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The nation's second C919, China's first self-developed narrow-body jet, was delivered to its first customer, China Eastern Airlines, on Sunday morning in Shanghai. 7月16日上午，中国东方航空在上海接收第二架国产窄体客机C919。 As more C919s are put into commercial operation, the homemade aircraft should perform better and more safely, industry experts said. 业内专家表示，随着越来越多的C919投入商业运...

President Xi Jinping reaffirmed on Monday Beijing's commitment to promoting the steady and long-term development of ties with the Philippines, saying that the nation will continue pursuing a neighborhood diplomacy of building friendships and partnerships. Xi's remarks came as he met with Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The develop...

China reported 106 monkeypox infections between June 2 and 30, but the virus' spread is primarily among sexual contact between men, and the possibility of a large-scale domestic outbreak is low, health experts said. 6月2日至6月30日，中国内地（不含港澳台）新增报告106例猴痘确诊病例。专家表示，该病毒主要在男男性行为人群之间传播，国内大规模流行的可能性很低。 The southern province of Guangdong reported...

China's GDP grew by 5.5 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to 59.3 trillion yuan ($8.3 trillion), posting a steady economic rebound, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. In the second quarter, the economy rose by 6.3 percent compared with a year earlier, up from 4.5 percent in the first quarter of the year. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, China's GDP increased by 0.8 pe...

Highlighting the increasingly prominent role of cybersecurity and informatization work in the new era, President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to coordinate development and security, with solid efforts to advance high-quality growth in this regard. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark...

打雷时不能站在大树下，也不要看电视，这是很多人都知道的常识。但是你知道雷雨天气不能洗澡吗？这是因为，闪电可以通过水管传播。闪电可能远比你想象的更可怕。 Trees begin to sway, the sky darkens and suddenly you hear it – the distant sound of thunder. That’s your cue that potential danger is on the way. In fact, it’s likely within 10 miles of you. 树开始左摇右摆，天空变得阴沉沉的，突然间你听到了远处传来...

A video showing a French man taking selfies on a nearly empty Great Wall under the burning sun in Beijing went viral on Chinese social media. 北京夏日炎炎，一名法国男子在几乎空荡荡的长城上自拍的视频在中国社交媒体上疯传。 With temperatures as high as 40 C, many Chinese netizens were amazed that he visited the Great Wall on such a hot day and admired his resistance to the heat. 气温高达40度，许...

China successfully flight-tested a methane-propelled carrier rocket on Wednesday morning at a launch facility in its northwestern Gobi Desert, marking the first orbital mission of any methane-fueled rocket in the world. 7月12日上午，中国在西北戈壁滩的发射场成功发射了一枚液氧甲烷火箭，该火箭由此成为全球首款成功入轨的液氧甲烷火箭。 The rocket, named ZQ 2 or Rosefinch 2, blasted off at 9 am from the...

Taste Suzhou's classic cuisine that's taken 2,500 years to perfect! Sanxiamian, Suzhou's signature noodle dish, takes 5 hours to prepare, and offers over 200 freshwater shrimps. Join #UnboxingChina to taste this ancient city's perfect fusion of tradition and modernity.

With a unique landscape and dazzling night view, the mountain city of Chongqing has been leading the nighttime economic development in the country for four consecutive years, according to the latest report released on Wednesday. 周三发布的最新报告显示，山城重庆拥有独特的景观和耀眼的夜景，已连续四年引领全国夜间经济发展。 Other major cities — Shanghai, Changsha, Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Hangzhou, G...

Italian luxury brand Bulgari apologized on Tuesday evening after its official website's simplified Chinese version was found to have listed "Taiwan" with Asian countries, instead of using "Taiwan region" or "China's Taiwan". 7月11日晚，意大利奢侈品牌宝格丽因其官网网站的简体中文版将“台湾”列为亚洲国家，而非使用“台湾地区”或“中国台湾”而公开致歉。 The brand released a statement on Chinese microblogging...

Climate cooperation between China and the United States should feature mutual appreciation and acknowledgment, experts said. 专家表示，中美气候合作的特点是相互欣赏和认可。 Their remarks came ahead of the four-day China visit by John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate, which is scheduled to start on Sunday. 美国总统气候问题特使约翰·克里将于7月16日至19日访华。 The Ministry of Ecology a...

Self-media accounts, particularly non-institutional content publishers on platforms such as WeChat and Weibo, are facing stricter management, and operators should be more disciplined if they want to continue posting information online, according to a recent notification. 《关于加强“自媒体”管理的通知》于日前发布，“自媒体”账户，特别是微信和微博等平台上的非机构内容发布者，正面临更严格的监管。“自媒体”...

A larger fleet of driverless taxis will soon be available for hire in the capital city as the Office of the Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone has decided to launch the commercial operation of autonomous vehicles and expand their serviceable area. 随着北京市高级别自动驾驶示范区工作办公室宣布，正式开放智能网联乘用车“车内无人”商业化试点，扩大服务区域，将有更多无人驾驶出租车在北...

President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of building a new system for a higher-standard open economy at a key meeting on Tuesday. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while presiding over a meeting of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform under the 20th CPC Cen...

The annual college graduation season is just drawing to a close. As most of this year's graduates were born in 2000 or 2001, they are the first of the "00's generation" to leave the campus and enter the workplace. 一年一度的大学毕业季即将落下帷幕。由于今年的毕业生大多出生于2000年或2001年，他们是“00后”中第一批离开校园进入职场的人。 These graduates also have a second defining characteristic: three o...

One worker was found dead on Sunday as rescuers worked around the clock to find seven people who were still missing following a landslide in Hubei province. 湖北省五峰土家族自治县发生山体滑坡后，救援人员日以继夜地开展搜救工作。截至7月9日，该事故已导致1名工人遇难，仍有7人失联。 Fourteen workers were buried when some 500,000 cubic meters of mud and rubble, enough to fill 200 Olympic-sized swimming p...

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's just-concluded visit to China showed that the world's two largest economies are beefing up in-depth, candid communication to settle differences, but more efforts are needed to yield a significant breakthrough in easing bilateral economic tensions, according to political advisers and experts. 7月6日至9日，美国财政部部长珍妮特·耶伦访华。此次访华表明，...

For Seabelo Tumpane, who is about to return to her hometown in Botswana after obtaining a master's degree from a university in Jiangsu province, a letter from President Xi Jinping is the best thing to have happened to commemorate the two years she has spent in China. In a recent letter replying to Tumpane and 36 other international students pursuing master's degrees in auditing at Nanjing Audit Un...

With vast areas of China sweltering recently under heat waves, manufacturers are exploring new products that not only shield people from the fierce sun, but are also eye-catching fashion accessories. 随着中国大片地区最近受到酷热天气的侵袭，制造商们正在探索新产品，这些产品不仅能够防护人们免受强烈阳光的照射，还可以当作吸人眼球的时尚配件。 According to a report by China Central Television, an updated...

A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls over mountains into extreme rain, worsening both dangerous flooding as well as long-term water shortages, a new study has found. 一项新研究发现，全球变暖正在将山区的强降雪转变成特大暴雨，从而引发危险的洪灾和长期的缺水问题。 Using rain and snow measurements since 1950 and computer simulations for future climate, scientists calculated that for eve...

In 1953, a group of British entrepreneurs, led by trade leader Jack Perry, embarked on their historic "Icebreaking Mission" to visit China, helping to warm the West's trade relations with the newly founded People's Republic of China. 1953年，一群英国企业家在贸易领袖杰克·佩里的带领下访华，并开始了他们历史性的“破冰之旅”，帮助破解西方与新成立的中华人民共和国的贸易关系冰层。 Seventy years later,...

Renowned singer-songwriter CoCo Lee died on Wednesday at the age of 48. The Hong Kong-based singer attempted suicide at home on Sunday and had been in coma since then. 7月5日，著名创作歌手李玟去世，享年48岁。这位来自香港的歌手于7月2日在家中试图自杀，此后一直处于昏迷状态。 The news was posted by the singer's sister Nancy Lee on her Sina Weibo account on Wednesday night. It quickly went viral garner...

After more than three years, a number of top universities in China, such as Peking University and Tsinghua University, will allow the public to enter the campus starting on Saturday. 经过三年多的时间，包括北京大学和清华大学在内的一些中国顶级大学将从7月8日起允许公众进入校园。 Tsinghua will allow ordinary visitors from July 8 to Aug 6, between the hours of 9 to 11 am and 2 to 4 pm. The university is...