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Foreign companies eye opportunities in western China's green industries
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July 31, 2026
China's mega tunneling machine completes Yangtze River underwater tunnel breakthrough
The world's largest-diameter shield tunneling machine, tailored for high-speed railway projects and developed domestically in China, successfully holed through an underwater tunnel traversing the Yangtze River on Thursday.
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July 31, 2026
China's online literature grows in scale, expands global reach
China's online literature industry continued to grow in both scale and global influence in 2025, with the total number of online literary works exceeding 33 million and the overseas readership reaching about 250 million, according to a report released on Thursday.
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July 29, 2026
Rising CIIE participation signals foreign firms' strong confidence in China market
Foreign enterprises are showing renewed optimism and expressing stronger confidence in China's resilient economy amid the 100-day countdown to the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE).
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July 29, 2026
APEC meetings in Chengdu promotes AI development, cooperation
Before an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can answer a learner in Bangkok, the technology behind it may already have crossed several borders throughout Asia.
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July 24, 2026
Why foreigners are drawn to China
China has seen a growing number of foreign visitors. More foreigners are coming to China for work, life and travel, drawn by factors including convenience, public safety and a tangible futuristic vibe.
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July 24, 2026
Pontoon bridges, drones and AI joining China's disaster response
In the ongoing flood season this summer, new technologies ranging from drones to artificial intelligence (AI) have figured prominently in China's efforts to improve disaster rescue, monitoring and early warning.
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July 23, 2026
Chinese villagers take center stage in revitalizing rural culture
Across China, new forms of cultural expression are lowering the barriers for rural communities to engage in creative activities. Farmers are no longer just characters in stories told by others. Instead, they are increasingly becoming storytellers, performers and beneficiaries in their own right.
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July 23, 2026
Xinjiang deploys 108-arm robot for cotton topping, slashes labor costs
It has 108 mechanical arms, rolls through cotton fields like a slow-moving tank, and performs more than 300,000 snips an hour. It is not some new weapon from a superhero movie, but a real robot built to do one of farming's most tedious jobs: cotton topping.
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July 22, 2026
Chinese Gravity-1 rocket launches new satellites from sea
China on Wednesday sent a Gravity-1 carrier rocket into space from waters off the coast of Shanghai in east China, marking a complete success for this flight test mission.
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July 22, 2026
From sand to sensors: How a tech initiative is bridging rural China's education gap
For much of the world, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a landlocked area in China's arid northwest, conjures images of sweeping deserts, succulent goji berries and tender lamb. Increasingly, it is also known as a green energy powerhouse, with vast solar and wind farms sprawling across its Gobi desert.
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July 22, 2026
China distributes childcare subsidies to over 25 million babies in 2026
China has distributed this year's childcare subsidies to 25.16 million babies, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
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July 21, 2026
China's AI classroom revolution takes root
China achieved internet connectivity across all primary and secondary schools in 2020, laying the foundation for wider adoption of digital learning tools. Today, AI is increasingly viewed as the next step in this transformation.
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July 20, 2026
China's energy storage sector benefits from synergy between AI, electricity
China's energy storage industry is in line to benefit first from a drive to promote greater integration of the country's artificial intelligence (AI) and new energy sectors as part of its development blueprint for the next five years.
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July 20, 2026
Restoring grasslands sustains both land and life in China's Inner Mongolia
Winds howl across the Hunshandake Sandy Land, 180 km north of Beijing. Two decades ago, they fueled dust storms across northern China. Today, they raise waves of green grass. The wind has not changed; the land has.
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July 20, 2026
China releases action plan on international AI ethics governance
An action plan on international artificial intelligence (AI) ethics governance was released Friday at the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai.
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July 15, 2026
Shanghai enters 'AI moment' with upcoming 2026 World AI Conference
Shanghai is ushering in its major AI moment of the year with the forthcoming 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, scheduled from Friday to Monday.
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July 15, 2026
From plateau to Paris: New generation giving Tibetan crafts new life
In a workshop in southwest China's Sichuan Province, a discarded aluminum can left behind by a guest at a village homestay is melted down and recast as a snow leopard, using the ancient craft of Lima copper casting. The intricate technique has been practiced by Dawa Drolma's family for seven generations.
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July 15, 2026
China elevates consumption to strategic priority with first dedicated five-year plan
China on Monday released its first five-year plan dedicated exclusively to expanding consumption, marking a significant upgrade in the top-level design for buoying domestic consumption.
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July 13, 2026
Created-by-China wins global consumers with smarter products, solutions
China's intelligent manufacturing is winning more overseas customers with smarter products and integrated solutions, as innovation and technology become key drivers in exports.
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July 13, 2026
China steps up flood control, disaster relief efforts as Typhoon Bavi moves inland
China has stepped up flood control and disaster relief efforts as Typhoon Bavi continued to affect large parts of the country on Sunday.
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July 9, 2026
5,000 chairs from east China support football fans at FIFA World Cup
Chinese enterprises have long featured on the World Cup supplier list, but the scope of products they provide has undergone a striking upgrade in recent years.
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July 9, 2026
Summer travel rush reshapes China's cultural tourism landscape
China's summer travel rush is in full swing. The national railway operator expects to handle 1.01 billion passenger trips over 62 days, and aviation bookings have hit new highs. Beyond the sheer numbers, the boom is reshaping the country's cultural tourism landscape.
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July 8, 2026
Revolutionary heartland taps into green treasure trove in rural revitalization
Jinggangshan -- known as the cradle of the Chinese revolution -- is unlocking the value of its green resources to fuel broader development.
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July 8, 2026
China moves to bolster youth employment for the AI era
Rapid advances in technologies and the digital economy have reshaped labor demand, reducing the need for some traditional positions while creating a growing number of new occupations that require higher skills.
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July 7, 2026
China's output of humanoid robot to exceed 100,000 this year: Senior official
China's humanoid robot output is expected to exceed 100,000 units this year, said Gan Xiaobin, deputy director of the department of science and technology under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday.
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July 7, 2026
Turning 13, first Taiwan-born giant panda continues legacy of cross-Strait goodwill
Taipei's beloved star panda Yuan Zai, the first giant panda born in Taiwan and the offspring of a panda pair gifted by the Chinese mainland, celebrated her 13th birthday on Monday with a soccer-themed feast at the Taipei Zoo.
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July 7, 2026
China's logistics sector sees improved performance in June
China's logistics sector continued to expand in June 2026, with the logistics business activity index edging up further, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Sunday.
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July 7, 2026
China designates WWII Doolittle Raid memorial hall patriotic education base
China has designated the Memorial Hall to the Doolittle Raid as a new national patriotic education base, giving fresh prominence to the museum's preservation of the friendship between the Chinese people and American airmen during World War II.
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July 6, 2026
Exhibition in Beijing brings red planet Mars down to Earth
A 574-million-year-old piece of Mars, millions of kilometers of interplanetary travel compressed into a seven-minute ride, and a chance to stamp one's own "Martian citizenship" -- a new immersive exhibition "Oho! Mars" at the Beijing Planetarium has offered visitors a tactile and interactive journey through the Martian landscape, exploration history and future human settlement scenarios.
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July 6, 2026
South China's highly interconnected Greater Bay Area drives tech innovation
Spanning 56,000 square km across Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta, the GBA has long been a highly interconnected economic hub, linked by shared Cantonese dialect, convenient population mobility and integrated industrial chains. It is leveraging these advantages to foster innovation through closer integration of talent, research and industry.