During the New Year holiday, Beijing saw 8.808 million tourist visits, generating a total tourism revenue of 10.97 billion yuan (about 1.56 billion U.S. dollars), said the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism on Saturday.This year's New Year holiday runs from Thursday to Saturday.

China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the U.S.'s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said here Saturday.It's reported that the U.S. launched military strikes on Venezuela and Donald Trump posted on Truth

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 3, 2026 shows people enjoying themselves at an ice-and-snow themed park in Zhaosu County, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Leveraging its unique ice and snow resources in winter, Zhaosu County has developed diver

The Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Venezuela on Saturday advised Chinese citizens to temporarily refrain from traveling to Venezuela, citing a sharp deterioration in the country's security situation.

This aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 3, 2026 shows competitors working on ice sculptures during the 37th China Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The competition kicked off here on Friday.

This New Year holiday sees Chinese travelers heading to diverse winter destinations, seeking everything from northeastern ice and snow to southern sunshine and tropical beaches.

The Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site located in Wenchang in the northeastern part of Hainan Island is China's first independently designed and constructed green, eco-friendly and modern spaceport.

The year 2025 marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema. Standing at this historical juncture and looking back on its journey—from silent films to sound, from black-and-white to color, and from traditional to digital—every stage embodies the dedication and wisdom of generations of

China's largest offshore gas field, named Deep Sea No 1, has recently completed its 100th shipment of crude oil since being put into production, announced the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on Friday.

This New Year holiday sees Chinese travelers heading to diverse winter destinations, seeking everything from northeastern ice and snow to southern sunshine and tropical beaches.

China's latest move to support consumer goods trade-in programs and large-scale equipment renewal in 2026 will help further stimulate consumption and upgrade industries, creating new growth drivers for the economy, said market watchers and executives of multinational companies.

Saturday marks the last day of the New Year holiday, with railways witnessing a peak in return passenger flow, according to data from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.

At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Taoiseach of Ireland Micheal Martin will pay an official visit to China from Jan. 4 to 8, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday.

Figures show that Shanghai's two airports handled more than 135 million passenger trips as well as 4.5 million tons of cargo-and-mail throughput in 2025.

Zhang Zhijun, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), has called on compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to jointly strive for the great cause of national reunification and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.In a New Year message published in the

China carried out a record 92 space launches in 2025, marking a historic high as the country achieved multiple breakthroughs in crewed spaceflight, deep-space exploration and commercial space activities, according to the China National Space Administration.The year saw more than 300 satellites