China's gold production edged up in 2025 while overall consumption declined, amid a shift from jewelry toward investment products, data from the China Gold Association showed on Thursday.The country produced 381.339 tonnes of gold last year, up 1.09 percent year on year, while output from imported

Several EMU trains are neatly lined up for "health checkups" inside a maintenance depot in Tianjin at the night of Feb 1, right before the start of Spring Festival travel rush, the annual homeward journey in China, and also the world's largest human migration.To ensure safe and punctual departure

China on Thursday introduced a zero-tariff policy on certain imported goods for consumption by residents in the Hainan Free Trade Port.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday urged Taiwan authorities to remove unreasonable restrictions on the air transport across the Taiwan Strait.Speaking at a press conference, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, noted that there is a strong demand among

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China saw foreign investment play an increasingly prominent role in its economic development in 2025, with strong growth in both new foreign firms and capital utilization, according to the regional department of commerce.Last year, Xinjiang recorded a

Aircraft of the Bayi Aerobatic Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force perform during the 10th Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 4, 2026.

Duan Jianjun (front, 2nd R), a national representative inheritor of Horinger paper-cutting, displays paper-cutting skills for students at an exhibition hall of the Horinger Tuchengzi Archaeological Site Park in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026.

A paper-cutting artisan teaches children paper-cutting skills on the occasion of "Lichun" at a shopping mall in Dingxi, northwest China's Gansu Province, on Feb. 4, 2026.

Li Qiwei works at an electric multiple unit (EMU) maintenance depot in north China's Tianjin Municipality, on Feb. 1, 2026. Several EMU trains are neatly lined up for "health checkups" inside a maintenance depot in Tianjin at the night of Feb. 1, right before the start of Spring Festival travel

Workers carry out their duties on the No. 6 main tower of the Taoyaomen highway-railway bridge in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 4, 2026.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, replied on Thursday to Laos' top leader Thongloun Sisoulith to designate 2026 as the Year of China-Laos Friendship.In the letter, Xi also joined Thongloun, general secretary of the Lao People's

North China's Tianjin Municipality is putting residents' travel needs first, with a citywide push to improve roads and bridges for safer, smoother journeys.In the urban core, 15 roads, 15 bridges, overpasses and tunnels, as well as 20 damaged pedestrian paths, will be

China has voiced serious concerns and strong dissatisfaction over the European Commission's decision to launch an in-depth investigation into a Chinese wind power enterprise under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.The remarks came

Trade between China and other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) totaled 125.49 trillion yuan (about 18.05 trillion U.S. dollars), which was up 39.4 percent from the previous five years, official data showed on Wednesday.The figure

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that he hopes to work with U.S. President Donald Trump in the new year to steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations steadily forward through wind and storms, and accomplish more big things and good things.During his talks with Trump over phone, Xi