China on Monday released a survey report on the coral reef ecosystem of Huangyan Dao, which is located in Sansha City of the southernmost Hainan Province. The survey report showed that the average coverage rate of hermatypic corals within the Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve reaches 38.8%.

Of the four mice involved in a recent mission aboard China's space station, one female has now successfully birthed healthy offspring on Earth, providing invaluable samples for the investigation of how the space environment influences early developmental stages in mammals.

From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 30, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command will conduct major military drills in the following waters and airspace, during which live firing activities will be organized.

Lanying R6000, the China-developed world’s first 6-tonne tiltrotor aircraft, completed its maiden flight on Sunday in Deyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

China has made a groundbreaking achievement in high-speed maglev technology, with a test line accelerating a 1.1-tonne model train to 800 km/h in just 5.3 seconds in central China's Hubei -- a milestone in electromagnetic propulsion research.

Border inspection agencies across China are expected to record an average of over 2.1 million daily entries and exits during the upcoming three-day New Year holiday from January 1 to 3, 2026, up 22.4% from a year ago: National Immigration Administration, Monday

Nearly 90% of respondents expressed confidence in China's continued economic growth over the next 10 years, according to a recent survey. Conducted by the Global Times, the survey covered 46 countries and about 51,700 respondents.

China will apply provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates on 935 items starting from Jan. 1, 2026, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on Monday.

China will apply provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates on 935 items starting from Jan. 1, 2026, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on Monday.

The Chinese government hopes that relevant parties can reach a solution regarding TikTok that complies with Chinese laws and regulations and achieves a balance of interests, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

Chinese scientists have announced a series of major breakthroughs in developing "precision-designed" seeds that can increase crop yields while reducing fertilizer use and enhancing disease resistance, with 37 pilot crop and livestock varieties created.

This intricate interchange in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, offers a striking display of urban engineering meeting natural beauty, with bougainvillea flowers in full bloom cascading along the winding elevated roadways.

The first unit of China's largest single-unit capacity pumped-storage power station was connected to the grid on Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang Province. The station has four 425,000-kW units, which can generate 1.7 million kWh of electricity per hour upon full operation.

The world's first land-based commercial small modular reactor (SMR), Linglong One, has successfully completed a non-nuclear impulse test for its steam generator in south China's Changjiang, laying a solid foundation for subsequent grid connection and power generation.

The world's first self-propelled salmon farming vessel has received its first batch of a total of 400,000 salmon fries, marking the start of its open-sea farming operation, which is expected to yield its first harvest next summer.

Rent-a-robot! China has launched its first open robot rental platform, covering 50 major cities nationwide and bringing together more than 600 service providers offering various types of robots with rental fees ranging from 200 yuan (about $28.41) to over 10,000 yuan.

China's three deep-sea manned submersibles — Fendouzhe (Striver), Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior), and Jiaolong — have completed 1,746 dives to date, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday, noting the trio is set to complete 314 dives this year alone.

China will provide financial support for high-quality development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, according to a document jointly issued by eight government departments.

China's superconducting quantum computing processor "Zuchongzhi 3.2" has recently achieved quantum error correction below surface-code threshold on a distance-7 surface code via an all-microwave leakage suppression architecture. The findings were published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

China's top housing authority has pledged to stabilize the real-estate market, rolling out a package of measures centered on city-specific policies to reduce inventories and optimize housing supply.

Farmers around China are busy tending fields, bringing in crops, and processing produce to keep supplies steady and ensure a good harvest next year.

Beijing issued its first batch of official license plates dedicated to Level-3 (L3) autonomous driving on Tuesday, greenlighting self-driving cars to operate at a top speed of 80 km/h on certain expressway sections in the capital city.

A 564.3-m-long cable-stayed bridge on Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu High-Speed Railway was joined together recently in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu, bringing the railway, which is about 2,100 km long and has a designed speed of 350 km/h, one step closer to its scheduled opening.

China's first million-tonne-class near-zero carbon steel production line has been fully completed in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. The steel production line, replacing traditional coke with green hydrogen, is expected to cut more than 3.14 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually

Stretching 381.5 m in total, the Machanghe grand bridge, part of the Guiyang-Pingtang Expressway, stands as a new engineering marvel amid the rugged mountainous landscape of southwest China’s Guizhou.

China is expected to record over 66 billion cross-regional passenger trips in 2025 and handle more than 58 billion tonnes of commercial freight, both up by 3.5% YoY, data from the Ministry of Transport showed Tuesday.

China's electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure has maintained rapid growth, with the total number of charging facilities reaching 19.322 million by the end of November, up 52% YoY, according to the National Energy Administration on Tuesday.

China's 5G technology continued its steady expansion in the first 11 months of 2025, official data showed on Monday. By the end of November, the country had 4.83 million 5G base stations and 1.19 billion 5G mobile users, and 65.3 percent of China's mobile phone users were 5G service subscribers.

The cumulative ocean discharge volume of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has reached about 133,000 tons, following the 17th round of discharge that was completed on Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Company said.

China launched the Long March-12A Y1 carrier rocket on Tuesday from northwest China. Its second stage entered the designated orbit, but the recovery of its first stage failed.

Train K7041, the first northeast folk culture-themed train operated this winter, departed from Harbin Railway Station and headed for Mohe City on Monday, linking two popular winter travel destinations in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

The world's first methanol dual-fuel intelligent very large crude carrier (VLCC) was delivered on Monday in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The 333-m-long eco-friendly ship can carry about 2.1 million barrels of crude oil and cut CO2 emissions by up to 92%.

The 350 km/h Guangzhou–Zhanjiang high-speed railway opened on Monday in south China's Guangdong, cutting travel time between the two cities to 1 hour 32 minutes. The 401-km line is expected to enhance connectivity between the Beibu Gulf urban cluster and the Greater Bay Area.

McDonald's opened its first restaurants in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province this weekend, extending the brand's presence to all provincial-level regions of the Chinese mainland.

Flower markets are bustling in north China’s Hebei Province, as merchants busy themselves preparing for the surge in demand for New Year flowers ahead of the approaching holiday.

The Jinwan Yunding sightseeing deck, located at the Jinwan Plaza in Heping District of north China's Tianjin, has begun operation, allowing visitors to ascend to the 300-meter-high rooftop to overlook the city's urban view.

The world's first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generation project began operation in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Saturday.

China's animated film box office surpassed 25 billion yuan (about $3.54 billion) in 2025, led by domestic film "Ne Zha 2" followed by "Zootopia 2," making it the highest-grossing year for animated movies in the country's history, the latest data showed.

Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in central China marked the milestone of handling one million tonnes of annual cargo and mail throughput on Sunday, demonstrating the strong development of the airport in Henan Province.

China's largest offshore oilfield, the Bohai Oilfield, has produced over 40 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2025, setting a historical record, its operator announced Sunday.

Three years on, the construction of the Pinglu Canal as a core component of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has shown remarkable progress.

Southwest China's Sichuan Province saw its total installed hydropower capacity surpass a record-breaking 100 million kW on Friday, accounting for 1/4 of the country's total, after the final generating unit of the Yinjiang Hydropower Station was connected to the power grid.

A China-made 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier was delivered in Shanghai on Friday, 3.5 months ahead of schedule, setting the world's fastest record of 16 months for the construction of this type of vessel, according to its manufacturer.

China's renewable energy development has helped bring the growth of greenhouse emissions to a virtual standstill in the country and put a global carbon peak within reach, said Science magazine, naming the renewable energy surge led by China the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

The iconic Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River will offer free admission to all domestic tourists from Dec. 20, 2025, to Feb. 10, 2026. The waterfall is located on the border between north China’s Shanxi Province and northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.

China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition, and has lodged representations with the US side regarding the US 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.

China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) officially launched island-wide special customs operations on Thursday, a landmark step underscoring the country's unwavering commitment to expanding high-standard opening up and advancing an open world economy.

The world's first 5-MW-class offshore high-temperature exhaust-gas waste-heat organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power generation unit has produced more than 10 million kWh of electricity at an oilfield in south China's Wenchang, according to its operator on Tuesday.

The Harbin Ice-Snow World, world's largest ice and snow theme park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, officially opened for the season on Wednesday, unveiling its most spectacular edition yet, featuring landmark attractions, thoughtful services and magnificent ice sculptures.

The world’s highest Jinshang–Hubei ±800 kV ultra-high-voltage (UHV) direct current power transmission project was put into operation on Thursday, with its highest transmission tower standing at nearly 4,800 meters above sea level.