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President Xi Jinping on Friday presented four observations on artificial intelligence (AI) development and governance while addressing the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance. First, adhering to the principle of openness and win-win cooperation while boosting innovation-driven development. Xi highlighted the importance of encouraging open...

China's COVID-19 infection level has remained stable at a low level despite a recent uptick, and there is no need for the public to be unduly concerned about normal fluctuations in case numbers as the disease has evolved into a common respiratory virus, a health expert said on Thursday. 一名卫生专家周四表示，近期新冠感染病例虽略有回升，但我国新冠感染整体仍维持低位平稳态势；新冠已演变为常见呼吸道病...

China's surveyed urban unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in June, the lowest level this year, as the government's push for an "employment first" strategy showed early signs of progress, official data showed on Wednesday. 官方数据周三显示，随着政府实施就业优先战略初见成效，6月份全国城镇调查失业率降至5%，为本年最低值。 The rate eased 0.1 percentage point from May and extended its decline from a Ma...

Sanfu moxibustion and a range of other traditional Chinese medicine therapies designed to tackle winter ailments during the summer heat have become more varied in their applications and increasingly popular among the public, medical experts said on Wednesday. 医疗专家在周三称，三伏灸以及一大批用来盛夏调理冬日旧疾的中医疗法，施治方式更加丰富，也受到大众的热烈追捧。 The three hottest stretches of th...

President Xi Jinping stressed advancing high-quality urban renewal during an inspection tour in Shanghai on Wednesday, calling for comprehensive efforts to fully embrace the people-centered philosophy of urban development and keep enhancing urban residents' sense of gain, happiness and security. In advancing urban renewal, sustained efforts must be made to listen to the people's needs, draw on the...

China is stepping up its push for a more open, inclusive and collaborative approach toward artificial intelligence, as the country's open-source AI ecosystem gains growing recognition among overseas users with its wider and fairer access to high-performance AI technologies at lower costs, said senior officials and industry experts. 多位高级官员与行业专家表示，中国正积极倡导以更加开放、包容、协作的...

Hainan province has set a 2030 deadline for banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles, making it China's first provincial-level region to adopt such a policy. 海南省设定2030年为节点，禁止销售新增燃油汽车，成为国内首个出台该政策的省级行政区。 The mandate is part of a plan by the province for the national ecological civilization pilot zone, which aims for new energy vehicles to account for 4...

High temperatures forecast in large parts of China in the next few days 未来数日，我国大范围区域将迎来高温天气 China's health and weather authorities issued nationwide heat health alerts on Monday as an unusually warm and humid flood season fuels widespread heat across much of the country, with temperatures forecast to exceed 40 C in some areas over the coming days. 受汛期异常闷热潮湿的气候影响，...

As Typhoon Bavi moves farther inland after making landfall in Zhejiang province, the biggest threat to northern China may not be damaging winds, but days of torrential rainfall, meteorologists said. 气象专家表示，台风巴威登陆浙江后持续深入内陆，对我国北方地区而言，最大威胁并非大风损毁，而是连日暴雨。 By Monday morning, Bavi had weakened as it moved north-northeast slowly across Anhui province. How...

Renmin University of China announced on Monday that it has revoked the master's degree of well-known Chinese writer Jiang Fangzhou — a 2019 graduate from the university's School of Liberal Arts — following an investigation into newly emerged evidence of alleged academic misconduct in her graduation thesis. 周一 中国人民大学发布通报，经核查作家蒋方舟硕士毕业论文新增学术不端相关证据，学校决定撤销其...

President Xi Jinping will set out China's policy positions, vision and proposals on artificial intelligence development and governance at one of the field's most influential international events, to be held in Shanghai this week. Xi will attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance and deliver a keynote speech, Fore...

Barely weeks after the United States and Iran signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, an interim deal intended to end hostilities and create a framework for a broader settlement, the agreement is in jeopardy. 美伊签署《伊斯兰堡谅解备忘录》仅数周，这份旨在停止敌对行动、为达成全面解决方案搭建框架的临时协议如今已岌岌可危。 The immediate trigger appears to have been disputes over the interpr...

A record number of passenger trips were made across China in the first half of 2026, with more than 2.3 billion recorded, up 5 percent from the previous year, according to data released by the national railway operator Monday. 国铁集团周一发布数据显示，2026 年上半年全国铁路旅客发送量创历史新高，累计超 23 亿人次，同比增长 5%。 An average of 11,468 passenger trains were operated daily during the six...

NATO leaders left Turkiye on Wednesday after reaffirming their commitment to collective defense, but uncertainty now hangs over the alliance following US President Donald Trump's disruptive remarks. 北约各国领导人周三离开土耳其，此前他们重申了集体防御承诺，但美国总统唐纳德·特朗普一番极具分裂性的言论，让整个联盟前景蒙上一层不确定性。 Divisions over defense spending and the security commitments of t...

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of East China's Zhejiang province at around 11:20 pm Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory. 据浙江省气象台消息，今年第 9 号台风巴威于上周六晚间 23 时 20 分前后在我国华东浙江省沿海登陆。 The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned...

President Xi Jinping urged all-out search and rescue efforts, proper handling of the aftermath and consoling the families of the victims after a fire on Thursday resulted in heavy casualties at a footwear factory in Jinjiang, a county-level city in Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province. 本周四，我国华东福建省泉州市下辖县级市晋江市一家制鞋厂发生火灾，造成重大人员伤亡。中共中央总书记、国家主席习近...

Thirty-nine people have died and nine others remain missing following flash floods in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, including a reservoir breach disaster in Nanning, according to local authorities on Thursday. 当地政府周四通报，广西壮族自治区遭遇突发性洪水，其中包括南宁水库溃坝险情，灾害已造成39人遇难、9人失联。 Speaking at a flood control and disaster relief news conference in Nanning, Di...

As China-Japan relations remain strained over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan and her administration's accelerated military buildup, Japan's economy is increasingly feeling the pinch, with critical mineral exports from China plunging, supply chains buckling under pressure and billions in potential GDP losses looming, experts said. 专家表示，因日本首相高市早苗涉...

Heavy rain and powerful winds brought on by Typhoon Maysak continued to batter large parts of China on Tuesday as a super typhoon, Bavi, moved toward southeastern China and is expected to make landfall over the weekend, prompting authorities to upgrade alerts and dispatch emergency aid. 周二，台风美莎克带来的强降雨与大风持续侵袭我国大片区域；与此同时，超强台风巴威正向我国东南沿海移动，预计周末登陆...

President Xi Jinping called for all-out efforts on Tuesday in emergency rescue, medical treatment for the injured and the resettlement of affected people, after multiple regions were hit by severe flooding. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, also urged that every effort be made to safeguard people's l...

Chinese memory-chip-related stocks surged on Monday, led by Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co Ltd, partly as investors reacted to the impending US listing of South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix. 周一，存储芯片板块相关个股全线大涨，深圳江波龙电子股份有限公司领涨，部分原因是投资者对韩国存储芯片巨头 SK 海力士即将赴美上市作出提前反应。 Longsys jumped as much as 13 percent in early trading before con...

China's Tian wen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft has rendezvoused with its target, a near-Earth asteroid called 2016 HO3, and has started to conduct scientific surveys, according to the China National Space Administration. 国家航天局消息，中国天问二号小行星采样探测器已抵达目标近地小行星 2016 HO3，开启科学探测工作。 The administration announced on Monday that the Tian wen 2 robotic probe reached a p...