Profits of China's industrial firms above designated size increased 15.7 percent year on year during the first eight months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.

Visa-free entry is expanding, while instant departure tax refunds are rolling out nationwide.

Editor's note: Lin G. is a CGTN economic commentator. This article represents the author's personal views, and not those of CGTN.

Water covers most of our planet, yet access to fresh water is becoming an increasingly urgent challenge.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday as a pullback in oil prices and renewed optimism around artificial intelligence lifted sentiment.

In a light drizzle at Can Tho Port in southern Vietnam, cranes unloaded containers from the first foreign trade vessel to sail through China's newly opened Pinglu Canal. The vessel's arrival marked the maiden voyage of a direct river-sea container route linking Nanning Port in south China's