News. China

10 March, Friday

15:58
Aerial photo shows the Muztagh observatory in southern Xinjiang's Aketao County. Photo provided to Xinhua.

China to install new optical telescope on Pamirs

09:58
Nursing practitioner Zhang Zhiping (R) measures a patient's blood sugar level at the Workers' Hospital of Tengzhou, east China's Shandong Province. Photo by Song Haicun/Xinhua.

Study identifies new gut hormone regulating metabolism during fasting

05:38
The headquarters of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) and its manufacturing base in Ningde, east China's Fujian Province. Photo by Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan.

China's lithium-ion battery sector expands rapidly in 2022

03:38
A Joro spider has a colorful body and weaves a large golden orb-web. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese study reveals spinning mechanism of spider dragline silk

09 March, Thursday

23:58
The south-facing building relics in a courtyard of the imperial city in the ruins of Shangjing, the ancient capital of the Liao Dynasty (907-1125), in Lindong Township of Bairin Left Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese archaeologists find large building ruins in ancient imperial city

15:58
A mouse wearing the three-photon microscope developed by a research team from Peking University explores its surroundings. Photo by Peking University/Xinhua.

China develops three-photon microscope, capturing deep-brain images

09:58
Basic research in China. Photo by  Xinhua.

China invests nearly $28.3 bln in basic research in 2022

05:38
A surgical robot exhibited at the Fosun Health booth in the medical equipment and healthcare products exhibition area of the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE). Photo by Xinhua/Ding Ting.

Self-powered e-skin enables monitoring of subtle human activities

03:38
A lab examiner checks the results made by an artificial intelligence (AI) model for blood cell testing at Xinqiao Hospital under the Army Medical University in southwest China's Chongqing. Photo by Xinqiao Hospital/Handout via Xinhua.

AI diagnosis boosts accuracy in clinical blood cell testing

08 March, Wednesday

23:58
A new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Li Xiang.

China's largest desert probably formed 300,000 years ago: researchers

15:58
A snow leopard is pictured in a canyon in Zadoi County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Photo by Xinhua/Fei Maohua.

Snow leopard pictured in canyon in NW China's Qinghai Province

09:58
A staff member watches a video at the exhibition center of the national big data comprehensive pilot zone in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Photo by Xinhua/Ou Dongqu.

Global Big Data Exchange transactions hit 84 mln USD

05:38
Zhang Xinqi. Photo by Xinhua.

Former provincial legislator sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery

03:38
Pharmaceutists dispense traditional Chinese medicine at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Fengnan District in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua/Mu Yu.

163 herb species newly identified in China's TCM census

07 March, Tuesday

23:58
Sheep are seen in Rutog County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje.

3,000-year-old milk residue found at ancient site on Tibetan Plateau

15:58
An unmanned harvester working in Jiangxiang Township, Nanchang County of east China's Jiangxi Province. Photo by Xinhua/Wan Xiang.

Chinese scientists propose way to achieve carbon-neutral crop production

09:58
Chinese scientists design concept of barocaloric thermal batteries. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese scientists design battery concept to tame heat with pressure

05:38
Sheng Guangzu. Photo by Xinhua.

Former head of China's state railway indicted for bribery

03:38
Scientists develop drill-like seed carrier to promote afforestation. Photo by Xinhua.

Scientists develop drill-like seed carrier to promote afforestation

06 March, Monday

23:58
No.3 ancient city complex of Yueyang site in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Xinhua.

Two 2,000-yr-old palace buildings excavated in northwest China

15:58
The Space SMILE mission. Photo by Xinhua.

China, Europe cooperate in satellite-rocket test

09:58
A chicken farm in Luokedui Village, Wenchang City, south China's Hainan Province. Photo by Xinhua/Li Duojiang.

Scientists complete sequencing of chicken genome

05:38
A herd of Mongolian wild asses in the Urad natural reserve near the China-Mongolia border, in the city of Bayan Nur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Li Yunping.

Rare wild asses spotted near China-Mongolia border

03:38
The silicon wafers at a monocrystalline silicon solar cell factory of LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.  Photo by Xinhua/Shao Rui.

China's PV industry reports robust expansion in 2022

03 March, Friday

23:58
A staff member operates at the modern agricultural information service center of a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo by Xinhua/Lan Hongguang.

China expects 10.25 bln IoT connections by 2026

15:58
A worker uses a mobile phone to check the condition of water and fertilizer in the fields at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province. Photo by Xinhua/Liu Junxi.

China's mobile phone shipment volume drops in 2022

09:58
People visit the booth of Huawei at the comprehensive exhibition area of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China. Photo by Xinhua/Pan Siwei.

Beijing launches first AI computing center

05:38
The Chang'e-4 probe. Photo  by China National Space Administration/Xinhua.

China releases Chang'e-4 payloads' scientific datasets

03:38
A huge cruise liner at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Corp. shipyard in east China's Shanghai. Photo by Xinhua.

China's first domestically-built large cruise ship to be delivered by end 2023

02 March, Thursday

23:58
Ivory items seized from an imported package in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. Photo by Changsha Customs/ Xinhua.

Ivory artifacts intercepted by customs officials in central China

15:58
The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by Xinhua/Lian Yi.

WHO says mpox still int'l public health emergency

09:58
BeiDou satellite-based augmentation system. Photo by Xinhua.

China to employ BeiDou satellite-based augmentation system in railway survey

05:38
China's machinery industry. Photo by Xinhua.

China's machinery industry to maintain steady growth in 2023

03:38
WWF calls for global treaty to protect high seas. Photo by Xinhua.

WWF calls for global treaty to protect high seas

01 March, Wednesday

23:58
Chinese scientists. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese scientists discover mechanism affecting progression of pancreatic cancer

15:58
This simulated image shows the manned spaceship Shenzhou-15 conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module. Photo by Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng.

China solicits logos for manned space missions in 2023

09:58
The orbiter and Mars. Photo by CNSA/Xinhua.

Phase II of China's deep space observation radar facility kicks off construction

05:38
Chinese farmers. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese farmers hit per capita income milestone

03:38
A visitor plays a sports game at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition area of the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE). Photo by Xinhua/Fang Zhe.

Sales revenue of China's gaming market at 39 bln USD in 2022

28 February, Tuesday

23:58
An ancient site in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Xinhua.

Ancient city run as fiefdom found in China's Shaanxi

15:58
The Beijing Stock Exchange. Photo by Xinhua.

Beijing bourse to launch stock market-making trading business

09:58
Chinese scientist. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese scientists develop new treatment strategy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

05:38
Central Pacific El Nino events. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese researchers reveal causes of increased El Nino events

03:38
China's NEV charging infrastructure. Photo by Xinhua.

China's NEV charging infrastructure facilities nearly double in number in 2022

27 February, Monday

23:58
A brain sculpture is seen at the Brain Project art exhibition in Nathan Phillips Square Pond in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua.

Selenium-enriched foods could be used against Alzheimer's disease: study

15:58
COVID-19 virus. Photo by Xinhua.

Threat from COVID-19 virus mutation weakening: Chinese health expert

09:58
Staff members work at the construction site of a one million kilowatts photovoltaic project in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Long.

China's renewable energy industry continues to lead globally: official

05:38
A visitor tries an AI exercise device at the China National Convention Center during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua/Han Xu.

Beijing's number of major AI firms exceeds 1,000

03:38
The images of the orbiter and Mars. Photo by CNSA/ Xinhua.

Tianwen-1 marks 2 years in Martian orbit

24 February, Friday

23:58
China's luxury goods. Photo by Xinhua.

China to account for 25 pct of global luxury market share by 2025: PwC