For many Chinese families, the first sign of spring is tasted rather than seen. Spring pancakes, spring rolls and the ancient idea of the spring platter all carry the same message: Renewal begins at the table.
Suzhou has long embedded wetland conservation into the city’s very fabric. Wetland nature schools have been established. Nature education programs are regularly conducted. It serves as a model of cities living within wetlands, where people and nature coexist over the long term. Suzhou is shaped by water. An ancient city born of water and wetlands. Last July, Suzhou was accredited as International Wetland City.
Early Monday, highways were already busy, while train stations and airports across China filled with travelers as the Spring Festival travel rush began ahead of the country's most important holiday.
Under the glow of floodlights at a maintenance base in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, rows of silver bullet trains stand in perfect formation. From above, the assembly resembles a fleet of "land-based aircraft carrier" ready for service.
Sunday marks the official launch of ticket sales for the first day of the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, which falls on February 15, in line with the 15-day advance ticketing policy. The official train ticket-booking platform 12306 showed that tickets for travel from Beijing to many popular domestic destinations on February 15 were in extremely high demand, with tickets for most services selling out immediately.
With cross-regional trips expected to hit 9.5 billion, China is preparing for what could be the largest Spring Festival travel rush in history — a massive migration that not only reunites families but also puts the country's transportation system to the test.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Thursday announced its intention to plan and promote new frontiers in space development, including space tourism, space digital infrastructure, space resource exploitation, and space traffic management during the country's 15th Five-Year Plan period.
While solar panels and wind turbines dominate headlines about China's energy transition, a less visible source of power has been expanding inside its cities: waste incineration plants that turn household rubbish into green electricity.
China's national immigration authorities significantly enhanced their service efficiency in 2025, processing a record 697 million border crossings, a 14.2 percent increase from the previous year.
“Tomorrow, you are turning Chinese,” a creator says in a viral TikTok video, listing a series of distinct Chinese lifestyle habits. The playful “prophecy” by @sherryxiiruii has sparked a global fever, gaining nearly 750,000 likes and sparking a top-trending hashtag #BecomingChinese.
