News. China

02 January, Monday

09:58
An exterior view of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junxia.

WHO chief says many reasons for hope in 2023

05:38
Staff members work at a packaging workshop of a pharmaceutical company in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua.

China producing 60 million COVID-19 antigen test kits daily

03:38
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying six satellites produced by Beijing-based GalaxySpace and a commercial remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Photo by Zheng Zhongli/Xinhua.

Chinese commercial space company to launch stackable satellites

30 December, Friday

23:58
People visiting the ancient city wall at sunset in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Xinhua/Tao Ming.

Millennium-old Buddha statues unearthed in ancient Chinese market

15:58
China's industrial profits. Photo by Xinhua.

China's industrial profits down 3.6 pct in first 11 months

09:58
Chinese buzzwords for 2022 unveiled. Photo by Xinhua.

Chinese buzzwords for 2022 unveiled

05:38
Egypt's Suez Canal. Photo by Xinhua.

Egypt's Suez Canal earns record revenue of 7.9 bln USD in 2022

03:38
China builds world's largest clean energy corridor. Photo by Xinhua.

China builds world's largest clean energy corridor

29 December, Thursday

23:58
An ancient gold ring discovered in the ancient city of Amarna, Minya Governorate, Egypt. Photo by Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/ Xinhua.

Ancient gold jewelry unveiled in southern Egypt

15:58
Xiao Yaqing. Photo by Xinhua.

China's former minister of industry, information technology penalized

09:58
Rare duck species American wigeon. Photo by Xinhua.

Rare duck species spotted in south China

05:38
China's property investment. Photo by Xinhua.

China's property investment down in Jan-Nov

03:38
People walk past a sign recommending face masks in a mall in New York, the United States. Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua.

COVID-19 global health emergency hopefully ends next year: WHO chief

28 December, Wednesday

23:58
A worker excavates a Roman-era cemetery recently discovered in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua.

Roman-era tombs discovered in N. Gaza

15:58
China's high-end passenger car. Photo by Xinhua.

China's high-end passenger car sales log robust growth

09:58
China detains over 240 in online, telecom fraud crackdown. Photo by Xinhua.

China detains over 240 in online, telecom fraud crackdown

05:38
China launches second COVID-19 booster shot. Photo by Xinhua.

China launches second COVID-19 booster shot

03:38
Vaccination of the elderly in China. Photo by Xinhua.

Few elderly Chinese people report adverse reactions from COVID-19 vaccination

27 December, Tuesday

23:58
The grain barns excavated in the Huangshan ruins in the city of Nanyang, central China's Henan Province. Photo by Chen Hui/Xinhua.

Cluster of ancient grain barns unearthed in C China

15:58
Water conservancy projects  in China. Photo by Xinhua.

China's water conservancy investment hits historic high

09:58
A giant panda climbs the trunk of a tree at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Photo by Xinhua/Xu Bingjie.

Intelligent cameras installed in national park for real-time panda images

05:38
Charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) in China. Photo by Xinhua.

China's EV charging points see rapid expansion

03:38
Farmers harvesting corn in Naiman Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Lian Zhen.

Bumper 2022 grain harvest achieved in China

26 December, Monday

23:58
China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Photo by Xinhua/Ou Dongqu.

China's FAST telescope reveals unprecedented details of Milky Way

15:58
China-made robot. Photo by Xinhua.

China-made robot does first knee replacement operation

09:58
People visit the booth of Chinese carmaker BYD during the China Motor Show (Tianjin) 2022 in north China's Tianjin. Photo by Xinhua/Sun Fanyue.

Chinese-brand auto sales soar 24.2 pct in Jan-Nov

05:38
China's mega water diversion project. Photo by Xinhua.

China's mega water diversion project benefits 150 mln people

03:38
Migratory adult naked carps swim upstream in the Quanji River, an inflow river of Qinghai Lake, in Gangcha County of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Photo by Xinhua/Fan Peishen.

Rare carp stocks growing in China's largest inland saltwater lake

23 December, Friday

23:58
The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua/Du Zheyu.

Blockchain technology makes millennium-old grottoes more accessible

15:58
Visitors playing at the Shilaoren beach in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Haibin.

Global warming to increase ocean thermal energy conversion resources: study

09:58
Workers are busy on the production line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese automaker Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd. in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province. Photo by Xinhua/Zhou Mu.

China's NEV sales soar 58.2 pct in November

05:38
Shanghai home to over 68,000 5G base stations. Photo by Xinhua.

Shanghai home to over 68,000 5G base stations

03:38
Samsung chip plant in China expects output value to top $14.3 bln in 2022. Photo by Xinhua.

Samsung chip plant in China expects output value to top $14.3 bln in 2022

22 December, Thursday

23:58
A C919 jet. Photo by Xinhua/Lu Hanxin.

First C919 jet delivered to China Eastern Airlines

15:58
People visit the 19th China (Changchun) International Automobile Expo in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Nan.

China registers 415 mln motor vehicles, 500 mln drivers

09:58
Head of a biotech company (3rd R) introduces a cosmetics production line to a market regulator and a bank staff member for loan application in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. Photo by Xinhua/Weng Xinyang.

China cracks down on medical cosmetology violations

05:38
Primitive freshwater sponges found in SW China's nature reserve. Photo by Xinhua.

Primitive freshwater sponges found in SW China's nature reserve

03:38
China released a circular on further optimizing the COVID-19 response. Photo by Xinhua.

COVID-19 response further optimized in China with 10 new measures

21 December, Wednesday

23:58
Clean energy heating systems keep homes toasty. Collage: techxplore.

Clean energy heating systems keep homes toasty

15:58
Flu vaccination in China. Photo by Xinhua.

Flu shots "very good match" for this year's strains: CDC chief

09:58
Baer's pochards and white-eyed pochards in Baiyangdian Lake in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua/Xing Guangli.

More wild bird species discovered in major wetland in north China

05:38
A Kuaizhou-11 Y2 carrier rocket carrying the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) test satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua.

China launches new test satellite

03:38
The Lhalu wetland in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Zhou Dixiao.

Chinese scientists reconstruct Qinghai-Tibet Plateau lake ice phenology

20 December, Tuesday

23:58
Excavations of ancient tombs in China. Photo by Xinhua.

20 ancient tombs unearthed in central China

15:58
A wetland in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Sun Ruibo.

Future terrestrial ecosystems to produce more oxygen for atmosphere: study

09:58
A deep-sea floating wind power equipment "Fuyao" being towed from Maoming to Luodousha sea area, south China's Guangdong Province. Photo by Xinhua/Liu Dawei.

Global renewable energy capacity set to double over next five years: IEA

05:38
A ship unloading cargo at the ore wharf of the Caofeidian Port area of the Tangshan Port in north China's Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Shiyao.

China's foreign trade of goods up 8.6 pct in Jan-Nov

03:38
The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope in Australia. Photo by CSIRO/ Xinhua.

Construction begins on world's largest radio telescope in Australia

19 December, Monday

23:58
Archaeologists in China. Photo by Xinhua.

Over 700-year-old stone tablet found in north China's Hebei

15:58
A worker maintains equipment at China Mobile's data center in a cloud computing base in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Peng.

Cloud computing base in NW China speeds up expansion