Vice Premier He Lifeng had an "in-depth and constructive" video call with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Both sides agreed to promote the stable development of b...

An ancient dam, pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concluded his fourth state visit to China on Friday, striking a more relaxed note in Chengdu after discussions on Ukraine and trade with President Xi Jinping a day earlier. Far from...

President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday agreed to enhance political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and advance the reform and improvement of global gove...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said on Thursday the government would "modernise" its copyright-related rules as it rolled out new schemes as part of measures to tap into the booming intellectual property (IP) economy aro...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday the Tai Po fire had deepened his faith in the Constitution and the rule of law and vowed to translate the hard lessons learned from the disaster into steps to bolster urban safety and overhaul systems. Spea...

A senior mainland official on Thursday endorsed the Hong Kong government's handling of the Tai Po fire, while backing plans to hold the Legislative Council elections as scheduled. At a Constitution Day seminar, Liu Guangyuan, the deputy director o...

President Xi Jinping met his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday, with the European leader expected to put a Ukraine ceasefire and trade relations high on the agenda for talks. Macron and his wife Brigitte were given a grand we...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday arrived in Beijing for a three-day state visit. It's Macron's fourth state visit to China and a reciprocal trip to President Xi Jinping's state visit to France last year that marked the 60th anniversary ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday thanked mainland officials for their support with disaster relief and rescue efforts following the Tai Po fire. He noted that President Xi Jinping had shown great concern and ordered full support for Hong Kong. O...

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China between December 3 and 5, according to the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. Macron's office said on Wednesday that he would meet President Xi Jinping during the visit. The confirmation of the trip comes...

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the nation's manufacturing sector stood at 49.2 in November, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, official data showed on Sunday. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 ...

Mainland authorities have ordered a nationwide campaign targeting fire hazards in high-rise residential and public buildings. This came after Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court claimed at least 128 lives. The State Co...

President Xi Jinping has emphasised the importance of improving long-term mechanisms for cyberspace governance. Presiding over a Politburo meeting on Friday, he called for sustained efforts to cultivate a clean, healthy and sound online environment....

Mainland authorities on Thursday said 11 people were killed and two others injured in the early hours of the morning, after a test train collided with maintenance workers on the track in Kunming, in southwest Yunnan province. The train, which was ...

Mainland charities and companies are pouring financial, equipment and aid into Hong Kong as the city continues to battle one of the worst fires for a second day on Thursday. They are led by a charity and organisations linked to mainland tycoon and p...

The Chinese mainland on Wednesday criticised Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te for publicly siding with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over her recent remarks on Taiwan, slamming Lai's statements and actions as "disgusting". At a press conference, ...

Two giant pandas were flying home from France to China for retirement on Tuesday, after the female was diagnosed with kidney failure. Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi arrived at the Beauval Zoo in central France in 2012 as part of China's "panda di...

The atmosphere of a phone call between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday was "positive, friendly and constructive," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. Mao told a regular press briefing on Tuesday that the US...

The Shenzhou-22 spaceship on Tuesday successfully docked with the Tiangong space station hours after launch, successfully accomplishing the first emergency launch mission in the nation's space programme. The China Manned Space Agency had declared th...

Indian airlines Air India and Akasa Air said on Tuesday they were cancelling some flights after ash plumes from a volcanic eruption in Ethiopia disrupted operations. Air India said it had cancelled 11 flights on Monday and Tuesday to make precaution...