A female from Russia became the 10,000th foreigner to enroll in China's basic medical insurance in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Wednesday, local government confirmed.

China on Wednesday condemned the Philippines' "thief crying stop thief" behavior after Manila organized vessels to illegally intrude into the lagoon of China's Xianbin Jiao in the South China Sea.

The Chinese economy is demonstrating strong resilience and remarkable adaptability in an uncertain global environment by combining industrial upgrading, dynamic innovation, and continued high-level economic openness, said Herve Azoulay, former Schneider Electric executive.

China witnessed a box office revenue of musical performances totaling nearly 1.81 billion yuan (256.5 million U.S. dollars) in 2025, up 7.55 percent year on year, said an annual report on China's musical market.

China's Ministry of Education has ordered a reduction in the frequency of routine exams and tests for primary and secondary schools to alleviate the academic burden on students.

Yunlong Tianchi National Nature Reserve in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture has become the first reserve in Yunnan province to be included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List, according to Yunnan Daily.

Japanese bid farewell to the last two giant pandas

Exploring Hainan Free Trade Port before island-wide special customs operations

The Alliance of Open Life Science, an international, open, and non-profit academic community, has extended membership invitations to 32 leading universities and research institutions worldwide and received responses from some

China and Singapore concluded a joint army training on Wednesday, the latest round of a bilateral exercise that has expanded over time from conventional security cooperation to highly complex urban counter-terrorism operations.

As the end of Tuesday, immigration officers from the Guangzhou General Station of Immigration Inspection in the capital of Guangdong province have handled about 24,000 eligible tourists who took advantage of China's 240-hour visa-free transit policy.

At 9 am, as Yiwu International Trade Market—the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities, located in Yiwu city in Zhejiang Province, East China—opens, a dynamic crowd quickly fills the space.

Babao red ink paste, made from precious materials such as pearl, agate, coral and musk, has been favored by painters and calligraphers both domestically and internationally for over 300 years. Originating in Zhangzhou, East China's Fujian Province, the technology used to create this ink was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. (Video source: Kuaishou; Compiled by Li Yuanxin and Yang Xirui)

Tanghulu is a traditional Chinese snack consisting of sugar-coated haws and other fruits or vegetables served on a stick. It has been popular since the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Commonly found on winter streets, tanghulu comes in various varieties and is closely tied to childhood memories for many people in China. (Video source: Kuaishou; Compiled by Li Yuanxin and Yang Xirui)

At a recent roundtable on the Chinese science classic The Exploitation of the Works of Nature (Tiangong Kaiwu), a scholar drew a remarkable parallel between this 17th-century encyclopedia of crafts and technologies and the modern DeepSeek AI model, calling the book "a DeepSeek from 400 years ago."