The inlet spherical valve of Unit 1 at Datang Zhala Hydropower Station - also the world's first set of 500 MW impulse hydropower units - has successfully passed the hydrostatic pressure test in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region in recent days, with sealing performance under all operating

US housing starts surged in June, but not enough to fix the nation's housing affordability crisis. Starts jumped 19.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.427 million units, following a sharp drop in May that sent construction activity to a six-year low, according to data released

Some international research institutions apparently mischaracterize financing from China's commercial banks as subsidies, primarily because they rely on benchmarks detached from market realities in developing countries, leading to misleading conclusions, observed an article published recently on

"AI development should not be a solo performance by a single country, but a symphony of international cooperation," Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday while addressing the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, stressing that

Nearly 1,500 people packed into Islamabad on Friday for the opening of a two-day Pakistan-China B2B investment conference – 160 Chinese companies and 340 Pakistani businesses, all circling the same prize: a bigger, more self-sufficient pharmaceutical industry for Pakistan.

China's postal sector maintained solid growth in the first half (H1) of 2026, with business revenue rising 6 percent year on year to 925.6 billion yuan (about 136.25 billion U.S. dollars), according to data released by the State Post Bureau on Friday.