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China's foreign trade is expected to post stable growth this year, despite unprecedented challenges, including high raw material costs and fierce competition from Southeast Asian countries, analysts and trade experts said on Wednesday....

China has lodged solemn representations with the United States over sanctions slapped on five Chinese companies, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday, urging the US to revoke them immediately....

The SKP Beijing department store was named the nation's biggest and most productive shopping mall in 2021, with sales volume hitting 24.7 billion yuan, up 40 percent year-on-year according to a report by Winshang.com, a Chinese commercial property inf...

On 1 August, Belarus will increase export duties on oil and petroleum products, which are exported outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The decision is laid down by the Council of Ministers' Resolution No.440 of 28 July...

Bustling streets, "ding ding'" trams, delicacies and shopping malls. What's your impression of Hong Kong? This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. Here's a short video tour of some of Hong Kong&...

The dine-in experience resumed at most Starbucks locations across Shanghai on Wednesday, as the city had its first day of indoor dining....

China will beef up monetary support to stabilize the economy and the labor market while maintaining the stability of price levels, the People's Bank of China, the nation's central bank, said on Wednesday....

China will not raise the retail prices of gasoline and diesel within two months if international crude oil prices exceed $130 per barrel, the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic regulator, said on Wednesday....

The Japanese government's calls for saving electricity appeared to be a mere formality as the whole nation swelters amid the worst heatwave on record on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida inching toward a restart of nuclear power....

A Trojan horse program believed to have been planted by the United States' National Security Agency has been found in hundreds of key information systems in China, and a possible information leak may have already occurred, a leading cybersecurity comp...

China's capacity for disposing of medical waste has increased significantly since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Wednesday....

"One country, two systems" and the people of Hong Kong governing Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy are the best arrangements to ensure Hong Kong's long-term stability. Safeguarding the interests of our country is also safeguarding the i...

LOS ANGELES, - The White House said Tuesday it will start distributing the monkeypox vaccines across the country to address the spread of the virus, focusing on people most at risk and communities with the highest numbers of cases....

To facilitate domestic travel, China removed the asterisk marks on big data itinerary travel cards across the nation on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology....

China has formulated a plan to facilitate the import of Clobazam, an unapproved epilepsy drug, to address acute medical demand, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday....

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria as their countries were marking the 48th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties....

Hong Kong will mark the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has made important ...

Located in southeast Shanghai, US carmaker Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory is bustling with production activity as it has returned to full production capacity by early June following a disruption due to COVID-19 resurgence....

The People's Bank of China, or the central bank, conducted this year's sixth central bank bills swap (CBS) operation on Wednesday to improve the liquidity of perpetual bonds issued by commercial banks....

Chinese regulators have released an action plan on boosting industrial energy efficiency, detailing major targets and tasks to optimize the energy structure as the country takes steady steps to spur green transformation....

The worst ongoing drought in 40 years in war-torn Somalia has left children weak, hungry and susceptible to diseases....

China's tourism industry is showing strong growth momentum, as hotel bookings on the Qunar.com travel platform for the past week exceeded the same period in 2019 following the reopening of two resorts in Beijing and Shanghai, The Paper reported on Wed...

Children in West and Central Africa have suffered greatly due to ongoing conflicts in the regions, new research by the United Nations Children's Fund has found....

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The Guangdong provincial government has earmarked another 500 million yuan ($77.52 million) of disaster relief for cities and counties hit by floods to help restore life and production, its Bureau of Finance said in a statement on Wednesday....

China's Health Minister Ma Xiaowei said the country will continue to adhere to its dynamic zero-COVID strategy during a meeting on Tuesday with Nicholas Burns, the new United States ambassador to China....

Anhui province reported 15 asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing total infections to 24 in the province's current outbreak, the provincial health commission said on Wednesday....

China will establish a China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations poverty reduction expert base in the hope that these countries' governments, research institutions and international organizations can bring together more new concepts and ideas.said ...

China's top legislature has received more than 3.8 million suggestions on draft laws from people from all walks of life over the past decade, opening up an important public channel for participation in national legislation, an official said....

Tianwen 1, China's historic Mars mission, has accomplished all its preset scientific tasks, according to the China National Space Administration....

Airbus signed a framework agreement with Suzhou Industrial Park on the establishment of the company's new China research center, set to be launched in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on June 24, a move to promote the development of Suzhou...

The number of the Communist Party of China (CPC) members surpassed 96.71 million at the end of 2021, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee announced on Wednesday....

Chinese alternative assets management firm CDH Investments announced on June 29 that it and the founding shareholders of The Better Health Company (TBHC) had agreed to sell the New Zealand-based natural health products company to Nestle Health Science....

Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has reiterated its commitment to the Chinese market, saying it will continue promoting 5G connectivity in the nation and planning for the future of 6G....

The mood in Hong Kong is celebratory - with a sea of red national and HKSAR flags, lanterns, and festive banners decorating streets, parks, shopping malls and residential buildings - as the special administrative region prepares to celebrate the 25th anni...

A few days before the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, two permanent community COVID-19 isolation treatment facilities, constructed by State-owned enterprises, were fully delivered....

Endangered Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, or butterfly dragonflies, were recently found in Qidong, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. The ancient insect is said to be even older than the dinosaurs and very picky about its habitat. Its presence sugg...

China's national observatory on Wednesday issued a yellow alert for high temperatures, as heatwaves swept vast regions of the country....

The 14th Straits Forum will be held in the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province in mid July, a Chinese mainland spokesperson announced Wednesday....