From conference credentials to mineral water bottles and shopping bags, such everyday items at the 5th International New Materials Industry Conference held recently in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, were made from an innovative material -- polylactic acid (PLA).

Death toll rises to 94 in Hong Kong residential building fire: fire department

Hong Kong's local media have described it as the city's most serious blaze in several decades — the fire at Wang Fu Court in Tai Po housing estate raged from Wednesday into Thursday, burning through almost the entire night. With the all-out rescue efforts of local authorities, the fire has been largely brought under control on Thursday.

China aims to build a new “air-space-land-sea-network” infrastructure system and develop a Chinese version of a holographic digital Earth by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. The initiative is expected to accelerate the rapid development of new quality productive forces in fields such as geology mineral resources, oceans, forestry and grassland, and geographic information.

As influenza enters its peak season, Beijing Children's Hospital has initiated open-registration outpatient services, extended consultation hours, and provided pre-consultation testing services to address the seasonal surge in patient visits, BRTV News reported on Thursday.

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate on Thursday issued work guidelines on handling public interest litigation cases related to the protection of minors, stressing six key areas of focus including the protection of minors' personal information and their online safety.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee, along with the relevant officials, met the media on Thursday afternoon, saying that the fires in all seven buildings in Wang Fu Court in Tai Po housing estate have now been largely brought under control, and the HKSAR will also distribute HK$10,000 in emergency cash to each affected household.

The Henry Fok Foundation in Macao, The Henry Fok Foundation in Hong Kong and the Fok Ying Tung Group announced on Thursday afternoon a donation of HK$30 million ($3,860,000) to support residents of Wang Fu Court in Tai Po following the deadly fire, according to a Facebook post published by Kenneth Fok Kai-kong.

In response to a Global Times reporter's question about whether the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) plans to provide support after a major fire broke out at a residential compound in Tai Po in New Territories in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, causing heavy casualties and prompting assistance from various sectors, Jiang Bin, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday that the PLA Hong Kong Garrison will follow orders, perform its duties in accordance with the law, and safeguard Hong Kong.

The five-alarm fire at Wang Fu Court in Tai Po starting from Wednesday afternoon has sent shockwaves through Hong Kong. The blaze, which claimed at least 55 lives, also took the life of Ho Wai-ho, a 37-year-old firefighter.

Chinese scientists have whipped up an artificial tongue that may say, "Yep, that's spicy!"

China's State Council Information Office on Thursday released a white paper titled "China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era."

Peace and development are eternal themes of human society. Peace needs to be fought for and be upheld. Arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation embody humanity's aspiration to turn swords into plowshares and lay down their weapons. They represent important missions of mitigating the risk of war, addressing the security deficit, and promoting global peace. Together, these efforts are vital to global strategic security and the shared wellbeing of humanity, and have gradually become a common expectation of the international community.

After a five-alarm fire broke out at Wang Fu Court in Tai Po in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), resulting in at least 44 deaths, large numbers of residents had to be evacuated to community centers and halls with many warm-hearted neighbors in the district quickly offering to help, donating bottled water, biscuits, bread, clothing, and other supplies, according to local media reports.

A test train conducting seismic detection collided with construction workers who had entered the track at a curved section of Luoyang Town Railway Station in Kunming, capital city of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, in the early hours of Thursday, leaving 11 dead and 2 injured, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.

China's State Council Information Office on Thursday released a white paper titled "China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era."

The death toll from the five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has risen to 44, including one firefighter, authorities confirmed on Thursday. In the early hours of the morning, police arrested three local men on suspicion of manslaughter. The suspects are senior figures at the engineering firm responsible for maintenance work at the housing estate, according to local media reports.

China called on Japan to speed up the disposal of abandoned chemical weapons (ACWs) in China during the Conference of the States Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Wednesday in The Hague, the Netherlands.

China's space agency released an action plan to back commercial space firms and encourage them to pursue international cooperation over the next two years.

China has established a permanent mission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). A reception marking the inauguration was held at the Chinese Embassy in Britain on Tuesday evening.

Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Sam Hou Fai expressed his condolences to the families of victims of a fire that broke out on Wednesday, according to the Macao SAR government.

A large number of domestically produced cars gather at Yantai Port in East China's Shandong Province on November 26, 2025, waiting to be loaded onto ships for export. Photo: VCG

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent congratulations to a UN meeting held on Tuesday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday extended condolences over a deadly residential building fire in Hong Kong, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

When asked to comment on Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's recent article in The Washington Post, in which he claimed to introduce a "historic $40 billion supplementary defense budget" to respond to mainland's "threat" and that convened a meeting on the matter on Wednesday, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Peng Qing'en said that the DPP authorities, driven by their own political interests, have allowed external forces to take whatever they want.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu updated at a press conference held on Thursday early morning around 1:20 am that the massive fire has so far caused at least 36 deaths, with 279 missing. The No.5 alarm fire was gradually brought under control, he told the conference.

The Fire Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) deployed eight hose lines, seven aerial ladder trucks, 22 search teams, 128 fire engines, 57 ambulances, and 767 fire and ambulance staff for the rescue operation as local departments spared no effort in rescue work in a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po that claimed at least 13 lives as of Wednesday evening.

As respiratory viruses have recently entered an active phase, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and several local health commissions have issued health advisories, noting that influenza activity across the country has entered a period of comparatively rapid upsurge, with children being the primary affected group.

Regarding the fire that broke out at Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and resulted in at least 13 fatalities and 28 injuries, the HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday that “I am deeply saddened and extend my heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and those injured," adding that multiple departments are fully committed to firefighting, rescue operations, and medical treatment, according to a statement sent to the Global Times.

The concepts of orbital data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) satellites have become a heated topic recently, following US startup Starcloud's successful deployment of a refrigerator-sized satellite containing a powerful NVIDIA H100 graphics processing unit (GPU) into orbit via a rideshare mission by the SpaceX Falcon 9 in early November. The feat came just days after US tech billionaire Elon Musk said his SpaceX could be capable of deploying data centers as early as next year through its Starlink program.

When asked to comment on remarks of Raymond Greene, head of the "American Institute in Taiwan" Taipei office, who welcomed Taiwan's announcement of a $40 billion "defense spending plan," and to comment on Taiwan region's "defense spending plan," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that the Chinese side's opposition against official, and even military, contacts between the US and Taiwan region is consistent. Any attempt by the DPP authorities to resist reunification or pursue "independence" by force is doomed to fail, Mao said.

A multi-functional cultural space jointly launched by international brand Chanel and the Power Station of Art (PSA), a Shanghai-based museum dedicated to contemporary art, was unveiled in this east China metropolis on Monday.

Liu Weidong, a former deputy general manager of state-owned defense contractor China South Industries Group Corp (CSGC) has been prosecuted for accepting an exceptionally large number of bribes, China Central Television reported on Wednesday, citing China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).

China-born giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi on Wednesday arrived safely in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, after traveling on a chartered flight from France. They were then transferred to the quarantine facility at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where they will undergo at least one month of quarantine and medical observation, according to an official release from the research base.

The hills of Guling hold countless touching stories of friendship between China and the United States. As the Guling Forum is going to happen in New York, we look back at these moving historical moments that span over a century.

The hills of Guling witness profound friendships between China and the US. As the Guling Forum gathers, we share one woman's journey back to her childhood landscape.

A cargo flight carrying power lithium batteries equipped with a newly developed active safety system took off from an airport in central China on Tuesday, marking a breakthrough in resolving global bottlenecks regarding safe air transport of risky energy products.

The uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft, China's first emergency launch in the history of its manned space program, docked with China's Tiangong space station on Tuesday, some three hours and 40 minutes after liftoff, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The mission came after an unexpected incident occurred to Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, which was struck by space debris, disrupting its planned return.

Procuratorate departments across China have approved the arrest of more than 2,800 suspects in domestic-violence cases, with over 3,400 individuals prosecuted since 2021, and more than 500 defendants in domestic violence cases have been sentenced to life imprisonment or heavier punishments over the past five years, China's top procuratorate revealed on Tuesday.

China has appealed to all states parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to advance true multilateralism and enhance solidarity and cooperation.

China's latest superconducting quantum computer, which reportedly can process specific problems 450 million times faster than the world's leading supercomputer, will open application services to the global research and business community. It marks an important step forward for China in the practical use of quantum computing.

China on Monday launched an international science program focused on fusion burning plasma research in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, opening several major fusion research platforms to global scientists for joint scientific advancements.

The first batch of experimental "lunar soil bricks," developed for future construction on the lunar surface, has successfully returned to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-21 spaceship after spending a full year exposed to the space environment. Examinations by Chinese researchers confirmed that the samples remained in good condition, China Central Television (CCTV News) reported on Tuesday.

China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft at 12:11 pm on Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, according to China Manned Space Agency. The launch came after the Chinese Space Station recently experienced its first major unexpected emergency, as Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was struck by space debris, disrupting its planned return. In response, the Shenzhou-20 crew successfully returned to Earth by "borrowing" the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft, while ground teams rapidly prepared for the launch of Shenzhou-22.

China launched the Shenzhou-22 spaceship from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday.

The Shenzhou-22 spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 12:11 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

A series of scientific satellites launched by China have achieved major discoveries in fields such as cosmic transient objects, cosmic-ray propagation and solar eruptions, renewing humanity's understanding of the universe.

China's Ministry of State Security on Tuesday warned that some foreign intelligence services are extending their reach into the gaming world, using in-game advertisements as a new channel for infiltration and recruitment. The ministry cited a case in which a foreign-developed game bypassed oversight and pushed targeted “spy-recruitment” ads through a “watch ads for rewards” feature — disguising their intent with terms like “cooperation” and “part-time work,” and luring players with promises of “high income.”

As China progresses towards its 2030 carbon-peaking target, the upcoming five years -- its next national planning cycle -- will be crucial. With coal and oil still at the heart of the energy system, they will be central to the country's climate efforts.

At a time when China-Japan relations are growing increasingly tense following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks concerning Taiwan question, Japanese actor Koji Yano (Chinese name: Haoge) wrote on Weibo on November 18 that “China is not only my second hometown, but also the place that helped me rediscover the meaning of home. I will always cherish all of this, and I will always support the one-China principle.”

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026–30), the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will launch a series of scientific satellite missions. These missions will focus on major frontiers such as the origins of the universe, the origin of space weather, and the start of life, officials said at a press conference held on Monday about the latest achievements of China's space science pilot program.

China plans to launch the Shenzhou-22 spaceship on Nov. 25 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

Hong Kong is set to embark on a lunar mission by launching its first lunar probe around 2028 to observe lunar meteor impacts, Su Meng, deputy director of the Laboratory for Space Research at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), said on Monday, according to media reports. He added that during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), Hong Kong will continue to participate more deeply in major national aerospace projects such as Chang'e-7, Chang'e-8, and Tianwen-3.

With his GPS fully charged, notebook and flashlight packed, Shen Yuanping ran through a final check before heading deep into the mountains. Unlike most forest rangers, his mission was unique: to safeguard the habitat of China's national treasure, the giant panda.

Authorities in Zouping, a county-level city in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, launched on Sunday an overnight investigation after China Central Television (CCTV) reported that workshops in Weiqiao Town had been illegally manufacturing and selling "homemade aircraft," posing serious safety risks.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences officially launched the "Burning Plasma" international scientific program and unveiled the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) research plan on Monday to the international fusion community, the Hefei Institute of Physical Science at the Chinese Academy of Sciences said in a statement sent to the Global Times on Monday.

A major commercial secret theft case uncovered by police in South China's Hainan Province has recently drawn widespread public attention. Using the guise of business cooperation, the criminal gang implanted malicious software into more than 1,000 corporate computers, resulting in the theft of core data such as bid quotes and technical plans from over 500 enterprises, with the losses exceeding 100 million yuan ($14.07 million). Beyond the sheer scale of the victims, the case also serves as a stark warning to all enterprises about the security of commercial secrets due to its covert modus operandi, the National Administration of State Secrets Protection said on Monday in its WeChat account.

The mountainous southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou plans to launch its first regular low-altitude drone logistics route this year, following a successful cross-city cargo trial flight of a domestically developed electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

An online video shows an Indian tourist allegedly caught stealing at a clothing shop at a night market in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province. The Indian tourist, together with several other fellow Indian tourists, surrounded the female shop owner, the video shows.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday urged Japan to reflect on and correct its mistakes as soon as possible, rather than stubbornly clinging to the wrong path. Wang said this in a media interview after he concluding his visit to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Belem, Brazil on Saturday with the adoption of a plan calling for a global mobilization against climate change. Participants highlighted China's constructive role as a steward of global climate change, underscoring the importance of broad cooperation to advance shared climate goals.

The Group of 20 (G20) summit opened in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday local time, the first held in Africa. Despite the US' boycott and pressure, global leaders attending the event reached a broad consensus on urgent issues including disaster resilience, debt sustainability, just energy transitions and critical minerals, and adopted the G20 South Africa Summit's Leaders' Declaration on the opening day.

A Chinese research team has discovered that the earliest social structure in East Asia was a family-centered social organization model, a finding that challenges the previously assumed linear evolution from matrilineal to patrilineal systems, chinanews.com reported on Sunday.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' official WeChat platform on Sunday released a safety notice advising Chinese nationals in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to evacuate immediately, citing the highly complex and severe security situation in the region.

This move has gradually restored the willingness of Chinese citizens to travel to India, bringing positive impacts. However, India still needs to improve the quality in terms of security guarantees and simplifying visa procedures in order to attract more Chinese tourists, a Chinese travel agency told the Global Times on Sunday.

A new quantum computer, deployed in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei this month, is poised to be accessible to the global research and business community. The machine can reportedly solve a particular problem 450 million times quicker than the world's leading supercomputer.

After careful consideration, the Hong Kong delegation has decided to cancel next month's secondary school exchange program to Japan, the Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB) said on Saturday, according to media reports.

The "Shanghai Green Ode to Peace" event was held in Shanghai on Saturday, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War through tree plantings and musical performances.

Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Friday sent a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, articulating the Chinese government's position on the erroneous words and deeds of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi concerning Taiwan.

The 15th National Games concluded in Shenzhen on Friday with a landmark ceremony that underscored the event's cross-boundary integration across Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and highlighted China's rising generation of athletes.

"China is my second hometown, and Chinese friends are my cherished family - I will always support one China." On Tuesday, Japanese singer MARiA, who has been developing her career in China, posted these words on her personal Sina Weibo account, which quickly became a trending topic on the social media platform. At a time when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks regarding China's Taiwan are causing escalating tension in China-Japan relations, MARiA's statement drew intense attention online both in China and Japan, with some extreme voices in Japan attacking her online.

​At the CNC (computer numerical control) lathe processing competition area, the distinctive metallic scent of cutting fluid subtly permeates the air. Contestants focus intently on their machines, their fingers deftly navigating the control panels as they program, align tools, and conduct test cuts in a seamless flow of actions.

A heavy crane rear-ended vehicles stopped at a red light in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei Province, damaging multiple cars and injuring 13 people, local police reported in a statement on Thursday night.

Teachers and children show emoji and greeting cards made to celebrate the upcoming World Hello Day, which falls on Nov. 21 annually, at a kindergarten in Qinyang, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 19, 2025.

It only makes things worse to forcibly push for the Iran-related confrontational resolution at the Board of Governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said a Chinese envoy Thursday at the meeting.

The number of college graduates in 2026 is expected to reach 12.7 million, an increase of 480,000 compared with this year, according to data released by China's Ministry of Education (MOE), China Central Television reported on Thursday. The MOE has coordinated actions across regions and universities to promote high-quality and sufficient employment for college graduates.

A research team led by Professor Li Baoguo from Northwest University in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has recently documented the first-ever case of giant pandas using objects such as bamboo sticks and tree branches as tools, holding them with one forepaw to scratch hard-to-reach itchy spots, a member from the research team told Global Times on Thursday.

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.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Thursday held a symposium to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Hu Yaobang, a former prominent leader of the Party, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

In the vast, scorching silence of the Taklimakan Desert, where the relentless wind and sand speak only of barrenness, a young woman hears a different rhythm -- the hum of opportunity.

At noon, a tempting aroma of food wafts from a two-story building in a village in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

The Greek edition of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China was launched Tuesday in Athens, with more than 100 representatives from both countries attending the event.

In Le'an county, East China's Jiangxi Province, nestled among the mountains, farmers wear contented smiles as they harvest the final batch of asparagus this year. A reporter from the Global Times on Wednesday joined officials in the field of human rights on a tour of this county to witness the vivid practice of safeguarding farmers' human rights through its asparagus industry.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world," has entered its third environmental transformation in geological history - a groundbreaking concept first proposed by Chinese scientists on Wednesday.

Speed. This is the buzzword frequently used to describe Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, by a group of German media professionals who visited the city to attend the 16th Media Forum China-Germany and a study tour from November 10 to 15, the first China-foreign bilateral media dialogue held in Shenzhen after it was announced as the host city of the 2026 APEC meeting.

When asked to comment on that China's permanent representative to the UN, Fu Cong, said Japan is unqualified to seek a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday that according to the UN Charter, the Security Council bears the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Japan launched war of aggression in World War II, inflicting immense suffering on the people of Asia and the world. To this day, Japan has yet to thoroughly reflect on its war crimes, with some still promoting a misguided view of World War II history, visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, and distorting, denying, or even glorifying its history of aggression, Mao said.

When asking to comment on that the US Department of Defense recently announced an arms sale package worth about $330 million to China's Taiwan region, while Rupert Hammond-Chambers, president of the "US-Taiwan Business Council (USTBC)," claimed the sale demonstrates Washington's commitment to helping Taiwan's military achieve high operational rates and that US arms sales to Taiwan could reach a record high within the next 12 months, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that China firmly opposes the US providing weapons to China's Taiwan region in any form.

In response to recent erroneous remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Taiwan question, figures in the island including Ma Ying-jeou and Hung Hsiu-chu have expressed deep concern over Takaichi's reckless comments, stressing that “cross-Straits issues cannot be handled by foreign forces, but must be resolved by the two sides of the Straits themselves.” Commenting on such voices, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of Taiwan Affairs Office of State Council, said that the mainland has noted the voices from relevant individuals on the island. She said that the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese people and should—and can only—be resolved by both sides of the Taiwan Straits.

As Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan are extremely erroneous and dangerous, such a country is totally unqualified to seek a permanent seat on the Security Council, said Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Tuesday local time.

Sam Hou Fai, chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), on Tuesday said the government will deepen public administration reform and enhance governance efficiency as part of his 2026 Policy Address.

Recently, a regional media outlet outside Panama released a so-called "case analysis" report, accusing China of seeking to consolidate its geopolitical status in the Western Hemisphere through means such as luring elites, providing non-transparent loans and signing infrastructure contracts, including establishing diplomatic relations with Panama. This article lacks basic factual basis, rehashes false information that has already been proven to be rumors and wantonly makes unfounded remarks on China-Panama and China-Latin America relations, the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Panama criticized in a statement published on Wednesday early morning.

Following the postponement of the release of two Japanese films in some Chinese cities, more Japanese performances were cancelled in China as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question triggered strong criticism from the Chinese public.

The rollout of autumn holidays for primary and secondary schools in multiple Chinese regions has triggered a tourism surge in some areas. An expert said on Tuesday that these flexible leave policies help stimulate tourism by allowing families to avoid peak travel periods.

President Xi Jinping has called for upholding the unity between Party leadership, the running of the country by the people and law-based governance, and making concerted efforts to break new ground in advancing the rule of law in China.

Amid the fierce tension flared up between China and Japan because of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent erroneous remarks on Taiwan, Admiral Daryl Caudle, US chief of naval operations who is visiting Japan, told local media Monday that he was "not surprised" by Takaichi's remarks and claimed that he "can understand the position that it is very concerning to her."

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) released an article via its WeChat account on Tuesday disclosing details of a case in which people used secondhand platforms to illegally trade military-related goods, and the authorities took action against more than 40 involved secondhand platform shops, according to the MSS.

The continued expansion of China's economy has driven the development of a vast heavy-load road transportation network across the country. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China has approximately 9 million heavy-duty trucks, which are mainly used to transport bulk goods in settings such as ports and mining areas.

For the first time, Chinese cities account for more than half of the world's top ten scientific research hubs, according to the latest Nature Index supplement, with Beijing retaining its position as the leading global science city - a title it has held since 2016.

The 2025 U.S.-China People's Dialogue opened here on Sunday with participants underscoring the essential role of people-to-people exchanges in fostering stable bilateral relations.

A cold wave is sweeping across China, causing strong winds and a sharp temperature drop that may affect energy supply and agricultural production in the affected areas, according to China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Monday. Multiple regions have implemented measures to ensure production safety and protect people's daily life.