Searchers in the southeastern part of the mainland have found another body from rain-triggered landslides last weekend in Jiangxi province, raising the death toll to 16, state media said on Thursday. The deaths were spread across three towns in Suic...

Membership in the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), the first treaty-based intergovernmental body dedicated exclusively to mediation that is headquartered in Wan Chai, has grown to 47 signatory states from 37 since its inauguration in...

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan reaffirmed Islamabad's commitment to the Belt and Road Initiative on Thursday, saying the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor had turned his country into a major regional connectivity hub linking l...

Visitors attending this year's Belt and Road Summit said on Wednesday that the signature initiative launched 13 years ago is yielding more "tangible outcomes" amid rising investment appetite. Shaimerden Chikanayev, a lawyer from Kazakhstan, said Chi...

The Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the death of Tung Chee-hwa, while extending heartfelt sympathy to his family. Se...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) Secretary-General, Kao Kim Hourn, on Wednesday said Hong Kong has been the champion of the Belt and Road Initiative. Kao’s praise for the SAR came as he noted a number of officials from Asean mem...

Belt and Road participants on Wednesday expressed confidence in Hong Kong’s advantages in driving cooperation under the initiative. Speaking at the Belt and Road Summit in Wan Chai, Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith said there had ...

The SAR's first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, made a virtual return to her alma mater on Wednesday morning, beaming in from the Tiangong Space Station for a live educational lecture that captivated students across Hong Kong and Macao. The event, part of t...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau on Wednesday said that improving globalisation is the key to tackle the challenges brought by the volatile international landscape. Chairing a panel themed "Building Resilient Trade and I...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday said Hong Kong had been expanding its network along the Belt and Road, adding the city could help countries that had joined the initiative to enter the mainland and expand their reach in global markets. He made ...

The nation's price levels continued their moderate recovery in August, reflecting sustained improvement in domestic demand under supportive policy measures. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday showed the consumer pr...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China and Britain are comprehensive strategic partners and share more common interests than differences in a phone conversation with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Xi urged the two countries to respect and trust...

Local think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation said the latest Global Innovation Index, of which the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained the top spot, reaffirmed the comprehensive innovation strength of the Greater Bay Area. The result was publ...

Students here and in Macao can expect to interact with Hong Kong's first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, on Wednesday morning as she delivers a live lecture from space along with her two fellow Shenzhou-23 crew members. The trio are currently carrying out m...

For the second straight year, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained its top spot in 2026 in the latest Global Innovation Index (GII) of the world's top 100 innovation clusters which was published by the World Intellectual Property Organis...

The country's imports and exports saw robust growth in August, official data showed on Tuesday, helped by a global AI buildout that has fuelled demand for Chinese tech. In US-dollar terms, exports spiked 25 percent year-on-year while imports jumped ...

Nepal held a national day of mourning with candlelight vigils on Monday for victims of devastating glacial floods, as families of missing hydropower workers feared trapped in tunnels prayed rescuers might yet find them alive. The August 26 glacial a...

Beijing's plan to inject capital into big state-owned insurers is expected to ease capital constraints and solvency pressures that have held ⁠back insurers from investing more long-term funds into the stock market, analysts said. Five state-owned ...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui on Monday said a new initiative to turn green technologies into investable and scalable projects, the Green Accelerator, would be launched later in the day. Speaking at the 2026 Hong ...

Global investors and startups should consider establishing a foothold in the Greater Bay Area given its unique combination of strengths in finance and innovation, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Monday. He was speaking at the opening of the in...