The annual China Development Forum (CDF) will be held in Beijing from March 22 to 23, 2026, under the theme "China in its 15th Five-Year Plan Period: Advancing High-Quality Development and Creating New Opportunities Together." The forum is expected to highlight China's role as a key engine of

The main cast of the film Peng Hu made a striking appearance on the red carpet of the inaugural China Media Group's Chinese Film Gala in Beijing on Friday, March 20.The date, a rare alignment which brought together the traditional Chinese calendar's "Dragon Head-raising Day" and the Spring Equinox,

The China Sleep Research Society is spearheading a series of nationwide science-popularization activities, as World Sleep Day is observed in the country on Saturday, March 21. These include public lectures, free consultations for sleep disorders, and industry symposiums to spread knowledge about

Recently, a media company unveiled two AI-generated actors on Weibo and cast them as leads in an AIGC drama series, sparking heated debate. Amid growing anxieties that AI may threaten industry viability and squeeze employment opportunities, the topic "netizens boycott AI actors" soared to the top

Romanians practice Taijiquan, a kind of Chinese traditional martial arts, with a Chinese master during an International Taijiquan Day event at the Chinese Cultural Center in Bucharest, Romania, March 20, 2026.

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More than 1,200 Tai Chi practitioners from nine countries and 10 Chinese provincial-level regions gathered on Saturday at Wuyi Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage site, for the main event marking UNESCO's inaugural International Taijiquan Day.The mass demonstration was the centerpiece of events held

Highlights of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid

How does learning Chinese open new doors? In this China Mosaic episode, People's Daily reporter He Jieqiong meets two colleagues whose lives changed after mastering the language: Ghana's Michael Oduro and Pakistan's Hannan Gillani. Watch as they share their learning journeys, China study experiences and job-hunting tips. (Produced by He Jieqiong, Hannan Gillani, Michael Oduro, Di Jingyuan and Ni Tao; Interns Jia Xinyang, Sun Yuqing, Wan Peixin, Chen Yijun and Cao Jiaqi also contributed to the video)

People shop ahead of Iranian New Year in Tehran

Falling on March 20 this year, the Spring Equinox marks the moment when the sun shines directly over the equator. Birds take flight, grasses flourish and wheat begins to sprout. The season seems split in two—one half still brushed by winter's chill, the other glowing with the promise of returning warmth. (Video source: Kuaishou; Compiled by Ye Qianyu)

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra performed in Auckland on Thursday evening after a hiatus of over half a century, resonating with audiences in the largest city in New Zealand.

Wait – since when did a Chinese comedy about office politics get a French remake? In the past, global viewers often approached Chinese cinema with a kind of exoticism, expecting martial arts, period dramas and mystical imagery far removed from their daily lives.

At the foot of the Simatai Great Wall, where history climbs steep mountain ridges, Gubei Water Town rests quietly—part memory, part reinvention.

"The mission of sinologists is to help Chinese culture cross boundaries," said Dario Famularo, a young Italian sinologist who has been in China for over a decade.

As part of a campaign to promote exchanges between teenagers from China and the United States, a group of 100 students and faculty members from Muscatine High School in Iowa recently embarked on a journey to China.