Tent festival held in Shiqu County, China's Sichuan

As China marks August 8 as National Fitness Day, a date chosen to commemorate the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, AI and digital technologies are reshaping how people exercise – from smart fitness facilities to personalized workout guidance.

Liu Anqin (R) and her daughter make beds at their homestay in Xijingyu Village of Jizhou District, north China's Tianjin, Aug. 4, 2026. Liu Anqin, 82, never expected that retirement would open a new chapter in her life.Born in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Liu had no formal training in

Recently, Hengli Heavy Industry signed contracts for building six very large ammonia carriers with three international shipowners, marking its new expansion in the gas carrier segment.Earlier this year, the company based in the northeast China coastal city of Dalian, delivered its first high-power

China on Saturday activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood and typhoon control in Jiangsu and Anhui as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the ministry maintained a Level-III response for

China's meteorological authority on Saturday upgraded its emergency response for Typhoon Dolphin to Level III and raised the typhoon warning from yellow to orange as the 13th typhoon of 2026 moves closer to the country's eastern coast.

Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, entered China's 24-hour warning line late Friday, prompting multiple government departments to upgrade emergency responses as the powerful storm continued to approach China's eastern coast.

For years, American travel vlogger Tressa had known China from afar. She thought she knew what China was like -- until she experienced it herself.

Beijing on Friday introduced a package of measures, including easing housing purchase restrictions for non-local families and increasing housing provident fund loan limits, in a bid to stabilize the property market and better meet residents' housing consumption

What truly warrants vigilance in this year's "Han Kuang" military exercises in Taiwan is not only Lai Ching-te participating for the first time as "commander-in-chief" in the "Wan Jun" contingency drill, nor merely that the Sky Bow III surface-to-air missile system was deployed in the urban areas

The shift from "Cool China" to "China Cool" is not merely a change in the order of English words; it marks a shift in the perspective through which China is understood: from observing a major developing country from afar to stepping into a concrete, tangible society

The major fire that broke out at a residential complex in Hong Kong last November was possibly caused by lit cigarette ends igniting combustible materials, according to the latest investigation report.

Drone show held in Macao, south China

Record-breaking heat has pushed electricity demand to new highs in China this summer, testing the flexibility of the country's power grid as cooling needs surge.