All affected residents, tourists evacuated following mudslide in China's Xizang

Residents affected by a mudslide in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, have been resettled, and all stranded tourists have been transferred, local authorities said Thursday.

August 28, 2026

Rescuers arrive at mudslide-hit border port in SW China's Xizang

The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management.

August 27, 2026

Rising penetration highlights vitality, innovative strength of China's NEV industry

Nearly two in every three passenger cars sold at retail in China are now new energy vehicles (NEVs), a share that signals both the vitality of China's NEV market and the industry's capacity to turn new technologies into reliable products at scale.

August 27, 2026

Chinese open-source AI solves Arabic dialect puzzle

​Chinese researchers have unveiled an open-source text-to-speech artificial intelligence (AI) model that tackles the long-standing challenge of Arabic speech synthesis. The system covers more than 20 regional variants of the language under a unified technical framework.

August 26, 2026

Chinese AI diagnostic model detects 15 missed liver cancer cases in clinical trial

​A liver cancer diagnostic AI model developed by a team of Chinese scientists discovered 15 cancer cases that had originally been missed during a two-month real-world prospective clinical trial, helping the patients receive timely surgical or drug treatment, China Science Daily reported on Tuesday.

August 26, 2026

China enhances legal framework for autonomous vehicles in draft road safety law revisions

​China has set a dedicated chapter on autonomous vehicles in its draft revisions to the Road Traffic Safety Law, seeking to strengthen the legal framework for its rapidly developing autonomous driving sector.

August 26, 2026

China launches 7 new satellites

​China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6C carrier rocket, placing seven satellites into space.

August 25, 2026

IPO, athletic feats and mass deployment show China's robot momentum

The past week has been busy and fruitful for China's humanoild robot industry, which is qucikly racing from lab demos toward real-world deployment.

August 25, 2026

China opens exhibition to preserve, bring linguistic diversity to life

Putting on headphones at a new exhibition hall in central China, visitors can hear a chorus of voices from across the country, including regional dialects, traditional songs in ethnic minority languages and field recordings of languages on the verge of extinction.

August 25, 2026

Chinese film turns kitchen into anti-war statement

Xu Fu and Ma Junsheng are asleep when a blast wakes them and for a moment, they think it is an earthquake. Then comes the shockwave, and the understanding that war has arrived.

August 25, 2026

China embraces summer inbound travel craze with niche draws, fresh moves

​At more than 1,500 meters above sea level, Tianmen Mountain in central China's Zhangjiajie offers summer temperatures of just 22 to 26 degrees Celsius, drawing a steady stream of visitors.

August 24, 2026

Chinese robotics fair draws crowds as industry brews innovation

​Unitree Robotics' blockbuster IPO, the bustling World Robot Conference (WRC), and the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games, amount to a string of high-profile events which have combined to make this week a "super week" for Chinese robotics.

August 24, 2026

Robot athletes break human records, heralding embodied AI revolution

​Inside Beijing's iconic oval "Ice Ribbon" arena on Saturday night, a wire-suspended humanoid robot glided through the air, echoing the dramatic torch-lighting moment that captivated the world at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

August 24, 2026

Small towns on Chinese mainland, big opportunities for Taiwan entrepreneurs

From fragrant jasmine fields and colorful ceramics workshops to the bustling aisles of a global commodities market, a growing number of Taiwan entrepreneurs are finding promising opportunities not only in major cities, but also in unassuming towns across the Chinese mainland.

August 21, 2026

China pioneers AI-driven education as world seeks new schooling models

At the opening ceremony of the Global Smart Education Conference 2026, Ren Youqun, China's vice minister of education and president of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, said that China has made the integration of AI and education a national priority. The country is pushing forward a digital education strategy that embeds intelligent technologies across all teaching elements, processes and scenarios.

August 21, 2026

What brings Singaporean ceramists to China's Jingdezhen?

In Jingdezhen, China's renowned "porcelain capital," Singaporean ceramic artist Vanessa Sng discovered that a ceramics studio could stay open through the night.

August 21, 2026

Asia-Pacific Community: From COP17 podiums to desert fields: China aids Mongolia's green rebuild

The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is underway in Ulan Bator, with China offering robust backing for the landmark summit. Beyond the conference halls, China has long rolled out comprehensive support to help neighboring Mongolia tackle its lingering desertification threat.

August 21, 2026

Mountain village in SW China finds new path on Long March route

He Zhicheng returned to his mountain village in southwest China's Guizhou Province in 2024 to open a farmhouse restaurant, after eight years on the Foxconn assembly line in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province -- some 1,500 kilometers away.

August 21, 2026

Chinese modernization offers insights for development paths, says senior Tajik official

Chinese modernization, a senior Tajik politician has argued, has charted a path distinct from the Western model -- one that offers valuable experience for developing countries seeking a route to modernization suited to their own conditions.

August 21, 2026

Chinese new energy vehicles gain ground in Italy

Chinese automakers are rapidly gaining ground in Italy's market of new energy vehicles, driven by competitive prices, expanding model ranges and growing demand for plug-in hybrids.

August 21, 2026

China's GAC enters Ghanaian market with new range of automobiles

Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC) has officially launched its brand onto the Ghanaian market, unveiling a fleet of its latest sophisticated automobiles for the local market.

August 21, 2026

Chinese-led team develops energy-efficient vision chip

A Chinese-led research team has developed a new type of vision chip that directly converts light into tokens, bypassing the multiple processing steps that typically consume power and slow down performance.

August 21, 2026

Robot conference spotlights commercial push for China's robot sector

At an exhibition hall, about 10 humanoid robots worked in a coordinated workflow, with some lifting and stacking boxes and others sorting goods along an assembly line. Together, they demonstrated a complete smart logistics process -- from material handling to sorting and replenishment.

August 21, 2026

AI drives China-Africa media collaboration

China and African nations are strengthening cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) applications and governance to drive mutual progress in the media sector through technological innovation, experts said at a forum in Beijing on Thursday.

August 21, 2026

Unitree's successful IPO a vote of confidence in China's high-tech future

China's leading robotics company Unitree Robotics had a successful debut on Wednesday, with its shares ending the day up 460.34 percent on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's sci-tech innovation board, known as the STAR Market.

August 20, 2026

China firmly committed to global drug-control cooperation

A Chinese court has sentenced two men to prison terms after convicting them of organizing the illegal sale of controlled stimulants, in another case of counternarcotics cooperation between China and the United States.

August 19, 2026

China's humanoid robotics advances open new opportunities for practical applications, AI expert says

Rapid advances in humanoid robotics, particularly in China, are opening up new opportunities for practical applications, Toby Walsh, a Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, has said.

August 19, 2026

Chinese youth learning to think with AI

August 19, 2026

Meet 'Dr. Mao,' the medics help improve healthcare in northwestern frontier

As Aug. 19 marks the annual Chinese Doctors' Day, the story of "Dr. Mao" is getting renewed attention.

August 19, 2026

China prepares to launch Chang'e-7 lunar probe

The Chang'e-7 lunar probe is scheduled for launch at an appropriate time, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

August 19, 2026