China's week-long National Day holiday began Thursday, extending a travel peak that started with the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from September 25, with travel agency data showing that Chinese globetrotters are opting to customize their outbound trips to combine multiple destinations ...

China's commitment to open source, openness, cooperation and sharing provides a practical pathway for Global South countries to seize opportunities in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and bridge the North-South AI divide, experts have said. At the 2026 Global South ...

Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its Mate 90 series smartphone on Thursday, the first day of China's National Day holidays, powered by the latest Kirin series Tau chips adopting logic folding technology.

China and the US are the world's two largest economies. Their economies are extensive, closely linked, and far-reaching in impact, with deeply intertwined industrial and supply chains. That each is embedded in the other is an objective fact. For more ...

This autumn, tree-ripened durians have been harvested in southwest China's Yunnan Province, as durian trees in experimental orchards have steadily come into bearing after years of trial cultivation.

China's newly opened high-speed railway sections are expected to boost tourism, especially during holidays such as the ongoing National Day holiday, industry experts and local officials said.

In early September 2026, Egyptian young man named Abbas launched an account on a Chinese social media platform. In his profile, he proudly noted that he had been featured three times in the People's Daily. His first post was the ...

At a multi-sport tournament, innovation is often easy to recognize: faster equipment, smarter systems, more sophisticated technology. At the 2026 Asian Games, however, innovation is also appearing in a less conventional place – inside a virtual world.

The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) has expressed deep concern over a recent spate of restrictive measures by relevant EU institutions and member states at both legislative and administrative levels, saying ...

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 50.1 in September, returning to expansion territory after two months below 50, with the economic recovery trend further consolidating, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and ...

An additional 55 percent tariff will be imposed on beef imported from Brazil starting at 00:00 on October 1, 2026, China's Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) said Wednesday on its official website.

Chinese consumer brands expanding overseas are moving beyond simply exporting products to building long-term local operations. As an important pillar of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and a key China-ASEAN trade hub, Singapore has become the first stop for Luckin ...

"Once the solar power system is up and running, we won't need to burn coal for heating this winter," a local villager told power grid workers conducting facility inspections in a mountain village in Shangcheng County, Central China's Henan Province, ...

China's 2026 express delivery volume had surpassed 150 billion packages as of Sept. 29, hitting the mark 12 days earlier than in 2025, the State Post Bureau said on Wednesday.

China on Tuesday vowed to respond resolutely to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese industries if the EU insists on introducing discriminatory restrictions against Chinese companies or products, after media reports that some EU member states are drafting ...

China urges the EU to stay on the right track of managing differences through dialogue. China will closely follow the EU's next moves. If the EU insists on introducing discriminatory restrictions against Chinese companies or products, China will respond resolutely ...

Robots are moving out of laboratories and exhibition halls and into shopping malls and commercial streets across China. As more Chinese robotics companies open brick and mortar stores, ordinary consumers can now not only see and interact with robots up ...

China on Tuesday unveiled a new program aimed at achieving breakthroughs at the frontiers of science and producing major original research achievements in key fields, while also outlining a broader slate of major research missions for the 15th Five-Year Plan ...

China on Tuesday lowered the rate on a key central bank lending facility and introduced interest subsidies for new commercial mortgages aimed at eligible first-time homebuyers, part of a combination of policy measures aiming to promote innovation-driven, high-quality and sound ...

China and Canada have mapped out new cooperation priorities in agricultural technology, soil health and seed industry, marking a major step forward in stabilizing and expanding bilateral agricultural collaboration, according to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on ...

Preparations are fully underway for the APEC CEO Summit 2026, which will be held in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong, from November 17 to 18, and the summit has attracted widespread attention from all parties, with US companies being particularly active ...

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has made global headlines for the widespread adoption of its large language model, and that popularity may now be translating into rapid revenue growth. Some Chinese analysts estimate that the star firm's annualized revenue could reach ...

China is expected to secure a bumper grain harvest this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Tuesday. This year, the summer grain output exceeded 150 million tonnes for the first time, and early rice output remained above 28 ...

Preparations are underway for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit 2026, which will be held in Shenzhen, China, from November 17 to 18. This year's business summit has attracted widespread attention from all parties, with US companies actively signing ...

From September 19 to 20, the 2026 China‑ASEAN Engineers Forum was held in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Marking the 35th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations and the in-depth advancement of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0, the ...

China's dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) announced that it will use a portion of its excess initial public offering (IPO) proceeds to fund two new projects worth 18 billion yuan ($2.68 billion).

US businesses continue to view the Chinese market as a strategic priority, as China's supply chains, pace of innovation and talent pool help boost US firms' global competitiveness, the head of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham ...

A new intercity train service linking Boten in northern Laos with the capital Vientiane was launched on Monday, further improving the passenger transport network on the Laos section of the China-Laos Railway and making same-day trips between northern Laos and ...

China is set to complete a next-generation geological map of the entire Mars by the end of 2028, a key scientific output expected to support the country's Tianwen-3 Mars sample-return mission, the mission's chief scientist said on Monday.

China's market is becoming harder for India to overlook. Indian news agency ANI reported that India's Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, said that India and China are working toward strengthening trade ties, people-to-people contacts and cultural exchanges, while focusing ...

China-EU economic ties are set to face a key test in October, following months of increasingly intense debate in Europe over so-called trade imbalances and competition with China. The Global Times (GT) spoke with Michael Schumann (Schumann), chairperson of the ...

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday announced 10 outcomes from the latest China-US economic and trade talks, including reciprocal tariff reduction on $30 billion worth of imports, an arrangement for the artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue, and an extension of ...

China opened four high-speed railway lines on Monday, bringing more cities and counties into the national network and shortening journeys across regions ahead of the seven-day National Day holidays, as expanding transport connections create opportunities for tourism and local economic ...

Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio and Geely Holding Group announced a comprehensive partnership in charging and battery swapping on Monday, including cross-investments in their energy businesses and plans to support battery-swappable vehicles for individual consumers, Nio's WeChat official account said. ...

China unveiled a new five-year plan for its battery industry on Monday, aiming for the initial large-scale application of all-solid-state batteries by 2030 as the country accelerates the transition of next-generation battery technology from research to commercialization.

China's civil aviation sector is gearing up for a seven-day National Day holidays travel rush starting on Thursday. Airports across the country are bracing for surging passenger flows, with demand for international routes seeing particularly robust growth.

China has always participated in global artificial intelligence (AI) governance with a constructive and responsible attitude and has steadily contributed Chinese solutions. China consistently maintains that the United Nations should play its role as the main channel, and that a ...

China's position on the TikTok issue has been consistent and clear, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday, in response to a question about remarks by Germany's Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media that Europe should ...

China's ocean drilling vessel Mengxiang, meaning "dream," has set a national record in deep-sea drilling, elevating its capability to the 5,000-meter level, after obtaining basalt samples from the South China Sea basin, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) said on ...

China, home to the world's largest high-speed rail network, opened four major high-speed railway sections to traffic on Monday, improving transport links across several regions.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday announced 10 outcomes from the latest China-US economic and trade talks, including reciprocal tariff reduction on $30 billion worth of imports, the arrangement for the artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue, and an extension of ...

In the first eight months of this year, the profits made by China's high-tech manufacturing enterprises above the designated size surged 54.7 percent year-on-year, which is 39 percentage points faster than the overall growth rate for major industrial enterprises, the ...

China and the US have agreed to extend the Kuala Lumpur trade arrangement to January 10, 2027, while continuing active discussions aimed at reaching a solution agreed by both sides. The two sides also reaffirmed their commitment to implementing consensus ...

Profits of China's industrial firms above designated size increased 15.7 percent year on year during the first eight months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. These industrial firms with an annual main business revenue of ...

China will review and approve, in accordance with laws and regulations, applications by financial services institutions from various countries, including US-funded institutions, to conduct business and establish branches in China, as part of the positive outcomes reached by the Chinese ...

China and the US have agreed to convene the next artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue before the end of November this year, and to set up a communication channel for AI-related incidents, according to China's Ministry of Commerce on Monday.

China and the US have agreed to reduce tariffs on about $30 billion worth of imports from each other on a reciprocal basis, with tariffs on about 90 percent of the products on each side to be lowered to most-favored-nation ...

No steering wheel, no pedals and no rearview mirrors. For the fifth consecutive year at the Global Digital Trade Expo, Tesla once again pushed the boundaries of imagination, this time via its fully autonomous Cybercab. The two-seat Cybercab features butterfly doors ...

A cargo ship loads and unloads containers at a terminal in Lianyungang Port, East China's Jiangsu Province, on the morning of September 27, 2026. During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the port worked to keep foreign trade logistics running smoothly while ...

At this year's Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, some of the most revealing artificial intelligence (AI) products were not necessarily the biggest or the flashiest. One helped scholars trace historical references more efficiently. Another folded clothes. AI glasses targeted ...

The Japanese yen remains under pressure despite the closely watched rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the central bank. The dollar-yen exchange rate fluctuated within a relatively narrow range during the past week, standing at about 158 yen ...

EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said in a letter to EU countries' energy ministers that Europe is facing an energy price crisis as fallout from the Iran war roils oil and gas markets, urging countries to consider measures to curb ...

The Chancay-Shanghai shipping route has seen increasingly frequent sailings and booming two-way trade since the beginning of this year, according to a Sunday report by China News Service citing Shanghai Customs statistics.

Railway stations and roads nationwide are packed, as people head home from their travel destinations on the last day of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday on Sunday. That traffic will add up to the estimated total inter-regional trips of 650 ...

China's space-based breeding is moving beyond the "carpooling" era, as Northwest China's Shaanxi Province recently announced to build a lab for space biological mutation and start developing the country's first dedicated commercial satellite for space breeding. This means seeds traveling ...

China's Heihe pedestrian port in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, serving a cross-river ropeway linking the city with Russia's Blagoveshchensk, has passed a national acceptance inspection, Heilongjiang Daily reported on Sunday.

A land block in North China's Shanxi Province adds more than 100 billion cubic meters of proven reserves of coalbed methane, marking a key step in the exploration and development of the deep coalbed methane, which will ramp up the ...

The road section of the Shituo Yangtze River Bridge, a key project on the Chongqing-Wanzhou high-speed railway, closed its main span on Saturday in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Once completed, the bridge is expected to set four world records, according ...

In a light drizzle at Can Tho Port in southern Vietnam, cranes unloaded containers from the first foreign trade vessel to sail through China's newly opened Pinglu Canal.

China registers robust travel volume on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, with passenger flows remaining high across transport networks.

On August 27, State Grid Suzhou Power Supply Company conducted its first drone-based X-ray flaw detection operation on "three-span" transmission line (lines crossing railways, highways, or major waterways) within its service area - specifically the 220kV Jia-Qi Line. This operation ...

On September 15, supported by the State Grid (Suzhou) Urban Research Institute and the State Grid Suzhou Industrial Park Power Supply Company, Suzhou Industrial Park completed testing of the regulation capabilities of its virtual power plant (VPP) resources.

Brussels is reportedly pressing Britain to align with its tougher trade approach toward China, amid calls for more restrictive China-related economic policies grow in Europe. Chinese experts warned on Saturday that the push reflects the EU's lack of confidence in ...

As the digital economy accelerates, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a new growth driver for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, driven by expanding practical applications, according to a new report.

“Three days off for a 13-day super vacation” has sparked heated discussion and might appeal to some bold travelers as people plan for the Mid-Autumn Festival (Sep 25-27) and National Day holidays (Oct 1-7). In addition to rising flight bookings ...

A full-size metro carriage has been moved into the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, the venue for the 48th WorldSkills Competition -- not for display, but for hands-on competition in rail vehicle technology, one of seven skills making ...

Recently, KFSN, an ABC affiliate, aired a news report: the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center at UCSF Fresno has received a new batch of point-of-care (POC) ultrasound devices — the TEX20 series. Mindray, the company that developed the medical devices, ...

At a barbecue restaurant in Badaju Market in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, the dining experience now extends beyond sizzling skewers and local delicacies to performances that introduce visitors to the city's history and culture.

China's first large offshore wind power project that utilizes 18-megawatt (MW) ultra-large offshore wind turbines on a large scale went into full operation on Thursday, according to Chinese energy giant China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN).

This aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 18, 2026 shows a view of Tianjin Port in Tianjin, north China. Tianjin is an important land-sea hub for Belt and Road cooperation. The China-SCO Port Economy Cooperation Center was inaugurated in Tianjin ...

Baoshan City in China's Yunnan develops wellness tourism around hot spring resources

China claimed the gold medal in Naraka: Bladepoint at the 20th Asian Games on Thursday, defeating Team Thailand 3-0 in the final at the Aichi Sky Expo in Aichi, Japan.

At a deep-water terminal on China's east coast in late September, rows of electric Transit City vans — fresh off Ford's China assembly line — stood in tight formation, waiting to climb aboard a giant roll-on/roll-off ship whose horns were ...

On September 22, a seminar on "From Grass to Glass" Dutch Dairy Full-chain Management was held in Beijing. Hosted by the Dutch Dairy Association (NZO) and the China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA), and supported by the Embassy of ...

China and the US held their first dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) under the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism at the recently held eighth round of economic and trade consultations in the US, a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson ...

China and the US maintain communication on arrangements for interactions between the two heads of state within the year, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday when asked whether China and the US plan to hold more economic ...

For Tong Anran, after two and a half years on a stretch of Horqin sandy land in north China, one thing stands out: the wind isn't as strong as it used to be. Since 2024, Tong, a technician with a forestry ...

China accounted for nearly three-fifths of industrial robots installed worldwide in 2025, further strengthening its position as the world's largest market for industrial robotics, according to the World Robotics 2026 report released Thursday. A total of 354,000 industrial robots were deployed ...

Workers operate at the fermentation workshop of Xige Estate in Qingtongxia, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2026. With its dry climate and abundant sunshine, Ningxia, particularly the vast area at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, is ...

China's outbound direct investment maintained robust growth in 2025, with Chinese companies expanding their global presence while directing more capital into emerging sectors including the green and digital sectors, according to official data released on Wednesday.

China's 16-day railway travel rush for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays officially began on Wednesday and runs through October 8, with an expected 284 million passenger trips, China Railway authorities said.

The 48th WorldSkills Competition, dubbed the "Olympics of vocational skills," kicked off its first full day of contests in Shanghai on Wednesday morning, bringing together 1,385 young competitors from 68 countries and regions across 64 skill categories, spanning traditional craftsmanship ...

Chinese technology giant Alibaba on Wednesday unveiled plans to expand its data center network across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, stepping up its global artificial intelligence (AI) push, as Chinese cloud providers seek to win overseas customers and challenge ...

A cargo ship carrying 524 special containers departed from Jiangyin port in East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday for Port of Manzanillo in Mexico, marking the official launch of a new direct container shipping route linking Jiangsu and Mexico.

Chinese chipmaker CanSemi Technology, one of the Chinese manufacturers of 12-inch wafers to have achieved mass production, will begin its IPO subscription on Thursday as the company moves toward a listing on Shenzhen's ChiNext board. A Chinese analyst said that ...

China-Germany economic cooperation remains a win-win partnership, with the automotive industry offering a particularly clear illustration of its importance. China has become a leader in key technological areas such as batteries, autonomous driving and smart cockpits, and Germany stands to ...

A Shanghai white-collar worker surnamed Zheng had just finished a satisfying lunch at Five Guys. For the 20-something, who once studied abroad, visiting the American burger chain on Nanjing Road has become a weekly ritual – he describes as a ...

Rapid growth in the number of artificial intelligence (AI) agents and token consumption is driving a continued rise in demand for computing power, with China's intelligent computing power estimated to surge 87.9 percent year-on-year to reach 2,576.5 exaflops (EFLOPS) in ...

The EU has set October as a key juncture for assessing progress in its economic and trade talks with China. While keeping dialogue open, the EU has amplified the "China shock 2.0" narrative, blaming Chinese exports for its trade deficit ...

The issuance of more yuan-denominated government bonds to overseas investors could help address China's domestic imbalances, speed up the internationalization of the Chinese yuan, and provide safe assets for the world, according to Ju Jiandong, Unigroup chair professor at the ...

Representatives from government, academia, and industry in Australia and China expressed expectations for further Australia-China sci-tech cooperation during a series of events held on Tuesday to celebrate the tenth anniversary of a flagship initiative. Launched in 2016, the University of New ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has credited the company's Chinese workforce for the success of its Shanghai Gigafactory, praising the team's talent, dedication and manufacturing efficiency in an interview with CCTV Finance released on Wednesday.

China's increasingly strong position in global value chains is making it indispensable for global players, and that also include European companies, according to the head of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) on Tuesday, as the ...

On September 14, a second power supply line was put into operation at the Holiday Garden (Jiari Huayuan) complex in Kunshan, Suzhou, marking the end of the community's reliance on a single power source. Building on the completion of retrofitting ...

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Tuesday released a revised draft of its Guidelines for Overseas Antitrust Compliance for Enterprises for public comment, aiming to help Chinese companies better understand the latest extraterritorial antitrust trends and guard against ...

India is paying more for almost the same amount of imported oil. The Financial Express reported on Tuesday that while India's crude oil import volume fell 0.4 percent during the April-August period, the oil import bill surged 48.4 percent year-on-year ...

Tesla is reportedly auditing its suppliers in China to prepare for the production of Optimus brand humanoid robots, which reflects China's complete supply chain advantage in the robotics race, Chinese experts said.

Fresh figures from China's tax authority add to mounting evidence that China's semiconductor sector has entered a new phase of sustained performance gains. In the first eight months of this year, the sales revenue of artificial intelligence (AI)-related integrated circuit ...

China will step up recycling and pollution controls for waste generated by its fast-growing new energy industry, including retired photovoltaic modules, wind power equipment and power batteries, the Global Times learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Tuesday. ...

European Union (EU) think tanks have been amplifying the “China shock 2.0” narrative this year, portraying normal shifts in global trade and industrial competition as Chinese “overcapacity” in an effort to rally international opinion against China. At its core, the ...