for memory chips and mobile processors increasingly feed ...

The 23rdChina-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) will be held in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from September 17 to 21. Under the theme “CAFTA 3.0 Opportunities, Better Life”, the event will focus on free trade area development and regional high-quality ...

China's installed photovoltaic power generating capacity surpassed that of coal power for the first time, becoming the country's largest power source by installed capacity, the National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Tuesday.

The Ningbo side of the tunnel of Ningbo–Zhoushan railway, the world's longest undersea high-speed railway, had advanced more than 4,000 meters as of Monday using China's domestically-made super-large-diameter shield boring machine “Yongzhou,” the Global Times learned. The deepest point of ...

China has unveiled measures to expand and upgrade consumer goods consumption, aiming to bring total retail sales of consumer goods to around 60 trillion yuan (about 8.85 trillion U.S. dollars) by 2030, according to an implementation guideline made public on ...

China's Moonshot AI is in talks with Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet's Google over revenue-sharing agreements that would allow the US cloud giants to host its blockbuster Kimi K3 model, a deal that, if reached, would be the first big revenue-sharing ...

Vietnam's Central Highlands is an important coffee-growing region. Yet media reports said that some farmers are switching from their traditional crop to durian, drawn by surging Chinese demand for the pungent “king of fruits.” “You can live okay with coffee, ...

China unveiled its first domestically developed high-precision tomato breeding gene chip in Beijing on Monday, marking the end of long-term reliance on imported core tools for tomato breeding, bjnews.com.cn reported.

As a flagship project of cooperation within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and a strategic connectivity initiative between China and Central Asia, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway has advanced steadily since full-scale construction began on the Kyrgyz section in June ...

An institute in Central China's Hubei Province has successfully cloned four Jersey calves using cells from a 16-year-old breeding bull, setting a new national record for the oldest somatic cell donor in livestock cloning, the Science and Technology Daily reported ...

We are living in an era in which societies around the world are heavily affected by economic uncertainty, trade friction, and intensifying technological competition. In contrast to certain Western countries, China has remained unwaveringly open to global collaboration.

New sections totaling 28 kilometers of the Danube Corridor expressway, built by Chinese companies, opened to traffic in Serbia on Monday, bringing the 68-kilometer strategic infrastructure project “close to full completion”.

The Third Senior Officials' Meeting of APEC China 2026 and related meetings were held in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, from August 17 to 28. This was the largest and most activity-rich senior officials' meeting of the APEC "China Year," ...

China has never deliberately pursued a trade surplus and opposes unilateral tariff measures in any form, a spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for G20 members to reassess their trade terms with China is a push for "bloc-based trade", and risks turning a debate over global imbalances into a political one, a Chinese expert said, arguing that ...

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 49.8 in August, up 0.6 points from July, pointing to a clear improvement in manufacturing momentum, official data showed Monday.

China has operationalized the world's first orbital computing cloud capable of providing regular on-orbit experimental services, marking a new stage in the commercialization of space-based computing infrastructure, according to Science and Technology Daily.

In a training room in Egypt's northern Beheira Governorate, rural women listened closely as Chinese and Egyptian specialists explained poultry-raising techniques, from temperature control and ventilation to weight monitoring and disease prevention.

Editor's Note: As China expands its role in global AI innovation, questions are growing over how new technologies can benefit developing countries and how international cooperation can keep the global AI ecosystem open, inclusive and interoperable. Sam Daws, senior advisor ...

A super-large-diameter slurry balance shield machine, developed by China for high-speed railway projects, rolled off the production line in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province recently, marking a critical phase in the construction of Nanjing's first high-speed railway cross-river tunnel, according ...

Editor's Note: China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry has made striking progress in recent years, changing not only the cars themselves but also how they are developed, sold, and taken to global markets. The sector is also helping set new industry standards, ...

Editor's Note: China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry has made striking progress in recent years, changing not only the cars themselves but also how they are developed, sold, and taken to global markets. The sector is also helping set new industry standards, ...

Some commentaries in the West portray the rise of China's auto industry as a loss for foreign carmakers. The carmakers themselves, however, are taking a more pragmatic approach, drawing on the technology, supplier base and manufacturing expertise that China has ...

#GTVoice: Attempt to frame global trade imbalances as a currency issue merely exposes Western anxiety and laziness over its slipping industrial edge. Offloading domestic challenges – ones that demand industrial upgrading, market opening, and institutional reform – onto China is ...

Shanghai LEGOLAND Resort delivered strong results during the summer season, with the number of international visitors posting triple-digit growth, up nearly 2.5 times year-on-year, as services for international tourists continued to improve, the Global Times learned from the company on ...

Sustained heat waves followed by severe drought have pushed water saving high on the agenda across Europe, boosting the market appetite for water- and energy-saving household goods and opening a fresh export window for Chinese-made products in these categories.

The 2026 Engineering Capacity Building Program for Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation kicked off in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, on August 24. Under the theme of "Intelligent Era · Manufacturing Innovation," 45 engineers from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, ...

Chinese electric appliance manufacturer Midea achieved impressive growth in both revenue and profit in the first half of this year, according to its newly released fiscal report, with its air conditioners witnessing outstanding sales in Europe.

South Korean newspaper the Chosun Daily reported on Sunday that investors are watching how shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will trade when markets reopen on Monday, after China's largest DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) posted what the ...

International cruise ship VISIO left the Port of Tianjin in North China's Tianjin for a three-day, two-night cruises-to-nowhere voyage from Saturday to early Monday, the Global Times learned from immigration authorities at the Port of Tianjin on Sunday.

Serbia's first robot factory officially began production in the western city of Sabac on Saturday local time. Jointly built by China and Serbia, it is also Europe's first mass-production base for humanoid robots. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, attending the launch ...

China's major memory chipmaker CXMT said that it has begun mass production of LPDDR6, its most advanced mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM), with the chips set to be equipped in Xiaomi's 18 Fold flagship foldable mobile phone, a statement ...

Police in Shanghai's Minhang District recently cracked a criminal case involving the illegal unlocking of drones, in which a perpetrator provides drone-unlocking services under the guise of "legitimate services" such as drone repairing and debugging, state broadcaster CCTV News reported ...

A staff member operates a power inspection robot with vocal commands at the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 28, 2026. The expo kicked off here on Friday, showcasing the cutting-edge technologies ...

China saw 35,000 newly established foreign-invested enterprises in the first half of 2026, up 7 percent year on year, the State Administration for Market Regulation said Saturday.

Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics' shares have fallen steadily since its market debut. Industry experts said the shift mainly reflects a market reassessment of earlier valuations, while the sector itself remains in a development phase with long-term growth potential as ...

Economic and trade cooperation between China and Kyrgyzstan has evolved from early small-scale border trade to a period of high-quality development including infrastructure construction and new-energy investment, Li Quanjun, head of the China-Kyrgyzstan enterprises co-association in Bishkek, told the Global ...

China's leading memory chipmaker Changxin Memory Technologies Inc (CXMT) has filed a lawsuit against the US Defense Department over its erroneous designation of CXMT as a “military company,” with Chinese experts saying Washington's arbitrary blacklisting scheme is a politically driven ...

China on Friday moved to further reform its commercial housing sales system, aiming to expand completed-home sales in an orderly manner while tightening rules on presales and fund supervision. The policy aims to tackle pain points in the sector by ...

At the arrival hall of Shanghai Pudong International Airport's Terminal 2, the crowd moved in a steady stream. As a middle-aged man handed over his passport, his eyes flickered away for a brief moment.

The China International Big Data Industry Expo 2026, a bellwether for China's data sector, kicked off on Friday in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, drawing more than 300 exhibitors and with key themes ranging from computing infrastructure to data supply.

Trade between China and other Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members gathered further momentum in the first seven months of the year, reaching 2.42 trillion yuan ($360.1 billion), up 14.9 percent year-on-year, as the potential of regional economic and trade cooperation ...

China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry has made striking progress in recent years, changing not only the cars themselves but also how they are developed, sold, and taken to global markets. The sector is also helping set new industry standards, making ...

The Chinese memory-chip giant CXMT recorded revenue of 150.31 billion yuan ($22.37 billion) in the first half of the year, representing a year-on-year increase of 873.64 percent. Net profit reached 77.60 billion yuan, reversing a loss of 2.332 billion yuan ...

China's first National Conference on MRI-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) was held in Tianjin on August 23, bringing together nearly 400 experts and representatives from academia, hospitals, leading companies, and regulatory science institutes.

The construction of the second cross-border railway between China and Mongolia - the Ganqimaodu-Gashuunsukhait railway - has passed the halfway mark, with all 321 bridge piers completed on Friday. The railway is scheduled to complete and start operations in 2027, ...

China on Friday rolled out the world's first 14,000-ton-class circular rail crane, the largest of its kind by lifting capacity, marking a major technological breakthrough in ultra-heavy lifting equipment designed for nuclear power, green marine engineering and large-scale wind power ...

Chinese listed companies in the integrated circuit (IC) industry that had disclosed their earnings as of Thursday reported a 99 percent rise in first-half net profit, with an increase of 12.8 percent in revenue, according to an official from the ...

In response to media reports that US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Washington could impose sanctions on Chinese banks doing business with Iran, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a press briefing on Friday that regarding the ...

REPT BATTERO (0666.HK) announced its interim results on August 26, 2026. In the first half of the year, the company generated revenue of 14.916 billion yuan ($2.22 billion), up 57.2 percent year-on-year. Net profit reached 778 million yuan ($115.8 million), ...

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Friday welcomed S&P Global Ratings' decision to affirm China's sovereign credit rating at "A+" with a stable outlook, saying the country has the confidence and capacity to sustain its sound development momentum, maintain strong ...

The 2026 Engineering Capacity Building Program for Low-Carbon Energy opened in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province, on August 17, 2026, hosted by the Chinese Society of Engineers (CSE). More than 60 participants, including engineers from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, ...

China's top economic planner on Friday rejected the so-called “China squeeze” narrative promoted by the US and some Western countries, saying the accusation is aimed at preserving their own hegemony and does not stand up to scrutiny. It also said ...

Development of the robotics industry must be tailored to local conditions and avoid blind imitation and a rushed, herd-like rush, in order to promote the steady and sustainable progress of the sector, an official from the National Development and Reform ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told French business leaders on Thursday local time that the EU's trade deficit with China cannot be accepted as “permanent imbalance.” She said Europe must be ready to use trade defence instruments when ...

China's burgeoning new growth drivers are fueling a sustained surge in industrial profits, reflecting the country's accelerating shift toward innovation-driven development.

Visitors interact with a digital screen during the 16th China International Digital Publishing Expo in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 27, 2026. The expo will run from Aug. 27 to 29 in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. First ...

A sandwich shop in Ujjain, India, recently attracted attention online after a humanoid robot arrived at its opening ceremony accompanied by security guards and danced to music in front of a crowd. A report by the Economic Times described it ...

China and Poland are seeking to further deepen bilateral trade and investment cooperation, according to China's the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday, after the 20th meeting of the China-Poland Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Beijing. ...

In a new essay published on Wednesday, Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in “one of the most turbulent times in human history,” which could either become “the greatest equalizer ever invented, ...

China's production of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) rose 30 percent year-on-year in July to 1.55 million units, with a penetration rate of 61 percent, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Thursday.

"Just found out about this beautiful Chinese perfume company and I need to smell of these so badly." This enthusiastic comment from a netizen overseas on X may sound like a small moment in the vast world of social media, but ...

Profits in China's integrated circuit industry surged 18.5-fold year-on-year in the first seven months of 2026, as the accelerated expansion of the “AI+” initiative and sustained growth in computing-power demand boosted demand for related products, pushing up prices and driving ...

The share of zero-tariff imports in goods trade for China and Switzerland will exceed 99 percent, after the two sides recently concluded negotiations on upgrading the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) told a ...

China has always opposed the practice of overstretching the concept of national security and suppressing enterprises from other countries, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday, responding to a question on US declaring of a "national emergency" regarding ...

Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China and Kyrgyzstan have maintained a steadily advancing economic and trade partnership in recent years, with bilateral cooperation delivering positive results across trade, investment and infrastructure, Huang Ling, a spokesperson ...

The US' launch of a Section 301 probe into 16 economies, including China, on the grounds of so-called overcapacity, which politicizes economic and trade issues, is a typical act of unilateralism and protectionism, which China firmly opposes, Huang Ling, a ...

Divisions are widening within the European Union (EU) over how far the bloc should go in shielding its industries from foreign competition, as France pushes for tougher "Made in Europe" requirements while Germany and other member states warn that overly ...

China's first fully automated production line for chemical-flooding polymers used in offshore oilfields began construction on Tuesday in the Nangang Industrial Zone in North China's Tianjin. Once completed, the project will enable large-scale domestic production of polymers, the core agent ...

The US latest executive order banning certain foreign-made equipment from the US power grid has been dismissed by Chinese experts as a "political show" - one that exposes a fundamental contradiction: Washington relies heavily on Chinese-made equipment to keep its ...

As many as 43 airports across China are expected to be affected by Typhoon Saudel from August 27 to 31, according to aviation information platform VariFlight on Thursday.

Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI said that its newly launched GLM-5.3-Flash, the first native multimodal model in its GLM-5 series, is served entirely by 100,000 domestically produced chips, underscoring China's push to build large-scale AI infrastructure using homegrown semiconductors.

Editor's Note: China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry has made striking progress in recent years, changing not only the cars themselves but also how they are developed, sold, and taken to global markets. The sector is also helping set new industry standards, ...

Profits made by China's integrated circuit or semiconductors industry, spanning computing and memory chips, skyrocketed 18.5 times year-on-year in the first seven months of 2026, propelled by explosive demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure and sustained construction of the computing capacity, ...

Profits of China's industrial firms above designated size increased 17.6 percent year on year during the first seven months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday. These industrial firms with an annual main business revenue of at ...

The total number of entry-exit trips at Beijing ports has surpassed 15 million as of Tuesday, up 9 percent year on year and reaching the milestone 20 days earlier than in 2025, according to the Beijing General Station of Exit ...

Located in the heart of the Pearl River Delta, Foshan in Guangdong province is a national renowned historical and cultural city whose name dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). As a key birthplace of Lingnan culture, Foshan has long ...

A straight punch lands, sending two humanoid robots into a close-range clash. Nearby, another loses its balance mid-turn, falls to the mat, then gets back on its feet. At the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games, punches, kicks, collisions and falls ...

Tesla China on Wednesday denied reports that its Shanghai data center, which was built to support the rollout of the company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, also known as FSD Supervised, in China, had been shut down and that the relevant ...

China has successfully established a two-way laser link over a distance of more than 400,000 kilometers between Earth and the moon, achieving the country's first two-way high-speed laser communication in cislunar space, facilitating China's crewed lunar landings, the construction of ...

While China and South Korea are moving at different paces, their core objectives are largely aligned: Both are seeking a more stable, efficient alternative for Asia-Europe cargo flows amid growing risks on traditional maritime routes.

Just one week after its blockbuster Shanghai's STAR Market debut, Chinese humanoid robotmaker Unitree Robotics has lost more than 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) in market value from its opening-day peak, in a rapid repricing that analysts said is bringing ...

China is ramping up efforts to advance new-energy vehicle (NEV) safety through proactive recalls, a move that has made major contributions to helping shape standards that the global industry needs, a Chinese industry representative said on Wednesday.

Chinese market regulators have jointly released a work plan on strengthening cross-regional quality chains for brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, aiming to accelerate interdisciplinary innovation that integrates BCI technology with frontier fields such as neuroscience and artificial ...

Tiangong Ultra, developed by Beijing-based X-Humanoid, won the 100-meter large-group final in 8.64 seconds at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games, resetting the games' own record in the process. That is faster than the best 100-meter time of over 12 ...

On August 11, 2026, the Australian luxury wine brand Penfolds officially launched its 2026 Penfolds Collection in China, two days before its parent company—Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), released its annual results. According to the announcement, demand for the Penfolds brand ...

A bridge in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has shattered the world record for concrete arch bridges, with the main span jumping from 445 meters to 600 meters in one leap, surpassing achievements made by other bridge-building countries such ...

The Aishenxing-1 01 orbital platform, China's first long-duration orbital platform converted from the upper stage of a commercial carrier rocket, has successfully completed its two-year on-orbit test mission, Chinese private space company Galactic Energy, which developed the platform independently, announced ...

The 21st Taicang Rothenburg Beer Carnival successfully concluded on the evening of August 22. As an annual Chinese-German cultural event in Taicang, known as the "Hometown of German Enterprises," this year's beer festival attracted numerous citizens and tourists from home ...

Chinese tech giant Huawei and US‑based computer maker HP announced the signing of a multiyear global patent cross-licensing agreement, including license to HP for certain Huawei Wi-Fi patents, the Global Times learned from Huawei on Wednesday.

Nepal's 18th NADA Auto Show kicked off here on Tuesday, bringing together more than 50 vehicle brands. This is the second large-scale international auto show held in Nepal this month.

China's advantages have become important drivers of multinational companies' growth in China, and also key factors that help these companies build competitiveness globally, an official said on Tuesday.

Editor's Note: China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry has made striking progress in recent years, changing not only the cars themselves but also how they are developed, sold, and taken to global markets. The sector is also helping set new industry standards, ...

The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing will close on Wednesday with the 100-meter finals for both large and small group at the National Speed Skating Oval where Tiangong Ultra — which has rewritten the games' 100m mark twice ...

China will strengthen 6G super-high-speed mobile communication technology research and development (R&D) and prepare for its commercial rollout between now and 2030, according to Chinese officials on Wednesday.

Dove Chocolate on Tuesday issued an apology on its Sina Weibo account following widespread criticism of a short-video advertisement released during the Chinese Qixi Festival, which is known as the Valentine's Day in China.