Shanghai's first China-Europe freight train service launched

Shanghai, China's economic hub, launched a freight train service to Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday, marking the first cross-border railway service between Shanghai and Europe.

September 29, 2021

How tech empowers agriculture in China

To better ensure the wellbeing of its people, China's policy-makers are eyeing a technology-empowered future for its agriculture.

September 27, 2021

China's internet growth: Numbers tell the story

With the internet reaching nearly every aspect of life, the digital-driven economy has become an indispensable power to stimulate China's future development. How has China performed in this sector? The numbers have the answer!

September 26, 2021

Jilin's golden rice harvest a lovely sight in autumn

Farmers in Dongfeng county, northeast China's Jilin province, are embracing the rice harvest season in the autumn. The autumn breeze, blowing across the rice paddies, brings a golden sea of rice sprawling beautifully across the landscape.

September 23, 2021

Inheritor of Tibetan apron weaving techniques

Jedexoi town in Gonggar County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is known as the hometown of "Bangdian," a kind of colorful striped apron made by the Tibetan ethnic group.

September 23, 2021

Election Committee subsector elections to open new chapter in HK democracy

The upcoming Election Committee subsector elections reflect greater democratic representation, diverse competitiveness and institutional progress from multiple perspectives.

September 18, 2021

China completes three-month manned mission for space station construction

Having worked in the space station core module Tianhe for three months -- the longest-ever human space mission in Chinese history, three "taikonauts" of the Shenzhou-12 crew returned to Earth on Friday, hitting a new milestone in China's space exploration.

September 18, 2021

18th China-ASEAN Expo concludes with record deals

The 18th China-ASEAN Expo and the concurrent China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit concluded Monday in Nanning, the capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

September 15, 2021

World Heritage Sites in China: Chengde Mountain Resort

The Chengde Mountain Resort, some 230 km north of Beijing, was built in 1703 during the Qing Dynasty. It's one of China's best-known imperial retreats. In 1994, the Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples were added to the list of World Cultural Heritage sites

September 8, 2021

Xiaokang by numbers: A closer look at better lives in China

China has completed building a xiaokang society, or a moderately prosperous society in all respects. But what does a xiaokang society look like? The figures will tell you in this video — take a look!

September 7, 2021

China's biomimetic robot dives up to 1,025 meters in test swim

Chinese researchers have accomplished a test swim of a biomimetic robot in the shape of a manta ray, or devilfish, that can flap its wings and slide underwater in the South China Sea. It dives up to 1,025 meters.

September 6, 2021

Sneak peek of upcoming services trade fair in China

The 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will be held from Sept.2 to Sept.7 in Beijing.

September 2, 2021

A look at China's July economic data

China's economic growth was in line with expectations and shows recovery momentum in July, with employment and commodity prices remaining stable according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

August 26, 2021

Green transformation of fishery in China's Ningxia

After years of development, the combination of green planting and fishery breeding system has become a model of local fishery development, energy saving and emission reduction.

August 26, 2021

Digital economy leads the future with intelligence technology

Self-driving cars, AI robots, and BeiDou Navigation Satellite System caught the attention of exhibitors of the Digital Economy Exhibition of the fifth China-Arab States Expo, which just concluded on Sunday in China's Ningxia. Click to find out how the digital economy leads the future.

August 23, 2021

Lighting up the Roof of the World

Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet and the "City of Sunshine," used to suffer electricity shortages. Now, a unified plateau power network has lit up Tibet on its way towards high-quality development.

August 20, 2021

China puts people first in the battle against COVID-19

Amid a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in the Chinese city of Zhangjiajie, the willingness of local authorities, medical workers, and volunteers to readily assist is highlighting China's approach to tackling the virus.

August 18, 2021

Welcome to the 5th China-Arab States Expo

The 5th China-Arab States Expo, with the theme of "Deepening economic and trade cooperation, jointly building the Belt and Road", will be held from August 19 to 22, in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

August 17, 2021

76 years ago, why Japan's surrender ceremony held in China's Zhijiang county

After the Japanese government announced its unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, China's top priority was to determine the place for accepting Japan's unconditional surrender. After serious studies and considerations, it was believed that Zhijiang in Hunan had all the conditions and factors to accept Japan's unconditional surrender. Finally, on August 17, 1945, Zhijiang, Hunan was identified as the site where the Chinese war zone accepted the Japanese surrender.

August 16, 2021

World Heritage Sites in China: Mount Wudang

Click to see the ancient Chinese Taoism building complex at Mount Wudang, which UNESCO included on the World Cultural Heritage List in 1994.

August 13, 2021

Documentary: 2020+1: Through Pandemic to Olympics

Xinhua reporters have been following and shooting seven Chinese Olympians for one and a half years, keeping track of how they lived, thought, dreamed about, and trained for the Olympics.

August 12, 2021

A glimpse of tomato harvest season in Xinjiang, China

It's tomato harvesting season in Xinjiang, China. The arid climate and large discrepancy between day and night temperatures have made Xinjiang a perfect place to grow top-quality tomatoes.

August 11, 2021

Tibet township reaping rewards from tourism boom

By taking advantage of its amazing highland sceneries, Lulang in Nyingchi city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, has lifted out of poverty and finds a path to wealth.

August 10, 2021

How China guards against Delta variant

The recent spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of the novel coronavirus in many parts of China has highlighted the resilience of the country's epidemic-control system.

August 9, 2021

Ambitious Taiwan entrepreneurs seek dreams in Beijing

Ambitious and determined, three Taiwan entrepreneurs have found their stage to realize their dreams in Beijing's Zhongguancun, China's "Silicon Valley."

August 2, 2021

China's rural youths return home as aspiring agricultural professionals

As China announced victory over poverty earlier this year, rural areas have marched on a new journey toward vitalization. Fruit and vegetable cultivation has played an important role in making Chinese farmers rich. More and more young Chinese return to hometowns like Liu Shuang to start their own planting businesses. With professional skills and novel ideas of management, they are bringing new vitality to China's rural economic development.

July 30, 2021

Second phase of COVID-19 origin tracing: Stop politicizing science

China will never accept political manipulation with malicious intent. The plot by the U.S. to suppress China through origin tracing will fall flat.

July 28, 2021

Tourism helps shake off poverty in China's ancient village

Tourism has become a popular business for villagers of Azheke in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The influx of visitors has helped the villagers shake off poverty and preserve their traditional ethnic culture at the same time.

July 27, 2021

Animation: Where is the patient zero of COVID-19?

As COVID-19 sweeps through the world, medical scientists are racing to find the origin of the outbreak, specifically, to locate patient zero of the disease. However, scientists said it is extremely difficult to find patient zero of a contagious disease. Scientists have yet to find patient zero for the 1918 influenza pandemic, HIV or the H1N1 influenza in 2009.

July 22, 2021

How China's H1 growth fuels global recovery

The world's second largest economy just released its semi-annual report, with its GDP expanding 7.9 percent in the second quarter and 12.7 percent in the first half. What is driving the growth and why is it relevant to the rest of the world? We explain everything you need to know about China's H1 economic data in about three minutes.

July 21, 2021