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Foreign companies eye opportunities in western China's green industries
China's animated hit "Ne Zha 2," while captivating global audiences, has also inspired renewed interest in Chinese museum artifacts among viewers.
Thanks to more emphasis on physical education (PE), the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has seen a noticeable drop in the number of secondary school students who need to wear glasses.
Amid the immense popularity of "Ne Zha 2," fans of the Chinese blockbuster are facing a race against time to purchase blind boxes featuring the film's main character, as stocks quickly deplete both online and at retail locations.
From DeepSeek, the rising star in artificial intelligence (AI), to Unitree Robotics, a pioneer in humanoid robot development, and the creative force behind the animated blockbuster "Ne Zha 2," innovations emerging from China's private sector have recently grabbed global attention.
China unveiled its "No. 1 central document" for 2025 on Sunday, outlining priorities to deepen rural reforms further and solid steps to advance all-around rural revitalization.
When symptoms such as "noticing significant developmental delays in mobility, language, and social interaction since age two" are entered into a dialogue box, an AI large model can generate alerts about potential rare genetic disorders, such as Rett syndrome or Angelman syndrome, or complex neurodevelopmental conditions within seconds, alongside medical recommendations including specialized departments for consultation and necessary examinations.
China has become the world's second most influential soft power nation after the United States, according to the sixth annual Global Soft Power Index released here by Brand Finance on Thursday.
Foreign investors are increasingly turning their attention to China's A-share market, with a particular focus on the burgeoning opportunities in AI and robotics.
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced Thursday that it has completed the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, as a borehole reached a depth of 10,910 meters in China's northwestern desert.
Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in integrated photonic quantum chips by demonstrating the first "continuous-variable" quantum multipartite entanglement and cluster states on the chip.
China has activated a groundbreaking underwater intelligent computing cluster off the coast of its southernmost province of Hainan, marking a significant leap forward in sustainable high-performance computing.
Six significant archaeological sites in China were named the top new discoveries in 2024, announced Wednesday at an annual forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Global financial institutions are increasingly bullish on China's economic development, with multiple 2025 outlook reports highlighting the nation's accelerating transition to high-quality growth driven by a stronger consumer sector and service industry.
China's independently developed third-generation superconducting quantum computer, Origin Wukong, has received more than 20 million remote visits globally, passing an important milestone in the country's quantum computing development, China Science and Technology Daily has reported.
Remarkable progress was made in China's railway sector in 2024, with the improvement of the nation's transportation infrastructure contributing to economic growth and improving lives.
Nine Chinese cities, including Dali in Yunnan province, Lhasa in the Xizang autonomous region, Fuzhou in Fujian province and Yueyang in Hunan province, were recently designated as international wetland cities, marking the third such set of cities announced after 2018 and 2022.
Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, has welcomed over 3 million visits as of Tuesday, setting a new attendance record just 52 days into its 26th edition, organizers announced.
During the 2025 Intangible Cultural Heritage Gala aired by China Media Group on Jan. 31, a pack of ten robot dogs leaped, spun and waved in perfect harmony to a traditional dance song, wowing audiences with their flawless moves.
China's Long March-8A carrier rocket successfully conducted its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending a group of low Earth orbit satellites into space from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in the southern Hainan Province.
An index tracking the development of China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) edged up in January, data from an industry association showed Tuesday.
From boarding a submarine to taking a helicopter ride and racing on a professional kart track, Chinese tourists, particularly the younger generation, are increasingly shifting to novel travel options for unique experiences, according to various sources.
Yiwu International Trade Market, the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities located in the city of Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province, reopened on Sunday after the Spring Festival holiday, marking a vibrant start to the Year of the Snake.
Gansu has wetlands covering nearly 1.19 million hectares. In recent years, creative and scientific conservation efforts have transformed these areas into thriving sanctuaries for migratory birds.
Rescuers are making all-out efforts to find survivors after a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province left one dead, 28 missing and two injured.
As China's Qinling Station, the youngest of the country's five scientific research stations in the Antarctic, marked its first anniversary of operation on Friday, scientists are celebrating that it has proven itself as a resilient scientific hub in one of Earth's most extreme environments.
Zhang Xin, a white-collar worker from Shanghai, made advance reservations to spend the Spring Festival holiday on snow in northeast China's Jilin Province.
In China, there is a saying that goes "A year's success starts in spring." In line with this adage, many local authorities held their first meetings of the Year of the Snake on the very first working day following the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Living on the small island of Laoshandao, nestled in the heart of the 780-square-kilometer Chaohu Lake, the 61-year-old knows delivery often takes time, even after the package reaches the area. But this time, Gao was pleasantly surprised as her packages arrived earlier than expected, via a white drone soaring across the vast waters, instead of the usual ferry-bound couriers.
Inside a sprawling souvenir shop in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, the tiger mascots of the upcoming Asian Winter Games -- "Binbin" and "Nini" -- are demonstrating the changing images of the heavily industrial city.