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MOSS, the first large-scale conversational language model in China, will be made open source by the end of March, said the research and developing team on Sunday....

China's local governments issued bonds worth 625.8 billion yuan ($89.95 billion) in January 2023, according to the Ministry of Finance....

Since its official opening in June 2021, China FAW Group's Hongqi Fanrong plant in Changchun, Jilin province, has been combining modern, intelligent and green manufacturing technology to create a series of high-quality products — such as Hongqi ...

China has made substantial progress in building an enabling business environment for the digital economy, according to a report released by the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing on Sunday....

With seasonal temperatures rising and snow and ice melting in North China, the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in Jixian county, Shanxi province, recently began to swell....

China's first hydrogen fuel production station using methanol to power the process began operating recently in the Dalian Area of China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone....

China remains attractive for foreign investors, with more than 90 percent of the companies in a recent survey selecting it as one of their most important destinations....

The ongoing health insurance reform process is being conducted in response to the people's growing demand for reimbursing outpatient medical bills, said healthcare authorities....

A penitentiary facility of the highest European standards will be opened in 2023 in the small town of Laituri in Georgia's west, designed for about 700 prisoners and tailored to the needs of convicts and facility staff, the Justice Ministry said on Th...

The Georgian Defence Ministry on Sunday issued a statement rejecting the media claim on the misappropriation of budget funds and explaining that the purchase of various items by the Ministry had been carried out under the law....

Georgia's national Greco-Roman wrestling team claimed nine medals, including three gold, four silver and two bronze medals, at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series tournament, hosted in Egypt's coastline city of Alexandria, the Sports Ministry...

In the Ski Cross mixed team contest of the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships, hosted in Georgia's winter resort town of Bakuriani, on Sunday Sweden's team became the champion....

Spring job fairs have kicked off in major cities across China. Shanghai held a large-scale spring job fair with over 25,000 jobs provided by 1,000 enterprises on Saturday, which is the largest offline job fair held in Shanghai since 2020....

Lock-up shares worth around 99.3 billion yuan ($14.4 billion) will become eligible for trade on China's bourses next week....

China's insurance sector maintained steady operation and adequate solvency in the last quarter of 2022, the country's banking and insurance regulator said....

The Chinese economy will grow 5.2 percent this year as the IMF projected and its consumption has capacity to accelerate, said John Edwards, the UK trade commissioner for China in an exclusive interview with China Daily website. The reintegration of the se...

People in China and neighboring regions will soon have faster, more convenient access to the internet when traveling by air and sea, and even in the middle of the desert, thanks to a newly launched satellite....

China's scientific community will expand cooperation with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative in the name of high-quality development and improving livelihoods, experts said during the second annual meeting of the Forum on High Quality ...

Le Le, the giant panda that died early this month at Memphis Zoo, may have succumbed to cardiac disease, according to an autopsy by zoologists from China and the United States....

Four people have been arrested over the killing of 28-year-old Hong Kong model Abby Choi Tin-fung, including her former father-in-law and former brother-in-law from her first marriage, both of whom were charged with murder on Sunday....

China's tourism market will return to normal and embrace high-quality development this year, a matter of importance to the recovery of global tourism, experts and tourism insiders said....

Chinese banking financial institutions saw a steady expansion in assets in 2022, data from the country's top banking and insurance regulator showed....

As confrontation and conflicts widen the world's deficits in security and peace, analysts said President Xi Jinping's vision for building a community with a shared future for mankind is essential as people of all countries seek to achieve common s...

What you get is very random. Throwing all the crystals into a vibrating polisher when you place an order, Yu Shiying will shovel a spoonful from the pile into a transparent plastic bag marked with your name. The entire process is livestreamed....

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Wensu county of Aksu prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 7:58 am Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC)....

As spring approaches, farmers in some parts of the country have already either started or are preparing to start plowing, while aquafarms are keeping busy along coastal areas....

Editor's Note: China Daily is publishing interviews with senior executives of major foreign enterprises to gauge their outlook for the Chinese economy, their operations in China and their business plans for 2023....

China is actively paving the way for closer economic and business relations among various regions of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, experts said after a quick review of two key documents unveiled on Thursday....

In late January, China's social media platforms were agog with talk of the transformation of a makeshift hospital into apartments for talented professionals in Shandong province's capital Jinan....

Despite a current lack of customers, Chinese e-commerce outfits are laying the foundations for the sector's growth in other countries....

A year after the Ukraine conflict began, it has lasted longer than anyone could have expected. It has developed in ways no one could have foreseen, and its future lies in a direction no one can confidently predict....

In Texas it is the disposal of toxic wastewater in a Houston suburb that has sparked concern; in Michigan it is contaminated soil....

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reported to be close to sealing a new Brexit deal with the European Union that aims to resolve tensions around issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol....

As the changing geopolitical landscape continues to threaten energy security, countries need to work together to secure energy supplies and promote new energy, experts said....

World leaders and experts at the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi have pledged to reach sustainable development goals to fight climate change and to switch to clean and green energy....

Since the optimization of its COVID-19 measures, China has seen many of its economic indicators, such as passenger and tourist volumes, recovering. Although not as robust as in previous years, related indexes have outperformed those recorded in December. ...

In a bustling city, there are people who are not satisfied with the routine of going back and forth between work and home, and instead pursue a work rhythm that allows for flexibility and who yearn for a poetic and carefree lifestyle....

It is widely believed that China's economy will rebound this year. There are two factors underpinning the country's economic recovery. One is the optimization of COVID-19 management measures and the other is substantial policy adjustment for the r...

Despite pressure from the United States, many African countries have refused to follow it and its Western allies in taking sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, instead calling for dialogue rather than supplying weapons....

As China's response to COVID-19 enters a new phase and market confidence recovers, the nascent economic recovery is expected to boost demand for all types of commercial properties in China, industry experts said....

According to the International Monetary Fund, China has been the biggest economy in terms of purchasing power parity since 2016, and it was about 116 percent the size of the economy of the United States last year....

Consensus is fast emerging among industry observers that China's property market, which had faced a variety of troubles over the last few years, is back on track, with recovery appearing possible this year....

At 6:15 one Friday morning, He Peng stood in line at Zhuozhou East Railway Station in Zhuozhou, Hebei province....