The 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) will be held in Shanghai from July 17 to 20, organizers said at a press conference on Tuesday, with exhibition space, new product launches and forum sessions all hitting record highs.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday criticized Taiwan authorities for distorting the mainland's efforts to boost cross-Strait ties and obstructing normal exchanges.

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake hit Gaoxian County in Yibin City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at a depth of 6 km on Thursday morning, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control and typhoon prevention in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.

China has dispatched 20,000 pieces of disaster relief supplies to the central province of Hubei after it was hit by gales and thunderstorms, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said Wednesday.

A 99-year-old survivor of the Japanese army's World War II-era "comfort women" system passed away early Wednesday in Pingjiang County, central China's Hunan Province, leaving only six registered survivors remaining on the Chinese mainland.

The winner of China's top sci-tech award for the year 2025, radar technology expert Ben De, has dedicated nearly six decades to advancing the country's radar capabilities.

Chen Liquan, laureate of China's top sci-tech award for the year 2025 as announced in Beijing on Wednesday, is recognized as the nation's founding father of solid-state ionics and a pioneer in lithium battery research.

Namibian president arrives in Beijing

Hundreds of snakes escaped from a breeding farm in Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, after severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak damaged the facility, the Global Times reported.

Basic research is the origin of the entire scientific system. Shanghai, with the aim to build an international scientific and technological innovation center, is taking the lead in the sector.

Authorities in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Wednesday announced a series of measures including expanding antivenom stocks, to prevent and cope with snakebite risks in Yunbiao township, Hengzhou, following recent flooding and escape of snakes, according to the official

Ben De, a pioneering radar scientist who laid the foundation for China's airborne pulse-Doppler radar technology and helped pioneer phased-array radar technology with spearheaded research into space-based surveillance radar, has been awarded the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award

More than 100 animals of over 20 species, including zebras and sika deer, have gone missing after being washed away from a zoo in Guigang, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, during floods triggered by Typhoon Maysak.

Typhoon Maysak, the 10th typhoon of the year and the first to make landfall in China in 2026, struck the southern island province of Hainan on July 3 before moving inland and unleashing torrential rains across south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has not only transformed economic and social operation models but has also triggered new reflections in demographic research.