All Russian government agencies are making relentless efforts to safeguard public health and safety and urging the public not to worry, the Russian Embassy in China said on Thursday, as concerns over a possible pathogen exposure at a Russian plague research institute have emerged after a researcher died of pneumonia of unknown etiology.
Five people in Heyuan, South China's Guangdong Province, developed rhabdomyolysis after eating wild Cyprinus carpio rubrofuscus (red-tailed carp) in April, with four meeting the clinical criteria for Haff disease, in what constitutes the second carp-associated cluster of Haff disease confirmed in China, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday, citing a report published by China CDC Weekly.
The average size of monitored wild vertebrate populations worldwide declined by 73 percent over the past 52 years, while nature still shows the potential to recover when conservation action is sustained, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Unit 7 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province, was successfully connected to the grid on Thursday, officially sending its first kilowatt-hour of electricity to the grid and laying a solid foundation for its subsequent commercial operation, the Global Times learned from China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
A research team at China's Tsinghua University has successfully developed an operational nuclear clock, marking a major breakthrough in humanity's decades-long pursuit of more precise timekeeping and opening up new possibilities for applications ranging from satellite navigation to fundamental physics research, the Global Times learned from the university on Thursday.
Initially a fan of Chinese TV series, 19-year-old Zuura Zakirova is now a student of the Chinese language. Recently, the third-year Confucius Institute student at Kyrgyzstan's Osh State University performed a modern Chinese song and played the guzheng, a traditional Chinese zither, winning thunderous applause at an institute event -- one of her accomplishments after two years of Chinese learning.
The Global Development Initiative (GDI) has played a key role over the past five years in revitalizing the global development agenda and promoting South-South cooperation, a Pakistani envoy has said. The initiative was proposed at an important time, bringing development back to the mainstream global agenda, which is an important contribution, Tahir Andrabi, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said in an interview with Xinhua.
One more survivor of the Nanjing Massacre passed away on Wednesday, reducing the number of registered living survivors to 20, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders said. Massacre survivor Guo Xiulan died at the age of 94, according to the memorial hall in Nanjing, the capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
From the downfall of the notorious "four major families" criminal gangs in northern Myanmar to joint operations targeting fraud compounds in Myanmar's Myawaddy and the establishment of an international anti-fraud mechanism initiated by China, a major three-part documentary airing on the Chinese state broadcaster offers a rare, in-depth look at how China's years-long fight against cross-border telecom fraud has evolved from dismantling major criminal strongholds to promoting broader international law-enforcement cooperation.
A documentary airing on the Chinese state broadcaster revealed further details in the case of Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was trafficked to a telecom fraud compound in Myanmar's Myawaddy region as the case previously attracted widespread public attention in China and Thailand. The latest disclosures revealed that he had been sold three times in just four days after being taken to the region, while “Have you fed the cat?” was once used as a distress signal.
The moments when Chen Zhi, the ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate based in Cambodia and two other key members of the group were escorted back to China and had their hoods removed was disclosed in the third episode of a major documentary aired by China's state broadcaster.
In 1972, Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing arrived in the US following then US president Richard Nixon's visit to China, beginning one of the most recognizable chapters in people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Over the decades, giant panda cooperation has grown beyond public fascination with the animals. China has carried out giant panda conservation and research cooperation with zoos around the world, covering breeding, disease prevention, scientific research, personnel training, and the protection of wild populations and habitats.
"Tourist marvels, local cuisine, educational activities for the kids, and a bit of tech... these are the key words for my family's trip to Datong," said 30-something Pan Li, a Beijing resident who just wrapped up a family self-driving tour to the culturally rich city in North China's Shanxi Province.
DeepZang, China's first Tibetan large language model (LLM), has begun a new round of upgrades to enhance Tibetan-language artificial intelligence (AI) technology and advance the deployment of multilingual simultaneous interpretation, aiming to further integrate the model into public services, education and healthcare, cultural tourism development, grassroots governance and other application scenarios, according to recent media reports.
Television host Kevin Tsai from the island of Taiwan has drawn backlash after appearing at a Taipei mayoral campaign event for Puma Shen, a die-hard supporter of “Taiwan independence.” In its latest commentary, Jun Zhengping, a Sina Weibo account affiliated with the People's Liberation Army Daily, said that those who profit from opportunities on the Chinese mainland while cozying up to “Taiwan independence” forces will eventually find themselves on the wrong side of history and pay a price they can ill afford.
A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic device made another appearance aboard China's space station recently, where it monitors the health of the taikonauts, CCTV News reported on Wednesday.
Actor and singer Nicky Wu from the island of Taiwan has drawn widespread attention after posting a video of himself waving the Chinese national flag at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to celebrate China's National Day. A baseball event that he had been scheduled to attend on the island was subsequently canceled, while Wu later posted two more videos and responded to a netizen by saying, “This is my stance even if I don't make money.”
On brightly lit Qilou Old Street, vendors slice open pink wax apples, their juice sparkling under the lights. A drone captures traffic weaving across Haikou's cross-sea bridge, while elsewhere, women in ethnic attire craft traditional goods amid lush rainforests, and rockets launch into space from the vast coastline.
A stream of new occupations is emerging at the forefront of China's new technologies, industries and business models, mirroring industrial upgrading and improvements in people's livelihoods.
People were randomly killed as ritual sacrifices, including one victim whose skull was found to have seven bullet holes. The second episode of a new serial documentary reveals how the Wei family, one of the so-called “four major families” in northern Myanmar involved in telecom fraud, established and maintained its foothold in the region and imposed violent control over fraud compounds through armed forces.
A Chinese documentary has revealed details of a deadly shooting in Myanmar in which more than 20 Chinese nationals attempting to flee a telecom fraud compound were intercepted by armed Myanmar nationals and shot at close range with AK-47 assault rifles, leaving six dead and eight injured.
The China Air Transport Association (CATA) said Monday that China Eastern Airlines had secured evidence and filed a report to the police over an incident in which a China Eastern Airlines flight attendant knelt down to apologize to a passenger.
For years, Yang Liangen saw strangers as a threat. After a series of break-in attempts at a 900-year-old temple in north China's Shanxi Province, Yang moved into the compound in 1997, sleeping behind its gates and guarding its rare sculptures and wooden structures.
After key members of the so-called "four major families" in northern Myanmar, including Wei Qingtao and Liu Zhengqi, entered Chinese territory in October 2023, a special task force moved decisively to make the arrests. The entire operation lasted just 10 minutes, according to a new documentary on China's efforts to crack down on northern Myanmar-linked telecom scams, which is set to air on Monday.
Researchers from Chinese and British institutions have developed a wireless charging system for new energy vehicles (NEVs) with conversion efficiency exceeding 98 percent.
China's Ministry of State Security warned on Sunday that some overseas organizations have entered ecologically sensitive areas under the guise of tourism or scientific research, or illegally collected human blood samples through purported medical testing to steal China's genetic resources and research data.
China has completed the main structure of its first offshore platform designed to inject carbon dioxide to boost natural gas recovery, CCTV News reported, citing China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
Although called Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace," China's space station is becoming less distant and more like home, as astronauts bring the comforting tastes into orbit.
A Reuters report on Friday linked China's construction activities at Lingyang Jiao of Yongle Islands in the South China Sea to potential military expansion, citing analysts who predicted that a runway could be completed by mid-2027. Chinese experts, however, said satellite images or construction progress alone offer no evidence of a facility's intended purpose, and that such speculation overlooks practical needs including support for fishermen, maritime transportation and environmental protection.
China's longest undersea highway tunnel completed all shield-driven excavation work on Friday as a shield machine reached its designated position at a depth of 105 meters beneath the sea surface in Jiaozhou Bay, eastern China's Shandong Province, according to China Railway Construction Corporation Limited.
China and 27 other countries, including Russia, Egypt and Iran, on Thursday called on the international community to end unilateral coercive measures, saying they interfere in other countries' internal affairs and undermine the foundation of multilateralism.
China registered 6.765 million marriages in 2025, up 10.8 percent from the previous year, according to a statistical bulletin released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on September 30.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Japan said Thursday that the case of Kodai Murata, who has been charged with illegally intruding into the embassy armed with a knife as an active-duty officer in the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF), is supported by clear facts and conclusive evidence and leaves no room for denial.
Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have arrived at their new home at Zoo Atlanta. But why were this pair chosen for the journey to the US? The China Wildlife Conservation Association offered an explanation on Friday.
This October 1 marks China's National Day and the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). From Tian'anmen Square in Beijing to Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, from the country's borderlands to the China Space Station, people celebrated with flag-raising ceremonies, patrols, performances and greetings sent from orbit, beaming with excitement, patriotism and pride.
Six people were killed and four others injured after a road accident occurred on an expressway in Huaihua City, central China's Hunan Province, early Thursday, according to local traffic police.
China's newly opened high-speed railway sections are expected to boost tourism, especially during holidays such as the ongoing National Day holiday, industry experts and local officials said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on the nation to forge ahead with firm confidence and take solid steps to achieve the great national rejuvenation.
Under the command of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), Chinese Mainland public security authorities have joined hands with the Hong Kong Police Force to take down a cross‑border underground banking syndicate in South China's Guangdong and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.
China's research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon and Snow Dragon 2, returned to Shanghai in east China on Wednesday after nearly three months of the country's 16th Arctic Ocean expedition.
Robots are moving out of laboratories and exhibition halls and into shopping malls and commercial streets across China. As more Chinese robotics companies open brick and mortar stores, ordinary consumers can now not only see and interact with robots up close, but even buy them directly.
China's National Climate Center (NCC) has forecast that the ongoing El Nino event is likely to become the strongest on record, with the sea surface temperature index in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific expected to peak at 3.2 C to 3.5 C around November, according to a press conference of the China Meteorological Administration on Tuesday.
Two exhibitions commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March opened at the Museum of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Tuesday, putting more than 230 precious archival documents on display, including some shown to the public for the first time, and featuring 273 sets of artifacts tracing the Red Army's arduous journey across snow-capped mountains and grasslands, CCTV News reported.
Seven people were killed in a traffic accident involving a car and a semi-trailer truck early Tuesday in Longshan Town of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said.
A Chinese envoy on Monday told the General Assembly that the "enemy state clauses" in the UN Charter shall not be altered or deleted given Japan's re-militarization. In exercising the right of reply at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, Sun Lei, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, noted that Japan, in its statement delivered at the debate on Sept. 22, called for deletion of the "enemy state clauses," citing its "exclusively defense-oriented policy."
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Sichuan University to leverage its interdisciplinary strengths and play a pioneering and exemplary role in serving national strategies, as he extended congratulations on the 130th founding anniversary of the university.
China plans to complete a new-generation geologic map of Mars by the end of 2028, aiming to reconstruct the red planet's watery past and introduce a Chinese system for dividing Martian geologic time. Hou Zengqian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of the Tianwen-3 Mars sample-return mission, revealed the plan at a symposium held Monday at the Institute of Geology under the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.
The world's first embodied AI robot equipped with a fully domestically developed electronic architecture was unveiled in Yichang, Central China's Hubei Province, on Monday, CCTV News reported. Some industry experts noted that the unveiling marks a significant step in China's push to gain greater autonomy over the underlying systems that connect AI decision-making with physical action.
China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned on Monday that cryptocurrencies circulating online are not beyond the reach of the law and their perceived “anonymity” is merely an illusion, adding that the risks they pose should not be overlooked.
China's Mengxiang (Dream) ocean drilling vessel has set a national record in deep-sea drilling, elevating its capability to the 5,000-meter level, after obtaining basalt samples from the South China Sea basin, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Monday.
China topped the gold medal table at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, which concluded in Shanghai on Sunday, with the Chinese delegation winning 41 gold medals and marking the fifth consecutive edition in which the country has ranked first in gold medals, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.
China's northernmost high-speed railway, the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, is set to begin operation on Monday, China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co said in a statement sent to the Global Times on Sunday.
After more than four months in orbit, the Shenzhou-23 crew has completed a range of tasks, including transferring payloads in and out of the cabin, while continuing space science experiments and routine maintenance aboard the space station, according to a CCTV News report on Sunday.
CRCC Bridge Piling No.1, the world's largest dynamic-positioning pile-driving vessel invested and built by the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), departed on Sunday from the Lüsi port in East China's Jiangsu Province for the Bay of All Saints in the state of Bahia in Brazil to support construction of the cross-sea Salvador-Itaparica Bridge project, the Global Times learned from the CRCC on Sunday.
China's rapid development of green technologies is helping accelerate the global transition toward a low-carbon future, said an environment expert.
A pair of Chinese giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, departed China for the US on Sunday, beginning a 10-year stay that will extend more than two decades of friendly cooperation between the two countries on giant panda conservation.
The 9th China-Southeast Asian Countries Marine Cooperation Forum convened in Bangkok from Thursday to Friday. The forum, which drew experts from several countries, showcased cutting-edge advances in climate forecasting and marine disaster prevention and mitigation.
Liu Huan, China's renowned musician and retired faculty member of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), passed away in Shanghai on September 25 at the age of 63, the university announced in an obituary on Saturday, noting no public memorial services will take place as requested by the late artist.
A travel rush is observed across China as the country celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Friday this year.
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated across China
A week-long series of cultural events promoting north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has opened in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Wednesday.
Early in the morning, a thin mist lingers over the trails of Qingxiu Mountain in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Yongjiang River winds through the landscape while layers of trees line the paths and high-rise buildings appear and disappear amid the greenery.
The Shenzhou-23 crew aboard China's Tiangong space station sent heartfelt Mid-Autumn Festival greetings via a video from 400 km above Earth on Friday.
Chinese and Serbian police officers launched a three-week joint patrol program in downtown Belgrade on Wednesday, aiming at assisting Chinese tourists and residents and strengthening bilateral law enforcement cooperation.
Britain returned 12 cultural relics and artworks to China at a handover ceremony held at the Chinese Embassy in Britain on Wednesday evening.
As combine harvesters bring the autumn harvest to a close across central China's Hubei Province, local farmer Fu Pengcheng is preparing his 1,000 mu (66.7 hectares) of farmland for winter wheat rotation, reassured by stable fertilizer supplies heading into the upcoming planting season.
China's judicial and law enforcement authorities have jointly issued new guidelines on handling criminal cases involving fentanyl-related substances, clarifying the quantity thresholds to be used in determining convictions and sentences for such crimes and distinguishing between pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical fentanyl-related substances, according to China's Supreme People's Procuratorate on Wednesday.
The 48th WorldSkills Competition, dubbed the "Olympics of vocational skills," kicked off its first full day of contests in Shanghai on Wednesday morning, bringing together 1,385 young competitors from 68 countries and regions across 64 skill categories, spanning traditional craftsmanship and emerging digital categories.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), known as the China's “Sky Eyes”, will mark the 10th anniversary of its inauguration on September 25. Since its launch, the facility has achieved a series of landmark scientific and technological breakthroughs.
Representatives from Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms DeepSeek and Moonshot are expected to brief a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on AI and international security on Wednesday in New York, according to Reuters. Chinese experts said the move underscores the growing role of Chinese firms in global discussions on AI development and also highlights China's commitment to global AI governance, including sharing innovation, openness, and win-win cooperation.
China's judicial and law enforcement authorities have issued a set of guidelines on handling criminal cases involving fentanyl-related substances, stressing severe punishment for such crimes in accordance with the law.
Out at sea, Chinese and US university students explored the ocean, took part in scientific and cultural activities and, at one point, sat down to negotiate a global environmental problem. Taking on the roles of different countries and international organizations, 20 students, 10 from each country, worked on solutions to mercury pollution in the oceans. When one American student joked that they might have to leave the ship if they couldn't reach an agreement, the group erupted in laughter, recalled Zhou Xinyi, then a student representative from Tsinghua University.
The 2026 Beijing Culture Forum opened in the Chinese capital on Tuesday, bringing together more than 600 guests from 44 countries and regions to discuss cultural heritage protection and mutual learning among civilizations. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the event and delivered a keynote speech.
China's ecological protection red lines, which designate ecologically important and vulnerable areas for strict protection, saw an overall improvement in environmental conditions in the recent years, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Tuesday.
China will step up recycling and pollution controls for waste generated by its fast-growing new energy industry, including retired photovoltaic modules, wind power equipment and power batteries, the Global Times learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Tuesday.
A 360-meter-tall wind measurement tower has been completed and put into operation at an 800,000-kilowatt experimental wind farm in Mulei county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, making it the world's tallest wind measurement tower in the wind power industry, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Tuesday.
The Beograd, a container ship converted into a hospital ship by a Chinese company for an overseas client, recently set sail, marking the completion and delivery of the two ship-conversion projects undertaken by the company following the delivery of the first vessel Sunshine 1 in June, the Global Times learned from China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) on Tuesday.
China's daily cross-border passenger traffic is expected to exceed 2.4 million at its peak as the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays approach, with daily inbound and outbound travelers forecast to average 2.25 million during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, according to the National Immigration Administration (NIA).
China's Lianghekou hydropower plant on the Yalong River has been named the winner of the 2026 FIDIC Project of the Year in the Megaproject category, becoming the only hydropower project among this year's award recipients, according to PowerChina Chengdu Engineering Corporation, which undertook the project's survey and design work. Located in Yajiang county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the 3,000-MW hydropower plant is a key project under China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) and a critical regulating reservoir in the cascade development of the Yalong River. Construction began in 2014 and the project passed completion acceptance in 2024. Its gravel-soil core rockfill dam reaches a maximum height of 303 meters and has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world's highest rockfill dam.
Two Pakistani astronauts are currently training at the China Astronaut Research and Training Center and will take part in missions aboard China's space station in the near future, Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program and a senior astronaut, said on Monday.
The linear accelerator of the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) successfully generated and delivered an electron beam on Sunday, marking a key step forward in the construction of the world's most advanced fourth-generation synchrotron radiation facility in the low-energy range.
Students of Lincoln High School of the US state of Washington and Beijing National Day School take selfies during the NFL FLAG China-US Youth Flag Football Exchange Event & Lincoln High School 2025 China Tour in Beijing, capital of China, May 26, 2025. The hope of the China-U.S. relationship lies in the people, its foundation is in the societies, its future depends on the youth, and its vitality comes from exchanges at subnational levels. In recent years, the two countries have been strengthening people-to-people ties through cultural exchanges to inject sustained positive momentum into China-U.S relations.
At a cattle-breeding park in Xingsheng township, Guyuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, local yellow cattle, black cattle and imported Simmental cattle were leisurely walking around their pens on Monday morning.
At Madagascar's invitation, China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently sent a working group to assist local police in combating telecommunications and online fraud, which helped successfully dismantle multiple telecom fraud rings in places including the capital of Antananarivo. On September 8, with assistance from the Malagasy side, 50 Chinese nationals suspected of involvement in telecom fraud were repatriated to China, with the case under further investigation, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday, citing the MPS.
Eight people were killed and one injured after a fire broke out on Sunday afternoon at a textile company in Shunde district, Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday, citing provincial authorities.
Chinese secondhand trading platform Xianyu apologized on Monday after a media investigation alleged that a pornography-related network remained active on the platform, saying it was investigating the violations and strengthening its technology and content-review measures to detect offenders using coded language to evade scrutiny.
At least eight people were killed and one injured after a fire broke out at around 3 p.m. on Sunday at a textile factory in the city of Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said on Monday. Rescue efforts are still underway.
China's domestically designed and built 4,000-kilowatt marine rescue vessel, the Beihai Jiu 151, officially joined the fleet of the Ministry of Transport's Beihai Rescue Bureau in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province on Monday, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
More than 80 city leaders and representatives from over 20 countries, along with heads of international organizations, have gathered in Wuhan, Hubei Province, central China, to discuss shared urban challenges and explore pathways to sustainable development at the 2026 World Mayors Dialogue.
People visit the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2026. The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo opened to the public on Sunday.
Smart photovoltaic greenhouse technology developed in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is finding growing applications in Arab countries including the UAE, Oman, Egypt, and Qatar, turning solutions originally developed for the region's arid environment into practical tools for agricultural cooperation overseas.
China's first privately funded scientific research vessel, Haiying Jiake, began its maiden sea trial in Wenling, East China's Zhejiang Province on Saturday, making the initial step toward far-sea missions.
China's orbiting space station has improved its kitchen with advanced appliances and more food choices to keep its residents well-fed during long stays in orbit.
The China-Laos "Peace Train-2026" medical team has conducted simultaneous academic exchanges and medical service activities at multiple locations across Laos, including Vientiane, Pakse, Savannakhet, and Attapeu province.
China completed six orbital launches in less than a week with a 100 percent success rate after a Kinetica-1 carrier rocket successfully sent nine satellites into orbit on Sunday afternoon, highlighting the country's increasingly intensive launch cadence and expanding space transportation capacity.
The 20th Asian Games officially opened on Saturday night, offering an opportunity to look back on another remarkable journey: the transformation of Chinese sport over more than half a century.
China and Tanzania on Saturday signed an implementation agreement for the expansion of the China-aided Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI).
China will intensify efforts to combat fraudulent practices by environmental monitoring agencies, with multiple government departments coordinating enforcement, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said Saturday.
China launched a group of satellites on Saturday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province.
China has advanced its push for a crewed moon landing by 2030, with its lunar spacesuit and a bed rest experiment for long-term space stays both progressing, the country's astronaut center said on Saturday.