China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday. The world's second-largest economy generated around 69.57 trillion yuan (US$10.25 tr...

Legislative Council President Starry Lee has called the drafting of Hong Kong's first five‑year plan "groundbreaking" and of historic significance. She said the plan will bring benefits to residents by aligning the city's development with the nat...

A new boundary-control facility at Huanggang is a step closer to opening, as the government on Tuesday gazetted the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill to implement co-location arrangements there. The bill will be introduced to the Legislative ...

China called on the United States and Iran on Tuesday to restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as fighting between the two sides reignited over how the strategic waterway should be managed. "Restoring normal and safe passage through the...

Former Politburo member Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office for serious violations of party discipline and laws. According to an official statement on Tuesday, an investigation by the...

The nation's export growth topped forecasts in June as strong demand for semiconductors and a rush by manufacturers to ship goods to the United States ahead of potential new tariffs countered broader concerns about the Iran war and weakening global d...

China has set a goal of raising total retail sales of consumer goods to around 60 trillion yuan by 2030 and further strengthening consumption's role in driving economic growth, according to a government plan on expanding consumption during the 15th F...

President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of an international conference on artificial intelligence in Shanghai and deliver a keynote speech. The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held from J...

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

The Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood warning to yellow, as Typhoon Bavi is forecast to bring heavy rainfall to vast swathes of the country from Sunday to Tuesday. Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made successive landfalls...

Typhoon Bavi was downgraded to a severe tropical storm Sunday after making landfall in the eastern Zhejiang Province, where authorities had evacuated nearly two million people in its path. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Th...

The Office of the Work Safety Commission under the State Council has decided that it will oversee the investigation into a major fire that killed 28 people in Jinjiang City in Quanzhou, Fujian, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Saturday. ...

Over 1.72 million people on Saturday had been evacuated across Zhejiang Province to safe areas ahead of Typhoon Bavi, according to authorities. As thousands of primary and secondary schools in the province suspended classes, the Ministry of Water R...

The MTR says a total of 20 high-speed rail journeys have been cancelled on Saturday and Sunday due to adverse weather conditions. The MTR said it had been informed of the decision by mainland railway authorities. The cancellations come amid a hig...

Premier Li Qiang on Friday chaired a State Council executive meeting to make further arrangements on flood prevention and relief work. The meeting stressed that all regions and departments must remain constantly vigilant in flood prevention and reli...

The nation on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, achieving its first controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage. The Long March-10B rocket lifte...

Bavi is expected to make its closest approach to Okinawa prefecture's Sakishima Islands in southwestern Japan around Saturday, potentially unleashing violent winds and torrential rain along with thunderstorms, the country's weather agency said on Fri...

Twenty-eight people have been killed in a fire that ripped through a shoe factory in Fujian province on Thursday. Xinhua News Agency cited the fire and rescue department as saying that the blaze broke out at the Huiteng Shoes factory in the Jiangtou...

Radio Television Hong Kong's (RTHK) flagship summer programme, Solar Project 2026, concluded its seven-day study tour in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday. Led by the Director of Broadcasting, Angelina Kwan, a delegation of 106 students ...

The nation is bracing for possibly the most destructive tropical storm in years as Typhoon Bavi churned southeast of Taiwan on Thursday, with winds near 200 kilometres per hour. Bavi, currently about 1,000km at its widest point or roughly the width ...