World's tallest bridge opens to traffic in southwest China's Guizhou

The world's tallest bridge opened to traffic Sunday morning in southwest China's Guizhou Province, slashing travel time across a deep canyon from two hours to just two minutes after three years of construction.

September 29, 2025

China to hold dozens of international sci-tech exchange activities in October

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) will launch a campaign next month to promote international sci-tech exchanges and cooperation, according to a press conference on Sunday in Beijing.

September 29, 2025

Chinese researchers identify new 'geochemical switch' regulating Earth's Climate

The shifts in marine sulfate concentrations can flip the way that methane is consumed on the seafloor, acting as a geochemical switch that modulates Earth's climate, according to a research article published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

September 28, 2025

New high-speed rail route to further fuel China's winter sports boom

A new high-speed rail link began operation on Sunday, significantly shortening the travel time from Beijing to the renowned Changbai Mountain in the northeastern province of Jilin, offering a boost to China's growing winter sports and ice tourism market.

September 28, 2025

Finding a form in China's porcelain capital

Long before globalization entered the lexicon, Jingdezhen, a Chinese town some 500 km from Shanghai, had already won worldwide renown.

September 28, 2025

China marks 2,576th anniversary of Confucius' birth

Qufu, the hometown of Confucius in east China's Shandong Province, held both online and offline ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the 2,576th anniversary of the ancient philosopher's birth.

September 28, 2025

New archaeological findings reveal colorful bronze wares dating 3,000 years

New archaeological findings have revealed a significant number of painted bronze artifacts at the Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province. This amazing discovery has extended the timeline for the emergence of painted bronze items in China by nearly a thousand years.

September 28, 2025

Digital technology reshaping cultural heritage protection, sharing

As digitalization increasingly integrates with economic and social development, new technologies are profoundly reshaping traditional ways of life and opening fresh pathways for cultural heritage protection and transmission.

September 28, 2025

World's highest bridges in China become a magnet for extreme sports enthusiasts

What draws extreme sports enthusiasts to the remote mountains of southwest China's Guizhou Province? The answer lies in its world-class bridges spanning deep gorges.

September 28, 2025

Think tank report highlights new vision of civilizations with development at core

A think tank report released Saturday expounds on building a new vision of civilizations with development at the core.

September 28, 2025

Shenzhou-20 taikonauts complete fourth series of extravehicular activities

​The Shenzhou-20 taikonaut crew on China's orbiting space station completed their mission's fourth round of extravehicular activities on Friday morning, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

September 26, 2025

Wanning giving thrust to sports tourism

Wanning, a coastal city in South China's Hainan province, is riding the surfing wave to power its sports tourism industry, attracting young sports lovers and adventure seekers from home and abroad.

September 26, 2025

New finding may rewrite human family tree

A study published in the journal Science on Friday revealed that a reanalysis of an ancient human skull fossil, unearthed in Hubei province and dating back more than 1 million years, may rewrite the human family tree.

September 26, 2025

China investment unlocks global advantage for European appliance maker

In a sprawling, state-of-the-art production base in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, sophisticated home products designed and manufactured by Europe's leading home appliance maker BSH, instantly caught the eyes of visitors.

September 26, 2025

China discover earliest prehistoric city site in lower Yangtze River

Archaeologists have found China's hitherto earliest prehistoric city site in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in eastern Jiangsu Province, dating back some 6,000 years, according to the provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology.

September 26, 2025

China urges cooperation to boost global digital trade

Heightened efforts are needed to strengthen international cooperation in digital trade to advance the innovation and application of digital technologies that have injected new momentum into China's economic growth and bolstered the development of the world economy, officials and experts said.

September 26, 2025

IFR: China leads global industrial robot market with record installations

​China's industrial robot stock reached a record 2,027,000 units in 2024, accounting for more than half of global demand, according to the World Robotics 2025 report released Thursday by the Frankfurt-based International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

September 26, 2025

China's BeiDou navigation system powers everyday life

Named after the Big Dipper constellation, BDS has become integral to navigation in emerging fields such as intelligent driving, agriculture, humanoid robots and low-altitude aviation.

September 26, 2025

Shandong fast-tracks development of robotics industry

In Jinan, capital of eastern China's Shandong province, a robotics company showcased two flagship products, highlighting the province's progress in building a national robotics hub.

September 25, 2025

Festival shows how smart tech is transforming modern farming

A robot dog patrolling a demonstration field during the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival in Shandong province became the center of attention on Tuesday, drawing crowds of curious onlookers.

September 25, 2025

Beidou summit highlights innovations

A total of 33 cutting-edge products, technologies, and applications related to China's Beidou navigation satellite system, or BDS, debuted on Wednesday, highlighting the latest progress in the large-scale and international application of the technology.

September 25, 2025

New street recreates 'flavor of old Beijing'

A new pedestrian street has opened in Beijing's historic Longfu Temple area, bringing modern shops and cultural experiences to a site with centuries of history.

September 25, 2025

Shenzhou-20 crew set for fourth round of extravehicular activities

​The Shenzhou-20 crew members, who are currently on board China's space station, will conduct their fourth round of extravehicular activities within the next few days, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Wednesday.

September 25, 2025

China launches satellites from sea

​A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Wednesday in east China's Shandong Province, sending satellites into a preset orbit.

September 25, 2025

Homegrown large LNG carrier delivered in Dalian, China

​The SEA SPIRIT large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, which was independently designed and built by China, was delivered on Wednesday in the port city of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province.

September 25, 2025

Chinese nature reserve sees milu deer population grow to over 8,500

​The population of milu deer in the Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve in east China's Jiangsu Province has grown to over 8,500, according to 2025 World Coastal Forum on Wednesday.

September 25, 2025

Annual trading volume of China's carbon market hits record high

​By the end of August, the cumulative trading volume of China's carbon emissions rights trading market was nearly 700 million tonnes, with a trading value of approximately 48 billion yuan (about 6.6 billion U.S. dollars).

September 25, 2025

China establishes full industrial chain for key intelligent connected vehicle technologies

​China has set up a full industrial chain system for key intelligent connected vehicle technologies, covering smart cockpits, autonomous driving, and cloud-based connectivity and control, according to a report published in Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.

September 25, 2025

Autumn turns spotlight on China's 'emotion economy'

Fall's onset has sparked an online hashtag — "the first cup of milk tea in autumn" — across the country, turning a seasonal drink into a national ritual.

September 24, 2025

China tests buoyant turbine to harvest wind energy in sky

China's home-designed buoyant airborne turbine has successfully completed its maiden flight in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after passing rigorous tests including full desert assembly and continuous high-wind deployment and retrieval.

September 24, 2025