Railway stations and airports across China in the past few days have embraced the busiest period in almost three years as they were flooded with hugs, tears and joy. Highways were congested with cars full to the brim with hometown ...

China's consumption posted a remarkable rebound during the 2023 Spring Festival, the most important holiday after the country optimized COVID-19 response in December last year, sending out an encouraging signal about the swift recovery of the world's second-largest economy, and ...

US politics, polarized and increasingly radical, are a minefield for China-US relations with the Taiwan question becoming the most dangerous, Chinese observers warned on Friday, citing a Republican-backed, provocative resolution and house speaker Kevin McCarthy's possible visit to the island. ...

A few days before the Spring Festival in 2020, I returned to my hometown - Yichang, a city about 320 kilometers away from Wuhan in Central China's Hubei Province, at that time there was no way to know that it ...

It was only when I took out my phone at a gate in Beijing Capital Airport, ready to scan health code but found no sign of the code, did I realize that days of COVID-19 restrictions were far behind us, ...

Splits within Europe, especially between the old one and the new one, over support for Ukraine are still evident, despite the development that the US and Germany announced they will supply offensive tank vehicles to aid Kiev's fight, and that ...

Although it is uncertain how this will help the Ukrainian army to improve its combat capabilities, the announcement by the US and Germany that they will provide Ukraine with offensive tanks will undoubtedly drag Russia and Ukraine into a quagmire, ...

The oral antiviral COVID-19 medicine LAGEVRIO (molnupiravir capsule) has been on sale in many places across China, with different medical insurance reimbursement ratios.

Chinese Consulate-General in San Francisco issued an alert to Chinese nationals to enhance safety awareness to ensure their own safety after a deadly shooting occurred in Half Moon Bay, California leaving 7 people dead & 1 injured, including Chinese nationals.

On Sunday, the day of the Chinese New Year, two fighter planes of a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command took off from Yongxing Island in the Xisha Islands to track and monitor foreign aircraft over the ...

​The possibility is relatively low that XBB and BQ.1 strains that are circulating in other countries will become prevalent in China in the first half of 2023 or trigger a spike in infections, according to a senior Beijing-based respiratory expert.

Around December 22, 2022, the number of COVID-19 infections and visits to fever clinics across China reached their peak with new infections surpassing 7 million and visits to fever clinics reaching 2.87 million on a daily basis, and the number ...

For many local residents in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, which reported the first COVID-19 outbreak in China three years ago, the Chinese New Year in 2020 was an unforgettable one as it coincided the moment when the city imposed ...

Unlike some Western media reports that predicted China's rural areas and small cities would see mass infections following the Spring Festival holidays, the Global Times learned from different localities that the numbers of positive cases have been largely declining during ...

A large number of festival foods, decorations and performing arts, identified as intangible cultural heritages, have also received growing attention during the Spring Festival.

China's Fendouzhe (Struggler) deep-sea manned submersible made history by completing 10 consecutive hours of operations at the deepest point of the Diamantina Trench in southeastern Indian Ocean and was successfully retrieved by the scientific research ship Tansuo (Exploration) -1 on ...

Chinese women's curling team beated South Korea 6-4 on Saturday to clinch gold at the ongoing 2023 Winter World University Games, It was the first gold medal for the Chinese team at this Games and also the team's best performance ...

China is estimated to see about 110 million railway trips during its Spring Festival travel rush, also known as Chunyun, in last 15 days ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, a time for epic family reunions in China. China ...

With a huge passenger flow of about 5 billion trips expected during this year's Chinese Lunar New Year, COVID infection numbers in certain specific regions could rise, but the possibility of a large-scale epidemic rebound nationwide in the next two ...

China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang held a phone conversation with Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Afghan interim government, on Saturday, stressing that China hopes the Afghan side will take strong measures to ensure the safety of Chinese ...

China's Tiangong space station launched the second Tiangong painting exhibition on Saturday, representing a special gift sent by the Shenzhou-15 mission astronauts at the Chinese space station to teenagers across the country during the Chinese New Year's Eve.

The Zunyi, the seventh Type 055 10,000 ton-class destroyer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, recently made its first public appearance after entering service, with analysts saying on Saturday the powerful warship is expected to become combat-ready within ...

As China sets to resume pilot outbound group tours to a total of 20 countries starting from February 6, travel agencies have begun ramping up efforts preparing their first overseas trips, rolling out all relevant products and routes, meanwhile liaising ...

As many Chinese Americans in the US have been inquiring when the Chinese government will resume multi-year multi-entry visas, the Chinese Embassy in the US said on Friday that those issued before March 26, 2020 are still suspended, as many ...

Twenty eight people have been confirmed dead as of 5:30 pm on Friday after a massive avalanche took place on Tuesday in the city of Nyingchi in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, according to local authorities.

The head of Taiwan island's executive body Su Tseng-chang announced on Thursday that his team will resign en masse, and his resignation is pending approval from the regional leader Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan-based media outlets have reported.

Chinese travel agencies and online travel companies will resume pilot outbound group tours to a total of 20 countries starting from February 6, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Friday.

A total of 20 people have been confirmed dead and eight remain missing as of Friday noon after a deadly avalanche took place on Tuesday in the city of Nyingchi in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

Chinese authorities are taking all efforts, including releasing reserves, to ensure stable supply and prices of essential commodities during the Spring Festival holidays amid rising demand.

Sinopharm's Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine approved for clinical trials

Talks between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Zurich this week would have lasted longer if the US official hadn't needed to catch a flight, according to exclusive details revealed on Thursday by Yuyuan ...

Relief supplies have been sent by Chinese NGOs to Afghanistan recently to help hundreds of children amid a harsh winter and shortage of supplies.

Last year, the Chinese cyberspace authorities continued to intensify and standardize online law enforcement based on the principle of combining punishment with education, during which 8,608 websites and platforms were investigated, with 6,767 receiving warnings and 420 apps being shut ...

The Spring Festival of 2023 is destined to be unique, as it will be a year of coming back, of remembrance and letting go, of a new start to a more vibrant future after the country has optimized its COVID-19 ...

Burri is now eyeing the development of bilateral relations, an area where there is lots of potential, he said. China has recently made its COVID-19 adjustment and released a series of measures that further facilitate the movement of people and ...

Thailand's Department of Medical Sciences on January 6 confirmed the first case in Thailand of XAY.2, a Delta-Omicron recombinant variant, according to local media reports. The news has drawn widespread attention, with many worrying about whether this could lead to ...

China on Thursday released a white paper on its green development in the new era, elaborating on how the country has stayed firmly committed to green development, proactively participated in global climate governance and spearheaded international cooperation.

With millions of Chinese people making journeys back to their hometowns in recent days, most Chinese megacities have already passed the peak of their COVID waves, some public health experts said. They also believed that the Spring Festival travel rush ...

Chinese health authorities reiterated the importance of anti-epidemic work in rural areas at a press conference on Thursday as the country is preparing to celebrate the 2023 Chinese New Year, amid concerns about outbreaks in these places with large numbers ...

Holding back tears, Jacinda Ardern made a shock announcement on Thursday that she was leaving office and will not seek reelection after more than five years as New Zealand's prime minister. Chinese experts on Thursday hailed Ardern's efforts in the ...

China's leading pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) revealed that it has developed four potential Omicron-specific candidate vaccines, as experts call for quicker approval of such candidates, highlighting risk of surging cases during holiday.

Talent-hungry Hong Kong has so far processed more than 70 percent of applications for the new scheme the city rolled out to draw top global talent, of which 90 percent has been approved, said the city's Secretary for Labor and ...

China's Foreign Ministry urged Japan to stop its irresponsible plan to force the dump of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, after the Japanese government announced last week that the discharge of Fukushima water would start around this spring or summer, ...

A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday offered a fierce rebuke to remarks made by a top US intelligence official's remarks about imposing similar economic sanctions against Russia on China, saying some in the US are addicted to ...

Xi Jinping was elected deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress on Thursday.

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday inspected combat readiness of the armed forces via video link ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year.

China has passed the peak of COVID patients in severe conditions: top health authority

China's top cyberspace regulator launched a rectification campaign targeting the network environment on Wednesday and vowed to crack down on unscrupulous online influencers including those who show off their experience in jail and glorify prison life.

China publishes Green Development in the New Era white paper, elaborating ideas, achievements of its green path

Vaccines against the mutant strains of COVID-19 should be approved for use as soon as possible, said Gao Fu, former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in response to the public's concerns about the epidemic ...

China's Ministry of Emergency Management sent a working group to Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region after an avalanche has caused eight deaths in the city of Nyingchi as of Wednesday evening.

With the meeting between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday in Zurich, the ice between the world's two largest economies showed another sign of breaking, as the world's two largest economies attempt to ...

The annual international charity sale was held in Beijing on Tuesday and it was attended by senior Chinese diplomats including Foreign Minister Qin Gang, staff from more than 120 foreign embassies in China and members of international organizations in China.

When China moved to optimize its COVID-19 response measures in early December and infections surged, foreign media outlets unleashed a tsunami of misinformation, fear-mongering and slander against China's anti-epidemic strategy over the past three years and its impact on ...

Zhengzhou in Central China's Henan Province on Tuesday partly lifted the ban on fireworks for the 2023 Spring Festival. Sales and prices immediately surged but local distributors were faced with a shortage of supply.

The global landscape has, in recent years, gone through profound, complex and turbulent changes since the end of the Cold War. In the eyes of geopolitical observers, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the intensifying geopolitical tensions and the “ripple effects” of ...

Top leaders of the US-led NATO are holding in-person meetings from Wednesday to Thursday after military chiefs from the US and Ukraine met in Poland ahead of the meeting. This comes as Russia appointed a new commander of the "special ...

The list of the members of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was unveiled with a new sector - the environment and resources sector - added, which some experts said has great significance as ...

On the harshest winter day thus far in Lianyungang's Ganyu port with a snow storm rocking moored ships unable to sail due to the inclement weather, the Tianjing, or Sky Whale, remained still.

With China announcing its mainland population recording negative growth for the first time in six decades, some media outlets said that India, while lacking solid data to support the claims, may have overtaken China to become the most populous country ...

With White House officials Tuesday calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to "come clean" about secretive deals he made with hard-line House members that helped him eventually land the job, experts believe that the influence of the split within US ...

China's state-owned aerospace giant China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) issued its annual blue paper on Wednesday, revealing nearly 70 launches to send 200 spacecraft into space this year, compared with the current record of more than 50 in ...

A top surface-to-air missile unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently took part in a systematic confrontational exercise, in which it for the first time tested its quick deployment capability by flying with Y-20 large transport ...

Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province has entered the final stage of the epidemic, with 85 percent of the city residents having been infected with COVID-19, Guangzhou health authorities said on Wednesday. The current strain in circulation remains Omicron BA.5.2, ...

China's first case of security assessment for data export between a hospital in Beijing and a university medical center in the Netherlands got approved in Beijing, providing practical guidance for strengthening the safety management of medical and health data exports ...

​President Xi Jinping on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, held a symposium on the morning of January 16 at the Great Hall of the People with leading ...

Taiwan authorities' order to take off the market a rice noodle product made in the Chinese mainland has sparked taunts from the netizens on the island, who said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is the one that should be removed.

A spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Japan on Tuesday urged the Japanese side to return to a scientific and objective stance, stop politicizing epidemic prevention and create safe, healthy and orderly exchanges between people from both countries.

The transition of China's COVID strategies has been smooth on the whole, with the epidemic reaching its peak quickly and the return to normalcy happening faster than expected, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) ...

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Tuesday offered a comprehensive view on China's economy and its development strategies during a speech at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, expressing confidence in an overall improvement of China's ...

China welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit China and is in communication with the US side on specific arrangements for the visit, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday, as Chinese experts said it is time for ...

While the World Health Organization (WHO) said it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 infections to gain a fuller picture of the impact of increasing cases, Chinese officials and experts said that China's Center for Disease Control and ...

As border cities are reactivated after reopening, so too have cross-border migrant workers been reenergized.

John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said in his latest interview with local media that the government hopes to complete legislation for Article 23 of the Basic Law in 2023, which is ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently expelled foreign aircraft threatening China's territorial airspace with J-20 fighter jets, giving full play to the aircraft's stealth capability. Experts said on Tuesday that PLA forces are well-equipped and well-trained in ...

As senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi held phone talks with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic counselor to French President Emmanuel Macron, such high-level exchanges show both sides attach great importance to bilateral relations. Analysts called on China and the EU to keep ...

"The right to life of the Syrian people is being ruthlessly violated by the US," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday in response to Syrian state news agency's report of US looting more of the country's oil, ...

No new COVID variants or mutations have been found in China, and the epidemic in China will not have a significant impact on other countries, Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, urging the US to share its ...

Since China downgraded its COVID-19 management on January 8, the daily average of people passing through entrance and exit points has reached 501,000, up by over 48 percent than before the announcement of COVID policy shift, according to official data ...

The population in the Chinese mainland recorded negative growth for the first time in 61 years, decreasing by 850,000 in 2022, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) showed. Observers said that negative population growth is ...

China's National Bureau of Statistics will soon release the country's population data for 2022. Population and economic experts predicted that China's population will see negative growth for 2022 or 2023 at the latest.

South China's Guangdong Province has drafted an incentive plan to reward reporting of illegal border-crossing activities with the highest rewards of up to 50,000 yuan ($7,462).

As China shifts its focus of COVID-19 management to vulnerable groups and severe cases, Chinese health authorities have held successive press conferences in recent days with guidelines in order to ensure the COVID prevention and protection of high-risk groups, especially ...

As long as the elements cooperate, the consensus among the Chinese women's national football team is that training shall take place every day without delay or failure.

As thousands of political, economic and social leaders from around the world gather in the Swiss resort of Davos for the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which kicked off in person on Monday for the first time ...

A survey claiming that 80 percent of Chinese college students want to have two children sparked heated discussion about Chinese youngsters' fertility desire on social media platforms over the weekend.

Scientists from home and abroad have obtained a large amount of data recently by observing the solar influence on signals between China's first Mars probe Tianwen-1 and that of the European Space Agency (ESA) during a month-long Sun outage, which ...

NATO has pledged heavy weapon deliveries from the Western allies to Ukraine, while its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that he expected "more in the near future." However, the delivery of more heavy weapons will only push Ukraine ...

In speaking to the press on the first day of assuming the duty as director of the liaison office of the central government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Zheng Yanxiong said that as long as there is ...

President Xi attended the World Economic Forum in 2017, 2021 and 2022, and each time he stressed the importance of advancing economic globalization. Check out the graphic to learn the details:

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang concluded his first official overseas trip since his appointment on December 30, 2022, with visits to five African countries and two regional organizations on his busy eight-day schedule. Experts said the traditional friendship between China ...

Japan and India on Monday launched their first joint fighter jet exercise, a move analysts said exposed the two countries' growing military ambitions against China under the instigation of the US.

An explosion occurred at a chemical company in Panjin, Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday, killing two, with 12 missing, four seriously injured and 30 sustaining mild injuries. The fire is under control and the injured have been transferred to ...

China firmly supports the Arab people's independence in exploring their own development paths, and hopes that the Arab League (AL) will play a greater role in promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang ...

Chinese embassies in Japan and South Korea said in statements on Sunday that travelers to China must take nucleic acid tests within 48 hours before their departure, and those who show negative results will be allowed to come to China. ...

Two truck drivers from Northeast China's Liaoning Province who received a four-year sentence each for the crime of impairing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases applied for retrial of their case after China downgraded its COVID-19 management from Class ...

Zheng Yanxiong, the director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), delivered a 2023 Spring Festival address on Sunday, to welcome the Year of the Rabbit with the people of ...

​China has successfully carried out a systematic test on a cutting-edge transportation system involving an ultra-high-speed maglev train running in a low vacuum pipeline, according to media reports on Sunday.