China launches island-wide special customs operations in Hainan FTP

Night view of the 27th Harbin Ice and Snow World resembles fairy tale

China’s urban unemployment rate for the age groupbetween 16-24 excluding students, stood at 16.9 percent in November, which showed improvement from the 17.3-percent reading in October.

The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) officially launched island-wide special customs operations on Thursday, with a package of policies — including zero tariffs and preferential tax rates — taking effect, marking another milestone in China’s opening-up.

China and Brazil continued to deepen cooperation in space domain, expanding scope of collaboration to new satellite-based internet services as well as construction of joint space laboratory, according to media reports and Chinese company participating in the programs.

A new mineral — a nickel-bismuth-antimony-arsenic sulfide — discovered in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and proposed by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences has been officially approved, with its Chinese name designated as Jinxiuite, China Media Group learned

China has made progress in invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) tehcnology, achieving complex real-world operations such as mind-controlled wheelchairs.BCI is categorized into three types: invasive, semi-invasive and non-invasive.

A drone photo taken on Dec. 16, 2025 shows a constructor working on a power transmission line in east China's Anhui Province. The main-body construction of the 500-kV power transmission line from Xiangjian to Ludao in Anhui Province was successfully completed on Wednesday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry's Special Envoy for Asian Affairs will again make a shuttle-diplomacy trip to Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday in an effort to bridge the two sides to rebuild peace at an early date, a foreign ministry spokesperson said late Wednesday.

China will double down on efforts to enhance its capacity to cope with extreme weather, as global warming drives more frequent, widespread, intense and concurrent events.

Guests attending the 4th Shanghai International Literature Week visit the West Bund Museum in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 17, 2025.

Picturesque winter scenery in China

China on Thursday launched island-wide special customs operations in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the world's largest FTP by area, allowing freer entry of overseas goods, expanded zero-tariff coverage and more business-friendly measures.

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 8, 2025 shows part of the Zhaigou site in Qingjian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Canada on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a statement issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries and the EU High Representative

A herd of cattle forage by the Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2025.