President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Kim Jong-un, president of State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, welcomed Xi and...

President Xi Jinping said it was China's unwavering policy to upgrade ties with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the two countries would work together to fight hegemony and attempts to revive militarism, according to comments pub...

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme is the line of no retreat, the sister of the country's leader Kim Jong Un said in a statement broadcast on Sunday ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping. Pyongyang has long insi...

Students on the mainland faced the country’s national university entrance exams, that kicked off on Sunday, with a mix of nerves and confidence. The number of people sitting this year’s exam, or gaokao, has dropped by roughly 450,000, to 12.9 mi...

China's top securities regulator on Saturday urged the country's fund industry to support domestic innovation but warned against excessive speculation and concept hype. Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), told a c...

Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft, said on Saturday that China is best prepared for a closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to its well-thought-out state policy. China's energy security policy has been balanced and ...

China on Friday tightened oversight of its 23 trillion yuan private fund industry in an attempt to reduce financial risks and channel money into technology innovation and emerging industries. The country's securities regulator said it would raise th...

The Travel Industry Authority (TIA) said it had exchanged views with relevant officials from Shenzhen to ramp up supervision on industry misconduct such as tours that involve coercive shopping. In a statement released on Friday, the authority noted...

The number of Chinese students sitting the country's national university entrance exam, due to begin on Sunday, has dropped sharply by 450,000 to 12.9 million from a year earlier, as more teenagers opt out of pursuing academic degrees. The figures, ...

President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday and Tuesday. Xinhua news agency said on Friday the two-day visit was at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party ...

The Ministry of Commerce on Thursday rejected an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report published this week, saying its policies on industrial subsidies "strictly comply" with World Trade Organisation rules. Monday's rep...

Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday called on China and Britain to work together to practise true multilateralism and bring greater stability and certainty to the world in talks with visiting UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper in Beijing. Han said P...

Food sellers on Chinese delivery platforms must have physical shopfronts and indicate if they do not offer dine-in services under new rules unveiled on Monday to stamp out "ghost" takeout merchants. Fierce competition among food delivery apps has le...

The State Council on Monday announced the appointment of Yuan Gujie as deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong. Liu Guangyuan, meanwhile, has stepped down from the post. Yuan served in various positions before this current appoi...

China's manufacturing sector expanded faster than expected in May, although the pace of growth slowed on a monthly basis, according to a private survey of export-oriented firms. The RatingDog China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (P...

China issued sweeping new rules on Monday tightening control of overseas deals that involve Chinese investors, technology, data and national security, a month after Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its acquisition of AI startup Manus. The rules, publi...

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will visit China this week, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The two countries will hold the 11th China-UK Strategic Dialogue during Cooper's visit from Monday to Wednesday. She'll meet with Foreign Minis...

Technology minister Sun Dong on Sunday said the government was in talks with mainland authorities to arrange a real-time chat between Hong Kong students and Shenzhou-23 astronauts in space, including the city's first-ever payload specialist Lai Ka-yi...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi have vowed to deepen bilateral ties and uphold multilateralism. Carney voiced Canada's willingness to work with China to maintain close high-level exchanges, deepen cooperatio...

The Shenzhou-21 crew on Friday returned to Earth safely after spending a national record of 210 days in orbit aboard the Tiangong space station. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-22 spaceship – carrying astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongz...