A wave of creative ride-hailing requests has recently swept social media after AI assistant platforms including Didi and Qwen rolled out AI-powered cab-booking features in late March, allowing users to interact with services through natural voice conversations.
A wild snow leopard was spotted at noon on March 21 in the Kumtag Desert in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Tourists alerted authorities upon the discovery, prompting a swift joint response from local forestry and public security departments, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.
A Chinese research team has recently made a breakthrough in developing “long-lifespan rice” by identifying the key gene and mechanism that enable wild rice to be harvested multiple times, and has successfully introduced this gene into cultivated rice variety, marking a new advancement that has drawn widespread attention, CCTV News reported.
A pet restroom inside the terminal of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in South China's Guangdong Province has drawn attention online recently after several netizens shared posts showing the restroom, which is marked with a sign of a person walking a dog, Yangtse Evening News reported on Tuesday.
China is exploring the use of planetary atmospheres as a natural “braking system” for future deep-space exploration missions, a technology that could significantly reduce fuel consumption and expand spacecraft payload capacity, according to Science & Technology Review.
A video showing a 9-year-old Chinese girl, Zheng Langlang, arguing with local staff over horse-riding safety in Egypt, has gone viral online, drawing praise from netizens for her sense of responsibility, according to the paper.cn.
A humanoid robot bearing the words “Shenzhen traffic police” on its suit, featuring a futuristic design, has recently taken to the streets in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, drawing widespread attention from local residents.
Upon on-site inspection, the packages were found to contain two suspected ivory products, shaped as figurines of the immortals He Xiangu, a fairy girl in the Chinese legend of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, and the God of Longevity.
"Lose one jin (0.5 kilograms), deduct 30 yuan ($4.20) from your property fees!" Recently, a residential community in East China's Shandong Province organized a weight-loss initiative, with 126 participants collectively losing 525 kilograms, qualifying for more than 30,000 yuan in property fee reductions.
One year ago, Mr. Luo from Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, adopted a wild boar that had wandered into his home on its own. A year later, the wild boar has settled into life as a pet and grown into a 200-kilogram domesticated pig.
Recently, "Xueba 01," China's first embodied intelligent robot formally enrolled as a doctoral student, made its stage debut, drawing widespread attention.
Customs officers in Luohu, South China's Guangdong Province, recently intercepted 229 live hillstream loaches hidden under the skirt of an inbound passenger.
China's Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has launched an uncrewed resupply mission to the space station, carrying a full range of provisions, effectively putting the "space oven" back in operation, according to multiple media reports.
More than 200 villagers in Pingzhai village, Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, collectively carried a two-story wooden house weighing nearly 10,000 kilograms more than 30 meters, CCTV News reported.
Recently, the Shanghai-made Agibot "A2" robot set off from Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu Province and successfully reached the North Bund in Shanghai after 56 hours. Covering a total distance of 106 kilometers without a single fall, it set a Guinness World Record in one attempt.
In China, where over 17 million people live with visual impairments, artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping their life. Recently, a visually impaired massage therapist's solo trip using AI assistance captured public attention, according to The Paper.
After 41 grueling days in the wild, the 14 remaining competitors in a wilderness survival challenge in Qixing Mountain, or Seven Star Mountain, in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan Province, have all advanced to the final—and are now enjoying hot chicken soup and villa accommodations during a surprise rest period, according to multiple media reports.
In a medical breakthrough that tested both skill and human courage, Southwest China's Chongqing saw its first successful "twin liver" transplant—a 10-hour marathon surgery where one brother donated half of his liver to save another, creating a rare dual-functioning organ system, CCTV News reported Monday.
A giant panda-themed tourist train pulled out of Anjing Station in Southwest China's Sichuan Province - a homeland of giant panda - on Monday, embarking on its maiden voyage along a new grand loop through Southwest China - with international retirees making up nearly half its inaugural passengers, CCTV News reported Tuesday.
On Monday, the collection room at Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University successfully completed a cross-border "life relay."
Holding a cup of coffee for a quick energy boost has become a daily ritual for many. But recently, at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, East China, an innovative "electronic coffee(e-coffee) bracelet" drew crowds with its debut.
In the 15-meter-deep waters of the Red Sea, 1990s-born Sun Chenlu completed a dive with her instructor. For someone with a cervical spine injury, classified as first-degree disability, and completely dependent on others for daily care, it was another defiant step, one of many since a car crash left her paralyzed nine years ago.
Merchandise themed around the Fujian aircraft carrier has proved hugely popular, with nearly 1,000 items sold in ten days at gift shops in Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard - where the vessel was built - around the time of its commissioning last week.
A night market in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, is drawing crowds with an unusual offering: free traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) consultations, DIY herb sachets, and fitness sessions, becoming the city's latest trendy hangout for young adults, according to China News Service.
A video of fish enthusiastically eating peppers in a fish farm in a county of Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, has captivated Chinese social media recently, with some internet users joking that even the local fish have embraced the region's famous spice culture.
Tourists enjoy chrysanthemum blooms at a local scenic area in Xinghua, East China's Jiangsu Province on November 6, 2025. Photo: VCG
In an era of digital overload, Chinese bookstores are reviving the art of personal connection through customized book blind boxes—and readers are embracing the curated surprises, China Youth Daily reported.
Shanghai police successfully intercepted 720,000 yuan (approximately $100,000) from being handed to a scammer after an investor insisted the "virtual currency" opportunity was legitimate. The case, reported by state broadcaster CCTV News on November 2, highlights sophisticated tactics used in the financial fraud.
A growing fascination with exotic pets is sweeping China, with an estimated 17.1 million pet owners now keeping everything from tortoises and parrots to iguanas, driving a market worth nearly 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion). While this trend fulfills a desire for unique companionship, it conceals significant legal and environmental risks, according to state broadcaster CCTV News.
China's national railway system is going more pet-friendly. A new pet check-in service, denoted by a green "pet, or chong in Chinese" tag on the 12306 ticketing platform, has expanded from just 10 trains in April to 50 routes now, according to state broadcaster CCTV News.
A nightclub in Shanghai, in a partnership with the Huangpu District Civil Affairs Bureau, has become the talk of the town by planning to host wedding vow ceremonies. However, the bureau has clarified that prior legal registration at its office is still mandatory, according to multiple Chinese media reports.
Residents in Dangshan County, East China's Anhui Province, received an unexpected sight on last Friday when a lion was spotted running along a roadside and through a greenbelt area, according to a video clip circulating online.
Every holiday, while many people head outdoors to relax, Gao Wei, a bank employee in North China's Hohhot city, shoulders his woven sack and walks into the mountains in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, not to hike for fun, but to pick up trash.
The bustling splendor of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival," the dignified elegance of "Phoenix Coronet and Embroidered Robe," and the poignant romance of "The Butterfly Lovers"... These cultural symbols, carrying a millennium of Eastern aesthetics, have been ingeniously "worn" onto fingertips. Recently, three sets of wearable nail art pieces, created and designed by Shen Ting, a young Chinese artist, were collected by the International Nail Museum.
In Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan Province, a delivery rider climbed an exterior wall to rescue a boy dangling from a fourth-floor window guard, drawing millions of likes online, according to multiple media reports.
Two women hiking in the mountains of Shangrao, East China's Jiangxi Province, made a hasty retreat after encountering two snakes, shortly after jumping on a patch of ground they mistook for a "natural" trampoline, according to local media reports.
Bao Zhengbin, a 72-year-old man from Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, embarked on an extraordinary journey recently from Chongming Island in Shanghai, to Guangzhou, capital city of South China's Guangdong Province.
A social media account named "Sherpa Tenzin" posted a video clip saying this on social media Douyin.com, showing a rare, second-class nationally protected plant discovered in the Himalayas, Jimu News reported on Monday.
A residential community in Shenyang, North China's Liaoning Province recently drew attention online for a mysterious "puppy button" on the bottom of its elevator control panel.
A video of a Chinese man rescuing two Russian fishermen who had fallen into the water in Russia went viral online recently.
Nearly 300 "Monkey Kings" from across China, joined by the legendary Monkey King actor Liu Xiaolingtong, gathered at the Wulongkou scenic area in Jiyuan, Central China's Henan Province, showcasing the enduring cultural appeal of Journey to the West culture.
Recently, a café called "The Bean House Coffee" run by a post-90s entrepreneur,Liu Shu, has unexpectedly gained popularity.
During a recent scientific expedition in the primeval forests of the Ailao Mountains in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a Sichuan entomologist unexpectedly discovered seven rare saprophytic plants known as "Monotropa uniflora."
On July 28, the second day of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, the robot "Scholar 01" officially enrolled as a doctoral student in the Drama and Film Studies program at the Shanghai Theatre Academy for the class of 2025.
In the footage, a tourist throws a cigarette to a black chimpanzee in the park, and the chimpanzee, after taking the cigarette, smokes it skillfully, puffing out clouds of white smoke from his mouth.
In July, the Journal of Arachnology unveiled a newly discovered spider species found in Minhou, Fuzhou city, East China's Fujian Province - Haoyang Guizygiella.
"Sailing a boat across a 'vast green meadow'..." In parts of Yantai, East China's Shandong Province, the sea and beaches have been blanketed by seaweed.
Youngsters from Hefei city, East China's Anhui Province, experience a mind-controlled science exhibit at Hefei Science and Technology Museum, enriching their summer vacation on July 2, 2025.
Citizens cool off in a local shelter to escape the summer heat on July 2, 2025, in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province
You may have heard of 'school refusal syndrome,' but have you ever heard of a 'school refusal clinic'?
According to reports on Wednesday, between May and June 2024, police in Chengdu and Panzhihua, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, cracked multiple cases involving fabricated rumors about pandas being abused, arresting dozens of key suspects, including Bai, sparking widespread public attention.
In Dai county, North China's Shanxi Province, the Zhaoguan Cave Cliff Complex was constructed nearly 1,600 years ago, built upon natural caves.
The 9th China-South Asia Expo recently concluded, but one story captured the hearts of attendees and netizens alike—an Iranian couple who braved war and hardship to fulfill their promise to attend the event.
Recently, a man surnamed Shi spent over 170,000 yuan on fake drugs.
In a bizarre incident in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, a wild boar weighing over 300 pounds crashed through the ceiling of a residence and rampaged through the kitchen.
A rare black bear attack occurred in Beichuan county, Southwest China's Sichuan Province recently, leaving two villagers injured but in stable condition, according to local authorities.
A seemingly ordinary love story turned into an extraordinary medical case when Chen, a seemingly healthy young man from Fuyang, East China's Anhui Province, was diagnosed with 46 XX Male Syndrome after seeking fertility treatment.
Early Tuesday morning, a video surfaced online showing a mouse scurrying inside the cabin as the plane landed.
On November 23, during the 2024 UFC Fight Night in Macao Special Administrative Region, 29-year-old Chinese athlete Shi Ming defeated fellow Chinese fighter Feng Xiaocan to claim the women's strawweight championship.
A man in China has won a case after being fired for taking a one-hour nap at his desk following a late-night work shift, earning him 350,000 yuan ($48,000) in compensation, which has triggered heated debates across social media platforms.
Recently, the "struggle without worry" insurance policy desired for employers implementing the so-called "996" work schedule has sparked heated discussions online.
Recently, the herdsmen in a village of Naqu city, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, hosted a unique contest featuring a "cow dung" art exhibition.
A commemorative stamp of Chinese modern literary figures is photographed at the branch of China Post in Xingle of North China's Hebei Province on October 15, 2024. Photo: IC
Teachers and students visit a miniature model of China's first atomic bomb at the Guo Yonghuai Memorial Hall in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, on October 16, 2024. A pioneer of modern Chinese mechanics, Guo made significant contributions to mechanics, applied mathematics, and aeronautics.
A man identified as Zheng Chen (pseudonym) from Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, has been promised some amount of refund after becoming entangled in a "marriage insurance" scheme following multiple requests and media intervention.
A man surnamed Sheng, after resigning from a company in Xiaoshan, East China's Zhejiang Province, spent a year "meticulously" planning what he believed was a "flawless theft crime."
A woman pulling over her car on a highway in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang Province, to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her dying pet dog on Sunday sparked heated discussions on China's social platform Sina Weibo.
A total of 16 artificial reef structures, each measuring six square meters and weighing about 90 tons, were placed at a depth of about 20 meters off the coast of Xidao Islands and its adjacent waters near Sanya city, South China's Hainan Province, on Tuesday, chinanews.com reported.
Over two consecutive days on October 13 and 14, nine animals died at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG), prompting significant concern. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LCSD) stated on Tuesday that there were no new animal deaths reported that day and samples of the nine animal carcasses have been sent to the relevant authorities for testing.
A man in South China's Hainan Province who recently had been drifting for 10 hours after falling into the water while fishing was spotted by a ferry captain, who successfully rescued him in just 11 minutes.
Two men in Central China's Henan Province were recently arrested, facing criminal charges after they were caught using homemade sticky poles to catch 44 geckos on August 14.
A 26-week pregnant woman recently gave birth on an airplane, and thankfully, there were medical professionals in the flight, making the woman and her baby safe and sound, which gave the newborn baby a name that signifies well-being.
On Monday, a video of a woman crying on the ground after returning from a bathroom break during a ride queue at Shanghai Disney Resort went viral.
Major Chinese universities have begun their new student orientation programs, but have you ever seen schools using warships and Y-20 large transport aircraft to send students to school?
What is kung fu like? Shaolin kung fu can involve agile movements, resilient spirit, elegant motions or powerful strikes. Regardless of age, race, gender, or body type, every Shaolin disciple shares a common belief.
Visitors flock to enjoy sand therapy in Turpan City in Northwest China's Xinjiang, which is known for its scorching heat, as the city has recently seen surface temperatures surging to as high as 80 C at the Flaming Mountain scenic area.
Rumors have been circulating on Chinese social media claiming that Shanghai borrowed 100 billion yuan ($13.8 billion) from local temples, with Jing'an Temple contributing the most at 48 billion yuan. In a response, the Shanghai authorities have refuted the claims, stating that it is purely a rumor.
On Monday, the Shenshuping giant panda base in Wolong National Nature Reserve permanently banned four people from re-entering the base for their uncivilized behavior. The visitors were found to hide their pets in backpacks during the visit although they were aware of the panda base's regulation of no pets allowed in the center.
"Our media center is now under water," in a video clip released early Tuesday by the Integrated Media Center in Pingjiang county in Hunan Province that faces the worst flooding in 70 years due to heavy rains, a reporter revealed the complete inundation of the first floor of their media center, which has sparked public concerns over the county's wellness and gained a thumbs-up from many netizens for the local journalists holding fast to their positions.
Yunnan Agricultural University has successfully applied for the establishment of China's first Coffee Science and Engineering major, becoming the first institution in the country to offer undergraduate training in coffee-related knowledge.
The World Guobaorou Contest was recently held in Jilin city, Northeast China's Jilin Province, attracting hundreds of domestic and foreign participants and helping promote the Northeast China's culinary renaissance.
A villager in Ya'an, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, recently discovered a wild giant panda which had been visiting his bamboo forest for three consecutive days to forage for food.
"The graduating doctoral students majoring in optics at our university have developed a 'miracle' of aerial imaging that can project the speech script clearly in the air."
Recently, Chinese actress Huo Siyan revealed on social media that she had encountered a stray dog during a walk with her husband Du Jiang. When they brought the dog to hospital, the couple found out that there are number codes on its ear and damages in its spleen, and they suspected it may have been a retired laboratory beagle.
People were dumbfounded recently as they came across an unnoticed dangerous grenade which has been mistakenly used by a 90-year-old woman as a hammer to pound peppercorns, crack walnuts, and hammer nails for as long as 20 years in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei Province.
A 65-year-old man was detained after harassing and assaulting a young woman with a cane on the subway when she refused to give up her seat to him, according to a briefing issued by Beijing police on Tuesday. The incident sparked wide discussion on social media and the penalty won plaudits from many netizens.
"I nearly died there!" A recent incident involving a diving expedition near Wanning, South China's Hainan Province, has prompted an official investigation after a tourist posted on social media about their harrowing experience at a local diving club.
On June 15, a shocking scene unfolded at a busy intersection in downtown Shanghai, with two adults and a child, suspected to be a family of three, riding a toy electric car and crossing a zebra crossing on a busy road.
An incident of public indecency aboard a train departing from Beijing on Saturday sparked widespread outrage following the circulation of a video showing a male passenger sleeping naked in the presence of a female traveler.
In a groundbreaking medical achievement, doctors at a hospital in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province successfully implanted a "capsule pacemaker" in a 104-year-old man, setting a record for the highest age for this type of procedure at the hospital. This milestone has shattered the notion that age is a barrier to advanced cardiac technology.
A rare case is trending top on Chinese social media that a Chinese woman was diagnosed with the "vampire disease" with her entire family including her husband and children being later found to carry the gene of the rare disease.
The Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) has unveiled their 2024 admission notification letters, and this year, each new student will receive a "golden key" made using space-grade materials.
You may have encountered many causes of flight delays except for this one: a sugar glider. A flight from Shanghai to Ji'nan city was delayed after a passenger reportedly brought a sugar glider on board the aircraft.
After a shocking video posted by a netizen on Tuesday revealed the distressing condition of a black bear at a privately owned zoo in Liupanshui city, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said they are investigating the case.
An ancient Chinese scholar's examination papers stored in a museum in East China's Shandong Province has been attracting a large number of visitors recently, making it a hot topic online. The paper, consisting of 2,460 characters, is flawless and neatly written, even more so than printed fonts.
In a labor right lawsuit, China's Supreme People's Court gave the final verdict that a company's decision to terminate the contract with a female employee was lawful, rejecting the employee's demand for compensation after the employee was dismissed for serious disciplinary violation.
A P.E. student went "viral" on social media recently for his new part-time job - helping others carry their children and accompanying them during a mountain hike.
Many people have a fear of snakes, especially venomous ones. So, imagine the shock when a 66-year-old woman in East China opened her door to find a cobra waiting outside.
Recently in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, a couple who looked strikingly similar to each other posted a photo on social media, leading netizens to mistake them for siblings, who suggest they undergo a DNA test to determine if they were indeed related.
On May 26, giant panda Yaji celebrated his 10th birthday at a zoo in East China's Shandong Province. The Ji'nan Zoo prepared a 15-pound birthday cake made of bamboo for him, along with a set of ten bamboo toys, including bamboo shoots and apples.