They are 400km above Earth and cannot go home for the Spring Festival this year, but China's taikonauts have found their own ways to make the traditional Chinese holiday warm and sweet. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard the space station Tiangong, which m...

Alibaba on ‌Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5 designed to execute complex tasks independently, with big improvements in performance and cost that the tech giant claims beat major US rival models on several benchmarks. Th...

China confirmed that Canadian and British citizens will be able to visit the country visa-free from Tuesday, after the two countries' leaders announced such agreements following official trips to Beijing. British and Canadian prime ministers Keir St...

Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree issuing a regulation on water supply, which will take effect on June 1, 2026. The regulation consists of eight chapters and 50 articles. It aims to promote high-quality development in the water sup...

President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended Spring Festival greetings at a reception in Beijing to usher in the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Horse. At the Great Hall of the People, he conveyed New Year greetings on behalf of the central commit...

China and the United States have agreed to strengthen dialogue and co-operation in various fields and promote the stable development of bilateral relations as Foreign Minister Wang Yi engaged in a flurry of meetings with his Western counterparts on t...

Beijing has urged Tokyo to protect the rights of a Chinese crew after a fishing boat was seized by Japanese authorities. "It is hoped Japan strictly respects the China-Japan fisheries agreement, fairly enforces the law and safeguards the safety and ...

The DAB's deputies to the National People's Congress on Friday announced a series of proposals for the upcoming Two Sessions meetings in Beijing next month, focusing on enhancing the integration of Hong Kong into the nation's development strategy. ...

China's housing market showed signs of improvement in January as home-price declines in 70 large and medium-sized cities generally narrowed from the previous month, official data showed on Friday. In the four first-tier cities – Beijing, Shanghai,...

Chief Executive John Lee has signalled Hong Kong’s readiness to join forces again with Guangdong and Macao in hosting future international sporting events, building on the momentum of their collaboration during last year's National Games. He said...

China on Thursday announced lower duties on dairy products imported from the European Union. According to the Commerce Ministry, the tariffs will range from 7.4 percent to 11.7 percent for a period of five years, effective Friday. That's down from ...

Senior counsel and former director of public prosecutions, Grenville Cross, on Thursday said the State Council's white paper on national security, released earlier this week, was timely and necessary in addressing ongoing threats in Hong Kong. Spea...

Premier Li Qiang has called for a comprehensive push in the technological innovation, industrial growth and application of artificial intelligence to foster new quality productive forces and promote high-quality development. Li made the remarks whil...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, extended festive greetings on Wednesday to people from non-CPC political parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), personages without ...

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in January, official data showed on Wednesday. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent ...

President Xi Jinping visited primary-level officials and residents in Beijing during a two-day inspection tour from Monday to Tuesday, extending Spring Festival greetings to Chinese people at home and abroad ahead of the festival. Xi, also general s...

China will work to promote the adoption of an outcome document that is clear in direction and rich in content at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders' Meeting to be held in Shenzhen later this year, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wan...

The State Council Information Office on Monday released a white paper on the "persistent" fight to safeguard national security in Hong Kong, saying it wants to clear up any confusion and misunderstandings surrounding the issue. The 17-page document ...

The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Jimmy Lai's 20-year prison sentence was legitimate and reasonable, given his three convictions of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials. Spokesman Lin Jian stressed the SAR is gove...

An explosion at a biotech factory in Shanxi province has claimed eight lives. The blast occurred at a workshop of the Jiapeng biotech company in Shanyin County, Shuozhou City, on Saturday. The firm's legal representative has been taken into custody...