Meet Sherry Zhu, a 23-year-old Chinese American content creator behind the viral #BecomingChinese series. Follow her journey through Shaanxi in northern China as she explores everyday life, culture, and the stories that reveal a more authentic side of China.
A spectacular drone and fireworks show lit up the sky over Dongfang, Hainan, celebrating the Sanyuesan festival. Blending ethnic designs and cutting-edge drone tech, the display offered a vivid glimpse of cultural diversity and shared heritage.
From breaking the human world record to achieving full autonomy, the 2026 Beijing E-Town humanoid robot half-marathon showcased major leaps in robotics. Click to find out how far they've come in just one year.
Major provincial economies are a pivotal force underpinning China's economy and bear the critical responsibility of stabilizing growth. In Q1 of 2026, Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces recorded robust foreign trade growth.
When humanoid robots step into real-world scenarios, it's not just about smarter machines. It's about a new way of working.
Canada is stepping up its presence at the 6th China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou as the guest country of honor, bringing its largest-ever delegation of nearly 40 companies. For many, the expo is more than a showcase; it's a gateway to partnerships, growth, and long-term opportunities in one of the world's most dynamic markets.
The sixth China International Consumer Products Expo is the first edition since the Hainan Free Trade Port fully launched island-wide special customs operations in December last year. With strong international participation, it underscores global businesses' continued confidence in the world's second-largest economy.
Meet China's CR450, the world's fastest bullet train operating at a speed of 400 km per hour. One of its developers, CRRC Qingdao Sifang, runs high-speed crash tests to make trains safer. Its products have been exported to more than 30 countries and regions.
What if desertification control could be faster and smarter? Meet French volunteer Marie Fitoussi, who got hands-on with high-tech equipment to help build grass pane sand fences.
Echoing China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), which emphasizes innovation-driven development, German companies deeply rooted in China are responding with concrete plans and fresh investment.
During the ripening season of yellow raspberries in southwest China's Yunnan, locals are turning the fruit into stunning ethnic costume decorations.
Around the Qingming Festival, farmers in Tongling are busy ridging fields, planting white ginger, applying fertilizer, and building ginger sheds.
Under crabapple trees, diplomats and representatives from over 40 countries and int'l organizations immersed themselves in the charm of traditional Chinese culture in Beijing this spring, celebrating flourishing cultural exchanges.
During this Qingming Festival in China, traditional rituals meet green practices. Some cemeteries are offering fresh flowers to avoid the burning of paper offerings, allowing people to honor their loved ones in an eco-friendly way. Meanwhile, spring break is bringing kids and parents closer together.
In Beijing, the 2026 Centennial Lilac Poetry Festival brought together poetry lovers from around the world. With lilacs as messengers and youth as inspiration, international students and journalists shared their love for Chinese poetry through immersive, interactive experiences.
For over 90 years, a family in a remote village in China's Jiangxi has guarded the grave of Red Army commander Deng Yigang. Every Qingming Festival, generations of the Xie family still tend to his tomb, honoring a martyr who died of battle wounds in 1932 and a spirit that transcends time.
Tsering Samdrup, an 83-year-old former serf, is now enjoying a happy life. He lives in a spacious and bright two-story Tibetan-style house. His granddaughter has built a hotel on their own land, adjacent to a commercial street in Samyai Town, with an annual income exceeding 100,000 yuan.
Tsering Sangmo, 88, lives in Zongkhar Village of Shannan City in Xizang. Blessed with a flourishing family, she often wears a smile on her face. Yet before the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, her life was filled with hardship and struggle.
Grown in the lush valleys of Medog County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a unique golden fruit is helping local farmers increase their incomes and pursue a better life.
Once barren hills in Guizhou are now covered in solar panels. This massive gigawatt-level solar farm spans 1,800 hectares and can generate up to 1.9 billion kWh annually, enough to supply electricity to approximately 1.7 million people. Clean energy, on a serious scale.
For thousands of years, "spring farming" meant working the land with hand-plows and cattle. Today, technology is rewriting that story. Xinhua correspondent Rick heads to the fields of Shandong Province, east China, to talk to the people feeding the nation and see what life is really like for modern Chinese farmers.
In Nyingchi in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, peach blossoms bloom beneath snowy peaks, attracting tourists every year during the peach blossom season. The blossoms are now inspiring peach blossom products, turning flowers into lasting livelihoods.
The Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park harbors China's most concentrated, best-preserved, and largest contiguous stretch of continental island-type tropical rainforest. Why did President Xi Jinping call it a national treasure? Click to find out.
Tucked inside a historic hutong in Beijing, an Italian entrepreneur has opened a restaurant that retains its traditional architecture while infusing it with modern Mediterranean flair. For Omar Maseroli, the neighborhood's genuine warmth has transformed a foreign city into home.
Taking urban renewal as an opportunity, the city of Hefei in recent years has endeavored to identify the public needs and explored a pathway for urban renewal that takes into account both heritage of the old city and modern vitality, based on which a number of old places have been rejuvenated.
Drawn by centuries-old craftsmanship, specialized skills and a vibrant creative community, artists from around the world are choosing to live and create in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. This "porcelain capital" of China is now becoming a global destination for artistic exchange.
As spring unfolds, rapeseed flowers along the Xin'an River, a bio-diverse waterway which flows from Anhui to Zhejiang, have entered blooming season.
A flash mob titled "Humans and Robots Dancing Together" recently took place in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province.
"In this turbulent world, China is a very strong voice for justice, for peace for all." At China's annual "two sessions," foreign journalists covering the events have shared their observations on the country's development and its role on the global stage.
China's annual "two sessions" bring together national lawmakers and political advisors in Beijing, where they engage in crucial public issues. Here are some keywords that capture their focus and priorities this year.