After two decades of natural conservation with the efforts from different parties, the population of the precious species has increased around 10 times, making it an outstanding example of China's achievements in conserving ecosystems and the environment in the Qinghai-Xizang ...
The annual cotton picking season started in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in late September, with the increasing use of machineries. Some places have realized total mechanization in cotton harvest.
The Battle at Lake Changjin, whose box office is expected to be the largest in Chinese film history, has pushed the patriotic sentiment of people across the country to a peak amid the tense China-US competition and China's effective control ...
A grand ceremony to mark Confucius' 2,572nd birthday and show respect to the great ancient philosopher was held on Tuesday morning in his hometown Qufu, East China's Shandong Province. Hundreds of attendees took part in the ceremony at the Temple ...
Literacy programs from Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire and Mexico were awarded with the Confucius Prize on Monday in Qufu, hometown of the philosopher in East China's Shandong Province, a day before his 2,572nd birthday.
Soldiers from the art troupe of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command performed at the headquarters and frontline military posts of a plateau-stationed model battalion based in Xigaze, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday. The battalion is ...
China should gradually build up and implement the comprehensive carbon emissions control system during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), according to a report by the country's top environmental advisors published on Wednesday.
Advanced technologies related to the current hottest topics, such as virus prevention, carbon emission reduction, and the winter Olympics are now on display at the ongoing 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS).
China's environmental authority vowed on Thursday to promote the capability of carbon sinks in the ocean as a key part of the country's efforts to confront climate change and fulfill its goals to achieve carbon peak before 2030 and carbon ...
China's goals for carbon emissions to peak by 2030 and to reach carbon neutrality by 2060 have brought new opportunities, a top Chinese researcher has said, noting that society's enthusiasm for the goals can boost innovation and help to foster ...
With the help of remote-sensing satellites, China has completed the identification of potential geological disasters in regions with high risks, covering areas such as the Three Gorges project and the southeastern areas in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, said the ...
With a grand celebration held in front of Lhasa's Potala Palace in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, people on Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet. After seven decades of miraculous progress in the high-plateau region, ...
After fighting the "longest war" in its history, the US is now witnessing a complete failure in Afghanistan, a country also known as "the Graveyard of Empires," which analysts have said is a "page of shame" that the US has ...
The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, has successfully contained the first large flood with a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters per second thanks to the accurate scientific predictions and preparation, according to the operator on Wednesday.
A Chinese researcher refuted the hype on the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Chinese cities based on a recent research, and urged the developed countries to shoulder greater responsibility in tackling climate change due to their historical emissions ...
People in Jining, East China's Shandong Province believe their intangible cultural heritage is their genetic code.
Jining may be less well-known than big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, however, it enjoys the status as a distinguished cradle of Chinese civilization. During the past 2,000 years, the city has played an important role in how China has ...
Since two snow leopards - a mother and her cub - were captured by an infrared camera in the mountains on the night of September 30, 2020, the Beishan Forest Farm has repeatedly found traces of the big cats, whether ...
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday initiated the Year of Sustainable Development Cooperation in Beijing to mark the 30th anniversary of dialogue between the two sides, underlining collaboration on issues such as climate change, biodiversity ...
China has swung into gear to fortify its flood-defense network ahead of what may be a heavy flood season, with 97 rivers across the country having already exceeded warning levels as of Thursday.
Air quality in China continued to improve in 2020 with the country's efforts to beat the air pollution in past years, according to an annual report on the country's environmental condition on Wednesday. Authorities noted that the country was ...
China plans to launch a nationwide carbon trading market by June, an official said on Wednesday, showing strengthening efforts to reach the country's ambitious goal of net-zero emissions by 2060.
The so-called Tibetan "government-in-exile" has announced its "new political leader," but the new "government" will not change its essence of seeking for "Tibet independence", observers in China have said, noting that the election result has shown the exacerbated internal conflicts ...
China has seen "hottest" holiday in the past few days since the COVID-19 pandemic happened, as tourism industry enjoyed overall prosperity during the five-day May Day holidays, showing China's achievements in tackling the pandemic and recovering the economy.
As this year marks the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s 100th anniversary of its founding, this May 4, which is known as Youth Day in China to commemorate the May Fourth Movement, has seen a strong patriotic atmosphere, with young ...
The US embassy and consulates in China resumed accepting student visa applications on Tuesday, which was suspended last year amid the COVID-19. However, after the whole year fighting the pandemic, frequent attacks on Asians, and rising skepticism and even discrimination ...
Engineers and experts said that though the dam faced a harsh flood test last year, this summer it is expected to go through a steady rainy season, and the dam is fully prepared for any circumstances.
The world's largest hydropower project, the Three Gorges Dam, opened its doors on Saturday to welcome the public for a visit to illustrate its achievements in producing clean energy, preventing floods and ecological conservation.
China is committed to achieving its major targets on fighting climate change, including realizing a carbon emissions peak in 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality in 2060, calling for jointly building a community for man and nature, Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
By inviting US climate envoy John Kerry to Shanghai to discuss climate issues, China has demonstrated its ambition in global climate governance, and also sent a signal to the US that climate negotiations between the two are on equal terms, ...
With climate change as one of the remaining areas China and the US can carry out cooperation amid bilateral tensions, US climate envoy John Kerry's reported visit, yet to be confirmed, still carries a positive signal of a cooperative facet ...
The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started storing water as the gate of number two diversion bottom hole closed on April 6, meaning the world's largest hydropower project under construction has taken a critical step toward the goal for the ...
The Friday train crash on the island of Taiwan that has killed at least 50 has drawn great attention from people in the Chinese mainland, who have been expressing condolences to Taiwan compatriots over the deadly train accident and extending ...
New archeological findings from ancient China's Western Zhou Dynasty (1,046 BC-771 BC) have been introduced to the public at the excavation site in Liulihe town, Fangshan district, southwestern Beijing.
New archeological findings from ancient China's Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC) were introduced to the public at the excavation site in Liulihe town, Fangshan district, southwestern Beijing.
A solar energy design competition kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday, as part of an effort to invite younger generations to discuss the carbon neutrality path in architecture and new energy technology innovations under the current situation to face ...
China is running the world's largest nationwide campaign to encourage COVID-19 inoculation via creative, considerate, and non-coercive measures to persuade people to get vaccinated. Choices made by the public will be crucial in achieving the herd immunity goal of immunizing ...
This spring, many parts of northern China, including the capital Beijing, have been consistently invaded by sand and dust from Mongolia. The two neighboring countries have been sharing projects for controlling the sand in recent decades, but the dreadful sandstorms ...
The engagement of Chinese and US climate envoys at China co-hosted virtual multilateral talks on Tuesday would serve as a good start for direct bilateral communications and more detailed actions between the two biggest emitters in the world, whose current ...
China and the US have agreed to establish a joint working group to tackle climate change via the Friday high-level strategic discussions in Alaska, an action that renewed the climate cooperation efforts between the two countries during Barak Obama's presidency. ...
Chinese and foreign experts hailed the achievement China has made in preserving Tibetan culture and poverty alleviation work in Tibet Autonomous Region at an online forum this month.
Digitalization, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity will be the key trends in the future development of the photovoltaic (PV) industry as part of China's journey to achieve its carbon peak goal and carbon neutrality vision. At that stage electricity is ...
In the street of Changsha city, Central China's Hunan in the 1910s, children are crying by the street with their faces covered in mud, waiting to be sold off; a beggar is groveling on the ground; police officers are marching ...
Four steel enterprises in North China's Hebei Province have been held accountable for failing to meet emission reduction requirements and falsifying production records amid heavy pollution, which has been lingering for more than a week and affecting multiple regions, including ...
The planned Yarlung Zangbo River hydropower project in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region may have been further guaranteed as it is mentioned in the national development blueprint for the next five years and beyond.
Southwest China's Sichuan Province, known as the hometown of giant pandas, is seeking to further exploit the economic potential of the world's favorite bear with a large panda-themed international resort that will open to guests in May.
Foreign anti-China forces by no means care about the Tibetan people, nor are they really concerned about Tibetan Buddhism, the 11th Panchen Lama said on Wednesday, when he was participating in the two sessions.
A Chinese political advisor suggested the country should accelerate building the Yarlung Tsangbo national park in the southeastern part of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, an action to further preserve the local ecosystem that features rich biodiversity.
Young people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan should be allowed to join the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to contribute to the development of national defense, as some of them have voiced such expectations, a Taiwan deputy to the National ...
A National People's Congress (NPC) deputy from Taiwan who works in the medical sector opposed Taiwan regional authorities' politicization of Chinese mainland-produced vaccines, and said the mainland is capable of supplying COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, while suggesting residents from the ...
China's education authorities have announced 37 new university courses, with the ones related to smart technologies and security drawing public attention. It shows China's growing need for talent in AI and global counterterrorism cooperation, experts noted.
The Chinese minister of Ecology and Environment has urged the trading in national carbon market to start before the end of June, while requesting to consider the implementation of carbon emissions peak and carbon neutrality as key political tasks.
Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly declared "complete victory" on eradicating extreme poverty in China at a national commendation conference on Thursday - four months before the centennial of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) - marking another ...
The central government has appointed China's top climate advisor, Xie Zhenhua, as China's special envoy on climate change, with observers describing his return as "answering the nation's call" when China needs a powerful and experienced figure to lead its ...
China's top climate advisor Xie Zhenhua will serve as China's special envoy on climate change. An office on climate issues will also be launched which will be affiliated to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), the ministry confirmed Thursday.
President Xi Jinping solemnly declared China's "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty during a conference in Beijing on Thursday. The announcement of this great miracle in the human history of poverty reduction came four months before the centenary of the ...
Only less than a year till the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Beijing and its co-host city of Zhangjiakou are currently holding a testing program for the event to troubleshoot problems and accumulate data and much-needed experience.
Ski resorts and skating rinks have been busy during Spring Festival as winter sports are increasingly a popular choice for the Chinese people to enjoy the holiday. With strict virus prevention measures, the entertainment on ice has contributed to holiday ...
Chinese education authority has recently vowed to enhance physical education and psychological direction in a response to a previous proposal from a top policy advisor calling on the country to strengthen "masculinity" education for boys, which has ignited heated debate ...
It remains uncertain if Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province will be able to host the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, a senior ...
Thursday is the first day of chunyun, or the Spring Festival travel rush, which is often described as the "world's largest annual human migration." But this year, the usual crowded scenes in railway stations and airports are missing due to ...
China's top environment authority has found that several metallurgical plants are responsible for the thallium pollution in the upper stream of the Yangtze River. The authority urged local governments to solve the pollution problem and ensure the safety of drinking ...
China and the US saw sanctions to each other during the Trump administration with the bilateral ties hitting the low ebb, especially in the past two years, affecting cooperation and exchanges in many areas between the two countries. However, some ...
Since the initial site selection of a hydraulic project for Poyang Lake - one of China's largest freshwater lakes in the Yangtze River basin - was made public earlier this month, environmental volunteer Liu Huili and her coworkers have been ...
Minutes after Wednesday noon in Washington as Joe Biden was being sworn in as 46th US president, China's Foreign Ministry announced sanctions on 28 anti-China politicians under the former president including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo in a move ...
The cultural heritage authorities in Beijing on Wednesday showcased the latest findings in the archaeological excavation of a city wall section from the Jin Dynasty (1115 -1234).
Some COVID-19 elderly patients in a local village had attended religious activities regularly at a villager's home before they were confirmed in the latest outbreak in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei Province, a village head told Beijing-based Health Times on Thursday. ...
It took more than four rounds of nucleic acid tests – which are considered as the most accurate and convenient way to determine novel coronavirus infection in the global COVID-19 pandemic fight, for 24 out of 82 confirmed local infection ...
China's environment authority on Tuesday published pilot rules for carbon emission trading management, days after the launch of the country's national carbon market, a move to further promote China's green, low-carbon development.
The so-called "Tibetan government-in-exile" held an election of its new "political leader" over the weekend, who is expected to face several uncertainties, such as the impact from the 14th Dalai Lama succession issue and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as ...
"We are the world. We are the children." With the help of holographic technology, children from Italy and China were able to surprise the audience by singing together on the stage at a New Year concert in Shanghai on Thursday. ...
China's full-fledged poverty reduction campaign created a world miracle which has not only benefited millions of Chinese people, but also exerted a positive influence on other developing countries, as many have either received support or taken reference from China's successful ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the world, vaccines have become a life-saving straw that many people are eager to grasp. But at the moment, the availability is limited and the first batches are earmarked for those in the most ...
Now, a headmaster of Experimental High School in Wangmo county in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, Liu is using his abilities to help children living in poverty or difficulties to have more opportunities in education, which could change their fates.
A new bishop was ordained in the diocese of Linfen, North China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday morning, marking the second appointed bishop after the renewal of a China-Vatican appointment agreement in late October.
The development of e-commerce is injecting vitality into China's poverty reduction and rural revitalization efforts. Enterprises and the government are working together, dynamically integrating technology, education and employment through customer service phone calls and logistics express orders, allowing more people ...
Zhugou village is a community in Queshan county, Central China's Henan Province, known as the world's “factory of violins.” For every 10 hand-made violins sold around the world, nine are made in Queshan.
China is to give people in high-risk COVID-19 groups coronavirus vaccine first, aiming to build a herd immunity protection chain through an active immunization program, said a senior official of the national medical authority on Saturday.
It seemed the development of Dadiba village had no solution, but the past years proves another story.
Every year, tens of thousands of people visit the county-level city, a sacred place in China's history of revolution in modern history, to trace and worship the Jinggangshan spirit - "overcoming difficulties with hard work and relying on the masses ...
The Chaglla hydroelectric power plant in Peru has become a reflection of Chinese companies' capability and responsibilities with its high-quality operation and efforts in local environment, social welfare and infrastructural constructions.
Senior officials and experts from several Chinese governmental departments including top authorities in environment, energy, construction and traffic have vowed to comprehensive steps in confronting the climate change and achieving China's goals of a carbon peak and neutrality during a ...
The China Three Gorges Corporation became an official partner of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing after a signing ceremony on Tuesday, aiming to promote clean energy.
Jinggangshan in East China's Jiangxi Province is known as a revolutionary base in modern Chinese history. This spirit continued to be passed on. In 2017, it became the first poverty-stricken county in China to shake off poverty.
Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the country's ambitious pledge to fight against climate change on Saturday night by greatly reducing its carbon dioxide emissions and increasing the share of non-fossil fuels and forest stock in the next decade, which is ...
The spider men's performance is the highlight of the scenic area. Climbing the hugged cliff faces is a centuries-old tradition of the local people of the Miao ethnic group, when their ancestors used to hang coffins on a cliff face. ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to participate in the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit and deliver an important speech via video on Saturday - which marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris Accord. Experts told the Global Times on Friday ...
Dadiba village is located in the Ziyun Miao and Buyi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Guizhou Province. Set deep in mountains, it was the last village in the province to be connected to the power grid and it has long ...
Lu Lin, 38, commutes to work every day by bus, but unlike most urban workers he does not head downtown. Lu works on a farm that grows sweet potatoes in summer and broccoli in winter.
Some say China-South Korea relations have improved through both countries' survival of the COVID-19 pandemic. The newly signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is expected to further strengthen trade and bilateral ties. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's ...
Su Min finally escaped, after 30 years of fulfilling her "duties" as a wife, mother and grandmother. This week she is in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, driving a caravan by herself. She visited the world's biggest prayer wheel in Shangri-la ...
Amid a vortex of worsening bilateral ties between Australia and China and tightened immigration policies, complicated by the ravages of pandemic, many Chinese in Australia feel anxious and disappointed in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's administration.
An international think tank was launched in Beijing on Tuesday, a step for China to further promote environmental conservation and green construction across Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) regions with high-level researches and cooperation.
China and South Korea will continue to enhance cooperation on tackling air pollution this winter and confronting climate change, according to the Chinese environmental authority.
China is expected to realize zero import of solid waste by the end of 2020, after which the country will implement strict measures to consolidate the policy of banning the imports.
China will build a hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River, one of the major waters in Asia that also passes through India and Bangladesh, and the head of the involved company said that the project could serve to maintain ...
A new bishop was ordained in a Catholic cathedral in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on Monday, the first bishop consecration being publicly reported after China and Vatican announced the renewal of their agreement on bishop appointment in late October.
China said it will prioritize the strengthening of international cooperation on vaccine development, and make concrete efforts to promote equal distribution, as the Chinese leader has promised to make the vaccines accessible to developing countries on major diplomatic occasions, including ...
Police in Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan Province recently found 10 illegal foreign migrant workers at a food factory during a campaign to crackdown on illegal immigration and strengthen virus prevention work in the region.
After all the ups and downs of the US presidential election campaign, it seems the boots have almost hit the ground. As a leading superpower, the choice of the next president gets global attention and India is no exception.
From smart unmanned vaccination capsules and artificial meat to the world's first complete carbon fiber supercar and the safest electric wheeled excavator, the ongoing third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai has become a fest for high-tech products, showcasing ...
Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed in 2013, China has invested and constructed more than 80 hydropower projects globally across six continents. While helping different regions raise standards of living and stimulate their economies, these projects also ...
The world should be alerted to the continuing deployment of biological and chemical weapons laboratories by the US around the world, which shows its heightened cold-war mentality is causing security dilemmas in vulnerable regions, observers noted.
The proposals of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) were approved at the just-concluded Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on Thursday. The top-level policy blueprint is expected to ...
US attacks on China's contribution to protecting the environment and tackling global climate change are based purely on political purposes, and the US should take responsibility as a big power in global environment and climate affairs, said officials from China's ...
Freedom House, a US nongovernmental organization that judges the level of freedom in countries around the world, is actually a US government tool used to interfere in other countries' affairs.
While the Trump administration has been turning back the clock on climate and environment issues, China has seen great progress and development in environment management and is expected to continue adopting vigorous measures in its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), a ...
It has been a commonplace to see the US' anti-China forces stand behind so-called non-profit groups in pointing fingers at China's religious policies, attempting to disturb China's political and social stability with lies and sabotage.
China announced two reciprocal sanctions on the US over its latest arms sales to the island of Taiwan and its crackdown on Chinese media on Monday a week ahead of the US presidential election.
China demanded that China-based branches of six US media in the country declare in written form the information about their staff, finance, operation and real estate in China within 7 days from Monday in a reciprocal measure against US decision ...
Regional countries have been outraged by Japan's potential move to discharge Fukushima contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, which intensified over the weekend after a report saying that the 1 million ton of radioactive water could damage human DNA.
Shufu county of Kashi Prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported one asymptomatic COVID-19 case Saturday night, who was found during a routine testing, the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.
An employee from Chinese vaccine producer Sinovac says the company is to follow the requirements of authorities after Brazilian medicine department approved the import of 6 million Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccines, despite twists and turns in the country's decision about the ...
China and the Vatican decided on Thursday to extend a provisional agreement on bishops appointment by two years, Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Thursday, marking a big step toward what insiders said greater and deeper future ties between the two sides. ...
The renewal of a provisional bishop agreement between China and the Vatican not only reflects strong and healthy momentum between the two countries in bishop appointment, but also carries special importance of the Holy See's goodwill to move forward relations ...
China is sharing the experience of using TCM in the treatment of COVID-19 with foreign countries as clinical observation shows that in Hubei, the province hit hardest by the virus in China, more than 90 percent of the infected patients ...
The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a history of more than 20 years spreading in Russia, especially among governmental officials and businessmen. With the development of COVID-19 epidemic in Russia, TCM has been gaining recognition in preventing virus and strengthening ...
After recovering from being seriously ill with COVID-19, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko became a fan of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and called on the international society to earnestly study TCM and apply it to the fight against COVID-19 ...
After recovering from being seriously ill with COVID-19, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko became a fan of TCM and called on the international society to earnestly study TCM and apply it to the fight against COVID-19 and other diseases.
A charter plane carrying Taiwan personnel from "coast guard and defense authority" was reportedly rejected and forced to return by the management authority at Hong Kong's flight information region (FIR) in the South China Sea on Thursday, which observers ...
China and Solomon Islands have built diplomatic relations for one year. The two sides have carried out exchanges and cooperation in various fields and achieved fruitful outcomes. The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Solomon Islands held an ...
China's CO2 emissions could plateau by 2025 before beginning to decline around 2030 with reinforced management policies in emission reduction, according to a report on China's low-carbon development published by a top environment institute on Monday.
Regardless of its intentions, the Kuomintang (KMT)'s latest proposals against the Communist Party of China (CPC), and promoting the Taiwan island's relationship with the US, will not only tarnish KMT, but also severely harm cross-Straits relations, observers said.
US President Donald Trump has been making use of his COVID-19 infection to keep himself in the media spotlight to strengthen his base and stimulate more votes for him, Chinese observers said, after the president left the hospital only after ...
US President Donald Trump returned to the White House after undergoing three days of first-class treatment at the Walter Reed military medical center. While experts have noted Trump's eagerness to return to the upcoming presidential election, ignoring safety measures could ...
