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Thirty-five legislative items, including on national security, financial stability and livelihood, are scheduled to be reviewed this year to promote high-quality development in the new era, according to China's top legislature. 我国最高立法机关称，今年将审议包括国家安全、金融稳定和民生在内的35部法律案，以促进新时代的高质量发展。 The items have been listed in the 2023 legislation plan that was disc...

China had 6.8 million couples register for marriage last year, the lowest since 1986, further raising concerns about the nation's low birth rate. 2022年，中国有680万对夫妇登记结婚，这是1986年以来的历史新低，这进一步引发了人们对中国低出生率的担忧。 According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there were 800,000 fewer marriages last year than in 2021. 据民政部公布的...

The recent wave of COVID-19 is now trending downward, with experts saying China's medical system and the public have coped with the fresh outbreak in an orderly and calm manner. 新一波新冠疫情正呈现下降趋势，中国医疗系统和公众平稳有序应对近期疫情。 Domestic infections occurred sporadically between February to early April, but began climbing in late April due to waning immunity among the popul...

China and Honduras have vowed to forge a partnership featuring mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and common development as the heads of state of both countries witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation agreements, including joint construction of the Belt and Road, in Beijing on Monday. During their historic meeting in Beijing, President Xi Jinping and visiting Honduran President Iris Xi...

An incident in which a suspected rat's head was found in food at a canteen at the Jiangxi Industry Polytechnic College in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, has continued to spark controversy. 江西工业职业技术学院食堂食品疑似出现老鼠头的事件持续引发争议。 On Saturday, a joint investigation team issued a notice on the incident saying that it will promptly announce its findings after the investigation. The...

The pursuit of higher education and better work opportunities are the main reasons Chinese students study at foreign universities at the undergraduate level, while the opportunity to broaden their children's experience is what parents want most, according to a new report that came out on Saturday. 6月10日，《中国学生留学白皮书-本科篇》报告发布，报告显示寻求更高学历与更好的工作机会是中国学生选择本...

China and Honduras will deepen their pragmatic cooperation in economy, trade, industrial capacity and infrastructure by fully harnessing each other's competitive advantages as part of their efforts to pursue common development and achieve win-win results, officials said on Sunday. 6月11日，中国和洪都拉斯方面表示，中洪将充分利用双方的竞争优势，深化两国在经贸、产能和基础设施方面的务实合作，以谋求共...

The official flame for the 31st Summer World University Games was flown from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, to Beijing on Thursday for the torch relay due to start at the weekend. 6月8日，第31届夏季世界大学生运动会官方火炬从成都启航前往北京，本周末，火炬传递活动将开始。 Under escort, the flame, carried in sealed pots, was taken aboard a plane specially named Universiadeat Chengdu Tianfu Int...

President Xi Jinping has outlined a new vision for the development of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, calling for the region to prioritize ecological protection and green development, and strive to write a new chapter of Chinese modernization. Speaking during a fact-finding trip to Hohhot, the regional capital, on Wednesday and Thursday, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Par...

The new site of the National Natural History Museum was unveiled in Beijing on Monday. 6月5日，国家自然博物馆在北京正式揭牌。 "Formerly known as the Beijing Museum of Natural History, its inauguration marks a new page in the country's development of the natural history museum sector," Meng Qingjin, director of the National Natural History Museum, said at the plaque-revealing ceremony. 国家自然博物...

President Xi Jinping underlined on Wednesday the need to continue to boost cultural prosperity, make China a leading country in culture and build a modern Chinese civilization. In a congratulatory letter to the opening of the first Forum on Building up China's Cultural Strength, held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Xi called for continuous efforts to promote exchanges and mutual learning among ci...

A batch of major new projects and policies were launched to strengthen the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region, as authorities from the region gathered in Hefei, Anhui province for a forum on Tuesday. Participants included senior officials, entrepreneurs and scholars from the city of Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. As this year marks the fifth annive...

During his phone talks with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged the French side to "step up to implement" the consensuses the two countries' leaders have reached. Praising President Macron's recent statements on European autonomy, and expres...

Nineteen-year-old Yang Min has complicated feelings about the upcoming national college entrance exam, or gaokao. 十九岁的杨敏（音译）对即将到来的高考怀抱着复杂的心情。 She is nervous, anxious and excited, but also hopes the exam can take her from a small city in Shanxi province to her dream university, China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, and help fulfill her ambition of becoming a d...

India's deadly rail accident leaves 275 killed and over 1,170 injured 印度致命的列车脱轨相撞事故造成275人死亡，1170多人受伤 Mangled train carriages were on top of one another, a few coaches had plunged into a nearby water body and an engine sat atop a freight car. 残缺不全的火车车厢彼此重叠，几节车厢坠入附近水域，一节火车头倒在货运车厢的顶上。 Amid all this, a heap of dead bodies covered in white...

China will continue to push for greater market access for foreign investors as part of its ongoing efforts to expand high-level opening-up and build a unified national market, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. 6月5日，商务部表示，为了推动高水平的对外开放，建设全国统一大市场，中国将持续放宽外资市场准入。 Analysts said this signals the country's resolve to build a fully open market, deepen ma...

Collaboration and dialogue are needed to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and major powers need to act responsibly, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was told this weekend. Speakers at the 20th Asia Security Summit held from Friday to Sunday looked at many security issues and said they hoped that stakeholders such as ASEAN, Australia, China, India, Japan, Russia and the...

The Shenzhou XV crew returned to Earth on Sunday morning after a six-month mission that witnessed the completion of the Tiangong space station. 在完成为期六个月的天宫空间站任务后，神舟十五号航天员乘组于6月4日上午返回地球。 A reentry capsule carrying the three astronauts — mission commander Major General Fei Junlong, Senior Colonel Deng Qingming and Senior Colonel Zhang Lu — touched down at the Don...

The vision put forward on Friday by President Xi Jinping to build a modern Chinese civilization will empower the nation on its own pathway to modernization and build up national unity in the face of various risks and challenges, according to analysts. During a symposium with officials and experts in Beijing, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and ch...

The Joe Biden administration is not assuming any breakthrough will happen in Sino-US trade relations as deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said last week, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk's visit to China on Tuesday shows US entrepreneurs do not agree with its trade policy. 不同于美国副贸易代表萨拉·比安奇上周所言，拜登政府并没有假设中美贸易关系会取得突破，但特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克5月30日对中...

Greater international cooperation is needed to explore technological frontiers such as computer-brain interface technologies and artificial intelligence, which are widely seen as key future drivers of global economic growth, officials and experts said. 官员和专家表示，需要加强国际合作来探索脑机接口技术和人工智能等技术前沿，这些技术被广泛视为未来全球经济增长的主要驱动力。 Highlighting that decoupli...

Since the start of the industrial revolution, there have been threats that new machines – from mechanized looms to microchips – would usurp human jobs. For the most part, the humans have prevailed. Now, say some experts, with AI ubiquity on the horizon, the threat’s being realized: the robots really are coming for some jobs. 自从工业革命以来，人类就开始面临饭碗被新机器抢走的威胁，从机械化织布机到...

Brain-computer interface technology is becoming more than a hypothetical phenomenon in China with some momentum gained in terms of research and development as well as applications, especially amid the country's latest call to support the cutting-edge sector, said government officials and industry experts during the Zhongguancun Forum that ended on Tuesday. They made the comments after Zhao Zhiguo,...

Chinese courts should educate divorcing parents to ensure their underage children can obtain care and support from their families, according to a new guideline. The 24-article guideline on family education was issued by the Supreme People's Court, China's top court, and the All-China Women's Federation on Tuesday, aiming to offer stronger protection for children by urging their parents or guardian...

Traditionally, China's astronauts are selected from among fighter plane pilots with ample flying experience, as they can control the machinery and have the training to stay calm should an emergency arise in space. 中国的航天员通常是从具有丰富飞行经验的战斗机飞行员中挑选出来的，因为他们可以驾驶航天器，并且接受过冷静应对太空中紧急情况的训练。 Yet among the three astronauts aboard Shenzhou XVI, which...