China's investment in property development decreased in the first four months of 2026, down 13.7 percent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.The floor space of newly-built commercial buildings sold was 252.58 million square meters, down by 10.2 percent year on year. The

The surveyed urban unemployment rate in China stood at 5.2 percent in April, 0.2 percentage points lower than that of the previous month, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.

China's value-added industrial output increased by 5.6 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, official data showed on Monday.A robotic arm works at the workshop of Brose automotive technology enterprise management company in Taicang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 25, 2026.

Home prices in China's first-tier cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, increased last month compared with March, while second- and third-tier cities reported narrowed price declines or unchanged price levels, official data showed Monday.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Liuzhou, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, early Monday, leaving three people missing and four others hospitalized, local authorities said.The quake hit Liunan District at 0:21 a.m. at a depth of 8 km, according to the China Earthquake

RoboMaster 2026 University Championship Regional Competition concludes in Changsha

China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on Sunday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new satellite group into space.The rocket lifted off at 10:42 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. The satellite group, which is the ninth batch that will

Museums across China receive flocks of visitors with upcoming Int'l Museum Day

Beijing sees rainy weather

China's first domestically produced 103-octane racing fuel was officially put to use on Saturday at the opening ceremony of the 2026 China Taklimakan International held in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Weeks of heavy rainfall have once again put large parts of southern China on alert, as authorities brace for a complex flood season in 2026.

The APEC Women and the Economy Forum (WEF) concluded in Shanghai on Saturday.As the first ministerial-level APEC gathering this year, the WEF was held under the theme of "Empowering Women for Shared Prosperity in the Asia-Pacific."

China has consistently opposed the EU’s abuse of unilateral tools such as the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) to suppress Chinese companies, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Saturday, vowing to closely monitor relevant developments on the EU side and take

China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has sent a work team to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to assist and guide search and rescue efforts after a vehicle plunged into a river in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday.

The total box office revenue for 2026, including pre-sales, has surpassed 14.4 billion yuan (about $2.11 billion) as of Sunday, according to data from online film platform Maoyan.