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Shanghai has set a GDP growth target of above 5.5 percent in 2023 and experts say the fulfillment of this...

The number of registered new energy vehicles in China hit 13.1 million by the end of 2022, an increase of over 67 percent year-on-year, statistics by the Ministry of Public Security showed Wednesday....

China's first bulk procurement program involving dental implants has seen an average price cut of 55 percent, the National Healthcare Security Administration said on Wednesday....

China's industrial economy posted overall steady growth in 2022, according to the country's national industry and information conference held on Wednesday....

Authorities in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and the Guangzhou Development District are promoting construction of a research institute for the Greater Bay Area and a normalized matchmaking mechanism for strategic cooperation betwe...

CPPCC members contribute wisdom to improve people's livelihoods...

Five people died, with 13 being injured, after a traffic accident in Tianhe district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Wednesday afternoon, according to local police....

CNOOC Limited said on Wednesday that it would raise its production target and capital expenditure budget for 2023, with 9 new projects expected to come on stream this year....

The Ministry of Commerce and the People's Bank of China, the central bank, have jointly issued a notice to expand the use of renminbi in cross-border trade and investment to improve trade and investment facilitation, according to the MOC on Wednesday....

A quick channel for dealing with cases concerning core technologies has been set up at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court to better contribute to the capital's high-quality development efforts, a senior judge said....

The China Coast Guard saw success in its campaign to crack down on drug-related crimes — particularly smuggling — at sea last year, the Coast Guard said on Wednesday....

In Western news and popular culture, the narrative has become that China is in countless ways an omnipresent malevolence. We look at how and why China is being distorted and maligned as a cultural symbol of evil....

The State Post Bureau has asked delivery companies to prioritize handling parcels containing COVID-19 related medical equipment, an official with the bureau said on Wednesday....

The fact that Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid is not included on the reimbursement list covered by the national insurance system will not affect the nation's drug use to fight COVID-19, an official said on Wednesday....

As China's new energy vehicle manufacturers continue to upgrade their technology and improve their production efficiency, exports have been booming....

A China-developed space-borne solar camera studying the solar transition region released its first group of scientific data on Wednesday....

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has required local authorities to ensure the regular operation of cultural and tourist activities and traveler mobility under optimized COVID-19 controls....

The National Immigration Administration said on Wednesday that it has suspended the issuance of port visas to Japanese and South Korean citizens and has excluded them from the nation's 72- and 144-hour visa-free transit policy....

Beijing strives to restore contact-based sectors to 2019 levels in 2023, such as accommodation, catering and tourism, Yin Yong, acting mayor of Beijing, said in a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency....

Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province, began to hand out cash subsidies starting this year to encourage families to have more children....

China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, or CCECC, a subsidiary of State-owned China Railway Construction Corp Ltd, announced on Wednesday that it has completed its headquarter building (phase I) of Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Ad...

The Government of Georgia has become a 100 percent shareholder of Georgian Railway, marking a change in the major company operating rail services across the country....

The Georgian Parliament will officially resume its work on February 7 for the spring session, the press office of the legislative body said on Tuesday....

A briefing was held by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee for foreign business representatives in China on Tuesday....

China's industrial output is estimated to increase by 3.6 percent year-on-year in 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday....

Though domestic supplies of Paxlovid, a COVID-19 treatment developed by US drugmaker Pfizer, cannot meet demand in China at the moment, authorities are in talks with the company to facilitate the local manufacturing of the drug, a medical expert said on W...

The investment market in Beijing's commercial property sector will pick up in 2023 due to the country's optimized COVID prevention and containment policies, industry experts have said....

China's civil aviation authority has examined applications for the resumption of international flights by Chinese and foreign airlines after China's recent optimization of its COVID-19 management, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration...

Local authorities can limit the scale, duration and frequency of events including fairs, weddings and funerals to control COVID-19 in rural areas, according to a guideline released on Wednesday....

As the Chinese Lunar New Year draws near, Tuntou village in the Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, is busy producing lanterns to help decorate houses....

The No 5633 train on the Puxiong-Panzhihua route stretches for 353 kilometers and has a speed of no more than 40 km per hour. It stops at 27 stations along the way, of which 21 are located within the Liangshan Mountain....

North China's Tianjin targets economic growth of about 4 percent in 2023, according to the ongoing annual session of the municipal people's congress....

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) will hold this year's annual conference in spring, tentatively at the end of March, at Boao of Hainan province, Li Baodong, secretary-general of Boao Forum for Asia, said on Wednesday....

BAIC Group's premium marque Arcfox has unveiled an electric model designed for families with newborns....

As the Spring Festival approaches, many local governments have stepped up their efforts to boost consumption by issuing vouchers and launching a range of promotion activities, Securities Daily reported on Wednesday....

A club on Sino-Africa culture and tourism was founded in Nairobi, Kenya, which is expected to promote cultural exchanges between the two countries....

Great Wall Motors sold 173,180 vehicles last year in overseas markets, up 21.28 percent from 2021, as China's largest SUV maker stepped up efforts to go global....

Chinese electric carmaker Hozon has joined hands with battery giant CATL to work on the body-on-frame architecture, with the first model expected to hit the market in late 2024....

China's financial hub Shanghai expects to notch a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of over 5.5 percent this year, according to a government work report delivered by the city's mayor Gong Zheng on Wednesday....

When Weng Xinqiang decided to quit his well-paid job in the city and become an official in the village where he was born in Hubei province, his parents strongly disagreed. Now, they are proud to say that their son has made a difference, as the once impove...

SHIJIAZHUANG — Nearly a year after Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, co-hosted the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 444 hydrogen-powered buses have become the preferred mode of public transportation in the city....

The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala held its third rehearsal on Monday, with performers perfecting their routines including singing, dancing, acrobatics, comedy sketches and adapted true stories from the daily lives of ordinary people....

With the help of 30 workers, Peng Qianjin has managed to harvest half of the navel oranges in his orchard and meet demand in the peak sales period for the upcoming Spring Festival....

In 2022, 308 police officers died in the line of duty in China, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday....

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's new yuan-denominated loans totaled 21.31 trillion yuan ($3.15 trillion) in 2022, up 1.36 trillion yuan year-on-year, central bank data showed Tuesday....

Chinese students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas at Huaqiao University in Quanzhou, Fujian province, have said they are inspired by the pivotal report that General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Pa...