Push to make AI a resource for all hailed
China's vision to turn artificial intelligence from an expensive frontier technology into a resource for affordable, widely accessible applications will bring huge benefits to more countries, businesses and ordinary people worldwide, said leading industry experts and company executives.
Beyond Made in China: Foreign visitors discover appeal of Chinese services
*For years, China has attracted overseas consumers via the products it manufactures. However, a quiet shift is now taking place, with an increasing number of foreign visitors coming to China not only to buy goods, but also to experience the country's professional, efficient and personalized services.
China’s ‘national team’ injects 60 billion yuan to support A-shares as regulators move to counter global market shock
As the volatility of global capital markets has spilled over into China's A-share market, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) held an investor symposium to send a clear signal of market stabilization. Meanwhile, the "national team," including two centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs), deployed about 60 billion yuan ($8.9 billion) through stock buyback re-lending facilities to help support China's stock market.
Shandong's foreign trade hits 1.8 trillion yuan in H1, auto exports emerge as top driver
Against a volatile external environment since the start of this year, Shandong’s foreign trade has remained resilient with expanding volume and improving structure. Customs data shows its total import and export volume hit 1.80692 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, up 4.4% year-on-year and ranking fifth nationwide, including exports of 1.07149 trillion yuan (a 1.9% rise) and imports of 735.49 billion yuan (an 8.2% increase).
7th Qingdao Multinationals Summit scheduled for June 15–17
The 7th Qingdao Multinationals Summit, co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the People's Government of Shandong Province, will be held in Qingdao from June 15 to 17. Under the theme Joining Hands for Innovation and a Bright Future in the 15th Five-Year Plan Period, it demonstrates China's commitment to advancing high-standard opening-up and Shandong's resolve to deepen international cooperation.
China’s Book Sunbathing Festival revives ancient Eastern seasonal wisdom
Did you know ancient Chinese rare books regularly get a gentle "sunbath" so they may be better preserved? As the summer heat sweeps across China, this centuries-old tradition is returning to libraries and cultural institutions nationwide. Celebrated on the sixth day of the sixth month of the traditional Chinese calendar, the Shaishu Festival, or Book Sunbathing Festival, is revived every year. Led by the National Library of China, dozens of provincial libraries and ancient book repositories open their most precious collections to open-air sunlight.
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 shows China AI’s rise through innovation, efficiency and open ecosystem
The release of Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter large-language model (LLM) developed by Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Moonshot AI, has again put China's rapidly advancing AI sector in the global spotlight, as the model draws attention for its scale, efficiency gains and open-source approach.
Think tanks' report debunks fallacies of 'SCS arbitration award,' validates China's legitimate position on maritime rights
Against the backdrop of 10 years since the issuance of the so-called "South China Sea arbitration award," a political farce cloaked in "legal" pretense that undermines peace and stability in the region, Chinese think tanks hosted the Roundtable Dialogue on South China Sea Security in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday and released a report titled "A New Critique of the South China Sea Attribution Award," exposing and refuting the fallacies and harms of the "arbitration award."
Chinese, Russian submarines seen together for first time in drill, signaling breakthrough in underwater coordination, high-level mutual trust: expert
The at-sea phase of the China-Russia "Joint Sea-2026" exercise concluded on Saturday, marking the first time Chinese and Russian navy submarines have been featured together in the same image during the drill, according to China Bugle, an official media account affiliated with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) news media center. A military affairs expert told the Global Times that this demonstrated a high level of mutual trust between the two countries that goes beyond the ordinary.
'Chinese Aegis' Type 052D destroyer Kaifeng meets Russia's 'carrier killer' Varyag as crews exchange visits during Joint Sea-2026 naval exercise
Under clear skies in the port city of Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province on Wednesday, Chinese and Russian warships participating in the "Joint Sea-2026" exercise were moored side by side at the dock. The national flags of China and Russia flew alongside each other atop the ships' main masts.
Creative immersive festival scenarios keep boosting summer cultural tourism consumption at the ongoing 36th Qingdao International Beer Festival. The Laoshan sub-venue has pioneered the amusement-park-style festival mode. It integrates business formats such as tech-driven interaction, themed specialty markets and family leisure facilities to create all-round immersive consumption scenarios. Surging festival popularity has boosted revenue growth in supporting cultural tourism sectors including local catering and accommodation, unleashing the potential of domestic demand and fueling high-quality growth of the urban summer economy through featured festival events.
World Cup reveals there is no shortcut for Chinese football
For Chinese football fans watching the 2026 FIFA World Cup from afar, the tournament offered more than a discussion about who lifted the winners' trophy. It has raised a more fundamental question: What separates countries that continue to improve from those that remain trapped in cycles of disappointment?