Extreme heat events that occur every fifty years now will take place more frequently at a rate of every one or two years by the end of 21st century in China, Zhang Xingying, a national political advisor warned on Thursday, ...

The number of Chinese college fresh graduates has been rising in recent years with about 8.74 million in 2020, 9.09 million in 2021, 10.76 million in 2022, and is expected to reach 11.58 million in 2023.

In 2023, during the Chinese Lunar New Year, a science fiction film from China called The Wandering Earth II was released globally and received an overwhelming response from audiences. In just the first 3 days, it attracted over 20 million ...

A national political advisor has suggested rural areas in China seek to create a working environment to draw talent; and boost the salaries of agricultural workers as steps to realize rural revitalization.

Xi'an, the provincial capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, issued an emergency notice on Wednesday to prepare for a surge in influenza cases, saying it will suspend business and school operations in the city if necessary.

China needs to further improve the apprenticeship system with Chinese characteristics, including top-level design, teaching standards, and supporting policies, in order to support the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, said Qian Gang, chairman of CITIC Pacific Special Steel and ...

The National Security Law for Hong Kong has played a pivotal role in enabling the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to move from chaos to stability and prosperity without compromising the protection of human rights and the HKSAR is ...

Beijing Zoo will send staff including veterinarians and keepers to the US next week, and will accompany beloving panda Ya Ya back to China, Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens released a notice on Wednesday, following the giant panda's health condition ...

China has moved to overhaul its financial regulatory regime with a slew of institutional reforms launched on Tuesday, in what experts said was a sweeping push to improve supervision efficiency and prevent financial risks and loopholes against the backdrop of ...

The Nord Stream pipeline blast drama just entered a new episode as the New York Times, citing anonymous intelligence officials, said on Tuesday that a pro-Ukraine group sabotaged the pipelines, for which Ukraine denies involvement or knowledge.

China on Wednesday called on related countries to normalize cross-border travel as the US was reported to be planning to relax COVID-19 testing rules for travelers from China.

Discussion of Chinese modernization has culminated during this year's ongoing two sessions, with foreign envoys and experts hailing that Chinese modernization has shed light on an alternative development path for nations. The Chinese path of realizing modernization, centering on independence, ...

China's cybersecurity sector should strengthen its efforts to build strategically superior capability to be capable of dealing with the all-around suppression launched by hegemonic powers, according to a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ...

On International Women's Day, the Global Times learned that some Chinese national lawmakers and political advisors have submitted their motions and proposals to the ongoing national two sessions, calling for better protecting women's rights and improving women's living and working ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday stressed opening new ground for enhancing integrated national strategies and strategic capabilities.

A recent letter exchange reminded people about the commonality of the two ancient civilizations of China and Greece - harmonious coexistence, which provides important spiritual guidance for mankind to solve the problems of the times.

China has more than 150 national patents and 16 international invention patents, and the key core technologies of deep-sea resources and geological exploration are in the hands of the Chinese people, Wan Buyan, a deputy to the 14th National People's ...

China on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping reform plan for a slew of state institutions, with a focus on restructuring the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) and establishing a national financial regulatory administration, underscoring the country's intensifying efforts to bolster ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Tuesday held a press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions, and by answering questions from reporters from China and foreign press, Qin comprehensively introduced China's diplomacy on the new journey and covered ...

Canada is set to examine whether China interfered in its 2021 elections, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, after an announcement from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday. However, the major objective of his move is to coordinate Canada's ...

Chinese senior officials on Hong Kong affairs met a delegation of Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Tuesday, pointing out that the city has entered a crucial development period following its transition from chaos ...

The so-called findings that have been published by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on China are unprofessional and narrow-minded, especially the contents related to China's Xinjiang, Xizang and Hong Kong regions, highlighting a poisonous trend of ...

China will improve the elderly-care work mechanism, and specific work on coordinating and promoting work for seniors organized by the National Health Commission (NHC) and the national working committee on ageing will be managed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, ...

With the scheduled Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water dumping project approaching, many countries, organizations and officials concerned in the international community have expressed their deep worries about or firm opposition to Japan's plan, urging the country not to dump the wastewater arbitrarily.

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly is planning to meet Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen in the US in coming weeks. Chinese analysts warned of more tensions should the US continues to violate the one-China principle.

Liu Shaoziyang had just turned 18 when he got signed by FC Bayern Munich in December 2021, capturing the attention of both Chinese and German soccer fans.

China has accelerated legislation relating to national security, and has for the past few years improved the legal system for opposing foreign sanctions, interference, and long-arm jurisdiction, and provided legal protection for the interests of our country and our people, ...

On March 5, at the “Deputies' Passage” ahead of the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, NPC deputy Shui Qingxia, head coach of the Chinese women's national soccer team, made an ...

Over the past five years, Chinese people's sense of security has increased significantly, according to a report delivered by China's judicial authorities to the national legislature for deliberation on Tuesday. The report also highlighted the crackdown on corruption and protection ...

Forgetting history means betraying and denying previous crimes, which may lead to repeating the crimes of the past. If some people in Japan do not want to be partners with their neighbors but want to be engaged into new Cold ...

China's five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) has discovered more than 740 new pulsars so far, said Jiang Peng, chief scientist of FAST and a deputy to the National People's Congress, at the deputies' passage of the first session of ...

Unification is an irresistible trend and common aspiration, and people across Taiwan Straits will work together for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people. People in the mainland can take high-speed railway to Taipei and compatriots in the island can ...

The China Sports Arbitration Council has been advised to establish a Hong Kong branch in order to maximize Hong Kong's unique advantages and promote the country's position in international sports arbitration, Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, a deputy to the 14th National ...

Hong Kong should act as a “super contact” between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the world, and take advantage of its development opportunity to empower the nation's construction, according to Pansy Ho Chiu-king, a member of the National ...

China will establish a national data bureau, according to a reform plan submitted Tuesday to the national legislature for deliberation.

China's State Council, the cabinet, on Tuesday submitted a plan on the reform of its institutions to the first session of the 14th National People's Congress for deliberation.

Xi Jinping attended the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) on Tuesday afternoon in Beijing.

China-US relations should be guided by common interests, shared responsibilities and friendship between the two peoples, not US domestic politics and hysterical neo-McCarthyism, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at a press conference during the two sessions on Tuesday.

Achieving modernization for a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion will be an unprecedented feat in human history, and Chinese modernization offers solutions to many challenges facing human development, and dispels the myth that modernization is westernization, ...

The China-Europe relationship is not targeted at any third party nor is it subjugated to or controlled by any third party, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told a press conference on Tuesday during the ongoing two sessions.

China and Russia have found a path of major country relations featuring strategic trust and good neighborliness, setting a good example for international relations and such relations are based on no alliance and no confrontation and it doesn't target any ...

China is not the creator of the crisis, nor a party directly concerned. The country did not provide weapons to any party involved in the crisis and will never accept criticism, pressure or sanctions thrown at it,Chinese Foreign Minister Qin ...

At a press conference Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang responded to the Taiwan question with the Chinese Constitution in hand, saying that the island of Taiwan is a part of China's sacred territory.

Developing countries should have greater voice in international affairs and people from these countries should be entitled to enjoy better lives, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said when attending a press conference on Tuesday at the two sessions.

China was not the cause of or catalyst to the Ukraine crisis, nor did it provide weapons to any party in the conflict. Why should China be blamed, sanctioned, pressured, or even threatened for the Ukraine crisis? It's unacceptable: Chinese ...

Two Chinese officials on Monday urged Japan not to arbitrarily start dumping nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean, criticizing move "an extremely irresponsible act that has drawn grave concerns from the international community ...

Resolving the Taiwan question is the business of the Chinese people alone, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang says

A Chinese political advisor has called for further optimization of the approval process for emergency use of vaccines and other drugs to cope with public health emergencies, while also suggesting encouragement for vaccine R&D to strengthen Chinese vaccines' global brand ...

The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, on Sunday started to deliberate a draft amendment to the Legislation Law, eight years after the law was first amended in 2015. The new changes highlight the implementation and oversight of the ...

China hopes that the World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat will take a science-based, objective and just position to end the politicization of COVID-19 origins tracing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at Monday's press briefing in response to WHO ...

Young people from the Chinese mainland and the island of Taiwan share their experiences, observations, and feelings on social media platforms, said deputies to National People's Congress from Taiwan, noting that people on the island are indispensable in the comprehensive ...

The US propaganda war in spreading disinformation on the so-called China's military backing for Russia has apparently run into a wall as the EU and its member states seemingly did not buy it – the EU leader said “no evidence” ...

Having lived in China for a decade and being interested in all the symbolic elements representing the Chinese Spring Festival such as red lanterns, and the Chinese character "fu," which means happiness, blessing, and good fortune, 28-year-old Russian artist Podareva ...

The Government Work Report delivered by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday has drawn attention worldwide after foreign media noticed the report mentioned "stability" dozens of times and focused on realizing feasible economic development targets amid increasing uncertainties and crises ...

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Monday urged proper guidance for the healthy and high-quality development of the private sector.

​China's limited national defense spending is completely set to safeguard national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, a military delegation spokesperson said at the ongoing two sessions on Monday, after the country announced its plan to raise the defense budget by ...

Mohammad Saiyedul Islam, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi student, has become a foreign promoter of the Lei Feng Spirit. Lei Feng is a household name in China and a highly quotable Chinese soldier who died more than half a century ago but ...

China should build a national technological innovation center for rare earth new materials in Baotou, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is home to the world's largest rare earth reserve, a deputy to the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC) ...

China's political advisor suggested the country coordinate a pathogen investigation of wild animals nationwide, and develop test kits, as well as medicines if any highly transmissible and pathogenic pathogens are to be found; as a preparation for future epidemic diseases.

China should enhance pilot training for strategic transport aircraft, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) urged in a motion at the ongoing two sessions, at a time when such aircraft are being commissioned to the Chinese People's ...

China's Foreign Ministry on Monday urged Japan to deal with the nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant in an open, transparent, scientific and safe manner, saying it must not start discharging the water into the sea before a ...

With rural revitalization as a primary focus, China has attached great importance to issues related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers. In President Xi Jinping's speech at the central rural work conference in December 2022, he called for efforts to ...

President Xi Jinping on Monday afternoon visited national political advisors from the China National Democratic Construction Association and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, who are attending the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's ...

As the number of cases of sexual assault on minors continues to increase in China, which has become the most prominent crime against minors in recent years, a national political advisor submitted a proposal to the ongoing two sessions urging ...

The three-year fight against COVID-19 has highlighted urgency of cultivating talent in public health areas, according to Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who also acts as a political advisor. Wu proposed to ...

In another ambitious step toward becoming a strong space power in the world, China will fully kick off the research and development of its Phase-4 lunar research project and planetary exploration project, as well as the development of the Chang'e-7 ...

China on Sunday announced a draft budget for 2023 which will see the country's annual defense budget rise to 1.5537 trillion yuan ($224.79 billion), an increase of 7.2 percent,remaining single-digit for the 8th consecutive year. Analysts said that the figure ...

Birth insurance services should be opened to Chinese college students, which could support young people who would like to bear a child during their university days better handle their studies, a Chinese political advisor suggested at this year's two sessions.

In implementing the overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era, it requires to resolutely launch major fights against separatism while promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday. Although adopting ...

China remains committed to an independent foreign policy of peace and to peaceful development and pursues friendship and cooperation with other countries, and stands ready to work with the international community to put into action the Global Development Initiative (GDI) ...

China has set its annual GDP growth target at around 5 percent for 2023, as the country embarked on a rapid economic recovery after a decisive victory against COVID-19, while putting emphasis on ensuring economic stability and high-quality growth, sustainable ...

Politicization has made scientific tracing of the origins of COVID-19 a difficult matter to conduct, observers said, after a World Health Organization (WHO) senior expert expressed frustration about the US' reluctance to share more information on tracing the origins of ...

As the principles of "one country, two systems," the National Security Law and "patriots governing Hong Kong" move the city from chaos to governance and prosperity, motions and proposals submitted to China's annual two sessions, which opened on Sunday, further ...

Recently, the Global Times reporters visited the park, talked with wildlife experts, and strolled in the snow with the woods patrol team, taking a closer look at how China has made efforts to protect wildlife and maintain ecological balance, as ...

The success of domestically developed Y-20 large transport aircraft is based on self-reliance and innovation and the development of large aircraft reflects a country's comprehensive capability, said national political advisor Tang Changhong during the ongoing two sessions.

China's new helicopter is already in the making, and Chinese helicopter designers are looking to accelerate its development, according to political advisor Wu Ximing, who is also the designer of the Z-10 attack helicopter, shortly prior to the ongoing annual ...

Renowned Chinese action movie star Donnie Yen, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), attends the two sessions in Beijing.

A volunteer event was held on Nanjing Road to honor Lei Feng, a late soldier renowned for his generosity and altruistic deeds on Sunday, March 5 in Shanghai. Groups of volunteers including soldiers and students provided services for residents for ...

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Sunday afternoon took part in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Jiangsu Province, at ...

The number of giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has increased 12-fold over the past 30 years from 18 in 1994 to 237 today, Hou Rong, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), ...

Major hospitals in China should increase their intensive care unit (ICU) beds to 10 percent of total bed capacity in next five years as well as train more ICU doctors by seeking financial support from the government, , Wang Guangfa, ...

China's 2023 defense budget to rise by 7.2 pct

A spokesperson for China's top legislature on Saturday refuted the fallacy that "China and Europe are systemic rivals," calling on the two sides to expand cooperation and jointly make greater contributions to world peace and development, as lingering geopolitical conflicts ...

China sets 2023 GDP growth target at around 5%

Xi Jinping attended the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) on Sunday morning in Beijing.

China stands firmly against "long-arm jurisdiction" practices, said Wang Chao, spokesperson for the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), at a press conference on Saturday, stressing that it is totally justifiable and necessary for China to make ...

Now it is a perfect time for China to strengthen the building of grassroots hospitals, enhance cooperation between top hospitals and those at the grassroots level, the key steps that helped China emerge from the shadows of COVID-19, according to ...

In downtown Shanghai, soldiers from a People's Armed Police Force unit solemnly raised the national flag at People's Square as the first rays of sunshine shone on them. Meanwhile, another group of soldiers started their patrol duty on Nanjing Road, ...

China's top political advisory body started its annual session Saturday afternoon in Beijing. Wang Yang, chairman of the 13th CPPCC National Committee, delivered a work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to the session.

Proportion of China's defense budget to its GDP has been stable for years and below world's average, and its increase rate is moderate and reasonable: spokesperson for the first session of the 14th NPC.

The first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) will open on March 5 and conclude on March 13, lasting eight days and a half.

The National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee has initiated legislation plans, with this year's agenda to focus on key, emerging fields, and those linked to foreign relations, a spokesperson for the NPC said Saturday, a day before the opening of ...

The annual report by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC), which complained that the foreign media in China endured "strict" COVID controls including "harassment and constant surveillance in 2022," is the organization's latest move to discredit China and the ...

As the curtain of China's annual two sessions, a key event in the country political calendar, is about to unveil, China is also ushering in a "new and more vibrant" development era for years to come. This year's two sessions, ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday in New Delhi during the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting. The ministers agreed on viewing and improving relations between the two countries from a historical perspective ...

The US has repeatedly hyped "China nuclear threat" as an excuse for its own expansion of nuclear arsenals to maintain military hegemony, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular press conference on Friday.

What has happened in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown that the internet battlefield is closely related to the battlefield of a hot war, as cyberattacks could lead to power outage and cutoff of energy and food supplies, a Chinese political ...

Wuxi city in East China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday destroyed an initial batch of 1 billion pieces of personal data related to COVID-19 information to make efforts to boost citizen privacy.

China's top health authority has urged local officials to prioritize medical treatment for influenza and norovirus infections. In response to the upward trend of influenza cases in multiple provinces across the country, the authority has also deployed clinical treatment training.

The land port Burang in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region has restored the imports of goods from Nepal since March 1, meaning the two-way trade between China and Nepal has been fully resumed, said Xizang border management authority.