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He Zehua, a former member of the Leading Party Members' Group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation nearly nine years after he retired, according to the country'...

English-teaching insiders in China said the COVID-19 pandemic could be one of the reasons for the decline in China's ranking in English proficiency, though such proficiency is still important in telling China's story to the world....

There was a real charge of excitement and expectation as one stepped inside the Concert Hall at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre for Musicus Fest's 10th anniversary celebration. Adding to the excitement was the launch of the new Musicus Soloists Hong Kon...

Chinese home appliance maker Midea Group announced on Friday the first phase of its plant, that manufactures auto parts for new energy vehicles in Anqing, Anhui province, has officially come into operation....

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....

Ji Binchang, chairman of the Qingdao Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in East China's Shandong province, has been placed under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation, according to the country's top...

China and Ecuador have reached preliminary consensus at a technical level in their free trade agreement talks after more than 10 months of intensive negotiations, said China's Ministry of Commerce....

The 39th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival kicked off on Thursday in Harbin, Heilongjiang province....

China is ready to properly resolve its outstanding hidden government debt in a law-based, market-oriented manner with no bail-out from central government, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Thursday....

Residents and tourists in Jilin city, Jilin province, enjoyed their first rime ice views of the new year recently....

A freight train carrying more than 260 metric tons of locally made wind power equipment left Lanzhou, Gansu province, for Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, earlier this week....

Chinese prosecutors have filed an indictment against Huang Yi, a former senior political advisor in Southwest China's Yunnan province, for the suspected crime of taking bribes....

As hybrid living continues to blur the lines between work and recreation, Lenovo Group Ltd unveiled a string of its latest products, including a dual-screen tablet to meet consumers' growing demand for versatile tech, at the ongoing 2023 Consumer Elec...

Chinese paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a new marine reptile species, dating back 244 million years, in Luoping county, Southwest China's Yunnan province....

The Tibet autonomous region has carried out a series of plans for the development of soccer in recent years, and it has increased its support for soccer related projects in the region, Tibet Daily reported....

Final preparations were underway on Friday at the Futian checkpoint in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, for the resumption on Sunday of quarantine-free, cross-border travel between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland....

As villagers of Dachuan town in Sichuan province celebrated the arrival of a new year, they were surprised to have an unexpected guest coming from the forest, Jimu News reported on Friday....

The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command said on Friday that every movement made by a United States warship as it passed through the Taiwan Straits on Thursday was monitored and kept under control....

Seeing an increasing number of people visiting the Polarpark since it started operating around a week ago in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Zhang Jiwei, the park's marketing manager, is becoming more confident about th...

New Splendor, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) with a loading capacity of 300,000 tonnes, was delivered to its customer in the coastal city of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning province on Wednesday....

BYD, the largest NEV maker in China, unveiled two models from its luxury brand Yangwang as part of its campaign to explore the high-end car segment....

China's optimization of COVID-19 prevention and control measures will lead to economic recovery and an upward re-rating of equity valuations, said DBS, a Singapore-based multinational banking and services corporation....

AIA Financial Center, which will become the insurance company's first complex in the Chinese mainland combining office spaces, retailing, a theatre and a historical and cultural heritage, was officially launched in the North Bund in Northeast Shanghai...

Fully autonomous consumer cars may not be far off as more cars capable of high driving automation are on the road with the advance of a key technology called LiDAR....

China saw fewer workplace accidents and related casualties in 2022 as the country stepped up workplace safety and inspection....

Beijing Capital International Airport will reopen Terminal 2 and Terminal 3-E to handle international arrivals starting Sunday, according to the airport's WeChat account on Friday....

The International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee recently sent letters to foreign political parties and organizations, explaining the adjustment to China's COVID-19 response policy and its significance to strengthen...

Train tickets for China's upcoming Spring Festival travel rush, or chunyun, went on sale on Dec 31. This year, the travel rush will last from Jan 7 to Feb 15, with a total of 2.09 billion passenger trips expected to be made during this period. China&#...

China's top anti-graft body announced the investigation into a total of 32 officials registered at and supervised by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in 2022 amid the Party's continuous fight to uproot corruption....

A man makes lanterns in Xubeizhang village of Jiaozuo, Central China's Henan province on Jan 5, 2023. As Spring Festival is approaching, villagers in Xubeizhang are busy rushing lantern orders to supply the market....

Two major oral antiviral pills, Pfizer's Paxlovid and the domestically-developed Azvudine, are now available for COVID-19 treatment at community clinics in several districts in Shanghai and Beijing....

Shanghai has further increased the capacity of its community medical centers, aiming for the early detection and treatment of COVID-19 patients with the potential for severe symptoms to relieve the pressure on major hospitals, according to the Shanghai He...

Market supervision and law enforcement have been enhanced to ensure the stable pricing and quality of epidemic-related drugs and materials, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation....

Some countries have imposed restrictions on travelers from China citing concerns over the spread of potential new COVID variants. Are their concerns justified? Are the restrictions discriminatory against Chinese travelers? Check out in this episode of Fac...

Experts across the world say the global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping are very...

Christophe Lauras, president of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, has expressed his confidence in 2023. He believes it will be a good year for growth, for partnerships, for expansion and for China to continue economic development in a ...

Going global will be a key phrase for Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd in 2023, as the world's largest maker of electric vehicle batteries has accelerated its overseas expansion over the past year, according to company exec...

US online retailer Amazon, which grew massively in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is slashing more than 18,000 jobs....

China's new energy vehicle market, already the largest in the world, is expected to grow further in 2023 as vehicle makers are vying to launch new models and private car buyers are becoming the major consumer group....

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the country's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to start a 36-hour truce along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine from Jan 6 to 7, the Kremlin said Thursday....