Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged efforts to carry out search and rescue operations in a scientific manner after a landslide struck a county in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, leaving people trapped and missing, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.

Eight people were rescued after a landslide struck Hanjia subdistrict in Pengshui, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Friday morning, collapsing several residential buildings, while more than 60 residents had been evacuated shortly before the disaster, according to CCTV News.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in east China's Shanghai.

Ahang, the internet-famous white lion known for his distinctive “straight bangs hairstyle”, has died at the age of 17, Guangzhou Zoo announced on Wednesday. The zoo said it will design and create a commemorative bronze statue of Ahang, hoping that people will continue to remember the companionship and happiness he brought to them, according to media reports on Thursday.

China seeks to balance high-quality development with high-level environmental protection over the next five years as it advances the building of a Beautiful China, a senior official said on Thursday.

A plastic storage box and a camera module can be turned into an action camera for less than 20 yuan ($2.95). A wooden stick fitted with several sensors becomes a "Harry Potter wand" capable of controlling smart home appliances. Third-grade primary school students have built telescopes from discarded cardboard that can reveal craters on the moon. These are all examples of the growing "hand-built" craze in China. Most recently, 8-year-old twin brothers and their mother spent a month transforming an old bamboo mat into a set of ancient-style Chinese armor. Their painstaking craftsmanship, reported in a video released by state broadcaster, China Central Television (CCTV) News, quickly captivated millions online.

A joint study by Chinese and international scientists has developed a catalyst-free plastic degradation technology, paving the way for more efficient recycling and high-value utilization of plastic waste, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

China had 2.1 gigawatts of concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity in operation as of the end of June 2026, ranking second worldwide behind only Spain, the China Electricity Council said on Thursday.

A signing ceremony of the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization was held in Shanghai on Thursday.

As China entered sanfu, or the “dog days” of summer – the hottest and most humid period of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar – the National Meteorological Center renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures on Thursday, with temperatures forecast to exceed 40 C in parts of Xinjiang, Sichuan and Chongqing. Authorities across the country are reportedly stepping up measures to help residents cope with the heat.

An inflatable boat carrying 13 people exploded near Mopanshan Island off Xingcheng city in Northeast China's Liaoning Province at about 2:08 pm on Wednesday, killing seven people and leaving one missing, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

A cloud observer with a monthly salary of 60,000 yuan ($8,813) has been selected by the Laojun Mountain scenic spot in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province, the scenic spot administration announced on Thursday.

A Chinese man on bail, who staged his own death by lying in a coffin and having his family bury him in an attempt to escape punishment, has been sentenced to five months in detention for dangerous driving, while his mother and grandmother are under criminal investigation for allegedly helping him evade justice, prosecutors in Anyang, Central China's Henan Province said, according to China Newsweek on Tuesday.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center, released on Wednesday, showed that China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world, marking the first time the organization has recorded such results in the roughly 20 years Pew has been tracking global opinions.

China's COVID-19 epidemic remains at a low level despite a recent rise in test positivity rates at sentinel hospitals nationwide, an expert from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday, noting that no new variants posing additional public health risks have been detected.

A glowing object streaking across the night sky over Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday night left many residents and tourists amazed, with some asking online, "Is this a UFO? How did it change shape?"

A van carrying more than 10 people plunged off a cliff in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Wednesday, resulting in casualties, local authorities said.

A sea of glowing light sticks swayed to the dynamic rhythm of The Hottest Ethnic Trend as thousands of participants from China's Taiwan region sang in unison and erupted in cheers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Cross-Straits Youth Culture Month in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday. Earlier the day, teenagers from both sides of the Taiwan Straits gathered around a giant scroll, using colorful brushes to illustrate their shared cultural heritage and hopes for closer cross-Straits ties.

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) on Wednesday released 30 major science and technology questions and challenges for 2026 at the main forum of its 28th annual meeting in Beijing.

At a seminar on AI safety and risk governance organized by the World Internet Conference in Beijing on Wednesday, experts warned that frontier AI tools are entering a period of accelerating risk spillover, with geopolitical factors playing a role in amplifying these risks.

Multiple defendants received prison sentences ranging from four to 12 years for killing national first-class protected wild animals, according to five typical biodiversity protection cases China's Supreme People's Court released on Wednesday.

A court in Central China's Henan Province has ordered a newlywed couple and nine others involved in a wedding prank to pay more than 230,000 yuan ($32,000) in compensation after a 20-year-old bridesmaid suffered a serious spinal injury that left her with a Grade 9 disability, reported chendu.cn, a news platform operated by Chengdu Media Group.

A villager ran more than 50 meters after a departing fire truck in tears to thank local firefighters after they managed to pull a 400-kilogram yellow cattle, which is a major source of income for the family, out of a septic tank, according to Public Focus, an official WeChat account operated by Guizhou Radio and Television Station.

Two experts selected by the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (NDCPA) have joined a mission to Uganda to support the Joint Continental Incident Management Support Team (IMST) in responding to the Ebola outbreak, the Global Times learned from the administration on Wednesday.

A photography contest first-prize winner in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was disqualified after the contest organizer confirmed the work was AI-generated, with the award itself and all related honors being revoked, the organizer announced on Tuesday.

China's top economic planner said Wednesday that it has allocated 30 million yuan (about 4.42 million US dollars) from the central budget to support post-disaster recovery in northeast China's Jilin Province, which was hit by heavy rainfall and flooding brought by Typhoon Bavi.

Northwest University in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province announced on Wednesday that it has confirmed plagiarism allegations in academic papers by Jia Qianqian, daughter of renowned Chinese writer Jia Pingwa, and substantiated the allegations of academic misconduct. The university revoked Jia Qianqian's master's degree and teaching qualification, according to the university's statement.

English MV 'I Miss You On The South China Sea' officially released

On the grasslands of Nagqu in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, where large numbers of pregnant Tibetan antelopes arrive from their wintering grounds in April and May to give birth before returning with their newborn calves from July to September, local forestry and grassland authorities and researchers are using an integrated three dimensional “space, sky and ground” monitoring system that uses satellite in the orbit, manned and unmanned aircrafts in the air and monitoring stations on the ground to track and safeguard the animals' migration, breeding and habitat activities, CCTV News reported.

A delegation from the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) on Tuesday kicked off a four-day visit to Shanghai, marking the party's first official trip to the mainland, Taiwan island media outlets reported.

China and Russia carried out a joint fish stock enhancement and release activity in Tongjiang - a county-level city under the administration of Jiamusi, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Tuesday, as part of the two countries' continued efforts to conserve and restore fishery resources in their shared border waters.

China has allocated 430 million yuan (about 63 million U.S. dollars) in central natural disaster relief funds to support flood control and typhoon relief efforts in 10 provincial-level regions, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.

China on Tuesday upgraded its emergency flood response for northeast China's Jilin Province from Level IV to Level III, as heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding in this region.

China's top economic planner said on Tuesday that it has allocated 30 million yuan (about 4.4 million US dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in northeast China's Liaoning Province, which was recently hit by heavy rainstorms and flooding.

Heavy rainstorms brought by Typhoon Bavi swept across parts of Northeast China, forcing the temporary suspension of railway services, class cancellations at schools and kindergartens, and closures of scenic spots.

Heavy persistent rains in Northeast China fueled by Typhoon Bavi have led to the suspension of multiple conventional and high-speed trains at Shenyang Railway Station and Shenyang North Railway Station in Liaoning Province on Tuesday, with services bound for Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other destinations affected, according to media reports.

Chinese scientists have successfully developed a new type of solar cell that has achieved a steady-state power conversion efficiency of 28.04 percent, setting a new world record for this class of solar cells, chinanews.com reported on Monday.

Chinese scientists have successfully developed the world's first bionic auditory neural interface, enabling conventional cochlear implants to progress from helping users hear sounds to helping them understand what they hear, marking a major advance from restoring hearing perception to rebuilding auditory function, the Global Times learned from the research team on Monday.

Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission's three-person crew has successfully tested an upgraded in-orbit mass measurement device at China's space station, as the three astronauts approach their 50th day in orbit with a steadily expanding roster of scientific experiments.

China aims to raise its average life expectancy to 80 years by 2030, from 79.25 years in 2025, under a national health plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

The second generating unit of the Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to the world's tallest dam, has officially begun commercial operation, achieving the project's goal of bringing two units online within half a month and marking a major step toward the full commissioning of the world-class hydropower project, CCTV News reported on Monday.

China has released a guideline aimed at improving the management system for natural resource assets, which seeks to promote the secure, efficient and sustainable use of natural resources and preserve and increase the value of such assets.

China's top economic planner said on Monday that it has allocated 30 million yuan (about 4.4 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in north China's Hebei Province, which was recently hit by heavy rainstorms and flooding.

The carrier rocket for the Chang'e-7 lunar exploration mission has arrived at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Monday.

The Fenyang city Museum in North China's Shanxi Province on Saturday completed identification of a stone Buddha head sculpture, believed to be around 1,400 years old, that was recently donated by a local villager who discovered it near a local pig farm. The head may be the missing piece of a matching headless statue already on display at the museum, according to the museum's official WeChat account on Sunday.

Typhoon Bavi is expected to move north, bringing prolonged heavy rainfall to northeast China through Monday and Tuesday, with parts of Northeast China's Liaoning and Jilin provinces to receive extremely heavy rain, prompting widespread class suspensions, business closures and work suspension, CCTV News reported on Monday.

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of East China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 pm on Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday, citing Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory. While Bavi struck a wide area along China's eastern coast, bringing with it torrential downpours and high winds, affected regions rolled out emergency preparations days in advance, as Chinese authorities distributed daily necessities and arranged funds to support post-typhoon recovery efforts.

"Sir, thank you for your letter dated 22 January 1990. According to the Philippine National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, the Scarborough Reef or Huangyan Dao does not fall within the territorial sovereignty of the Philippines." This letter was recently republished on social media by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, once again presenting irrefutable evidence of China's sovereignty over Huangyan Dao. The letter bears the signature of then Philippine ambassador to Germany, Bienvenido Tan, Jr, whose official statement stands as a pivotal historical testament to the Philippine government's acknowledgment that Huangyan Dao lies outside its territorial domain.

A group of Chinese tourists travelling in a bus in South Korea on Saturday worked together to rescue a bus driver who lost consciousness and helped bring an out-of-control vehicle under control, averting a serious accident. South Korean netizens praised the Chinese tourists for remaining calm and handling the emergency remarkably well despite the language barrier.

Chinese authorities on Sunday evening issued two separate red alerts, the highest level in its four-tier system, for flash floods and geological hazards, as heavy rains continue to lash multiple regions.

“The earthquake was so powerful that houses felt as fragile as biscuits. Some residents watched helplessly as their homes collapsed in front of their eyes.”

China's latest monitoring shows that sea surface temperatures in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific have continued to warm abnormally since spring 2026, with the El Nino phenomenon entering a rapid development stage, potentially forming a super El Nino that rivals 1997-98 record and requiring precautions against climate and maritime disasters, China Media Group's CNR.cn reported on Sunday, citing the Ministry of Natural Resources.

China has recorded fewer and weaker spring sandstorms over the past two decades, after decades of efforts to curb desertification, official data released on Sunday showed.

Typhoon Bavi, previously a "super typhoon," weakened into a typhoon before making landfall in the coast of Yuhuan, East China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 pm Saturday, yet it is still the strongest typhoon to make landfall in China so far this year, according to official information.

Following the massive fire at a shoe factory on July 9 in a town of Jinjiang, Quanzhou, East China's Fujian Province that claimed 28 lives, investigations found that factors contributing to the tragedy included the factory's large floor span, narrow surrounding roads, the storage of large quantities of combustible shoe-making materials, occupied fire lanes, barricades in the workplace, and the lack of sprinklers. Further investigations showed that local authorities had issued regulations requiring fire separation; however, safety inspections were not carried out, according to Xinhua News Agency and CCTV News.

Flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak severely damaged a zoo in Guigang, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leaving three lions dead and sweeping away more than 100 herbivores from over 20 species. To prevent predatory animals from escaping and possibly attacking people, zoo operators locked dangerous animals inside their enclosures, which has sparked a controversy.

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, is expected to make landfall along the coast between Wenling and Rui'an in east China's Zhejiang Province from Saturday night to early Sunday, according to the National Meteorological Center.

Nine districts in Beijing activated a Level-I emergency response for flood control on Saturday afternoon after a red alert for torrential rain was issued for these regions.

China's Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have jointly allocated 40 million yuan (about 5.88 million U.S. dollars) in central natural disaster relief funds to support emergency rescue and disaster relief efforts in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces following the impact of Typhoon Bavi.

Following a deadly fire at a footwear factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, East China's Fujian Province, on Thursday that left 28 people dead, multiple enterprises in the footwear manufacturing hub have intensified safety inspections. Local authorities said the campaign targets labor-intensive industries, including footwear, textiles and luggage, to identify and eliminate safety risks.

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, reintensified into a severe typhoon around midnight on Saturday, prompting China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) to issue an orange typhoon alert as authorities in affected regions suspended in-person school activities, closed tourist attractions and halted some ferry services.

An adult Tibetan blue bear, ursus arctos pruinosus, broke into a hotel room in Nagqu, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, in the early hours of the morning on July 4. After a brief two-second stare-down with the guest, the bear left on its own, and no one was injured.

A nine-year-old boy hovered on the brink of death after his family consumed highly toxic wild mushrooms that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) identification app had marked as non-toxic, domestic media outlet China News Service reported.

Laojun Mountain scenic spot in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province, is recruiting a sea-of-clouds spotter with a monthly salary of 60,000 yuan ($8,813). Candidates are required to live at the mountain summit for 30 days, track daily everyday changes of the clouds, and post at least one short video each day, the notice said.

As the CPC marks its 105th founding anniversary, China's Qinling Station chief shared with the Global Times his journey together with the development of the station, exemplifying the CPC's vanguard spirit.

The city of Beijing has taken emergency measures on Friday as Typhoon Bavi's moisture and cold air converged to bring heavy rainfall. A total of 21,021 households involving 57,181 people had been relocated as part of precautionary evacuations, according to local media.

The search-and-rescue operation at the site of a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, East China's Fujian Province, has basically concluded, with 28 fatalities confirmed, local officials said at a press conference on Friday morning.

Friday witnessed another historic moment in China's space program which unfolded over the South China Sea. At 12:15 pm Beijing time, the Long March 10B carrier rocket lifted off from the Hainan commercial space launch site, successfully placing its satellite payload into the designated orbit and completing its maiden flight mission.

China's Long March 10B carrier rocket lifted off from the Hainan commercial space launch site at 12:15 pm on Friday. Approximately six minutes after the separation of the rocket's first and second stages, the first stage made a vertical return and was successfully recovered by an offshore recovery platform.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged full efforts in search-and-rescue operations after a fire at a shoe factory caused major casualties Thursday in Jinjiang City, east China's Fujian Province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

China has dispatched 50,000 pieces of disaster relief supplies to Zhejiang and Fujian provinces to support local typhoon response work, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said Thursday.

Death toll from the shoe factory fire in East China's Fujian has risen to 28, Xinhua reported. The blaze broke out around noon on Thursday, causing major casualties.

China's National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, together with multiple ministries and local governments, convened a joint consultation to assess the track of Ty-phoon Bavi, and coordinate flood and typhoon prevention efforts, China's Central Televi-sion (CCTV) News reported Thursday.

China has consistently attached great importance to bird conservation over the years, noted the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) at a news conference on the achievements of bird conservation in 2026. In particular, in September 2025, 17 government departments jointly launched a three-year bird conservation campaign and a special campaign to crack down on the illegal hunting and trade of birds.

China's national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief on Thursday raised its national disaster response level to Level III in response to severe flooding in the cities of Nanning and Guigang in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Thursday upgraded its emergency response for flood and typhoon control from Level IV to Level III in response to Typhoon Bavi.

A major fire broke out at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Southeast China's Fujian Province on Thursday afternoon, with multiple people reported trapped and unaccounted for. The fire is currently being fought, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

At 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Beijing meteorological observatory issued an orange alert for rainstorms, the city's first orange-level warning since the onset of the 2026 flood season.

China has issued a circular outlining comprehensive measures to strengthen flood control, drought relief, emergency rescue and disaster response as parts of the country were hit by natural disasters.

Following heated online debate over Louis Vuitton's controversial trademark infringement lawsuit against Chinese tea chain Molly Tea, another fashion brand Armani came to the spotlight as its eagle-shaped logo was found to be similar to Zhejiang University's school emblem.

When asked for comments on a statement by the US Department of State calling on China to resume dialogue with the Dalai Lama, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that Xizang affairs are China's internal affairs which brook no interference by any external forces.

Typhoon Maysak-triggered torrential rain and flooding in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have left 39 dead and nine missing, including 26 deaths from the Liulan Reservoir breach in Nanning city, local officials announced at a flood control and disaster relief press briefing on Thursday. They said identity verification of the deceased and search efforts for the missing, and assured the public that the water level at the breached Liulan Reservoir has receded.

Floods triggered by rounds of torrential rains have left 39 people dead and nine others missing in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said Thursday.

The disease control authority in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced that an emergency monitoring and response system has been activated in rain and flood-hit areas, with no abnormal indicators detected so far, urging the public to take precautions against five major categories of diseases, according to a release from the region's disease control and prevention authority.

Following Maysak, Super Typhoon Bavi, which formed on July 2, is set to enter China's 48-hour typhoon warning zone on Wednesday. As the massive typhoon - characterized by its enormous size and wide-ranging wind and rain impacts - approaches, China's National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters activated a Level IV emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention in East China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.

Chinese President Xi Jinping presented the country's top sci-tech award and delivered an important speech at a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

China has dispatched 20,000 pieces of disaster relief supplies to the central province of Hubei after it was hit by gales and thunderstorms, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said Wednesday.

China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control and typhoon prevention in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.

Ben De, a pioneering radar scientist who laid the foundation for China's airborne pulse-Doppler radar technology and helped pioneer phased-array radar technology with spearheaded research into space-based surveillance radar, has been awarded the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, China's highest scientific honor.

More than 100 animals of over 20 species, including zebras and sika deer, have gone missing after being washed away from a zoo in Guigang, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, during floods triggered by Typhoon Maysak. Three lions at the zoo were also killed in the flooding. The zoo is continuing search efforts and has appealed to netizens for help in locating the missing animals, the Global Times learned from the zoo on Wednesday.

Authorities in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Wednesday announced a series of measures including expanding antivenom stocks, to prevent and cope with snakebite risks in Yunbiao township, Hengzhou, following recent flooding and escape of snakes, according to the official media platform of the Nanning authorities.

As extreme weather battered several parts of China, including a landslide in Northwest China's Gansu Province that killed 21 people, flooding in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region that left six dead, and severe thunderstorms that left 11 dead in Hubei Province, central and local authorities, together with volunteer rescue organizations, mounted a large-scale emergency response to carry out search, rescue and disaster relief operations.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have rushed to hype up an incident in which Japanese former reporter Akio Yaita, who supports the DPP's secessionist agenda, was reportedly attacked by a Hong Kong resident in Taichung, Taiwan region, using it to smear the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law with the aim to stoke cross-Straits friction while misleading and intimidating Taiwan residents, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.

Two veteran scientists won China's top sci-tech award for the year 2025 on Wednesday for their groundbreaking contributions to the fields of lithium batteries and radar technology, respectively, as the country honored 258 projects and 11 experts for scientific and technological achievements.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for accelerated efforts to achieve high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology, and leverage sci-tech innovation to underpin and drive Chinese modernization.

Chinese researchers have developed a breakthrough technology for the efficient large-scale production of biochar from agricultural and forestry biomass, an achievement officially recognized by an expert panel.

China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management on Wednesday allocated 50 million yuan (about 7.34 million US dollars) in central natural disaster relief funds to support emergency rescue and relief work in Hubei and Gansu provinces.

Founder of China's lithium battery sector Chen Liquan and radar technology expert Ben De were presented with China's top sci-tech award for the year 2025 in Beijing on Wednesday.

China's submarine missile launch on Monday was part of a routine annual military training exercise, and relevant countries had been notified in advance, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday. The launch was in line with international law and established international practices and not directed at any specific country or target.