Beijing urged Tokyo on Friday to protect the rights of a Chinese crew after a fishing boat was seized by Japanese authorities. "It is hoped Japan strictly respects the China-Japan fisheries agreement, fairly enforces the law and safeguards the safet...

China's housing market showed signs of improvement in January as home-price declines in 70 large and medium-sized cities generally narrowed from the previous month, official data showed on Friday. In the four first-tier cities – Beijing, Shanghai,...

Chief Executive John Lee has signalled Hong Kong’s readiness to join forces again with Guangdong and Macao in hosting future international sporting events, building on the momentum of their collaboration during last year's National Games. He said...

China on Thursday announced lower duties on dairy products imported from the European Union. According to the Commerce Ministry, the tariffs will range from 7.4 percent to 11.7 percent for a period of five years, effective Friday. That's down from ...

Senior counsel and former director of public prosecutions, Grenville Cross, on Thursday said the State Council's white paper on national security, released earlier this week, was timely and necessary in addressing ongoing threats in Hong Kong. Spea...

Premier Li Qiang has called for a comprehensive push in the technological innovation, industrial growth and application of artificial intelligence to foster new quality productive forces and promote high-quality development. Li made the remarks whil...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, extended festive greetings on Wednesday to people from non-CPC political parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), personages without ...

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in January, official data showed on Wednesday. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent ...

President Xi Jinping visited primary-level officials and residents in Beijing during a two-day inspection tour from Monday to Tuesday, extending Spring Festival greetings to Chinese people at home and abroad ahead of the festival. Xi, also general s...

China will work to promote the adoption of an outcome document that is clear in direction and rich in content at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders' Meeting to be held in Shenzhen later this year, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wan...

The State Council Information Office on Monday released a white paper on the "persistent" fight to safeguard national security in Hong Kong, saying it wants to clear up any confusion and misunderstandings surrounding the issue. The 17-page document ...

The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Jimmy Lai's 20-year prison sentence was legitimate and reasonable, given his three convictions of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials. Spokesman Lin Jian stressed the SAR is gove...

An explosion at a biotech factory in Shanxi province has claimed eight lives. The blast occurred at a workshop of the Jiapeng biotech company in Shanyin County, Shuozhou City, on Saturday. The firm's legal representative has been taken into custody...

Defending Olympic champion Su Yiming delivered China's first medal of the Winter Olympics on Saturday, claiming bronze in a fiercely contested men's snowboard big air final defined by soaring difficulty. With consistency proving decisive in the high...

President Xi Jinping has congratulated Laura Fernandez on her election as president of Costa Rica. Xi said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 18 years ago, China and Costa Rica had made rapid progress in bilateral ties, with fruitf...

President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that he hopes to work with US President Donald Trump in the new year to steer the giant ship of China-US relations steadily forward through wind and storms, and accomplish more big things and good things, a Xinh...

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that China and Russia should increase high-level exchanges and strengthen pragmatic cooperation in various fields. Xi was speaking to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a virtual meeting, when he not...

The director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, Zhou Ji, on Wednesday said the central government will continue to support the SAR in integrating into and serving the overall national development. Speaking at a reception organised by the of...

Speed skater Ning Zhongyan and short track speed skater Zhang Chutong will serve as China's flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation announced on Wednesday. Ning, 26, won three golds ...

Mainland companies can use Hong Kong as a strong jumping-off point for their push to go global, said the director general of the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, Peter Yan. Speaking after Hong Kong Productivity Council's ForeSight 2026...