Belt and Road participants on Wednesday expressed confidence in Hong Kong’s advantages in driving cooperation under the initiative. Speaking at the Belt and Road Summit in Wan Chai, Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith said there had ...

The SAR's first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, made a virtual return to her alma mater on Wednesday morning, beaming in from the Tiangong Space Station for a live educational lecture that captivated students across Hong Kong and Macao. The event, part of t...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau on Wednesday said that improving globalisation is the key to tackle the challenges brought by the volatile international landscape. Chairing a panel themed "Building Resilient Trade and I...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday said Hong Kong had been expanding its network along the Belt and Road, adding that the city could help countries who had joined the initiative to enter the mainland and expand their reach in global markets. He m...

The nation's price levels continued their moderate recovery in August, reflecting sustained improvement in domestic demand under supportive policy measures. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday showed the consumer pr...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China and Britain are comprehensive strategic partners and share more common interests than differences in a phone conversation with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Xi urged the two countries to respect and trust...

Local think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation said the latest Global Innovation Index, of which the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained the top spot, reaffirmed the comprehensive innovation strength of the Greater Bay Area. The result was publ...

Students here and in Macao can expect to interact with Hong Kong's first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, on Wednesday morning as she delivers a live lecture from space along with her two fellow Shenzhou-23 crew members. The trio are currently carrying out m...

For the second straight year, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained its top spot in 2026 in the latest Global Innovation Index (GII) of the world's top 100 innovation clusters which was published by the World Intellectual Property Organis...

The country's imports and exports saw robust growth in August, official data showed on Tuesday, helped by a global AI buildout that has fuelled demand for Chinese tech. In US-dollar terms, exports spiked 25 percent year-on-year while imports jumped ...

Nepal held a national day of mourning with candlelight vigils on Monday for victims of devastating glacial floods, as families of missing hydropower workers feared trapped in tunnels prayed rescuers might yet find them alive. The August 26 glacial a...

Beijing's plan to inject capital into big state-owned insurers is expected to ease capital constraints and solvency pressures that have held ⁠back insurers from investing more long-term funds into the stock market, analysts said. Five state-owned ...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui on Monday said a new initiative to turn green technologies into investable and scalable projects, the Green Accelerator, would be launched later in the day. Speaking at the 2026 Hong ...

Global investors and startups should consider establishing a foothold in the Greater Bay Area given its unique combination of strengths in finance and innovation, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Monday. He was speaking at the opening of the in...

China has provided assistance to 1,720 Nepalese border residents after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in Xizang Autonomous Region last month, the emergency response and rescue headquarters said on Sunday. The mudslide has l...

Vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, CY Leung, on Sunday praised Hong Kong's close ties with Fujian province. Speaking at a forum looking at ways in which the two places collaborate, Leung said Hong Kong residents...

Students and teachers in Hong Kong and Macao will soon have the opportunity to watch live scientific experiments from the three Shenzhou-23 astronauts currently aboard the Tiangong Space Station, including Hong Kong's first astronaut Lai Ka-ying. In...

Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, according to a social media post by the Himalayan country's prime minister’s office. The latest rescue, which came 10 days after the deadly border disaster, br...

One person has been confirmed dead ⁠and 11 others remain missing after torrential rains triggered a mudslide early on Saturday in a town in ⁠Jiangxi province, local ⁠authorities said. Due ⁠to heavy rainfall brought by ⁠Typhoon ‌Saudel, t...

The new Huanggang port is expected to handle at least 100,000 crossings each day in the early phase of its opening, according to Director of Immigration Benson Kwok. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme on Saturday, he said his department is loo...