Chinese characters offer graphic view of the world

"Striving" has been chosen as the Chinese Character of the Year 2018 reflecting the domestic situation. This character contains a double meaning of "going all out to win success" and "plucking up one's courage."

January 4, 2019

Bookstore of the future

Beijing introduces its first staffless bookstore with facial recognition and automated checkout.

April 8, 2018

New year's first China-Europe freight train departs from Xinjiang

The first outbound China-Europe freight train of 2019 set off from the railway port of Horgos on Jan. 1. The freight train carrying mainly electronic products started from Wujiashan station, and will terminate at Duisburg, Germany, via Horgos port.

January 3, 2019

Naadam fair kicks off in NW China's Xinjiang

The winter Naadam fair has kicked off on the Bayanbulak Grassland in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at a low temperature of -34℃ on Dec. 29, 2018.

January 3, 2019

An expressway linked to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau goes into trial operation

An expressway linking Ya'an and Kangding in southwest China's Sichuan Province went into trial operation Monday morning, marking the total length of expressways in the province at 7,238 km.

January 2, 2019

Spotlight China: Changsha forges ahead with impressive business environment

Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province, has made leaps and bounds in its business appeal in recent years.

January 2, 2019

Mega bridge undergoes load testing in Sichuan, China

The 135 km-long highway links Ya'an with Kangding, both in Sichuan Province. It will open to traffic at the end of this month.

December 29, 2018

New high-speed railway opens in Central China's Hunan

A new high-speed railway linking 14 cities and countries in Hunan opened on Wednesday.

December 28, 2018

Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge to reopen after renovation by end of December

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is China's first double-decked road-rail truss bridge. It will reopen to road traffic on Dec. 29 after a 27-month renovation.

December 28, 2018

Chinese lantern festival lights up French town

A Chinese lantern festival has lit up the southern French town of Gaillac.

December 27, 2018

China's 1st intelligent expressway to be completed in 2022

China is building an intelligent expressway in its eastern province of Zhejiang.

December 27, 2018

'Most scenic' high-speed railway launched between Hangzhou and Huangshan

A high-speed railway linking the scenic cities of Hangzhou and Huangshan in east China began operation on Dec. 25, 2018.

December 26, 2018

Reform and opening up: What China learned from Singapore

China's achievements over its 40 years of reform and opening up were not only products of arduous efforts of the country and its people, but also the result of China's constant learning from other countries. One of them is Singapore, the city state in Southeast Asia.

December 26, 2018

Check out the dramatic changes to China's 'last primitive tribe'

Things started to change as China declared war on poverty. Ways are found to enable Kucong people to create wealth for themselves.

December 25, 2018

New high-speed railway to be in operation in east China

The Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway is in test run.

December 24, 2018

Meet founding father of world's largest small commodities market

In turning Yiwu from an impoverished county to an international trade hub, former Party chief of Yiwu county Xie Gaohua played a pivotal role.

December 24, 2018

China celebrates the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up: New beginning and new journey

A fate-changing meeting for China was underway today 40 years ago. That was the third plenary session of the 11th central committee of the Communist Party of China.

December 20, 2018

Chinese-built deep sea port boosts Cameroonian economy

The Chinese-built Kribi deep sea port in Cameroon is the only deep sea port in Central Africa. With the second phase of construction underway, it looks to become a new engine of Cameroonian economy.

December 20, 2018

China has achieved huge success due to the reform and opening-up policies

John Milligan-Whyte, executive chairman of America China Partnership Foundation makes comments on China's development.

December 19, 2018

40 years of reform & opening-up

Forty years ago, China charted down a new path towards a more prosperous and open society. Dubbed as China's second revolution, reform and opening up efforts have catapulted the country's economy to incredible heights.

December 18, 2018

China Album: China's booming film industry

Watching movies was easy decades ago; however, since the launch of reform and opening up, the growth of economy has led to progress in people's cultural life. Now, audiences'cultural life has never been so exciting.

December 18, 2018

What has driven China's success over 40 years?

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. The four decades saw China blazing its way forward with steady and speedy reforms and opening its door wider and wider.

December 18, 2018

Nanning: Delightful site of the China's winter garden expo

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. On Dec. 6, the 12th China International Garden Expo opened in Nanning, the regional capital.

December 13, 2018

Reform and opening up ushers in new chapter in China's human rights development

The white paper China issued on Wednesday said reform and opening up has ushered in a new chapter in China's human rights development.

December 13, 2018

Impressive engineering behind world's longest sea bridge

The chief designer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge reveals the impressive engineering behind the world's longest sea bridge.

December 13, 2018

China Moment: Why 1st UN World Geospatial Information Congress will be held in China

The first United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress will be held in Deqing, Zhejiang province, from Nov. 19 to 21. This is the largest and highest-level geospatial information conference hosted by the U.N.

November 17, 2018

Behind China's vision for high-speed rail

China has world's largest high-speed railway network. Its first high-speed rail line was launched in August 2008. Ten years on, China's high-speed railway accounted for over 60 percent of world's total.

December 11, 2018

China launches historic mission to far side of Moon

China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe was launched in Xichang, China, early Saturday, and it is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon.

December 10, 2018

China's first 3D-printed pedestrian bridge to be put into use in Shanghai

China's first 3D-printed pedestrian bridge will be open to the public in a park of Shanghai next January.

December 10, 2018

Desert oilfield in NW China's Xinjiang turns into 'innovative oasis'

From a desert oilfield in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Karamay has now turned into a livable city of innovation and trade.

December 10, 2018