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The Chinese film market has shown robust recovery momentum, with the total box office earnings for 2023 exceeding 54.91 billion yuan (over $7.75 billion). 2023年，中国电影市场展现出强劲的复苏势头，总票房收入超过549.1亿元人民币（超过75亿美元）。 The figure is lower than the record highs of over 60 billion yuan in 2019 and 2018, but close to the level in 2017, making it the fourth-highest annua...

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, was injured on Tuesday after being stabbed in the neck by a man in his 60s during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan. While taking questions from reporters at about 10:27 am after touring the construction site of a new airport in Busan, Lee was stabbed on the left side of his neck and collapsed on the floor with b...

The Shanghai Charity Foundation on Tuesday denied that the down jackets of a well-known Canadian brand donated to victims of the recent earthquake in Gansu province through the foundation were being sold online. 12月26日，上海市慈善基金会否认捐赠甘肃地震灾区加拿大鹅羽绒服被倒卖等不实信息。 Earlier that day, an online post alleged that the Canada Goose down jackets donated by Xiji (Shanghai) Tradin...

On New Year's Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2024 New Year message via China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the message: 大家 好！ 冬至阳生，岁回律转。 在这辞旧迎新的美好时刻，我在北京向大家致以新年的祝福！ Greetings to you all! As energy rises after the Winter Solstice, we are about to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. From Beijin...

The number of juvenile internet users reached 193 million in 2022, according to the fifth edition of the national survey on internet usage among minors. 《第5次全国未成年人互联网使用情况调查报告》显示，2022年我国未成年网民规模为1.93亿。 The internet penetration rate of juvenile increased from 93.7 percent to 97.2 percent during 2018 to 2022, said the report. 《报告》显示，2018至2022年，未成年人互...

Paris has once again been named the world’s most attractive city destination, according to an annual report by global market research company Euromonitor International. 根据全球市场调研公司欧睿国际的年度报告，巴黎再次被评为全球最具吸引力的旅游城市。 The Top 100 City Destinations Index 2023, produced in partnership with data company Lighthouse, looked at leading cities from around the world and ran...

P ractices resulting in the collective punishment of the family members of convicted criminals shou ld be abolished, as they contradict the principles and spirit of the Constitution, China's top legislature said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislative body, received some residents' suggestions requesting a review of loc...

A group of South Korean students are suing the government because their college admission examination ended 90 seconds earlier than scheduled. 因在参加高考时被提前90秒收走试卷，韩国学生将政府告上法庭。 They are asking for 20 million won each - the cost of a year's studying to retake the exam. 他们要求每人获赔2000万韩元，这也是他们复读一年所需的费用。 The error affected the rest of the students' ex...

Three new high-speed train routes became operational on Tuesday, promoting social and economic development, improving the quality of people's lives and showcasing China's expertise in building high-speed railways in varied and difficult terrain, according to the operator, China State Railway Group. 据中国国家铁路集团，三条新的高速列车路线已于周二投入运营，促进了社会和经济发展，提高了人民生活质量，...

There’s nothing more comforting than a nice hot meal on a cold winter day, especially when you’re out and about. But what if you have no way of heating your lunch or ordering a hot meal? That’s where the world’s first microwave bag comes into place. 寒冷的冬日里，没有什么比热乎乎的美食更能安慰人心，尤其是在外奔波的时候。但如果你没办法加热午餐或点热食外卖怎么办？这就是世界首款“微波包”诞生的意义。 M...

This year, the ChatGPT, or Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, set off a new wave of artificial intelligence usage. As generative artificial intelligence is more and more used widely, the technology is generating a buzz in the world. Especially, the large language model breakthrough and the generative AI  provide advanced production tools for enterprises to achieve product and process in...

China's major railway ticket booking platform 12306 showed that, as of 15:00 on Dec 17, tickets for a number of trains are sold out, including those departing from Beijing to Wuhan, Nanjing to Hefei, Hangzhou, Chengdu to Chongqing, and Xi'an, as train tickets officially went on sale on Dec 16, the first day available to book trains for the 2024 New Year's Day holiday, China Securities Journal repo...

Despite temperatures still lingering below freezing, the sound of children reading out loud has started echoing inside the temporary shelters for the affected population after the earthquake in Jishishan county in Gansu province. Several rescue teams, in collaboration with local schoolteachers, have set up "tent schools" for children in affected villages, so that schooling can continue in the wake...

The Chinese character zhen, meaning "vitalize", was named the nation's most popular character related to domestic affairs this year, while the character wei, meaning "risk" or "crisis", was chosen as the hottest for international topics. The characters are among a list of popular words, as well as phrases, collected in an annual assessment organized by agencies including the Ministry of...

Shenzhou XVII crew members conducted their first spacewalk on Thursday, completing a host of tasks outside the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release that mission commander Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo and crew member Lieutenant Colonel Tang Shengjie returned to the Wentian science module at 9:35 pm after floating seven-and-a-half hours...

Located in Shanxi province, China, Yungang Grottoes are like a thousand-year-old historical book carved on cliffs and rocks. They witnessed the changes of time and recorded the stories, exchanges, and integrations among people of various ethnic groups. Meet Hang Kan, the esteemed director of the Yungang Research Institute. Discover the enduring romance of archaeology and the st...

A bonfire at a temporary shelter in Jishishan county, Gansu province, near the epicenter of Monday's magnitude 6.2 earthquake, rekindled among survivors the hope of rebuilding their lives after the disaster as they endured frigid temperatures in the remote mountains of northwestern China. 周一（12月18日），甘肃省集石山县发生了6.2级地震，在一个靠近震中的临时避难所，在西北地区寒冷的气温下，与篝火一...

President Xi Jinping pledged support to the Russian people in choosing their own path of development on Wednesday, while calling for more robust bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, energy and connectivity. During a meeting in Beijing with visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Xi said the two nations should continue to enrich their bilateral cooperation by giving ful...

East Buy, a subsidiary of private tutoring giant New Oriental that successfully transitioned to a live­streaming e-commerce company, removed Sun Dongxu as its executive director and CEO, and named New Oriental's founder Yu Minhong as its chief executive. 新东方由教育公司成功转型为直播电商公司，其旗下的东方甄选免除了孙东旭的执行董事兼首席执行官职务，并任命新东方创始人俞敏洪为首席执行官。 The appoin...

China's emergency response system swung into action on Tuesday to send rescue workers and provide aid in the wake of the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck northwestern China late Monday, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 700. 周一（12月18日）凌晨，中国西北地区发生6.2级地震，国家救灾应急二级响应启动，调派救援人员展开援助。该地震已经造成至少100人死亡，700多人受伤。 The national m...

Just a short train ride from Beijing, Tianjin is bursting with new and cutting-edge technologies. From the world’s first zero-carbon terminal, to new energy cars, to advances in surgical tech, Tianjin has it all! Join China Daily reporters Nathan and Steph as they explore some of what this unique city has to offer. #PotsideChats

The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted an ethnic county in Northwest China's Gansu province midnight Monday has killed 118 people in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai province, according to local earthquake relief headquarters. According to China Earthquake Networks Center, the quake jolted at 11:59 pm Monday and has a focal depth of 10 km. The epicenter Liugou township is about 8 km from the c...

Four-year-old panda twins Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan, the first giant pandas born in Germany, arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Sunday, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said. After a farewell ceremony at Zoo Berlin earlier this month attended by visitors, the pandas were put on a flight to China on Saturday afternoon. Staff members from the German zoo accompanied the twins on...

he emerging COVID-19 subvariant JN.1 has been detected on the Chinese mainland and will likely become the dominant strain in the future, but it does not pose a substantial risk to public health, experts said on Sunday. JN.1, which is of the same lineage as the Omicron subvariant BA.2.86, is the latest strain to catch the attention of global health experts. It has spread to at least 40 countries an...