France on Friday praised China's steps to settle a trade dispute over European brandy imports but warned that "major issues" remained unresolved. The signs of a thaw in the row over the alcohol came as Foreign Minister Wang Yi met French President E...

A former Communist Party personnel official, Xu Qifang, has taken up a senior role in the office overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs. According to an announcement by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office on Friday, its director Xia Baolong held...

The national observatory on Friday issued an alert for high temperatures in many parts of the country and forecast particularly heavy rains and rainstorms in certain areas in southwestern Sichuan province. On Friday, vast swathes of the country span...

China said it will impose anti-dumping taxes of up to 34.9 percent on brandy imported from the European Union starting from Saturday, adding to tensions between the major trading partners. Beijing launched an investigation last year into EU brandy, ...

Every Chinese should contribute to national defence in their own way, a naval officer attached to the Shandong aircraft carrier said on Friday, as youths in Hong Kong learnt more about the fleet on the second day of its SAR visit. Lian Huiliang, a ...

The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing said on Friday, in response to moves by the United States to lift a series of economic and trade restrictions on China, that dialogue and cooperation are the right path forward. A spokesperson for the ministry mad...

The volume of air cargo shipments from Asia has declined by double digits since the United States cancelled a tax-free exemption for low-value packages from China early in May, trade groups and analysts said. Air cargo demand from Asia to North Amer...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that rare earth exports should not become an issue between China and Europe, giving assurances that Europe’s needs could be met if applications were submitted. Wang was speaking in Berlin during a joint ne...

An officer of the visiting People's Liberation Army Navy fleet said on Thursday he felt a surge of excitement over how nice and friendly locals were in welcoming its arrival. The fleet, led by the Shandong aircraft carrier, is in town for five days,...

A visit to Hong Kong by a People's Liberation Army fleet led by the Shandong aircraft carrier has been described by Chief Executive John Lee as "uplifting". Speaking on Thursday at a welcoming ceremony at the Stonecutters Island barracks for the fle...

China has announced a series of events marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in September. An evening gala will be held on September 3 in Beij...

A People's Liberation Army naval fleet led by the aircraft carrier Shandong arrived in the SAR's waters on Thursday morning for a visit. Accompanied by guided-missile destroyers Yan'an and Zhanjiang and guided-missile frigate Yuncheng, the fleet wi...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday, with both sides expressing willingness to deepen cooperation and jointly address global challenges. Wang said the more complex and challen...

Mainland authorities on Wednesday said they are assisting the family of a Hong Kong teenager who died while climbing a snow-covered mountain in Sichuan. According to mainland media reports, the 16-year-old was on a slope of one of the four peaks of...

Premier Li Qiang will visit Brazil for a meeting of Brics countries and then Egypt next week, Beijing's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. "Li Qiang will attend the 17th Brics summit upon invitation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 5 to 8," a f...

The online retail platform of tech giant Alibaba announced on Wednesday that it will issue 50 billion yuan in subsidies for certain purchases. Taobao, launched in 2003, said in a WeChat statement that the 50 billion yuan would "directly subsidise co...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to advance the building of a unified national market and promote the high-quality development of the marine economy. Xi made the remarks at a meeting of the Central Commission for Financial and Econom...

Mainland factory activity returned to expansion in June, supported by an increase in new orders that lifted production, a private-sector survey showed on Tuesday. The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing PMI rose to 50.4 in June from 48.3 in May, surpass...

The government has been quoted as saying it plans to roll out a scheme this year that will allow cars in Guangdong to enter the streets of Hong Kong's urban areas. This came as Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan met her counterparts i...

The political bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central committee held a meeting on Monday to review a set of regulations on the work of the committee's decision-making, deliberative and coordinating institutions. Xi Jinping, general secr...