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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering of a potted plant to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday in her official capacity. 日本首相高市早苗于周六以公职身份向臭名昭著的靖国神社供奉盆栽祭品。 This happened just two days before Japan and the United States launch a military exercise, along with some other countries. The exercise sees the deployment of nearly 60,000 troops a...

Apple's first foldable smartphone is manufactured exclusively in China and Chinese app developers are crucial to iPhone Duo's success, Tim Cook, Apple's executive chairman, said in a recent exclusive interview with China Daily in Beijing. 苹果公司执行董事长蒂姆・库克近日在北京接受《中国日报》独家专访时表示，苹果首款折叠屏手机将在中国独家生产，中国应用开发者是 iPhone Duo 取得成功的关键力量。 The re...

Taiwan residents made more than 2.49 million trips to the Chinese mainland in the first eight months of 2026, up 19.63 percent year-on-year, according to the island's tourism department.据台湾地区旅游部门统计，2026 年前 8 个月，台湾居民赴大陆出游超 249 万人次，同比增长 19.63%。 The mainland remained Taiwan residents' second-most popular outbound travel destination in the eight months, according to...

Almost every time China climbs another rung of the industrial ladder, an alarm sounds in some Western policy circles. 每当中国在产业阶梯上向上攀登一级，西方部分政策圈就会拉响警报。 The original "China Shock" followed the country's integration into global manufacturing and its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001. 最初的 “中国冲击”，源于中国融入全球制造业体系，并于 2001 年加入世界贸易...

China's outbound tourism market is entering a new phase of growth, with rising demand from smaller cities and greater interest in personalized experiences reshaping travel choices, industry experts said at a travel expo in Beijing. 业内专家在北京举办的一场旅游博览会上表示，中国出境旅游市场正迈入新的增长阶段，来自中小城市的需求持续上升，游客对个性化体验愈发青睐，正在重塑旅游选择。 Outbound tourist...

The foundation of the world's most important bilateral relations lies in the genuine connections between ordinary people. 全球最重要双边关系的根基，在于普通民众之间真挚的联结。 People-to-people friendship has historically served as a pillar, stabilizer and bridge for China-US relations. More than eight decades later, the legacy of the Flying Tigers continues to resonate, as the deep friendship for...

China's former vice-foreign minister Fu Ying called for greater international cooperation on scientific research and environmental protection in the Arctic, saying climate change, rather than imagined security threats, is the real challenge facing the region. 中国前外交部副部长傅莹呼吁在北极科研与环境保护领域加强国际合作，她表示，该地区面临的真正挑战是气候变化，而非臆想出来的安全威胁。 Fu was spea...

The New Yalu River Bridge connecting China with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will officially open to traffic on Thursday, with a joint opening ceremony to be held by the two countries, the Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. 连接中国和朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的新鸭绿江大桥将于周四正式通车，两国将共同举行通车仪式。外交部于周三发布上述消息。 The new bridge will further facilitate tra...

Although China-US relations have seen ups and downs in recent years, China has consistently stayed committed to resolving differences through dialogue and negotiation. This was reaffirmed by Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng in his meeting with Evan Greenberg, executive vice-chair of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, in Beijing on Monday. 近年来，中美关系历经起伏，但中国始终致...

The Chinese mainland respects and protects Taiwan compatriots' rights to freedom of speech and expression, while leaving no room for ambiguity on fundamental principles, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday. 大陆一位发言人周三表示，大陆方面尊重和保护台湾同胞言论自由的权利，但在大是大非原则问题上没有任何模糊空间。 Chen Binhua, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made...

President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to firmly follow a path with Chinese characteristics in developing the country's health programs, to secure decisive progress in the Healthy China Initiative over the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30). Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a nat...

Business and industry representatives in the United States have welcomed the tariff reduction proposal on a total of $60 billion worth of goods put forward by the US-China Board of Trade in September, as the levies have caused uncertainty ahead of the holiday season. 美中贸易委员会 9 月提出对总额 600 亿美元商品下调关税的提案，美国工商界代表对此表示欢迎，因为关税在假日季来临前带来了不确定性。 The p...

Average daily sales revenue in China's services sector jumped 19.5 percent year-on-year during the National Day holiday, spurred by robust sales of consumer goods like home appliances and electronics, value-added tax invoice data released by the State Taxation Administration showed. 国家税务总局发布的增值税发票数据显示，国庆假期期间，受家电、电子产品等消费品热销带动，我国服务业日均销售收入同比增长...

New energy vehicles (NEVs) accounted for a record 61.6 percent of China's monthly new car sales in September, marking the third consecutive month above the 60 percent threshold, while the cumulative share for the first three quarters rose to 53.6 percent, industry data showed on Monday. 行业数据周一显示，9 月新能源汽车（NEV）新车销量占比创下 61.6% 的历史新高，连续第三个月突破 60% 关口；前三季度累...

China will continue to prioritize employment promotion during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), building on progress made in stabilizing the job market, officials said on Saturday. 有关负责人周六表示，“十五五” 规划时期（2026 至 2030 年），中国将继续把促进就业放在优先位置，在稳定就业市场已有成果基础上持续发力。 Figures released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security show tha...

Wild card Zheng Qinwen capped her China Open run with an ace on match point, downing No 4 seed Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday night to become the first Chinese player to win the title at her home tournament — and claim her maiden WTA 1000 crown. 持外卡出战的郑钦文在赛点上轰出一记 ACE 球，为自己的中网征程画上圆满句号。周日晚间，她以 7 比 5、6 比 4 击败 4 号种子米拉・安德列娃，成为首位在本土赛事...

For centuries, mathematicians have occupied the penthouse of human intelligence. Their discipline was the ultimate sanctuary of reason, where brilliance was measured not by eloquence but by irrefutable logic. On Oct 6 OpenAI delivered an unsettling message to its occupants: the machines are moving in, showing the potential and ambition to own the building. The company unveiled full or partial solu...

China's railways handled 302 million passenger trips during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day travel rush, up 24.6 percent year-on-year, with daily passenger numbers reaching a record high. 中秋、国庆假期运输期间，全国铁路累计发送旅客 3.02 亿人次，同比增长 24.6%，单日旅客发送量创历史新高。 The 16-day travel period ran from Sept 23 to Oct 8, according to China State Railway Group, the nation...

The Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday China's nomination of Dr Song Li as a candidate for director-general of the World Health Organization, marking Beijing's support for multilateralism and global health cooperation. 外交部周四确认，中国提名宋莉博士参选世界卫生组织总干事，此举体现中方对多边主义与全球卫生合作的支持。 Song, who has worked in the field of maternal and child health for over 20 y...

China's top artificial intelligence models have narrowed the performance gap with their United States' rivals to around 3 percent, the lowest on record, as advances by DeepSeek are increasingly matched by a wider group of Chinese developers. 中国顶尖人工智能大模型与美国竞品之间的性能差距已缩小至约 3%，创下历史新低。深度求索取得技术突破的同时，越来越多中国研发企业的模型实力同步提升。 According to a...

China is racing to ensure that all-solid-state batteries become the next extension of its battery sector advantages, turning the nation into a leader in the industry, experts said. 专家表示，中国正加紧推动全固态电池延续本国电池产业优势，力争成为该领域的全球领军者。 They made the comments as seven government authorities — including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology — unveiled last...

China's National Day holiday saw strong demand for smart, green and health-related products, while the consumer goods trade-in program generated 33.48 billion yuan ($4.99 billion) in sales during the first six days of the break, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. 商务部今天表示，国庆假期智能、绿色、健康类产品需求旺盛，消费品以旧换新活动在假期前六天实现销售额 334.8 亿元人民币（折合 49.9 亿...

More flexible vacation plans by people during the just-concluded Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays have fueled tourism consumption, creating a spending spree both domestically and at overseas destinations. 刚刚落幕的中秋、国庆假期，民众更加灵活的休假安排带动了旅游消费，国内与境外目的地均迎来消费热潮。 This year's National Day holiday lasted seven days, from Thursday to Wednesday, and s...

United States-based cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services said on Tuesday that it has made GLM-5.3, the latest flagship model from China's Z.ai, available on the Amazon Bedrock platform, while sources familiar with the matter confirmed that AWS would share revenue with Z.ai based on the usage of the model. 总部位于美国的云计算巨头亚马逊云科技（AWS）周二表示，已将中国智谱 AI 最新旗舰模型 GLM-5....

China is set to experience an unprecedented surge in travel demand during the seven-day National Day holiday, from Oct 1 to 7, with an expected 2.13 billion cross-regional trips across the country — averaging more than 300 million trips per day, said the Ministry of Transport. 交通运输部表示，10 月 1 日至 7 日的国庆七天假期，我国旅游出行需求将迎来前所未有的暴涨，全国跨区域出行量预计达 21.3 亿人次...