China reported a decline in criminal and public security cases in the first half of 2026, with criminal cases down 16.5 percent and public security violations dropping by 11.3 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday.

China invested 515.1 billion yuan (about 75.82 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of water conservancy facilities in the first half (H1) of 2026, data from the Ministry of Water Resources showed on Friday.

The State Council has set up a special investigation and assessment team for the dam breach disaster that occurred on July 6 at the Liulan Reservoir in Hengzhou of the city of Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China, which caused heavy casualties.

The 2026 APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting has adopted a ministerial statement with all parties agreeing to jointly promote digital and AI technologies to empower the Asia-Pacific community, which provides an action framework for deepening cooperation in these fields in the coming years in

China will continue to fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea with ASEAN countries and work toward the early conclusion of a Code of Conduct, to jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea region, the Chinese delegation said i

The Chinese delegation refuted Japan's false rhetoric regarding the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and the so-called "China threat" at the ASEAN Regional Forum and the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meetings held in Manila, the Philippines.

"Attention, villagers. Please go immediately to the village resettlement center." Starting at 10 p.m. on July 10, a meteorological drone patrolled the riverbanks, tidal flats, and residential areas of Jiangfeng village, Fenglin town, Yongjia county, Wenzhou, in East China's Zhejiang Province. The

China's national observatory on Friday morning issued an orange alert, the second-highest in its four-tier system, for Typhoon Noul, the 12th typhoon of the year, as it forms and heads toward the coast of southeastern China.

China and ASEAN member states have issued a joint statement on addressing the regional impacts of developments in the Middle East and strengthening regional energy cooperation.

While much of the buzz at this week's International Low-Altitude Economy Expo centers on sleek eVTOL prototypes, the deeper story unfolding at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai is about the invisible architecture needed to make them viable at scale.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu visited the United States from July 22 to 23, at the invitation of the US side, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov on Thursday ahead of the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Kyrgyzstan.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov on Thursday evening ahead of the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Kyrgyzstan.

China recently handed in its first-half economic report card, showing that growth slowed to 4.3% in the second quarter, amid declining investment and relatively subdued consumption.

From promoting volunteer service and expanding lifelong learning opportunities to developing senior-friendly tourism offerings, China is taking proactive steps to enhance social engagement among the elderly and support their pursuit of active, meaningful lives.

China successfully sent a new data relay satellite, Tianlian II-06, into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, on Thursday.