Daily border crossings nationwide during the Qingming Festival holiday from April 4 to April 6 are expected to exceed 2.3 million, up 11.1 percent year-on-year, the National Immigration Administration said on its official website.

Since its establishment nine years ago, the Xiongan New Area has achieved an average annual growth rate of 17.1% and is rapidly emerging as a "city of the future".

South Korea will raise its resource security crisis alert for crude oil from "caution" to "alert" under its four-tier system, effective at 00:00 local time on Thursday, as a prolonged conflict in the Middle East heightens concerns over an energy crisis, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday.

Latest tax data show that the Chinese economy has continued to perform steadily, with innovation momentum strengthening, as evidenced by robust revenue growth in high-tech industries in the first quarter of 2026.

China's manufacturing activity returned to expansion territory in March, offering an early sign that policy support is beginning to feed through to the real economy as measures to boost demand and stabilize growth gain traction, experts said on Tuesday.

From early-spring sugar tangerines to chilled fresh-cut navel oranges in summer, and to the over 1 billion cups of iced fresh lemonade sold year round -- citrus has become a constant presence in Chinese consumption.