Ahang, the internet-famous white lion known for his distinctive “straight bangs hairstyle”, has died at the age of 17, Guangzhou Zoo announced on Wednesday. The zoo said it will design and create a commemorative bronze statue of Ahang, hoping that ...

China seeks to balance high-quality development with high-level environmental protection over the next five years as it advances the building of a Beautiful China, a senior official said on Thursday.

World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to set up its headquarters in Shanghai

Shanghai is bathed in brilliant sunlight in July. Along a tree-lined street in Shanghai's Changning district stands a low-rise building, quietly tucked into the surrounding greenery.

"Guided by the strategic vision of the two heads of state, China and Russia will continue to uphold the purposes and principles enshrined in the treaty, expand mutually beneficial cooperation across all sectors, deliver greater well-being to peoples of both ...

China had 2.1 gigawatts of concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity in operation as of the end of June 2026, ranking second worldwide behind only Spain, the China Electricity Council said on Thursday.

The Y-9 anti-submarine aircraft debuted with upgrades in #SouthChinaSea exercise following its display at 2025 V-Day military parade, per photos released consecutively by #PLA. This indicates that the new anti-submarine aircraft has been put into operational training and achieved initial ...

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A signing ceremony of the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization was held in Shanghai on Thursday.

Results of a latest Pew Research Center poll released by the Washington DC-headquartered organization on local time Wednesday showed that China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world, and according to a related ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Shanghai.

Four Chinese academic institutions on Thursday jointly released a report titled Legal Critique of the South China Sea Arbitration Awards: The South China Sea Arbitration Awards Are Not International Law, criticizing that the arbitral tribunal established in the South China ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that the so-called report related to China and Russia released by the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is made with malicious motives and constitutes egregious conduct, to which China expresses ...

The Chinese side highly commends the decision of the Papua New Guinea government to close the "Taipei Economic Office in Papua New Guinea." This once again proves that adherence to the one-China principle reflects the prevailing trend and receives ...

A Chinese man on bail, who staged his own death by lying in a coffin and having his family bury him in an attempt to escape punishment, has been sentenced to five months in detention for dangerous driving, while his ...

A new poll by the Pew Research Center, released on Wednesday, showed that China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world, marking the first time the organization has recorded such results in the ...

China's COVID-19 epidemic remains at a low level despite a recent rise in test positivity rates at sentinel hospitals nationwide, an expert from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday, noting that no new variants ...

A van carrying more than 10 people plunged off a cliff in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Wednesday, resulting in casualties, local authorities said.

A decade after the so-called South China Sea arbitration ruling, political hype and maneuvering surrounding the case have continued, with Japan leading attempts among non-claimant countries to amplify the issue and India becoming the latest to weigh in with references ...

China's NEV sector is smashing production and sales records, yet many of the critical advanced materials behind this success were once dependent on imports. A CPC member engineer and his team devoted years to R&D, breaking foreign monopolies on key ...

A sea of glowing light sticks swayed to the dynamic rhythm of The Hottest Ethnic Trend as thousands of participants from China's Taiwan region sang in unison and erupted in cheers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Cross-Straits Youth ...

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) on Wednesday released 30 major science and technology questions and challenges for 2026 at the main forum of its 28th annual meeting in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for advancing high-quality urban renewal on Wednesday during an inspection trip to Shanghai.

At a seminar on AI safety and risk governance organized by the World Internet Conference in Beijing on Wednesday, experts warned that frontier AI tools are entering a period of accelerating risk spillover, with geopolitical factors playing a role in ...

An event at the Cuban Embassy in China brought together diplomats, officials and students and graduates from China and Cuba across various generations in Beijing on July 14, 2026, in the memory of the centenary of late Cuban revolutionary leader ...

Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as his temporary replacement in the US Senate after his unexpected death. The appointment sparked controversy among US media and netizens, as some questioned whether his sister had the political experience ...

Multiple defendants received prison sentences ranging from four to 12 years for killing national first-class protected wild animals, according to five typical biodiversity protection cases China's Supreme People's Court released on Wednesday.

A court in Central China's Henan Province has ordered a newlywed couple and nine others involved in a wedding prank to pay more than 230,000 yuan ($32,000) in compensation after a 20-year-old bridesmaid suffered a serious spinal injury that left ...

A villager ran more than 50 meters after a departing fire truck in tears to thank local firefighters after they managed to pull a 400-kilogram yellow cattle, which is a major source of income for the family, out of a ...

An event promoting the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was held on Wednesday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

Two experts selected by the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (NDCPA) have joined a mission to Uganda to support the Joint Continental Incident Management Support Team (IMST) in responding to the Ebola outbreak, the Global Times learned from the ...

A photography contest first-prize winner in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was disqualified after the contest organizer confirmed the work was AI-generated, with the award itself and all related honors being revoked, the organizer announced on Tuesday.

As Lithuania's new Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius took office on Tuesday, he signaled an intention to normalize ties with China on his first day in the job, but also claimed this could be achieved without a change in the so-called ...

China's top economic planner said Wednesday that it has allocated 30 million yuan (about 4.42 million US dollars) from the central budget to support post-disaster recovery in northeast China's Jilin Province, which was hit by heavy rainfall and flooding brought ...

The US has imposed a comprehensive blockade and illegal sanctions on Cuba for more than 60 years, inflicting grave suffering on the Cuban people. Recently, the US has escalated its measures, dealing a severe blow to Cuba's basic livelihood and ...

A speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a gathering marking the CPC's 105th founding anniversary will be published on Thursday.

Countries, including Japan, that are now openly supporting the illegal “South China Sea arbitral award” should consider whether their own maritime rights and interests would be undermined by the so-called “ruling,” a Chinese expert told the Global Times.

Northwest University in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province announced on Wednesday that it has confirmed plagiarism allegations in academic papers by Jia Qianqian, daughter of renowned Chinese writer Jia Pingwa, and substantiated the allegations of academic misconduct. The university revoked Jia ...

At 12:01 pm on July 6, a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy submarine-launched strategic missile carrying a training dummy warhead burst from the sea, pierced through the ocean surface, and streaked across the blue sky, leaving a white vapor ...

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced in a notification about its forthcoming policy prohibiting NSF funds from being expended on collaboration with entities on US restricted parties lists, which could effectively bar collaborations between NSF-funded US scientist and ...

Editor's Note: As this year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), a national conference on Party building was held in Beijing on June 15, making arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping ...

In the 26th article of the “Readers' Reflections” column, Global Times (GT) talked to Essam Sharaf (Sharaf), former Egyptian Prime Minister, to get his insights on the understanding of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and why “upholding the CPC's ...

After a Chinese female doctor was killed at a clinic in Phnom Penh on Sunday, Chinese Embassy in Cambodia said on Tuesday that it has urged Cambodian authorities to swiftly investigate the case, arrest the suspect, and ensure the safety ...

Uhas' more than half-century presence across the grasslands embodies the simplest fulfillment of the Party's mission in border regions. His lifelong habit of carrying a medical bag stems from the original aspiration he held as a CPC member.

English MV 'I Miss You On The South China Sea' officially released

The joint statement ten years after the "South China Sea arbitration award" issued by the US and the Philippines together with several European countries, plus the EU statement, are a distortion of facts and act of vilification against China. We ...

China's development of relations with Pacific island countries is aimed at strengthening South-South cooperation and promoting common development, and this should not be disrupted by any third party. Pacific island nations have the right to independently choose their development partners, ...

As this year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), a national conference on Party building was held in Beijing on June 15, making arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on ...

On the grasslands of Nagqu in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, where large numbers of pregnant Tibetan antelopes arrive from their wintering grounds in April and May to give birth before returning with their newborn calves from July to September, ...

A delegation from the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) on Tuesday kicked off a four-day visit to Shanghai, marking the party's first official trip to the mainland, Taiwan island media outlets reported.

Just weeks after a MoU was signed, tensions in the Middle East flared once again. Washington has reinstated its naval blockade of ships bound for and departing Iranian ports and conducted airstrikes against Iran for three consecutive nights, while Tehran ...

China and Russia carried out a joint fish stock enhancement and release activity in Tongjiang - a county-level city under the administration of Jiamusi, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Tuesday, as part of the two countries' continued efforts to conserve ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Rick Houenipwela, minister for foreign affairs and external trade of the Solomon Islands, in Beijing on Tuesday.

China has allocated 430 million yuan (about 63 million U.S. dollars) in central natural disaster relief funds to support flood control and typhoon relief efforts in 10 provincial-level regions, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.

China on Tuesday upgraded its emergency flood response for northeast China's Jilin Province from Level IV to Level III, as heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding in this region.

China's top economic planner said on Tuesday that it has allocated 30 million yuan (about 4.4 million US dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in northeast China's Liaoning Province, which was recently hit by heavy rainstorms ...

When asked to introduce the details of Chinese representatives once again refuting the fallacies surrounding the so-called "South China Sea Arbitration Award" during the Roundtable Dialogue on South China Sea Security held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on ...

Heavy rainstorms brought by Typhoon Bavi swept across parts of Northeast China, forcing the temporary suspension of railway services, class cancellations at schools and kindergartens, and closures of scenic spots.

"Restoring normal and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz at an early date is the shared aspiration of the international community. All relevant parties should meet each other halfway and resolve the issues properly," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin ...

Several European countries have recently joined the US and the Philippines in issuing the so-called joint statement on the 10th anniversary of the "South China Sea arbitration award," while the EU also released a related statement. The statements distorted the ...

A Chinese envoy on Monday expressed serious concern over the escalating tensions surrounding Yemen's Sanaa International Airport and called for de-escalation in the war-torn country.

A former senior Chinese official Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office for serious violations of Party discipline and laws, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Heavy persistent rains in Northeast China fueled by Typhoon Bavi have led to the suspension of multiple conventional and high-speed trains at Shenyang Railway Station and Shenyang North Railway Station in Liaoning Province on Tuesday, with services bound for Beijing, ...

An event promoting the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.

Chinese scientists have successfully developed a new type of solar cell that has achieved a steady-state power conversion efficiency of 28.04 percent, setting a new world record for this class of solar cells, chinanews.com reported on Monday.

Chinese scientists have successfully developed the world's first bionic auditory neural interface, enabling conventional cochlear implants to progress from helping users hear sounds to helping them understand what they hear, marking a major advance from restoring hearing perception to rebuilding ...

Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission's three-person crew has successfully tested an upgraded in-orbit mass measurement device at China's space station, as the three astronauts approach their 50th day in orbit with a steadily expanding roster of scientific experiments.

China aims to raise its average life expectancy to 80 years by 2030, from 79.25 years in 2025, under a national health plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

The second generating unit of the Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to the world's tallest dam, has officially begun commercial operation, achieving the project's goal of bringing two units online within half a month and marking ...

Against the backdrop of 10 years since the issuance of the so-called "South China Sea arbitration award,” a political farce cloaked in "legal" pretense that undermines peace and stability in the region, Chinese think tanks hosted the Roundtable Dialogue on ...

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul will pay an official visit to China from July 16 to 20. Amid the changing and volatile international situation, China hopes the visit will galvanize efforts to carry forward the traditional ...

New Zealand officials' comments on China's recent submarine-launched missile test in the Pacific are “using a pretext to escalate and bundle issues” and risks pushing the country's foreign and security policy further toward “bloc politics,” Chinese experts said on Monday ...

China has released a guideline aimed at improving the management system for natural resource assets, which seeks to promote the secure, efficient and sustainable use of natural resources and preserve and increase the value of such assets.

China's top economic planner said on Monday that it has allocated 30 million yuan (about 4.4 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in north China's Hebei Province, which was recently hit by heavy rainstorms ...

The "Joint Sea-2026" exercise between China and Russia concluded at a military port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province Monday, with all planned exercise missions finished.

The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held in Shanghai from July 17 to 20. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech, a Chinese foreign ministry ...

The Chinese Embassy in Japan has lodged a solemn protest and expressed strong opposition over Japan's Foreign Minister's remarks marking the 10th anniversary of the so-called South China Sea arbitration ruling and Japan's joint statement with other countries on the ...

The carrier rocket for the Chang'e-7 lunar exploration mission has arrived at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Monday.

The Fenyang city Museum in North China's Shanxi Province on Saturday completed identification of a stone Buddha head sculpture, believed to be around 1,400 years old, that was recently donated by a local villager who discovered it near a local ...

Typhoon Bavi is expected to move north, bringing prolonged heavy rainfall to northeast China through Monday and Tuesday, with parts of Northeast China's Liaoning and Jilin provinces to receive extremely heavy rain, prompting widespread class suspensions, business closures and work ...

Taiwan's regional defense department has reportedly shelved or canceled several upgrades for aging weapons systems and instead shifted toward buying new equipment. Chinese mainland experts said no matter how the regional authorities act, the mainland's military advantages over Taiwan region ...

The Chinese Embassy in the UK has slammed the UK's signing of the so-called joint statement issued by a handful of countries to "mark" the so-called "South China Sea arbitration award," warning that if the UK continues to participate in ...

In the laboratory at Tianjin University's School of Architecture, located in north China, Asma Bibi is intently refining her "climate-mental health-community" tri-resilience model. Via a practical, evidence-based framework, she hopes to help communities in Pakistan stricken by climate disasters rebuild ...

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of East China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 pm on Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday, citing Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory. While Bavi struck a ...

"Sir, thank you for your letter dated 22 January 1990. According to the Philippine National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, the Scarborough Reef or Huangyan Dao does not fall within the territorial sovereignty of the Philippines." This letter was recently ...

China's Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a statement in response to certain countries' playing up of the “South China Sea Arbitration Award” 10 years after its issuance. Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated that China does not accept or recognize the “award,” and ...

A group of Chinese tourists travelling in a bus in South Korea on Saturday worked together to rescue a bus driver who lost consciousness and helped bring an out-of-control vehicle under control, averting a serious accident. South Korean netizens praised ...

An official in charge of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Chief Minister of the Embassy of Japan in China over Japanese Foreign Minister's hype of so-called “Arbitral Award on the South ...

Over the past several years, China has relocated families from isolated mountain settlements into newly built communities, while also expanding schools, healthcare facilities, and other public services. This effort has required substantial government investment with little immediate economic return, which ...

Chinese authorities on Sunday evening issued two separate red alerts, the highest level in its four-tier system, for flash floods and geological hazards, as heavy rains continue to lash multiple regions.

“The earthquake was so powerful that houses felt as fragile as biscuits. Some residents watched helplessly as their homes collapsed in front of their eyes.”

China's latest monitoring shows that sea surface temperatures in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific have continued to warm abnormally since spring 2026, with the El Nino phenomenon entering a rapid development stage, potentially forming a super El Nino that ...

China's Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a statement in response to a joint statement by some countries, including the US, Australia, the UK, Japan and the Philippines, on the 10th anniversary of the so-called Arbitral Award on the South China ...

On July 12, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi made a statement ten years after the "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea." The statement blatantly endorses the illegal "award," attacks China's lawful claims and mischaracterizes Japan as a "legitimate ...

China has recorded fewer and weaker spring sandstorms over the past two decades, after decades of efforts to curb desertification, official data released on Sunday showed.

Typhoon Bavi, previously a "super typhoon," weakened into a typhoon before making landfall in the coast of Yuhuan, East China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 pm Saturday, yet it is still the strongest typhoon to make landfall in China so ...

Following the massive fire at a shoe factory on July 9 in a town of Jinjiang, Quanzhou, East China's Fujian Province that claimed 28 lives, investigations found that factors contributing to the tragedy included the factory's large floor span, narrow ...

Flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak severely damaged a zoo in Guigang, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leaving three lions dead and sweeping away more than 100 herbivores from over 20 species. To prevent predatory animals from escaping and possibly ...

The at-sea phase of the China-Russia “Joint Sea-2026” exercise concluded on Saturday, marking the first time Chinese and Russian navy submarines have been featured together in the same image during the drill, according to China Bugle, an official media account ...

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.