• Chinese FM responds to question on whether China plans to increase fuel exports to trading partners

    Chinese FM responds to question on whether China plans to increase fuel exports to trading partners

    Due to the situation in the Middle East, the global energy market is facing supply shortages, which has affected many countries. To fundamentally resolve this issue, the key is to make every effort to prevent the resumption of conflict and promote a full and lasting ceasefire, so as to prevent further regional instability from having a greater impact on the global economy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday in response to a media inquiry regarding whether China plans to increase fuel exports to trading partners, given that China's approved fuel export quotas for May have increased but remain far below last year's average, and that some countries in Asia and elsewhere have raised this issue with China.

    2026-05-01 14:00:31
  • PLA, China Coast Guard conduct readiness patrols, law enforcement patrols in Huangyan Dao and its surrounding waters

    PLA, China Coast Guard conduct readiness patrols, law enforcement patrols in Huangyan Dao and its surrounding waters

    The naval and air units of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command (STC) conducted readiness patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China’s Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas on Thursday, the Theater Command said in statement on Thursday.

    2026-05-01 13:58:12
  • Xi'an showcases smart city governance model

    Xi'an showcases smart city governance model

    Mayors and government officials representing seven countries shared insights on digitalization and efficiency in modern city governance at the recently concluded 2026 Global Mayors Dialogue in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.

    2026-04-30 18:48:48
  • World Cup countdown fires up flag frenzy

    World Cup countdown fires up flag frenzy

    With around two months to go before the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, a flag manufacturer in Qingdao, Shandong province, is racing against time to meet a surge of global orders.

    2026-04-29 16:28:25
  • China adds 38 new undergraduate majors across AI, energy and other disciplines to better align higher education with national strategies, industry needs: expert

    China's Ministry of Education released the 2026 catalog of undergraduate majors for colleges and universities, adding 38 new majors that will be included in 2026 college entrance examinations, or gaokao. 11 existing majors such as Future Robotics and Interdisciplinary Engineering with four newly added majors like Embodied Intelligence and Brain Computer Science and Technology are for the first time incorporated under the "interdisciplinary studies" category in the catalog.

    2026-04-29 09:28:22
  • Immortal's Cave sheds light on early humans

    Immortal's Cave sheds light on early humans

    High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small cave is rewriting the story of the region's earliest modern humans. The Xianrendong site, or "Immortal's Cave", located about 800 kilometers south of Beijing, was first discovered in 2020. Excavations have continued since, and in 2025, it was recognized as one of Henan's top 10 archaeological discoveries.

    2026-04-28 15:32:56
  • Embodied AI makes quantum leap in China

    Embodied AI makes quantum leap in China

    At around the 18-kilometer mark of the Beijing E-Town half marathon and humanoid robot half marathon, where the course narrows and the incline begins to bite, a humanoid robot broke its rhythm and did something unexpected. It accelerated.

    2026-04-27 15:29:44
  • China's neutrino telescope hardware passes deep-sea test

    China's neutrino telescope hardware passes deep-sea test

    Chinese scientists have recently completed the sea testing for the precision instruments and engineering equipment of the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT), a powerful underwater telescope built at a depth of 3,500 meters underwater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) announced on Sunday.

    2026-04-27 08:56:10
  • China's Tianwen-3 mission aims to bring Mars samples back to Earth around 2031 after launch around 2028: report

    China's Tianwen-3 mission aims to bring Mars samples back to Earth around 2031 after launch around 2028: report

    China's Tianwen-3 planetary exploration mission is scheduled to launch around 2028 and bring samples from Mars back to Earth around 2031, with five international and Hong Kong and Macao cooperation projects selected to join the mission, the China National Space Administration announced on Friday during the 11th China Space Day events, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

    2026-04-24 16:31:11
  • China's four-point proposal: a constructive contribution to Middle East peace and stability

    During a recent meeting with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a four-point proposal on promoting peace and stability in the Middle East.

    2026-04-24 15:49:40