Fifteen years after China launched the offshore duty-free shopping policy in Hainan, its southernmost island province, customs authorities have supervised a cumulative 286.4 billion yuan (about 41.76 billion U.S. dollars) in offshore duty-free sales, involving 347 million items.

From a humanoid robot half-marathon in Beijing to the global spotlight of the Beijing Auto Show and the debut of DeepSeek-V4, Chinese technological milestones have dominated international headlines over the past week.

At 12:00 pm on a Wednesday, Lin Yihan, a 43-year-old legal counsel at a firm in Dalian, Liaoning province, is lying fully reclined in a massage shop a 10-minute walk from her office.

The word "theater" comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and society. In this episode of PD Talk, People's Daily reporter Zhu Yingqi sits down with Chinese theater director and playwright Zhu Hongxuan. Founder of "The Nine," a theater company she established in 2012, Zhu has helped it grow into one of China's most popular troupes. Join us as they explore China's theater landscape, her creative philosophy, and her career journey. (Produced by Zhu Yingqi, Di Jingyuan, Wang Yuting, Ni Tao, Han Xiaomeng, Li Mingzhi, intern Lin Yunpeng and intern Wu Siyi)

Village in China's Zhejiang develops rural cultural and eco-friendly tourism

Chinese scientists have recently completed the sea testing for the precision instruments and engineering equipment of the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT), a powerful underwater telescope built at a depth of 3,500 meters underwater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) announced on

China on Sunday delivered its biggest independently designed and built liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to date, marking a breakthrough in the country's ability to build large vessels for clean energy transport.

Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said on Sunday that despite challenges brought by the ever-changing geopolitical landscape, Hong Kong continues to strengthen its role as an international financial hub while opening new growth

With nature and a bit of imagination, a tiny boat can be made out of a single reed leaf. Grab a leaf and let your imagination set sail!

A life-saving race against the clock! To ensure a woman with a serious hand injury reached the hospital in time, Tangshan traffic police cleared 13 traffic lights in just 9 minutes during morning rush hour. True heroes in motion!

Witness the incredible power of Chinese martial arts! A student from Henan University of Chinese Medicine electrified the crowd with 15 consecutive backflips on a drum. Absolutely mind-blowing!

A Chinese research team at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications has announced key breakthroughs in space computing.

China's Hangzhou develops rural cultural tourism projects to attract tourists

In recent years, China has been accelerating the deployment of satellite internet. By launching tens of thousands of communication satellites into low Earth orbit, the country aims to build a global high-speed broadband network, which can be widely used in diverse scenarios such as broadband access

Tourists enjoy leisure time at Nanshan park in Lhasa, China's Xizang

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's hospital ship Silk Road Ark returned to a military port in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on Sunday after completing Harmony Mission-2025, its first mission outside China and the longest of its kind, Xinhua News Agency reported.