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Former vice-minister of culture and tourism Li Jinzao used his power to indulge in luxuries and he forged evidence to deny receiving bribes such as gold bars, according to a TV documentary aired on Monday night....

Liu Yanping, a former senior discipline inspector, received a suspended death sentence for taking bribes exceeding 234 million yuan ($34.5 million) on Tuesday....

The National Forestry and Grassland Administration summoned a meeting of officials from eight county-level governments on Tuesday to warn them about the destruction of forest resources and illegal deforestation....

Thousands of rural doctors in the city of Baoding in North China's Hebei province have been mobilized to provide consultations in rural areas to catch and treat COVID-19 infections as early as possible, according to the city government....

Voters in Austria have drifted further to the right in the run-up to an important regional election, according to pollsters....

Though the Spring Festival is still a few days away, shopping malls in the city of Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, are already preparing for the most important Chinese holiday of the year. Right now red Chinese knots and the festival's masc...

The 2023 Beijing Longqingxia Ice Lantern and Ice Carnival opened to the public on Tuesday. The ice and snow carnival spreads 200,000 square meters, including an 8,000 sq m ice lantern zone....

Several Shanghai hospitals have opened special clinics aimed at helping people address common health issues like fatigue, cough and sore throat that persist even after their antigen tests for COVID-19 have turned negative....

In the wake of COVID-19 being managed as a Class B infectious disease, Beijing will establish a new scientific monitoring and warning system for its epidemic control and prevention, a senior official in the capital said on Monday....

Talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom to resolve the enduring problem of the trade status of Northern Ireland post-Brexit look to have made a breakthrough, after the two sides confirmed that they had reached an agreement on sharing trade...

When Jia Zengguang, a business owner in Weihai, Shandong province learned that blood and platelet donations were critically needed, he took a high-speed train to Jinan on Dec 31 and donated two doses of platelets....

The C919, China's first homegrown large jetliner, had gained 1,035 orders from 32 customers by the end of 2022, according to the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai....

Those behind project vow to try again after problem is identified, resolved...

The Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), a rural policy bank, issued about 1.67 trillion yuan ($247 billion) of bonds in China in 2022....

Retail sales of China's new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued to soar in December 2022, the China Passenger Car Association said on Tuesday....

The economy of Middle Eastern countries has achieved steady growth in 2021-22, which is backed by the global economic recovery and rising oil prices, experts said. However, they are still faced with daunting pressures in the coming year....

While most people were enjoying a good rest to usher in the New Year, warehouses in Guangxi Wuzhou Rixin Plastics Industrial Co Ltd were moving into top gear for a new consignment of exports....

While national-level legislation involving emerging industries is currently being promoted, local regulations to help solve problems in new sectors have been formulated in recent years, according to official reports....

Commenting on his doubled income from the sale of five metric tons of durian to export traders in December, Nguyen Van Hai, a veteran farmer in Vietnam's southern Tien Giang province, attributed such growth to the adoption of stricter cultivation stan...

Chinese enterprises, both State-owned and private, are striving to play a bigger role in promoting global economic development and will further accelerate their steps going global, said industry experts during a summit held in Beijing on Tuesday....

Will the act of broadcasting movies or television programs via livestreams be considered an infringement of copyright protection law? Will ride-hailing drivers be compensated by online platforms if their rights are infringed by work-related injuries? How ...

Philippine president's state visit also shows value of engagement, analysts say...

WeChat Channels, Tencent Holdings' short video platform, saw robust growth in video views and monetization last year, as the country's leading social networking and gaming company strives to find new growth engines that rival Douyin of Bytedance i...

Housing transactions have increased in Dongguan, Guangdong province, recently after local authorities loosened the grip over home purchases half a month ago....

JCET Group, a leading Chinese provider of integrated circuit back end manufacturing and technology services, said it has achieved high-volume manufacturing of integrated packaging for 4-nanometer chips....

The year 2022 was a benchmark in China's foreign policy achievements. It demonstrated a global vision forging ahead with greater resolve to write a new chapter in major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics....

China's recent moves to ease financial burdens faced by micro and small businesses and households are expected to further spur both economic rebound and consumption recovery this year, officials and experts said....

China's supervision of platform companies' financial activities will normalize with more targeted efforts to guide them toward better compliance, promote the healthy development of the sector and better serve the real economy, experts said....

China will maintain a stable employment landscape in 2023 by continuing to implement the employment-first policy and energizing people's passion for entrepreneurship in order to develop new growth points in the job market....

International business executives have expressed their support for China's optimization of its pandemic response measures, saying it will spur global business cooperation and people-to-people exchanges and contribute to economic recovery....

Sweden, which has assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first half of this year, said it will continue to seek consultations with the European Parliament in pushing forward the ratification of the China-EU Comprehens...

The Chinese mainland will firmly maintain its strategic dominance to steer cross-Straits relations in the right direction this year, according to observers....

China has suspended issuing visas for South Korean and Japanese citizens as Beijing urged countries to adopt a fact-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vowed to take reciprocal measures against discriminatory entry restrictions....

The Communist Party of China's top discipline watchdog has pledged to win the tough and protracted battle against corruption and intensify efforts to uproot graft in sectors with a high concentration of power, funds and resources....

China's economy is widely expected to rebound by the end of the first quarter as COVID-related disruptions wane, giving a much-needed boost to the ailing global economy....

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has made a series of world-leading achievements in infrastructure. Why can China make such extraordinary progress? What are the unique qualities of China's system in promoting the development of infrastructu...

Seattle's public school district has filed a lawsuit against some Big Tech companies, claiming their social media platforms are responsible for the mental health crisis among youth....

China's market for augmented reality and virtual reality will expand quicker than any other major country over the next few years, on the back of mounting enthusiasm from both enterprises and consumers to embrace the applications, experts said....

Central banks' gold reserves around the world have broadly risen over the past 12 months to combat various market headwinds such as inflation or volatility, with the trend set to continue this year, industry experts said....

Understanding and participating in the digital economy is essential for success in the China market in 2023. Business success improves by understanding the changes and observing the protocols and standards of China's digital economy, said Daryl Guppy,...

China will maintain credit support for the real economy and step up financial support for the development of the domestic supply and demand system, according to the country's central bank and its banking and insurance regulator on Tuesday....

As China downgraded its management of COVID-19 starting on Sunday, China's travel platforms have seen a surge in inbound and outbound orders....

Amid China's recently optimized COVID-19 management policy, the Spring Festival travel rush is buoying the country's civil aviation sector, which had been hit hard by the pandemic in the past three years....

China's economy is widely expected to rebound by the end of the first quarter as COVID-related disruptions wane, giving a much-needed boost to the ailing global economy, according to international investment banks and asset managers....

A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for giving better play to the role of the united front in rallying the people's support and pooling their strength as the country is advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on...

A book about the interactions between Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and the people during his domestic inspection tours has recently been published by the China Women Publishing House....

Liu Yanping, a former senior discipline inspector, received a suspended death sentence for taking bribes exceeding 234 million yuan ($32.8 million) on Tuesday....