Tourism has surged across the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, with millions traveling north from Hong Kong and Macao, with more mainland travelers spending their holidays in the two cities over this year's “Golden Week” holidays.
China's saw a total of 11.81 million inbound and outbound trips during the recent eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, reaching 85.1 percent of pre-pandemic levels. Industry insiders say this is a strong recovery for cross-border trips, but at the same time there is still vast room for improvement, especially for inbound trips, as such trips are currently being held back by the slow resumption of international flights, geopolitical rifts and other factors.
Japan's irresponsible decision to dump nuclear-contaminated water has again triggered international anger as it kicked off a second round with the Chinese Embassy in Japan expressing strong opposition to the country's unilateral move, which is passing on the risk of radioactive contamination to the world.
Du Zhaocai, a former deputy minister of China's General Administration of Sport and chief of China's #football governing body, has been dismissed from Party membership and public office due to serious disciplinary violations, including taking bribes and confronting organizational investigations.
A 4-year-old girl has been lost on a beach in Nanhui New City, Shanghai, for more than 60 hours, triggering public concern for the girl's safety. The incident has also sparked a heated discussion over guardianship responsibility once again, making it a trending topic on social media.
During the very first “Golden Week” National Day holidays after China lifted pandemic control measures, enthusiasm for overseas travel erupted as a total of 11.81 million entries and exits across the country were processed by border inspection authorities, with an average of 1.48 million per day.
More citizen groups worldwide, including those in Japan, South Korea and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, have taken to the streets in recent days to urge the Japanese government to stop its toxic move of dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean as Japan began a second round of dumping on Thursday.
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to jail for four months on Friday after importing seditious children's picture books which portrayed the city's residents as sheep defending their village from evil wolves, which were supposed to represent the central government.
Over the past eight days, people in China enjoyed a vacation that combined the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day. People chose to spend the holiday in various ways, showcasing a surge in travel and consumption.
Nanyang city in Central China's Henan Province had hoped to achieve fame via a rock music festival, but a series of thefts have stolen the spotlight. After false information spread online, some nearby villagers took advantage and stole from music fans. Nanyang police said on Thursday that some theft cases have been solved, with the thieves being detained; and measures have been taken against the rumor spreader.
Networks of Chinese expressways, railways and civil aviation are embracing a gradual surge in travel as people wrap up their long break during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays that end on Friday.
With resounding applause and cheers echoing throughout the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, the COC held a medal presentation ceremony on Wednesday evening for Chinese athletes who won bronze in the men's 4×100m relay at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the medalist in the women's 20km race walks at the London 2012 Olympics, after the athletics competitions in the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province.
A highly-anticipated Chinese women's soccer team failed to edge out a very young Japanese team to make it to the final in front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Tuesday. Although the Chinese team got close to an equalizer, the team's head coach Shui Qingxia said that the game itself revealed more problems than the final score.
One Chinese national has been killed and another injured, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand confirmed late Tuesday night after a shooting incident which left two dead and five injured at one of the most popular shopping malls in Thailand on Tuesday afternoon.
A chaotic scene unfolded at the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday afternoon as gunshots rang out near an upscale retail area, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least three people, according to Thai local media. The incident took place around 4.20pm local time.
China's lunar exploration mission, Chang'e-8, is planned for launch around 2028 and will join Chang'e-7 to form the basic structure of a lunar research station, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced international cooperation opportunities linked to the Chang'e-8 mission during the 74th International Astronautical Congress on Monday.
It was not an easy two-year journey from Tokyo to Hangzhou for China's athletics legend Gong Lijiao, for she has been dealing with the impact of COVID infection, prolonged injury and no coach's assistance. Nonetheless, she once again stepped on that top podium for women's shot put with a convincing victory, marking a 45-year dominance of Team China over the event in the quadrennial multi-sport event of Asia.
As the Chinese players Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong stood on the podium to receive their gold and silver medals in the men's singles event respectively, the table tennis competition at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province came to a close on Monday.
Since the discovery of the first RRAT in 2006, more than 160 RRATs have been discovered by radio telescope around the world.
The short film adopts a personification technique and features the ancient-style elves the "Master Wuyong" and "Remaining Mountain" in animated form. They vividly narrate the story of "The Master Wuyong Scroll" currently housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Giant panda lovers in the US are bidding farewell to their beloved Mei Xiang and Tian Tian as well as their 3-year-old son Xiao Qi Ji, as they are scheduled to return home in China by December 7. To honor the adorable "diplomats," Washington's Smithsonian's National Zoo is hosting a nine-day event dedicated to letting their thousands of devoted fans see them one last time.
At 6 am on Sunday morning bathed in the first rays of sunlight, more than 300,000 visitors on Sunday, who had waited for the whole night gathered in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing just to witness the solemn moment when the five-star red flag was raised, on the occasion of the 74th birthday of the People's Republic of China, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday.
Chinese tourists flocked to popular attractions across the country during this year's Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays in the hottest Golden Week in five years, making many localities remind travelers to devise their itineraries to avoid peak times.
On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers.
Thanks to travel surge during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, the number of inbound vehicles via the Zhuhai Highway Port to HongKong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge reached 7,000 between 9 am-4:30 pm Saturday, hitting a daily record high since the bridge was open to traffic.
There will be 896 million domestic tourists travelling during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, an increase of 86 percent compared to last year, China Ministry of Culture and Tourism estimated on Saturday. Revenue from domestic tourism revenue is expected to reach 782.5 billion yuan ($107.3 billion), a growth of 138 percent compared to last year. This marks the busiest Golden Week in five years, and it demonstrates that the tourism industry is entering a new normal and becoming an important engine driving the country's economy.
On the first day of the Golden Week holidays, September 29, the national railway transported 20.98 million passengers, setting a new record for single-day passenger volume in history. Analysts predict that this year will be the busiest Golden Week for five years.
A group of 22 foreign reporters and visitors completed their nine-day interviews and visiting trip themed “Seminar for Media Directors of The Silk Road Economic Belt Countries” across Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday.
Friday, the sixth competition day of the 19th Asian Games, marked the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival - a time for Chinese people to celebrate reunion. However, on this day, athletes, technical officials, and journalists from different countries and regions who left home to attend this sporting event also felt right at home in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province.
Scholars worldwide have gathered at the Nishan Forum held in East China's Shandong Province to explore the common values of humanity across various civilizations and among them. Jeffrey Sachs, an American scholar, who attended the forum, called on countries to find the common values to solve tensions, overcome the world's crises, and find peace and harmony among countries around the world.
A new exhibition, themed Thriving in a Collaborative World: “Belt and Road” Cooperation in Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, kicked off on Thursday at the Palace Museum in Beijing for marking the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
A treasure trove of exquisite imperial artifacts, including the imperial edict of Emperor Zhangzong of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) as well as a large-scale architectural foundation that has been preliminarily determined to be a royal temple site, was unearthed for the first time at the Zhongdu site, the capital city of Jin Dynasty in Beijing, according to a press conference held by the National Cultural Heritage Administration on Thursday.
China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission is currently undergoing research and development work as planned, with the launch scheduled for around 2024, China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Friday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has encouraged the children of martyrs to follow the examples of their heroic parents' generation and dedicate themselves to serving as the loyal guardians of the Party and the people.
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Audrey Azoulay, director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), attended the award ceremony of the UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education 2023 in Beijing on Thursday.
"I am overwhelmed and proud to participate in Asia's largest comprehensive sports event in my hometown, and it encourages me to continue to make breakthroughs and create even more brilliant results," China's evergreen swimmer Wang Shun, who won a record-breaking title at the 19th Asian Games, held in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, told the Global Times on Thursday.
Speaking with Global Times reporters during an interview on Thursday, the Acting President for the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA) stressed that politics should be kept separated from sports during the international sport events.
Tailored to meet the daily needs of foreign residents living in Shanghai, the International Services Shanghai: A Guide to Shanghai for Expats handbook, was launched on Thursday in Shanghai to help expats enjoy life, travel and career as the city deepens opening-up while striving to become a modern international metropolis with a socialist identity and global influence.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday slammed baseless remarks, slander and smears from the UK and other Western countries through the so-called event on "media freedom in Hong Kong" against the safeguarding of rights and freedoms, including media freedom, in the city.
As the 8-day Golden Week holiday approaches, tourists are swarming to China's famous landmarks like Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, the Bund in Shanghai, and West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province. The vibrant atmosphere, buzzing with excitement and activities, serves as a vivid reflection of the unwavering confidence of the Chinese people in the country's economy and bright future.
With the recent rise in the number of pharyngitis patients and fever clinic visits, experts noted that the public should take precautions, as the large increase in holiday travel may lead to a low-level outbreak during the upcoming eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on the island of Taiwan have always stood on the wrong side of history and against the interests and well-being of Taiwan compatriots, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said in response to the DPP's smearing of the mainland's latest document to facilitate integrated development across the Taiwan Straits.
China's Shanxi Province revised minor protection regulations identifying school principals as the primary person liable for student safety, after a severe school bullying case involving two 9-year-old primary school kids beating, humiliating and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old for almost a year sparked outrage among Chinese society. The case also sparked heated discussions on whether or not to exert criminal punishment on underaged minors.
A nationwide uniform signage for the protection of martyrs' memorial facilities will be introduced in China, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs announced on Tuesday, adding that the move is aimed at further enhancing the standardized management of martyrs' memorial facilities and unifying their visual identity.
Tengchong in Southwest China's Yunnan Province will temporarily establish a border control zone to effectively prevent and combat telecommunications fraud originating from Myanmar from October 1 to December 31, according to the official account of Tengchong government on Tuesday. Experts say that if these crimes are not controlled, the situation may deteriorate rapidly and bring unnecessary risk to both China and Southeast Asian countries.
Former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Chen Xuyuan has been prosecuted for accepting bribes by the People's Procuratorate of Huangshi in Central China's Hubei Province.
As China gears up for the upcoming eight-day Golden Week holiday, which combines the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday, a unique approach to lodging similar to Airbnb has been gaining popularity on Chinese social media platforms. Some homeowners across the country are opening their doors to travelers, and some are offering their vacant homes for short-term rental during the festive season at an affordable price.
An “error spotting” program that invites the public to report wrongly spelled foreign language signs scattered in public spaces in Beijing has recently been launched by the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality on its official WeChat platform.
Chinese actress Zheng Shuang who was fined 299 million yuan ($40.91 million) for tax evasion in 2021 was ordered by a Shanghai court to compensate an investor 60 million yuan ($8.21 million) for economic losses caused by her misconduct.
The main environmental indicators are considerably superior than the local emission standards, and it has become a model for local low-carbon and environmentally friendly power generation with advanced technology, Zhao Zhigang, head of the plant's developer PT Shenhua Guohua Power Jawa Bali, told the Global Times.
Two students who bullied their classmate at a primary school in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, have been reprimanded in accordance with the law and received psychological counseling and behavioral treatment, while the school's principal, vice principal, and teachers involved have been sacked or dismissed, local authorities said on Tuesday. The school bullying in Datong has caused widespread public concern.
As the international seminar themed "Environment, Development and Human Rights: Marine Ecological Protection in the Process of Modernization" was held on Tuesday, experts say that China has set a benchmark for the world to achieve modernization through sustainable development.
In response to US' identification of China as a "major drug source country," one official from China National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC) said on Tuesday that the US, as a "single largest major drug demand country," is in no position to wag its finger at China's counter-narcotics efforts. China opposes "politicization" of drug issues, and urges the US to stop "long-arm jurisdiction" and abusing unilateral sanctions.
A fast-chain hotel in Beijing reportedly was selling “stairwell rooms” to consumers during the National Day holidays, which failed to meet fire safety standards, and was temporarily suspended by authorities. The incident triggered wide discussion among netizens over the rising price of hotel rooms amid a strong recovery in domestic travel during the upcoming holidays.
The first giant panda college has been established under China West Normal University (CWNU) in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, aiming to cultivate advanced professionals in the conservation of rare animals and plants.
Chinese actress Liu Yifei's new role as the tourism ambassador for Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE), sparked heated discussion on China's social media on Monday as China's upcoming National Day holidays are just around the corner.
Three mRNA vaccines developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm) can provide effective protection against monkeypox, the latest study showed.
A 10-year-old boy accidentally discovered some footprints on a stone riverbed while playing by the river in the city of Luzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Dinosaur experts later confirmed the footprint fossils included tracks of an adult and baby Dromaeosaurus, as well as a very special sauropod dinosaur, saying such a combination is very rare.
Aiming at increasing the proliferation of fish in the Yangtze River for this autumn season, more than 850,000 rare fish were recently released from the Yangtze River Park in Yibin, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and the Baihetan reservoir area in Yunnan Province's Zhaotong city, which is known for its hydropower project.
China on Monday released guidelines to severely punish cyberspace violations that target minors, involve paid posters, fabricate “sexual” topics and use artificial intelligence to disseminate illegal information.
Multiple countries are looking to cooperate with China in the field of meteorological technology to address the climate change challenges that have gripped countries around the world.
After virologist Shi Zhengli warned another coronavirus outbreak “highly likely”, other Chinese virologists shot down the possibility of outbreak the world experienced in the past three years would reappear, claiming that the immunity most population gained during this period could help fend off possible outbreaks. However, those virologists also warned sporadic outbreaks of coronavirus in the future.
President Xi Jinping has urged east China's Zhejiang Province to strive toward writing a new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization.
China's State Council Information Office will release a white paper titled "A Global Community of Shared Future: China's Proposals and Actions" at 10 a.m. Tuesday, and a press conference will be held by the office.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to the Global Sustainable Transport Forum.
Recently, there have been frequent reports of successful disruption of telecommunications fraud in the country, with 1,482 suspects involved in fraud cases in northern Myanmar being handed over to Chinese authorities. However, behind the various types of information and disguises on the internet, there is not only telecommunications fraud in northern Myanmar, but also spy networks.
On Sunday morning fire killed 16 miners at a coal mine in Panguan township, Panzhou city, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, the local authority announced on Sunday evening.
A youth soccer invitation tournament is set to kick off in early October in East China's Fujian Province, attracting top youth soccer club teams from Germany, the Netherlands, Argentina, and Serbia, as well as top teams within the same bracket from China. During the competition, a forum focused on professional talent development in youth soccer training will also be held.
In Hangzhou, China has, once again, dazzled domestic and international audiences not only with its futuristic opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games, its athletes' spirit of striving for excellence and Chinese people's solidarity in providing a sports feast for the whole Asia and the world. The country also succeeded in using the first major sports event to be hosted on its soil after COVID-19 restrictions to showcase its usual openness, inclusiveness and hospitality.
In light of the double challenges of COVID-19 and influenza this fall and winter, Chinese doctors and medical experts have called for the public to get updated vaccines by the end of October. The suggestion came with the latest study by a research team led by Chinese infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong that revealed weakening neutralization against Omicron subvariants as the virus continues to evolve.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of high-quality development in promoting new industrialization to lay a strong material and technological foundation for Chinese modernization.
Visiting Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world and one of the landmark buildings in Dubai, wandering around the At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah to take a look at the first capital of the Saudi Dynasty, discovering the thrills of a desert safari… many countries in the Middle-East region have become new destinations for Chinese tourists, with a huge influx expected during the upcoming Golden Week holidays.
As people were wowed by the spectacular Asian Games opening ceremony on Saturday evening, especially the moment when a huge golden "digital torchbearer" spanned the Qiantang River and lit the main torch tower together with an actual torchbearer in Hangzhou, the Global Times learned how more than 100 million online users gathered as one huge "digital torchbearer" via augmented reality (AR) technology to complete the first-ever "virtual and reality integration" lighting ceremony at a large-scale sports event.
Team China bagged the first gold medal of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou in the women's lightweight double sculls at Fuyang Water Sports Centre on Sunday, in less than 10 minutes after the start of the first match day.
The colorfully decorated opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games has thrilled the audience both on-site and around the world as a six-color hanging screen has become the key focus, illustrating the vitality of the Games and reigniting the glamor of Chinese poetry.
On Saturday, the day of Autumn Equinox, one of the traditional Chinese solar terms, the 19th Asian Games opening ceremony began with the "Water Jade Cong" drums beating out the exciting sound of water to welcome the guests at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, nicknamed "Big Lotus."
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday night declared the 19th Asian Games open in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province.
Raja Randhir Singh, acting president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), highly affirmed the preparations and facilities for the Hangzhou Asian Games, saying that it is now ready for everything, during a news conference on Friday.
Acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Randhir Singh, expressed his high recognition of the slogan "Heart to heart, @future" for the Hangzhou Asian Games at a press conference jointly held by the OCA and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC) on Friday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games on Saturday night in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province. Xi will declare the Games open.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)'s Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said that he was “very concerned” about the fraud case involving cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX which has reportedly resulted in HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in losses for investors, vowing to strengthen investor education and protection, according to media reports on Friday.
Qin Haiyang and Yang Liwei announced flag bearers for Chinese Asian Games delegation.
"Freedom and love are dear to me; my life I give, sweet love, for thee, yet love I give for liberty." It must be one of the most well-known foreign poems in China as the work of the revolutionary poet brought hopes and power to the Chinese people during turbulent times in the early 1900s.
A round candle flame, a water ping pong ball… The Shenzhou-16 crew on Thursday livestreamed their first science lecture from China's Tiangong space station, also the first ever given from the Mengtian lab module. Different from previous lectures that were mostly focused on popularizing science, the new episode provides practical and valuable experimental data for researchers in the field and serves as an inspiration for more scientists to become payload specialists that could one day fly to space themselves in the future.
As all the preparation work has been done for the operation of venues and events, the Hangzhou Asian Games welcomed its highest daily influx of inbound visitors related to the Games on Thursday. A total of 20,000 to 30,000 people are expected to enter the city of Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province during the Games.
Anti-doping work has been an essential part of major sporting events in recent decades, and ahead of the opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games, an interactive event was held in neighboring city Shanghai where top officers from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) discussed their work with local young people, including young athletes.
China has launched a platform to encourage the public to provide clues to track down missing and stolen Chinese cultural relics, domestic media reported on Wednesday.
The Laba Mountain Wind Power Project, part of the first batch of large wind and solar power base projects in China and the largest wind power project commissioned in Southwest China's Sichuan-Chongqing region since the "14th Five-Year Plan," officially commenced electricity generation on Thursday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected the city of Shaoxing in east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday afternoon.
Eyeing common prosperity for all human beings, the BRI helps foster new engines for economic development and people-to-people exchanges. For local people in Central and Eastern Europe, the BRI may sound like too big an idea, but every story of their engagement shows the whole picture of this grand project. Global Times reporters chose the stories of three locals, which show the human side of the BRI.
With the acceleration of the aging population, China has become the country with the largest number of Alzheimer's patients in the world and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the country is occurring at an increasingly younger age, a report showed.
Not learning English means that children from rural areas will always be farmers. If you don't learn English, how will you get employed in the future, Chinese tech giant Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei, said during an interview in July that was published on Thursday. Xi'an Jiaotong University's recent announcement that it won't require mandatory College English Test results has sparked heated discussions online.
A 750-kV ultra-high voltage substation equipped with a counter-unmanned aircraft system has been put into operation in northwest China's plateau province of Qinghai.
Several internet celebrities with over 1 million followers along with their teams, in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, have been arrested for deceptive advertising and raking money through videos and live-streaming. Local police have so far detained 54 suspects, destroyed five Multi-Channel Networks (MCN) agencies and shut down 14 companies involved. The case marks the first instance in Sichuan where law enforcement has successfully cracked down on a series of irregularities within the "internet celebrity economy."
The first meeting of the organizing committee for the International Horticultural Exposition 2024 Chengdu and the press conference for the event were held in Beijing on Wednesday. With the theme of "Park City, Beautiful Living," the event aims to create a world horticultural expo with "contemporary features, international standards, Chinese elements, and Chengdu characteristics." It will be held from April 26 to October 28, 2024.
A half-marathon race scheduled in Zhenkang county, Southwest China's Yunnan Province bordering Kokang in Myanmar has stirred heated discussion online, due to the rampant telecom scamming activities in northern Myanmar, a place for telecom fraud dens.
Another scandal concerning Fukushima nuclear accident was exposed as Japanese construction workers have been found selling scrap iron, which may be contaminated by the radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, for personal gain.
Jiang Qiugui, 62, was left in awe after walking on the mossy stone roads and appreciating the delicate architecture at a scenic spot in Suxian District of Chenzhou City, central China's Hunan Province.
The Chinese naval hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived at a port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday morning after completing friendly visits and humanitarian medical services to Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and East Timor.