Premier Li Qiang said innovation-driven development is key to China's long-term economic resilience and steady growth. Addressing the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday announced that a new cross-boundary banking arrangement would start next month, saying it would make retirement on the mainland more convenient for elderly Hongkongers. Under the new arrangement, Hong Kong reti...

One thousand secondary school students are heading to Shenzhen this year to get first-hand experience with cutting-edge tech industries under a new youth programme. Organised by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the scheme targets students a...

Chief Executive John Lee said transport links between Hong Kong and Fujian would be boosted through more flights and high-speed rail services, as the two governments reached an agreement to expand cultural and tourism exchanges. Lee is currently le...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China welcomes the launch of follow-up consultations between Iran and the United States based on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries to end their war, as well as the consensus reached o...

Chief Executive John Lee said the signing of six memorandum of understandings between the SAR and Fujian governments would allow both sides to build closer ties and work together while grasping development opportunities under the nation's 15th Five-Y...

The Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday that 10 US companies, including Aveox, have been added to the export control list in accordance with the nation's export-control law and regulations on export control of dual-use items. The measure was ta...

Hong Kong is no longer just a fundraising bazaar for mainland tech firms, it is now a "strategic adaptation ground" where hard-tech champions reshape governance and supply chains for global markets, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunda...

The mainland's gasoline, diesel and jet fuel exports to Southeast and South Asia rose in May but were still less than a year earlier due to export restrictions imposed over the Iran war to safeguard domestic supply. Customs data released on Saturday...

A fire broke out at an auto supplies wholesale market in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Friday night, leaving two people dead and two others with minor injuries, local authorities said. The fire broke out at around 9 pm at ...

China said on Friday it will impose a tariff of 55 percent on beef imports from Australia after shipments from the country hit Beijing's annual limit. The price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts pointing to oversu...

China said on Thursday it welcomes news that the United States and Iran have signed an interim deal to end the Middle East war, urging both sides to continue their cooperation in a second round of negotiations. "China welcomes this development and h...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said the SAR will grasp opportunities brought by a tech revolution to contribute to the nation's development in building a modern industrial system, and propel its carmaking industry. Officiating at the 2026 Inte...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday met the governor of Hainan province Liu Xiaoming at Government House to exchange views on deepening cooperation. Lee said he was delighted to meet Liu, who led a delegation to the SAR for a tourism and culture p...

China will host the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai in July. "China looks forward to taking the conference as an opportunity to further strengthen international cooperatio...

China has issued a new white paper on global governance, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, adding that the United Nations' authority was challenged and representation was critically inadequate. Wang called for efforts to promote the improv...

China believes that there must be no turning back in the US-Iran talks, still less a return to the use of force, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. He made the comments in a phone call with Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad ...

One person was killed and four others were injured after 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Qinghai province on Tuesday afternoon. The quake jolted the province's Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture shortly after 5pm. According to Xinhua...

President Xi Jinping met with Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing in Beijing on Tuesday, seeking to bolster trade and security ties between the two countries. Xi held a welcome ceremony for the visiting Myanmar president in the Great Hall of the Peo...

The National Immigration Administration projected on Tuesday an 11.7-percent year-on-year increase in boundary entries and exits during the upcoming Tuen Ng Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, break, with a daily average of 2.2 million crossings natio...