The following is the full text of the government work report delivered at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on March 5, and approved on March 12.

As the US-Israeli war against Iran entered the two-week mark on Friday, global concerns are mounting with almost no signs of relief, along with growing causalities, soaring oil prices and tumbling stocks. Yet, amid no indication of any end in ...

China on Friday called on all parties to play a constructive role in safeguarding the stability and security of global critical minerals supply chains and expressed opposition to undermining the international economic and trade order through "small-circle" rules.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will lead a delegation to France to hold economic and trade talks with the US from Saturday to Tuesday, China's ...

At the end of January 2026, AstraZeneca, a Swedish-British pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, announced its re-entry into China's pharmaceutical market with a $15 billion investment over the next five years, allocated to production and part of its R&D efforts.

When the family behind the YouTube channel "Fernweh Chronicles" stepped off a train in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, they did not expect the first thing to catch their attention to be in the sky.

An international passenger train, starting from Beijing, arrived in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Friday.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced here Friday that at the invitation of the Vietnamese side, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, member of the ...

China expresses deep condolences regarding the deaths of students in the recent attack on an Iranian elementary school and extends sincere sympathies to their families, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.

China's opposition to US arms sales to Taiwan region is consistent and clear. The US should strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, particularly the August 17 communiqué, stop arms sales to Taiwan, and take ...

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announces: At the invitation of the Vietnamese side, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat and Minister of Public Security ...

China will carry out an in-orbit upgrade of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in the near future to further improve service quality and optimize the operational status of some satellites, the Global Times learned from the China Satellite Navigation ...

The 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held the closing meeting of its fourth session on Thursday. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xinhua ...

“This moment is so full of love!” That's how some overseas social media users captioned a recent viral video, in which some Chinese children sit casually atop a police car and enjoy a street performance while some police officers stand beside ...

"Inside our company we also use OpenClaw. I think it is just an exploration in the digital AI field. It can do something interesting, but it lacks breadth, and its security and fundamental risks have not been resolved. The current ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday held a phone conversation with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla at the latter's request.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday held phone talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty over the current situation in the Middle East.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called on all parties to urge those involved in the current conflict in the Middle East to cease military operations as soon as possible and prevent the situation from deteriorating further.

Many Chinese patients facing life-threatening illnesses have long been traveling hundreds or even thousands of kilometers to seek treatment at top hospitals in big cities like Beijing or Shanghai. Yet for Li Yingshan from Qujing in Southwest China's Yunnan Province ...

A research team of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently studied two lunar meteorites, revealing for the first time a magma recharge event on the moon about 3 billion years ago. The finding provides ...

Legislation on prepaid elderly care services should be improved to enhance senior citizens' sense of security in elderly care, Jia Yu, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), president of the Shanghai High People's Court, told the Global ...

Multiple deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) and members of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) have made suggestions regarding how artificial intelligence could be developed, applied, and integrated to boost the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has replied to a letter from teachers and students of the Chinese language class at an international school in France's Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, extending his best wishes to them as well as all the teachers and students ...

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to pass a resolution on the execution of the central and local budgets for 2025 and on the central and local budgets for 2026, and approved the central budget for 2026 at the closing meeting ...

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to pass a resolution on the implementation of the 2025 plan for national economic and social development and on the 2026 plan for national economic and social development, and approved the 2026 plan at the ...

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to adopt the National Development Planning Law at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to adopt the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to adopt the Ecological and Environmental Code at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday approved the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

Chinese lawmakers on Thursday passed a resolution on the government work report at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

The 14th National People's Congress, China's national legislature, held the closing meeting of its fourth session on Thursday.

Following the UN Security Council's Wednesday vote on a draft resolution concerning the situation in the Middle East, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said in explanatory remarks that the draft resolution proposed by Russia reaffirms the ...

With a new development blueprint under review at the ongoing national legislative session, China is embracing a critical five-year period in an ambitious drive to basically modernize its vast population by 2035, on a scale unseen in human history.

Zhang Guoqing, Chinese Vice Premier, said Tuesday that China is willing to collaborate with all parties to ensure nuclear energy better supports the development and prosperity of all nations, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, concluded its annual session on Wednesday morning, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The US Israeli military strikes against Iran have entered 12th day with mounting civilian casualties, global oil prices lingering at high level and deepening risks of a full blown regional conflicts. As the conflict drags on with the potential turning ...

Ninety-three Taiwan compatriots stranded in Istanbul, Turkey, due to the evolving situation in the Middle East have recently returned to the Taiwan island via transit in Shanghai in batches under the coordination of the Chinese Consulate General in Istanbul. This ...

A deputy to the 14th National People's Congress has called to make comprehensive sex education a formal part of China's national curriculum, with mandatory classes starting as early as kindergarten, the Global Times learned on Wednesday on the sidelines of ...

Nearly 4.9 million visits were made by Taiwan residents to the Chinese mainland over the past year after the mainland introduced services to facilitate cross-Straits travel, with young people accounting for more than one-third of the total. Peace and development ...

China's robust development in the domain of deep-space exploration will see new advancement, as the country schedules the launch of its Chang'e-7 lunar probe this year to target the Moon's south pole in search of water ice - a critical ...

A US P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organized naval and air forces to conduct tracking, monitoring and alert operations throughout the process, and effectively handled the situation, a source ...

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday visited representatives of the press who covered the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

When asked to comment on reports that Japan has recently started to field long-range missiles with a range of approximately 1,000 kilometers, capable of reaching coastal areas of neighboring countries, Jiang Bin, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, ...

In response to a question on whether the shuttle diplomacy carried out by special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi focuses solely on the Gulf region or also extends to ...

The current fighting is a war that should never have happened and does no one any good, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference on Wednesday, citing remarks of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, when ...

When asked to comment on reports that the US Department of Defense has moved parts of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defense system from South Korea to the Middle East, and if China opposes the US redeploying these ...

The so-called goodwill mission is merely an excuse for the DPP authorities to solicit foreign support for “Taiwan independence”. The one-China principle is a prevailing international consensus and a basic norm in international relations. It is the political foundation for ...

When stepping into the courtyard of "Xiaoman Shiyang" - a social space dubbed as a "daytime tea house, nighttime bar" in Beijing's bustling downtown area - customers are first greeted by a statue of Li Shizhen, a renowned Ming Dynasty ...

Such choices as the unrestricted application of AI by the military, using AI as a tool to violate the sovereignty of other nations, allowing AI to excessively affect war decisions, and giving algorithms the power to determine life and death, ...

For some time now, right-wing forces in Japan have made frequent moves to accelerate remilitarization, including the push to amend the pacifist Constitution, expediting revisions to the three national security documents, and the attempt to alter the three non-nuclear principles. ...

Without UN Security Council authorization, the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes against Iran in the process of ongoing Iran-U.S. negotiations. Such behaviors seriously breached international law and basic norms of international relations.

Inside Beijing's conference rooms, the final draft of China's 15th Five-Year Plan is being scrutinized. A centerpiece of the top-level roadmap sets out a profound internal gear shift to transform the world's factory into a global innovation powerhouse by 2030.

The fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, started its closing meeting on Wednesday morning.

CPPCC members attend group interview ahead of closing meeting of annual session

Lawmakers on Tuesday gathered again in groups to review the work reports of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate as well as law drafts during the ongoing "two sessions," bringing their first-hand observations from a grassroots perspective ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani over the current situation in the Middle East.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar over the current situation in Iran.

The second Nuclear Energy Summit, the world's highest-level multilateral meeting exclusively focused on the topic of nuclear energy, kicked off in France on Tuesday. As attention on the nuclear energy intensifies, a Chinese expert emphasized its vital role and highlighted ...

International passenger trains connecting China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will begin operating in both directions on Thursday, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. announced Tuesday.

China's national defense budget for 2026 has been set at 1.94 trillion yuan ($281 billion) under the country's general public budget, representing a 6.9 percent increase from last year's executed budget, with the central government accounting for 1.91 trillion yuan ...

During this year's "two sessions," Haji Akber Aisa, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the Global Times that he hopes the country will assist Xinjiang with policies for ...

Renowned Chinese cloud computing and AI scholar Wang Jian, interviewed by the Global Times during the ongoing "two sessions," discussed the US power grid in the AI era and the competition between China and the US on AI.

“Archives are direct witnesses to history. They don't try to tell the entire story. They simply present facts, allowing those who come after to see the truth and touch a past they never experienced but must understand.” The first installment in ...

On whether Zhai Jun, special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue, will coordinate and communicate on the issue of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday that Zhai ...

"Iran's selection of a new supreme leader is a decision made based on its constitution, and non-interference in internal affairs is a basic principle of international relations," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun at a regular press conference on ...

The US-Israeli military strikes against Iran have entered the 11th day. Iranian Ambassador to China Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Monday briefed media on the country's current crisis and the direction of its foreign policy. In response to a question raised ...

Over the past few days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Civil Aviation Administration of China, arranged for domestic airlines to significantly increase capacity for emergency flights to the Middle East to bring back stranded Chinese travelers. Thanks ...

The remains of Song Ping, a former senior official of the Communist Party of China and the state, were cremated in Beijing on Tuesday.

The US-Israeli military strikes against Iran have entered the 11th day. The escalating situation not only affects peace and stability in the Middle East, but also makes the navigation safety of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy shipping ...

Improving people's livelihoods is a top priority in Afghanistan, and the Afghan government and all parties concerned should work together to promote the stability and development in Afghanistan and its early integration into the international community, said Fu Cong, China's ...

The Indian government's Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit has debunked a viral video purporting to show Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi speaking about informing Israel about the location of an Iranian ship.

A report of the NPC Standing Committee on the work of the overhaul of laws and the proposed handling of certain laws and decisions was submitted for deliberation at the meeting. The work report summarized major achievements in 2025 while ...

China's courts had concluded 9,326 cases involving crimes endangering cyber security over the past five years, an increase of 158.5 percent from the previous five-year period, according to a work report of the Supreme People's Court on Monday.

The latest report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday showed that in East Asia, Japan has seen a significant increase in arms imports, while China has dropped out of the top ten arms importers for ...

Two framed photographs stood on the table - photo of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on one side and photo of his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader's second son, on the other - as Iranian Ambassador to ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday held separate phone conversations with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Bahraini foreign minister Abdullatif ...

During the ongoing "two sessions", Ruan Xiangyan, a doctor and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, suggested building a notification system, especially at the grassroots level, to inform patients of any fertility risks before treatment.

In an interview with the Global Times on Monday regarding unleashing consumption potentials with the introduction of spring and autumn breaks for primary and secondary schools, Zhang Yi, a deputy to the National People's Congress and a member of the ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held a phone conversation with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the situation in the Middle East.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held a phone conversation with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani over the current situation in the Gulf region.

Spokespersons of Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Monday condemned the recent visit to Japan by Cho Jung-tai, chief of Taiwan's executive body, as a move aimed at seeking "Taiwan independence," which is ...

“I kept hearing explosions over there. Baby, I was really scared to death,” said a father, who was rushing forward, scooping up his young daughter and kissing her forehead lightly. This was a scene witnessed by the Global Times reporters ...

"China-LAC cooperation has no geopolitical calculations, does not target any third party, and should not be interfered with or affected by any third party," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference on Monday, when asked ...

Xi extends congratulations to Portugal's new president Antonio Jose Seguro

China opposes interference in other countries' internal affairs under any pretext. Iran's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity should be respected, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, when asked to comment on Iran's new supreme leader and that the US ...

When asked to comment on Cho Jung-tai, head of the Taiwan island's “executive body,” traveling to Japan to watch a baseball game and claiming that the trip was private with no official arrangements, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said ...

With the starting pistol, the 35th Rossing National Marathon set off early Saturday morning in Swakopmund, Namibia. This long-running sporting event has become a vivid example of China and Namibia working together to build a China-Africa community with a shared ...

When asked to comment on Iran's Assembly of Experts naming Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's new supreme leader, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a press conference on Monday that the Chinese side has noted the relevant reports. ...

China urges all parties to immediately stop military operations, prevent further escalation of tensions and avoid causing greater harm to people in regional countries, said Zhai Jun, the special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue, when ...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a treasure carrying the Chinese nation's health wisdom for thousands of years, is now reaching 196 countries and nations at an astonishing pace. It has become an important pillar of the Healthy China Initiative and a ...

China will strengthen research on legislation in artificial intelligence (AI) and other sectors, according to a report.

The fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress held its second plenary meeting on Monday.

In roughly 90 minutes, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday addressed 21 questions ranging from China's relations with major countries of Russia and the US, to the situation in Iran and the China-Japan ties…In front of this barrage of ...

The 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, held the third plenary meeting of the ongoing annual session on Sunday.

“CA9542 is already waiting for takeoff.” For Chinese traveler Wang, sending out this message marked a moment of relief after days of uncertainty, as her return ticket had already been canceled four times, forcing her to repeatedly refund and repurchase ...

Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in mapping the Moon's chemical composition by building an AI-based model using the measured data from the first sample collected on the Moon's far side by the Chang'e-6 mission. The model, for the ...

Two new Type 055 large destroyers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, the Hull 109 Dongguan and the Hull 110 Anqing, made their official debut in an official media report on Sunday, taking the total number of the ...

At China's 2026 two sessions, high-quality integration of culture and tourism remains a hot topic among the deputies of the National People's Congress and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). In recent years, ...

The China Astronaut Research and Training Center is taking the lead in applying to establish a ground-based research facility for extraterrestrial survival to address the challenges of long-term human survival beyond Earth, Wang Yaping, a member of the 14th National ...

"Weapons are ominous tools, and should not be used without discretion." As a US-Israeli military operation against Iran entered its ninth day on Sunday with no de-escalation in sight, Iran's Assembly of Experts has reportedly finalized its decision on a new ...