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China's gross domestic product expanded by 5 percent to 61.68 trillion yuan in the first half of 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 6 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2024, said the bureau. China's retail sales increased 3.7 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2024, the NBS said. Sou...

Former US president Donald Trump said in a social media post that he was shot in his right ear at today's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. 美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒的竞选集会上右耳中弹。 He writes on his Truth Social site that he, “knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Mu...

Letters of admission from various Chinese universities and colleges have been unveiled one after another. Many netizens praised that "this year'sletter of admission is already the next level". Chinese-style romanticismishidden in the admission letters. The 2024 undergraduate admission letter from Fudan University features a cover made from fabric crafted using the nat...

Non-Chinese permanent residents of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions applying for a new card-style Chinese mainland travel permit have welcomed its potential to facilitate business and leisure travel while calling for clearer and more detailed guidance during the application process. When applications opened on Wednesday, a flood of non-Chinese permanent residents lined up at...

A consumer selects tomatoes at a supermarket in Linyi city, East China's Shandong province on June 12. 6月12日，一名消费者在山东临沂的一家超市挑选西红柿。 China's consumer prices increased modestly in June while factory-gate prices saw a slowdown in annual declines, official data showed on Wednesday. 7月10日的官方数据显示，中国6月份居民消费价格指数（CPI）小幅上涨，而工业生产者出厂价格指数（PPI）的...

Tanker trucks in China are in the spotlight after a Beijing News report exposed how they are transporting edible oil and chemicals alternatively without proper cleaning in between. Soon after emptying some coal-based oils and other chemicals, the drivers directly load edible soybean oil into their tanks for the next trip, thus increasing the risks of food contamination. 新京报刊发的调查报道《罐车...

Flood control and rescue efforts at Dongting Lake in Hunan province reached a crucial phase late on Monday night, with a breached dike sealed at around 10:30 pm. 7月8日深夜，洞庭湖的抗洪救灾工作进入关键阶段，晚10时30分左右，湖南华容团洲垸洞庭湖决口完成封堵。 The breach, 226 meters wide, occurred at around 5:48 pm on Friday at a dike in Tuanzhou, a township in Huarong county in the city of Yueyang,...

President Xi Jinping said on Monday that a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis and an early  ceasefire  are in the best interest of all parties, and urged the international community to create conditions for direct dialogue and negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Xi made the remarks during a meeting in Beijing with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who arrived in the Chi...

China's optimized visa-free policy, together with several other measures aimed at enhancing international exchanges, has substantially increased the number of foreign travelers arriving in Beijing. 中国新增的免签政策，以及其他加强国际交流的措施使得外国旅客前往北京旅游数量大幅增长。 In the first half of the year, the number of foreign visitors entering the Chinese capital reached 1.02 million, a ye...

The dike breach along Dongting Lake in a township in Hunan province is expected to be sealed off by noon on Tuesday, according to local authorities. 据湖南省人民政府称，岳阳市华容县团洲垸洞庭湖一线堤防预计将在7月9日12时前完成封堵。 As of 3 pm on Sunday, a gap of 87.3 meters had been plugged, with first responders continuing to make efforts to repair the 220-meter breach in the dike in Tu...

The Labour Party, headed by Keir Starmer, has won an outright majority in the lower house of the British parliament, according to a tally of seats by broadcaster Sky News. 根据广播公司天空电视台的席位统计，由基尔·斯塔默领导的工党在英国议会下议院赢得了绝对多数。 With 467 of parliament's 650 seats declared, the Labour has won 326, Sky News said early Friday. 7月5日早些时候，天空电视台称，在议会650个...

President Xi Jinping stressed on Thursday the necessity for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to bolster unity and cooperation, saying that the grouping must safeguard its security baseline, defend the right to development and build up its unity. 7月4日，习近平主席强调了上海合作组织加强团结与合作的必要性，并表示该组织必须守住安全底线，捍卫发展权利，增强团结。 In a speech delivered at the 24th...

Curious about Tajikistan? Join our China Daily reporter, Jiao Jie, as she chats with Tajikistani students studying in China for some insights while en route to Dushanbe, right from the airport!

“We used to drive Mercedes or BMW, but now we prefer Li Auto and BYD,” a local Kazakh told China Daily reporter Peng Yixuan. With more Chinese car companies investing in Kazakhstan, locals favor Chinese new-energy cars for their attractive price and design.

What is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization? Who are its members? How has it developed over time? Click the video to learn how this comprehensive regional organization ensures long-term peace, stability, and economic prosperity in the Eurasian region.

China's immigration authorities announced on Monday a new measure that will make it more convenient for non-Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao to travel to the mainland. 7月1日，中国移民当局宣布了一项新措施，将使香港和澳门的非中国永久居民前往大陆更加方便。 Starting July 10, non-Chinese permanent residents of the two special administrative regions will be eligible to apply for speci...

President Xi Jinping said he looks forward to meeting with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to plan the way forward for closer China-Kazakhstan cooperation and draw a new blueprint for the further growth of bilateral relations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Xi, who began a state visit to the Central Asian country on Tuesday, made the remark in a signed article published on the sa...

Hong Kong is set to welcome a new pair of giant pandas presented as a gift by the central government, the special administrative region's chief executive, John Lee Ka-chiu, announced on Monday at a reception to celebrate the 27th anniversary of its establishment. 7月1日，香港特区行政长官李家超在庆祝香港回归祖国27周年的酒会上对中央政府向香港特区赠送一对大熊猫表示衷心感谢，并已展开准备工作，迎接大熊...

Ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to Kazakhstan, China Daily reporter, Peng Yixuan, takes a cross-border bus to Kazakhstan, where the Belt and Road Initiative was first proposed. Since the visa-free agreement came into effect last November, the border is bustling with tourists, travelers visiting relatives, and business people, highlighting the close ties between the two nations.

A high-speed railway line from Lanzhou, Gansu's provincial capital, to Wuwei, a city in central Gansu, commenced operations on Saturday, further improving the high-speed rail network in Northwest China. 6月29日，兰州至张掖高铁中川机场至武威东段（以下简称兰张高铁兰武段）正式开通运营，对于助力西部大开发形成新格局具有重要意义。 The line runs from Lanzhou's Zhongchuan Airport Station and passes throug...

President Xi Jinping's attendance at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is part of a major diplomatic move by Beijing toward its neighbors and will give a strong boost to the building of the SCO community with a shared future, analysts said. From Tuesday to Saturday, Xi will attend the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO...

Join #PotsideChats as the hosts invite a member of the Communist Party USA on the show and discuss the CPC's latest educational campaign on CPC disciplines. Learn about the history, cultural context and the importance of morals and ethics for Party members.

For the first time ever, China's Chang'e 6 robotic mission has brought back valuable samples from the moon's far side. How does it work? Follow Mega Project's experiment on the "moon's surface" and discover how it achieved success. Beyond our sight, on behalf of everyone on this planet, Chang'e 6 has glimpsed the deeper, unknown cosmos — the boundless sea of stars.

China will intensify efforts to further attract foreign investment, in order to drive the growth of the world's second-largest economy in the new development paradigm, according to an executive meeting of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, on Wednesday. 6月26日，中国国务院召开常务会议。会议指出，中国将加大力度吸引外国投资，推动世界第二大经济体在新发展模式下的增长。 The meeting, which was ch...

Air China, one of the country's major airline companies, plans to schedule more international flights during the upcoming summer travel rush to cater to passengers' needs and facilitate China's global civil aviation market. 中国国际航空公司是中国主要航空公司之一，预计将为夏季旅游高峰期安排更多国际航班，以满足乘客需求并促进全球民航市场。 According to the company, the airline will launch new routes...