Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said the future of strong China-U.S. relations would be rooted in people-to-people exchanges.

China's state-owned and state-controlled enterprises (SOEs) recorded revenue growth in 2025, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Friday.

Starting from February 2, 2026, a 5 percent provisional import tariff rate will be implemented on whisky, according to an announcement on adjusting the whisky import tariff released by China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Friday.

Amid the distinctive British rainy weather, the Global Times reporters caught up with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is visiting Shanghai, at around 4:30 pm on Friday in Shanghai's iconic scenic spot, the Yuyuan Garden.

China's ports posted solid growth in foreign trade throughput in 2025, with nationwide foreign trade container handling rising by nearly 10 percent year on year, while overall port cargo volumes linked to external trade also recorded strong gains

On the banks of the Jinjiang River in Mayang, Central China's Hunan Province, longevity is a way of life. 104-year-old Yang Zhaoyun is fond of Miao mountain songs and traditional Miao dance Overlord Whip. Songs and dances ease her worries. In a mountain orchard, 104-year-old Sun Yiyun is still tending to his fields, never ceasing his labor. He believes longevity lies in "acting in harmony with nature's rhythm." Rooted in their native landscape, they nurture their hearts with music and joy, and strengthen their bodies through constant labor. Nourished by both nature and culture, they live out a tender and profound wisdom of life.

China's electronic information manufacturing sector achieved rapid growth in 2025, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Friday.

China on Friday said it would take "all necessary steps" to safeguard the lawful and legitimate rights of its companies after Panama's supreme court annulled key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.

"We do not comment on relations between the UK and Japan, and we hope that countries should develop relations in a way that is conducive to regional peace and stability," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.

In the Pamir Plateau in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at an average altitude of over 4,600 meters, stands the Paiyike Border Police Station.

A court in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday publicly announced the first-instance verdict in a case involving the Myanmar-based criminal gang led by Xu Faqi, also known as Xu Laofa, sentencing Xu to death with a two-year reprieve, according to a release from the Chongqing No.5

China is ready to strengthen cooperation with all countries in the spirit of mutual benefit and win-win outcomes to benefit the peoples of all nations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.

Black-necked cranes seen at Caohai National Nature Reserve in China's Guizhou

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday expressed firm opposition to moves and inhumane practices that could deprive the Cuban people of their rights to subsistence and development.

China's natural resources and housing ministries have issued a new policy package to accelerate urban renewal.