A total of 45 senior officials of 35 departments and units under the State Council, China's cabinet, pledged allegiance to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China at a ceremony on Monday.
With the aim to deepen foreign-related fishery governance, a draft amendment to the Fisheries Law has been submitted to the ongoing 13th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, for deliberation.
A year-long investigation published on Sunday by The Washington Post has documented that 3,104 students died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970, three times as many as reported by the US Interior Department earlier this year. A Chinese expert pointed out that the US, while failing to draw lessons from its historical human rights abuses, continues to use human rights as a pretext to carry out political manipulation and interfere in other countries' internal affairs, which is a double standard.
The Intermediate People's Court of Changde City, Central China's Hunan Province, on Monday sentenced Huang Wen, the perpetrator of a car ramming incident, to death with a two-year reprieve for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Monday highlighted the significance of properly handling labor disputes and contract cases, including tackling gender and regional discriminations in hiring practices in accordance with the law and promoting equal opportunities for college graduates.
Commenting on the Meeting of the Group of 'Friends for Peace' on the Ukraine Crisis held recently, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday that the participants had called for efforts to de-escalate the situation, emphasizing the importance of non-expansion of the battlefield and non-intensification of fighting, supporting for a comprehensive and lasting settlement by the parties to the conflict through inclusive diplomacy and political means based on the UN Charter and international law.
The National Supervisory Commission (NSC) carried out in-depth probes into vanity projects, leading to the rectification or suspension of over 700 “unnecessary landscaping” projects, said a report shared during the most recent session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, according to People's Daily on Monday.
China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned on Monday about foreign spy agencies using internet users' comments on Chinese social media to steal national secrets.
During the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held in October 2024 in Milan, Italy, a remarkable exhibit of "extraterrestrial material" caught the eyes of international attendees - a grayish, seemingly unattractive piece of dirt, yet it marked the first global display of the first sample collected from the far side of the moon.
External construction caused damage to equipment and trains on Metro Line 11 in Shanghai, forcing trains to stop between stations on Sunday morning. Metro authorities promptly organized emergency repairs and evacuated passengers. No injuries were reported at the scene, Shanghai Metro said in statements published on its official Sina Weibo account on Sunday.
China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Sunday revealed three cases where couriers identified prohibited items posing risks to state security, including overseas cult organizations' illegal propaganda materials, drug-making materials and plant seedlings and seeds destined for overseas, as couriers flagged suspicious packages, individuals and behaviors, contributing to state security.
In response to the US announcement of military assistance worth $571.3 million and approval of $295 million worth of arms sales to Taiwan on Friday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday that China strongly deplores and firmly opposes it and lodged serious protests at once with the US.
The Guangzhou South railway station in South China's Guangzhou Province has reminded passengers not to obstruct train doors or forcibly board or disembark after a passenger's fingers were pinched while trying to block the door of a high-speed train.
One year on, Ma Zhongli still has nightmares about the day his tile-roofed house collapsed.
Rock samples collected from the moon's far side by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe indicate an unexpected resurgence in the moon's magnetic field strength 2.8 billion years ago, which challenges the previous findings from the US Apollo mission, which suggested that the moon's magnetic field declined about 3.1 billion years ago and has remained in a low-energy state since then.
China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) released new regulatory measures to enhance the review process for micro-drama titles and mitigate problematic trends in the genre, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday.
How can influencers contribute to bringing China and ASEAN countries closer together? As part of the ASEAN-China Year of People-to-People Exchanges, influencers from 10 ASEAN countries with a total of nearly 100 million followers traveled to Sanya, Lingshui and Qionghai, among other places, in South China's Hainan Province, over the last week to discover China's development from this picturesque island. They shared their personal stories and experiences in China through videos they made, fostering friendly exchanges and solidarity between China and ASEAN.
If you are 71 years old, how fast could you run a 100-meter race? Jin Hui from Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, gave his answer— 13.97 seconds.
An elder has spent some 500,000 yuan ($68,000) online purchasing counterfeit collectibles, as live-streamers marketed the items with claims of miraculous effects and high value, exploiting reputations and emotional appeals for sales. The police have initiated an investigation into the live-streamed collectible scams targeting the elderly.
A man with a total of 100 AirPods strapped to his abdomen attempted to enter the country via the Qingmao checkpoint, affiliated with the Gongbei Port in Zhuhai city, South China's Guangdong Province, and was seized on the spot by customs officers recently, according to the General Administration of Customs of China.
An incident recently occurred in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park where a tourist and a wild macaque attacked each other. The Park authorities responded by stating that neither party was injured.
Staple foods in iron pot stews styled to resemble plush toys have become a new social media buzz in Shanghai, with many netizens praising its appeal. The most recent week, according to figures provided by e-commerce platform Meituan.com, the search volume of this form of cuisine rose over 970 percent week-on-week.
A research team led by Xing Lida from the China University of Geosciences (Beijing), in collaboration with co-authors from Spain, Brazil, South Korea, and Australia, has made notable progress in classifying Cretaceous sauropod tracks.
Shanghai authorities recently issued a notice encouraging employers to designate positions with flexible working hours, adaptable work styles, and family-friendly environments as parent-friendly positions, primarily aimed at workers responsible for caring for children under age of 12, thepaper.cn reported on Friday.
By establishing the biggest paleobiology database of early Earth to date and employing cutting-edge analytical tools, including supercomputer and artificial intelligence, an international paleontological research team led by Dr Qing Tang and Professor Shuzhong Shen from the School of Earth Sciences and Engineering at Nanjing University, for the first time, have constructed a high-resolution biodiversity curve spanning from 2 billion to 500 million years ago.
Song Tao, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, and Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, attended the opening ceremony of the cross-Straits youth ice and snow festival in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Thursday, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday commended the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for its achievements over the past five "extraordinary" years.
Agibot, a Chinese robotics start-up launched in February 2023, has stirred significant excitement in the industry with its announcement of having already begun mass production of general-purpose robots, while Tesla, the US electric car giant, envisions launching mass production of humanoid robots by 2026.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has strictly cracked down on online activities that infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of minors, as a WeChat account affiliated with CAC revealed several cases related to such violations.
A court in Southwest China's Guizhou Province on Thursday upheld the death sentence of Yu Huaying, who was charged with abducting and trafficking 17 children, rejecting Yu 's appeal, according to Xinhua News Agency.
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced on Thursday that it has made the decision to arrest Gou Zhongwen, a former member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, over allegations of bribery and abuse of power.
Renowned Chinese film actress Xie Fang, who portrayed Lin Daojing in the film The Song of Youth, passed away at 2:14 am on Thursday in Beijing at the age of 89, the Beijing Daily reported.
China's research team has established, for the first time, the anatomical relationship between the large pterosaur footprints in the Wu'erhe Pterosaur fauna of the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang and the skeleton of Dsungaripterus weii, revealing that the trackmakers of these large pterosaur footprints are from the Dsungaripterus weii, according to the Xinjiang Daily on Wednesday. They also proposed a new pterosaur track genus, Pteraichnus junggarensis isp. nov.
Shenzhen, China's tech hub, announced a series of measures on Wednesday that include the provision of "vouchers" respectively for research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) models, and AI training and corpus, with vouch for model training up to 500 million yuan ($68 million) annually for enterprises.
The practice of "one country, two systems" with Macao characteristics has achieved success widely recognized by the world, showcasing great vitality and unique charm, said Chinese President Xi Jinping upon his arrival at Macao on Wednesday afternoon.
A delegation of young people from China's Taiwan island led by former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party Ma Ying-jeou has arrived in Harbin, capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday for a nine-day cross-Straits youth exchange program running from December 18 to 26.
The Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) disclosed several typical cases involving minors engaging in activities that endanger national security. These cases reveal a rising trend that minors are targeted and recruited by foreign espionage and intelligence agencies, causing serious social concerns, according to the MSS WeChat account on Wednesday.
The liquid injection phase of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a key national science and technology project located in South China's Guangdong Province, officially began on Wednesday, the Global Times learned from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Wednesday.
China hopes Syria will achieve peace and restore stability as soon as possible, and is ready to play a constructive role to that end, a Chinese envoy said on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged Hainan to make the Hainan Free Trade Port an important gateway driving China's opening up in the new era, and strive to write its own chapter of Chinese modernization.
Shenzhou-19 crew members aboard China's orbiting space station on Tuesday completed the first extravehicular activities (EVAs) of their mission. The EVA took more than nine hours, setting a new record for the duration of an EVA conducted by taikonauts, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Macao is buzzing with excitement as the city prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland. Streets has been adorned with celebratory banners, with Five-Starred Red Flag - China's national flag and the regional flag of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) complementing each other.
The 2024 Shanghai-Taipei City Forum was held in Taipei from Monday to Tuesday. Representatives of the two cities had in-depth exchanges and interactions, reached many positive consensuses, signed two memorandums of understanding on exchanges and cooperation, and made new progress in deepening the cooperation between the two cities, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Tuesday.
Shenzhou-19 crew members aboard China's orbiting space station on Tuesday completed the first extravehicular activities (EVAs) of their mission, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will lead a team to develop a multi-functional lunar surface operation robot equipped for dexterous operations and featuring a mobile charging station that contributes to Chang'e-8 mission lunar exploration.
In the second installment of the "Walking with the Giant Panda" series, we share with our readers why the adorable giant pandas are, and will always be, a message of peace and friendship that China conveys to the world.
In November, China's economy maintained the rebound momentum that began in September thanks to a raft of macroeconomic policies. Multiple indexes point to a number of highlights, including a robust growth pace in the industry and service sectors, rising social expectations and the stable development of new quality productive forces - though individual indicators such as retail sales showed signs of slowing down, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday.
The successful launch of Macao Science-1 satellites, the first space science satellite program jointly developed by the Chinese mainland and Macao, owes much to the strong support of scientists and engineers from the mainland, Zhang Keke, chief scientist of the program and vice president of Macao University of Science and Technology, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.
China successfully launched a group of low-orbit internet satellites into preset orbits via the Long March-5B/Yuanzheng-2 upper stage from Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China's Hainan Province on Monday at 6 pm.
China successfully sent the first group of low Earth orbit satellites for a satellite internet constellation from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern Hainan Province on Monday.
In response to an online speculation about a girl in Tai'an, East China's Shandong Province, being sexually assaulted, Xintai city immediately established a joint investigation team. Upon investigation, it was found that the girl met a 17-year-old male teenager, surnamed Li, on the internet in May 2024 and developed a romantic relationship, which later led to sexual relations, according to a statement released on Xintai city's government website on Monday.
Police in South China's Hainan Province recently dismantled a criminal gang suspected of endangering rare and endangered wildlife, with seized items valued at 1.5 million yuan ($206,000), according to CCTV News on Sunday.
China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) revealed on Monday three cases involving individuals voluntarily pledging allegiance to foreign spy agencies for profit and endangering state security. The ministry uncovered the cases and mitigated risks of information leakage, providing a strong deterrent to similar activities.
Five suspects had been placed under criminal coercive measures for conducting illegal surrogacy, said a statement released by a joint investigation team from Hefei and Bozhou in East China's Anhui Province on Sunday. A medical technology company was involved in illegal surrogacy and other issues in the two cities, according to the statement.
Workers carve a big snowman in a public square in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on December 15, 2024. Their work attracted numerous tourists, many of whom stopped to watch and take pictures. Photo: VCG
The pair of giant pandas Xingqiu and Yilan arrived in Adelaide, South Australia, on Sunday morning, marking the start of a new phase in China-Australia panda conservation efforts.
Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Sunday urged Chinese nationals in the country to stay vigilant amid rising cases of armed robberies, drug-facilitated thefts, exchange frauds, and thefts.
Beijing's core AI industry is expected to surpass 300 billion yuan ($41.2 billion) in 2024, marking a 12 percent year-on-year increase, according to the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry White Paper 2024, released at the Chinese Congress on Artificial Intelligence (CCAI), which is being held in Beijing from Friday to Sunday.
A recent report on Chinese human capital reveals that in 2022, the average age of China's working-age population was 39.72 years, and the average years of education reached 10.88 years. Beijing ranked highest nationwide in terms of average education levels among the working population.
Macao's success is attributed to its strong relationship with central authorities, efficient political system, rapid economic growth, significant improvements in living standards, and the harmonious coexistence of diverse ethnic groups.
The amount is equivalent to saving 550 million tonnes of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.49 billion tonnes, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.
The Global Times Annual Conference 2025, themed "Moving forward in Partnership: Resonance of Values between China and the World," took place in Beijing on Saturday. Cui Shixin, a deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, delivered the keynote speech.
China is where the certainty lies in an uncertain world and China's stability is the anchor of stability for the world; the better China develops and the stronger it becomes, the more stable the world will be, Jin Canrong, professor of school of international studies at Renmin University of China, said at the Global Times Annual Conference 2025, themed "Moving forward in Partnership: Resonance of Values between China and the World," which was held in Beijing on Saturday.
The Global Times Annual Conference 2025, themed, "Moving forward in Partnership: Resonance of Values between China and the World," is held in Beijing on Saturday. During a discussion on the topic "Exploring the Way of Interaction among Major Powers: Differences and Consensus," Wang Zaixi, former deputy director of Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits, said that on the Taiwan question, China's policy is very clear. "That is to continue to strive for peaceful reunification, while also making full preparations for the dangerous move made by 'Taiwan independence' separatists," he said.
China sent a new pair of giant pandas, Xing Qiu and Yi Lan, to Australia's Adelaide Zoo, marking a new round of panda cooperation with Australia. The giant pandas will live in Australia for 10 years.
Former Chinese national football team head coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a first-instance verdict on Friday for a number of charges including offering and accepting bribes.
At 10:00 am on Friday, the people of Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, observed a moment of silence, and sirens were heard across the city as China held a memorial ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. This is the 11th national memorial ceremony for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Iris photography has emerged as a popular trend among youngsters, with many netizens and vendors posting related photos online, according to a report from China Youth Daily on Wednesday. However, experts cautioned that the new trend should be approached with care from both a legal and health perspective.
A woman in Panzhou, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, was detained for setting fire to a mountain in an attempt to collect plastic bottles which she planned to sell for money, according to a statement from the local government's official WeChat account on Monday.
An employee used a manager's “like” on a social media post promoting company products during a break as evidence of overtime work to demand compensation after being dismissed, according to Guangming Online on Wednesday.
Two travelers concealing luxury goods and jewelry in their luggage, carrying a yellow paper with the words “Customs all blind talisman” in the hope of evading customs inspection, were recently seized by customs officers in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, China's General Administration of Customs reported.
Bathhouses have become popular venues for socializing and relaxation, emerging as new pastime venues for the younger generation in urban China, according to a report from Southern Weekly on Tuesday.
How does development promote progress in human rights? Over the past two weeks, commissioners and experts from the Global South and the United Nations sought answers through discussions, site visits and dialogue meetings in Beijing and East China's Zhejiang Province.
A Chinese Football Association (CFA) senior official on Friday reaffirmed zero-tolerance stance on corruption in football, after the sentencing of former national team head coach Li Tie and ex-vice sports minister Du Zhaocai for bribery.
As part of the ASEAN-China Year of People-to-People Exchanges, the 2024 "Family of the Maritime Silk Road" ASEAN online celebrity conference was held in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province, on Thursday. Internet celebrities from 10 ASEAN countries with a total of nearly 100 million followers participated in the conference. They shared personal stories and experiences in China through self-made videos, fostering friendly exchanges and solidarity between China and ASEAN.
Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China and former Party secretary of the Chinese Football Association, was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined 4 million yuan ($550,000) for accepting bribes worth over 43 million yuan.
Former Chinese national football team head coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a first-instance verdict on Friday for a number of charges including offering and accepting bribes.
On December 3, one day after the US government announced yet another round of restrictions on chip sales to Chinese firms, four Chinese industry associations, including the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and the Internet Society of China (ISC), issued firmly worded statements declaring that US chip products are no longer safe and reliable.
The second installment in Yang Xiaoyan's Nanjing Massacre book series is set in 1937 and follows Wu An, a 12-year-old boy who is sold to a Chinese soldier hoping to disguise himself as a father and a civilian to evade the Japanese troops and rejoin the fight.
China's first Institute of Weather Modification has been officially established in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The new institution aims to cultivate high-level professionals to enhance the role of weather modification amid climate change, the director of the institute told the Global Times on Thursday.
Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the world's largest water diversion project – the first phase of the eastern and central routes of the South-North Water Diversion Project – through which more than 76.7 billion cubic meters of water have been transferred, according to a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.
A badge the size of a palm may seem like a useless piece of metal to outsiders, but Generation Z is willing to spend hundreds of yuan to buy it, for what they call an emotional value.
The procuratorial organ Xinyu city, in East China's Jiangxi Province has filed a public prosecution against Mao Qi, former Party chief of Wannian county in Shangrao, for suspected bribery. The case is currently under further processing, according to a statement from the website of the China's Supreme People's Procuratorate on Thursday.
One person was injured during a fire ignited by a fixed-wing drone, which lost control and crashed into a building during a testing flight in Jingzhou, Central China's Hubei Province on Thursday noon, local government said.
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More than 185 million people in China have directly benefited from a massive water diversion project that has been pumping water from the water-rich south to the drought-prone north over the past decade, authorities said Thursday.
Since the beginning of this year, a special operation by China's Ministry of Public Security to crack down on “internet water armies” with a focus on activities such as rumor-mongering for internet traffic, extorting public opinion, and paid post deletions, has so far seen over 900 cases solved and more than 5,000 suspects apprehended.
China recently issued a prevention and control plan (2024–2030) to reduce new HIV infections, decrease related deaths and ensure that the HIV infection rate among the entire population will be kept below 0.2 percent by 2030.
Chief executive is a very important position and the primary responsible person for promoting the steady and long-term implementation of the "one country, two systems" policy in Macao, Sam Hou Fai, incoming chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), told media. At this new historical starting point, Sam vowed to lead the new Macao government to comprehensively, accurately and steadfastly implement the "one country, two systems" principle, promote the moderate diversification of Macao's economy, and better integrate into and serve the national development agenda.
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Wednesday released several cases regarding the prosecution of crimes related to the illegal production, sale, and use of eavesdropping and surreptitious recording equipment, showing a clear stance on cracking down on the underground industrial chain behind such activities.
The Shenzhen Fire and Rescue Department in Southeast China's Guangdong Province issued a statement on Wednesday regarding a fire incident at a high-rise residential building. The statement said that at 2:46 pm, the department received a report about the fire in one of the buildings of a residential complex located in Yuehai Subdistrict, Nanshan district.
Tian Bao, Bao Di, and Bao Mei, three giant pandas born at Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium, embarked on their journey back to China on Tuesday, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Pairi Daiza told Global Times that the zoo held an emotional farewell for the three giant pandas on Tuesday morning, and all the giant pandas are currently in good health.
The Education Bureau of Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, recently urged schools to adopt a “homework circuit breaker mechanism,” suggesting that students who have not completed their homework before a specified time should go bed even if they have not finished their homework in order to improve students' physical and mental health and their all-round development. This provision, however, has drawn mixed reviews from parents.
On December 20, Macao will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland. Over the past 25 years, Macao's economy has grown rapidly, people's livelihoods have continuously improved, social harmony and stability have been maintained, and the scope for development has become increasingly broad. Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng recently shared in an interview how Macao maintains stability and development under the framework of "one country, two systems," as well as how it interprets the strong vitality of this principle.
On December 20, Macao will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland. Over the past 25 years, Macao's economy has grown rapidly, people's livelihoods have continuously improved, social harmony and stability have been maintained, and the scope for development has become increasingly broad. Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng recently shared in an interview how Macao maintains stability and development under the framework of "one country, two systems," as well as how it interprets the strong vitality of this principle.
A Chinese scientist dedicated to combating desertification has been awarded the Champions of the Earth, the UN's highest environmental honor, marking the first time a Chinese recipient has been recognized in the Science and Innovation category of the award, according to a release the National Forestry and Grassland Administration sent to the Global Times on Tuesday.
A spherical robot which can operate both on the ground and in the water with the ability to track, combat and capture, recently patrol side by side with police officers in a commercial zone in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, drawing public attention with its futuristic shape and functions. With its constant improvement in size and functions, the robot is expected to have broad application, the research team told the Global Times on Tuesday.
After deliberation by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and approval by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, it has been decided to expel three senior officials from the CPC over serious violations of Party discipline and laws, according to three separate statements released by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the National Commission of Supervision on Tuesday.
Authorities in North China's Shanxi province have launched an investigation into the case of a mentally ill woman who went missing for over 10 years and was recently found in a village, where she had given birth to multiple children.
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released six typical cases of dealing with corrupt low-ranking officials on Monday to fully leverage the educational, warning, and deterrent impact these cases bring. The cases involve corruption in six areas: housing security, education admissions, medical insurance, labor and employment, fiscal taxation, and land acquisition and relocation.