China will move faster to establish a data property rights registration system, as part of the efforts to promote the use of data and unlock its value, according to the National Data Administration (NDA).
The Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail connecting the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong will introduce 16 new destinations starting from Jan. 26, railway operator MTR Corporation announced on Sunday.
China's domestically developed ton-class unmanned transport aircraft Tianma-1000 completed its maiden flight on Sunday, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The drone was independently developed by China North Industries Group Corp-affiliated Xi'an Aisheng Technology Group Co.
A Chinese research team recently constructed the first normative references of brain structure across the entire lifespan for the Chinese population, which could be understood as a "healthy reference chart" for brain structural morphology, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily on Sunday. The chart holds promising applications in clinical practice for brain health assessments and precise evaluations of brain diseases, per the report.
Following a killing in Minneapolis and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon by US immigration agents, more than 1,000 protests were planned across the US over the weekend, according to multiple US local media reports. In Minneapolis, demonstrators demanded a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of 37-year-old US citizen Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday while in her vehicle. The protests also called for an end to large-scale ICE deployments.
A four-episode anti-corruption television documentary series premiered on Sunday, which portrayed in 12 cases how discipline inspection agencies in China relentlessly advance the integrated fight against corruption, demonstrating China's resolve to wage the tough, protracted and comprehensive battle against graft.
A megawatt-class airborne wind power system, resembling a fantasy airship and developed by a Beijing-based company, successfully completed its maiden flight and power generation test in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Global Times learned on Sunday. During the test, the system ascended to an altitude of 2,000 meters, generating and feeding 385 kWh of electricity into the grid.
The Yunnan Province Sport Bureau announced on Saturday night that it has dismissed the director of a local sports training base following an investigation into allegations that he extorted prize money from an award-winning athlete, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.
In a move to strengthen personal data protection, China's top internet regulator has drafted new rules governing how mobile applications collect and use personal information and is now seeking public consultation.
A female drug enforcement police officer from Central China's Henan Province snatched a knife unarmed while on leave and was slashed, yet she followed up with a flying kick that precisely knocked the assailant's weapon away, the Department of Justice of Henan Province reported on its official website.
A Chinese pharmaceutical company has announced that a weight-loss drug it developed for cats is currently undergoing the market approval process, drawing discussion among netizens.
A spectacle in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, which appears to show a bus crashing through a building and coming to a stop mid-floor, has gone viral online. Local relevant authorities said that the building's safety assessment is lawful and compliant, and the installation was purely designed as a visual feature.
"My uncle by marriage stepped into my father's shoes, continuing to love and protect me and becoming a rock-solid anchor in my life. In fact, he has long ceased to be merely my uncle by marriage—he is more like a second father to me," read a piece of writing by an 11-year-old girl who lost her father, moving both the uncle mentioned and countless netizens, People's Daily reported.
A reporter from the Global Times recently journeyed to Lasite township in Altay, where she paid a visit to Selanbek, a Kazak inheritor of the third generation of the intangible cultural heritage of fur ski craftsmanship, to listen to him recount the stories woven between himself and these time-honored skis. Through his stories, the reporter witnessed the rebirth of the fur skis — from once being a practical means of transport to now serving as a source of family prosperity.
Taiwan regional internet influencer Chen Chih-han, better known as “Guan Zhang” or the “gym boss,” has been indicted on intimidation-related charges over remarks made during a livestream targeting Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te. Chen firmly denied the charges and criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in social media posts, which draw support from many netizens.
China has achieved breakthrough in containerless laser heating technology reaching 3,100 C under microgravity conditions, Global Times learned from the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Thursday, the same day that China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) released the official report detailing progress made in scientific research and applications related to the China Space Station in 2025.
Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, has been selected as one of the "20 Cities Towards Zero Waste" under the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Zero Waste, according to the Hangzhou Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau.
Hotpot chain Haidilao on Thursday responded to online claims that a diaper had been thrown into a cooking pot, saying that the incident took place at one of its outlets in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, and had been handled in accordance with regulations, Jiemian News reported.
China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS), with the support and cooperation of the relevant Cambodian authorities, dispatched a task force that had successfully escorted Chen Zhi, a Chinese national and suspected ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and telecom fraud criminal syndicate, from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, back to China on Wednesday, the ministry said on Thursday.
China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday released the official report detailing progress made in scientific research and applications related to the China Space Station in 2025. The report disclosed that for the first time internationally, an in-orbit test of a space station pipeline inspection robot was conducted in the China Space Station, verifying the robot's adaptability to the pipeline environment and the safety of its variable-stiffness motion.
Starry Lee Wai-king was elected president of the eighth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday.
The total number of criminal cases registered by public security organs nationwide in 2025 decreased by 12.8 percent year-on-year, reaching a new low in this century, while the number of public order cases decreased by 3.5 percent year-on-year, Global Times learned from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on Thursday.
Long queues and repeated waits to settle medical bills—a long-standing public concern—are set to ease, as China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) on Thursday released a document outlining plans to expand facial-recognition, one-code, mobile, and credit-based payment methods. The initiative aims to establish a unified, convenient payment system covering both outpatient and inpatient services within about three years.
In accordance with the requirements of the Anti-Telecom and Online Fraud Law and other laws, public security organs across China in 2025 have lawfully and severely cracked down on telecom and online fraud crimes, with a total of 258,000 related cases solved, effectively curbing the high incidence of such crimes and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people, Ministry of Public Security spokesperson Zhang Ming revealed at a press conference on Thursday.
In the depths of winter, rows of vibrant green watermelon vines climb trellises, heavy with fruit, while bunches of plump, dark grapes and red dragon fruits hang from branches inside greenhouses built on the southern fringe of the Taklimakan, China's largest desert.
Wu Shenghua, a former senior official in Southwest China's Guizhou Province and former Party secretary of Bijie city, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public duty for serious violations of Party discipline and the law, China's top disciplinary watchdog said on Wednesday.
Venezuela is a sovereign state with full and permanent sovereignty over its natural resources and economic activities. The relevant demands of the US violate international law, infringe on Venezuela's sovereignty, and undermine the rights of the Venezuelan people, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Wednesday, in response to a question regarding that US President Donald Trump claimed that the US will obtain 50 million barrels of previously sanctioned oil from Venezuela, which will be sold by the US on behalf of Venezuela. Some of the crude oil was originally likely to be sold directly to China.
Following the US forcible seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, storylines from the 2019 spy series Jack Ryan that appear to mirror real-world events have drawn widespread attention from Chinese netizens, who have described the show as “prophetic,” while a clip from the series went viral.
In response to media inquiry about the US' forcible seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife and their transfer out of the country, which has drawn widespread attention and prompted some people on Taiwan island to express concern that the Chinese mainland might follow the US approach to “justify taking action against Taiwan,” Chen Binhua, the spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the US has brazenly used force against a sovereign country, a move that seriously violates international law, infringes on the sovereignty of other states, and threatens regional peace and security. We firmly oppose this.
China carried out 31 new space science and application projects to its space station in 2025, covering fields including life sciences, microgravity physics and space technologies, China Central Television (CCTV News) reported on Wednesday, citing the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In response to a question that how many people are currently on these lists of diehard Taiwan independence separatists and “Taiwan independence” henchmen and accomplices, and whether the mainland further step up punitive measures and bring them to justice while some public opinion on the island claiming that the mainland's punitive measures have had no substantive impact on these individuals and have instead become so-called “medals” for them to flaunt, a spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said “Taiwan independence” elements are illegal criminals who seek to split the country and undermine cross-Straits relations.
Two individuals in the island of Taiwan–Liu Shyh-fang and Cheng Ying-yao–have been listed as diehard “Taiwan independence” separatists and will be subject to punishment in accordance with the law, Chen Binhua, spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, announced on Wednesday.
A 12-year-old boy from East China's Anhui Province died from complications of severe scald injuries that caused multi-organ inflammation, acute kidney failure and shock after he was accidentally scalded by boiling water at a restaurant in South China's Guangdong Province, local authorities announced on Tuesday, ruling out homicide.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed that the project titled "In-situ electrochemical optical research on lithium-ion batteries for space applications" has been carried out on the China Space Station, with an ultimate goal to enhance the performance of spacecraft energy system.
The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) initiated a Level-IV emergency service response after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in the Kashgar region in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early on Wednesday.
A wave of tourists from the Republic of Korea (ROK) chose to ring in 2026 in China's eastern coastal province of Shandong, enjoying cultural familiarity and the region's iconic beer culture.
Significant water activity existed on the surface of Mars until approximately 750 million years ago - the high-frequency radar data obtained by China's Zhurong Mars rover revealed.
China's position on the Ukraine crisis is very clear. The “four musts” put forward by President Xi Jinping are our fundamental guidelines: China maintains that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter must be fully observed, the legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously, and all efforts that are conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis must be supported, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday when responding to a question whether China's call to respect all countries' sovereignty following the developments in Venezuela also applies to Ukraine.
Local authorities in Taibai county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, have launched an all-out search and rescue operation after five people illegally crossed the Aoshan Mountain, leaving four missing, two of whom were later found dead, while another had fallen off a cliff, media reported on Tuesday.
Mobile payment, bus card, electronic key… The application of NFC, while bringing convenience, has also nurtured a new type of fraud scam — using near-field technology that allows data exchange within 10 centimeters. The scam has emerged in multiple regions, enabling criminals to remotely skim funds from bank cards and steal personal information, Chinese authorities warned on Tuesday.
A Chinese envoy on Monday strongly condemned the U.S. military action against Venezuela at a UN Security Council emergency meeting.
The application portal for the 2026 childcare subsidy fully opened on Monday, according to National Health Commission.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China pursues a foreign policy of forming partnerships rather than alliances, in response to a question that US has previously carried out attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, whether China have any measures in place to provide stronger security guarantees for its "global allies."
China's first astronaut cave training, organized and led by the Astronaut Center of China (ACC), successfully concluded in Wulong district, in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Global Times learned from the ACC on Monday. During the training, a total of 28 taikonauts, divided into four groups, completed six days and five nights of cave training, which according to the ACC, provided strong support for future astronauts to undertake longer-duration space station flights and crewed lunar landing missions.
China has made new progress in the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, with over 200 million mu (13.33 million hectares) of forestry and grassland seedling work completed as part of the program's key campaign , China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday, citing the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
The governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay have issued a joint statement on Sunday, expressing “deep concern and rejection of the military actions carried out unilaterally on Venezuelan territory,” as “these actions constitute an extremely dangerous precedent for peace and regional security and endanger the civilian population,” according to the joint statement in English on the website of Colombian Foreign Ministry website.
China's first astronaut cave-training mission has been accomplished in southwestern Chongqing Municipality, with 28 astronauts taking part.
US President Donald Trump's fresh claim of US "absolutely" needing Greenland for defense has met immediate opposition from leaders of Denmark and Greenland, who urged the US to stop threatening to take over the Danish territory.
Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh won the Best Actress award for the fourth time at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2025 held in Macao on Sunday, breaking her own record. She also took home the award for Most Popular TVB Actress in the Greater Bay Area, making her the focus of the night. Bosco Wong also clinched his first Best Actor award for the same series, The Queen of News 2.
China's transportation and tourism sectors have experienced significant growth during the 2026 New Year holiday, with a surge in cultural tourism visits and a noticeable uptick in inbound visits.
The Chinese embassy in Cambodia has located a Chinese woman at a hospital in Sihanoukville, who had previously been found stranded on the streets of Cambodia, the embassy said in a statement released on Sunday. According to the embassy, the woman said that she had been lured to the country by the promise of a "high-paying job" before ending up homeless. According to media reports, the woman is an internet celebrity whose short-video platform account had 24,000 followers.
China on Sunday released the fourth batch of generic drugs list aimed at guiding pharmaceutical companies to research and produce them, which includes 21 drug varieties covering 47 specifications across areas such as cancer, neurology, assisted reproduction and diagnostic imaging, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
A fire broke out at Hong Kong's Mei Yue House in Shek Kip Mei Estate on Sunday morning, leaving one person dead and eight others injured from smoke inhalation, as police and the Fire Services Department launched a joint investigation into the victim's identity and the cause of the blaze, according to multiple Hongkong media reports.
On-site visits by reporters with Chinese media in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on Saturday found that most shops were closed, long queues formed in front of some pharmacies and supermarkets, and some metro lines were not operating normally, after US large-scale attack on the South American country and captured Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro on early Saturday.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have reportedly landed at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, New York, on Saturday afternoon, per the US media NBC News. Video from an NBC News helicopter appeared to show Maduro walking off a jet around 5:25 pm at an airfield around 50 miles north of Manhattan. He appeared to wear a gray sweatshirt and shackles as he walked down the stairs of the plane and into a hangar, surrounded by federal agents, NBC reported.
US President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that the US had carried out a “large-scale strike against Venezuela,” claiming that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had been captured and taken out of the country. The announcement quickly drew international attention and was also widely reported by Taiwan regional media.
A social media post drew widespread attention from Chinese netizens recently, with the related hashtag, “woman seeks help online for grandmother's joyful funeral due to small social circle,” trending on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, according to Beijing Youth Daily's official WeChat account. On Monday, after the funeral had concluded, the author of the post shared a follow-up message expressing gratitude to netizens for their help and to society for its concern.
The Dawu County People's Court in Xiaogan, Central China's Hubei Province, recently uncovered an attempt by a plaintiff to fabricate evidence using artificial intelligence while hearing a housing lease contract dispute. The court issued a formal reprimand in accordance with the law, demonstrating a zero-tolerance approach to safeguarding judicial authority and litigation integrity, China News Service reported.
Harbin Engineering University on Thursday completed and unveiled its 2025 snowfield artwork depicting China's aircraft carrier the Fujian, flanked by three carrier-based aircraft. More than 1,200 students and faculty members took part in the university's eye-catching year-end artistic creation, which showcases China's progress in major national naval equipment and technology, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.
A giant Tiananmen-themed wall mural in a village in Central China's Henan Province has recently gone viral online after a young Chinese painter surnamed Wu created the artwork to bring the iconic national landmark to elderly villagers who had never seen Tiananmen in person, China Media Group-owned China National Radio (CNR) reported on Monday.
The Dujiangyan irrigation system in Southwest China's Sichuan Province is the world's only ancient irrigation project still in operation today, and also one of the earliest successful practices of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature. Over more than 2,000 years, the enduring vitality of Dujiangyan stems not only from its ingenious ancient engineering and sophisticated governance principles, but also from its ability to evolve with the times through the integration of modern technology — particularly its innovative digital twin applications — a testament to the perfect blend of ancient wisdom and today's innovation.
A fire broke out on Friday in Jianban Ancient Town, Muchuan county, Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, damaging multiple buildings and sending thick smoke into the air, drawing widespread public attention. Local authorities on Saturday released a report responding to the incident.
Zhang Zhijun, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), has called on compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to jointly strive for the great cause of national reunification and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
A Chinese mainland official on Friday called for efforts to promote peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and achieve national reunification.
The Chinese Consulate General in Sydney said on Friday that it has confirmed the death of a Chinese citizen who was swept into the sea near Sydney on Thursday.
Be it the New Year's Eve night tours at 25 museums in Beijing or the more than 70 intangible cultural heritage events across East China's Fujian Province, diverse cultural tourism activities, rich with regional character, have been launched nationwide since midnight, offering immersive cultural experiences throughout the ongoing three-day New Year's Day holidays in China.
The New Year's address delivered by Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te was filled with lies and nonsense, hostility and malice, and once again peddled the fallacy of "Taiwan independence," and incited cross-Straits confrontation, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.
The Chinese Embassy in Australia on Thursday criticized a statement issued by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as distorting facts and confusing right and wrong and urged Australia to abide by its political commitments on Taiwan.
A series of new laws and regulations will take effect in China starting in January 2026, focusing on various social sectors such as public security, cybersecurity, and national park development.
As the world celebrates the coming of 2026, international leaders have welcomed the New Year with greetings.
On December 31, the successful launch of the Long March-7A carrier rocket delivered the Shijian-29 satellite into orbit. With this mission, the state-owned space giant China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has completed a record of 73 space launch missions throughout 2025, the CASC said in a release.
A special exhibition featuring more than 5,000 donated artifacts and historical materials opened Wednesday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, aiming to expose the atrocities committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, a notorious Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II.
China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) will launch a nationwide, month-long special campaign starting January 1, 2026, to curb the spread of improperly altered "AI mashup" videos, according to a notice released by the administration on Wednesday.
When you see the words “Farewell 2025,” don't you feel a little astonished – has the last day of 2025 really arrived? After all, the feverish run of Ne Zha 2 still feels like it happened only yesterday. Yet, though time slips away and the years fly, the Global Times, as in years past, strives to look back – through the lens of a Chinese media – at the defining events that marked China and the world in 2025, and to tell what kind of year 2025 proved to be. This marks the very first time we have translated such an annual retrospective report into English.
Editor's Note: Witness the AI-powered fusion of the ancient Chinese culture with China's modern tech breakthroughs in 2025. From “Kuafu” chasing the sun in Chinese legend to milestone advances in China's next-generation "artificial sun" technology; from mythological figure Sun Wukong, known as Monkey King, to Origin Wukong quantum computer, feel the Chinese-style romance when modern tech marvels echo Chinese culture.
In response to media inquiry over the latest "Justice Mission 2025" joint military drills conducted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, which have drawn considerable attention and triggered strong reactions on the island of Taiwan, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhang Han said on Wednesday that the PLA's military operations constitute a stern warning to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and to external forces interfering in China's internal affairs. They are necessary and just measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
China sent two new satellites into orbit on Wednesday from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945) and the World Anti-Fascist War. Winning the war is a great victory of the national spirit with patriotism at its core, a great victory achieved with the Communist Party of China (CPC) fighting as the central pillar, a great victory fought by the whole nation through solidarity and bravery, and a great victory for the Chinese people, anti-fascist allies and people around the world who fought shoulder-to-shoulder.
The annual central rural work conference was held from Monday to Tuesday in Beijing, mapping out priorities for the country's rural work in 2026, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Chinese leaders attended a 2026 New Year gala featuring traditional opera on Tuesday evening in Beijing.
A cerebral palsy player competed in a Chinese chess competition while wearing a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device, marking the world's first competitive application of non-invasive BCI technology in a national-level public sports event, domestic media outlet Jiemian News reported on Tuesday.
A man from Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, has been placed under administrative detention for verbally harassing a female customer at a noodle restaurant, according to a statement local police released on its official Weibo account on Tuesday evening.
All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC) urged Panama's Arraiján local government to implement the President's directive of reconstruction, heed to appeals from local people and the Chinese community, rectify its mistakes as the local authorities' demolition of the Chinese monument on Saturday had encountered strong opposition, according to a post released on its official WeChat account on Monday.
The 11th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China was held in Beijing from December 28 to 29, 2025, according to a report published on the official WeChat account of the Buddhist Association of China on Tuesday.
China has bolstered oversight of map market, enhancing public awareness of the national territory through inspections of illegal “problematic maps,” while promoting the global sharing of geographic information. This reflects its commitment to the international resource collaboration, China's Ministry of Natural Resources announced during a press briefing on Tuesday while summarizing the significant accomplishments in surveying, mapping, and geographic information work during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25).
China sent a new satellite into space on Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a New Year's message at 7 p.m. Wednesday to ring in 2026.
The Indian film Battle of Galwan, which claims to be based on the 2020 clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan region and is scheduled for release in April 2026, had its trailer released by lead actor Salman Khan on December 27, sparking online controversy on Monday.
Editor's Note: To continuously observe how China is perceived by the world, the Global Times once again launched the "Global Survey on Impression and Understanding of China," covering 46 countries and about 51,700 respondents. The survey found that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era receives high international recognition. International community's favorability toward China continues to rise, with growing expectations for China to play a greater role. Following the release of the survey results, it sparked positive responses, with several Chinese and foreign scholars analyzing various factors contributing to the sustained improvement of China's international image.
Multiple forces of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) started drills code-named "Justice Mission 2025" around Taiwan Island on Monday, said Shi Yi, spokesperson for the theater command.
The PLA Eastern Theater Command released a micro-video on its official Sina Weibo account titled “So Near, So Beautiful — Anytime to Taipei” on Monday evening. Apart from showcasing warplanes and naval vessels as well as Taiwan's scenery including Central Range, the video also shows a view of Taipei 101.
The west artificial island of Shenzhen–Zhongshan Link, a mega project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, officially opened to the public on Monday after a two-month trial operation that began on October 25, China Central Television (CCTV) News reported Monday.
With the support of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, law enforcement authorities from China and the Philippines worked in close coordination and successfully apprehended Shi Chunfang, the suspect who is involved in multiple cases of kidnapping and murder of Chinese nationals, China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Monday via its official WeChat account.
The polar research icebreaker Xuelong carrying out China's 42nd Antarctic scientific expedition, successfully reached the waters near the Qinling Station on Monday Beijing time and commenced cargo unloading operations, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Military activities, including live-fire exercises conducted by relevant countries in the waters around China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island) in the South China Sea from the 1960s to the 1970s, caused damage to its coral reefs; Moreover, illegal fishing and frequent incursions by relevant countries in recent years have posed significant threats to the health of Huangyan Dao's ecology, according to a survey report on the coral reef ecology of Huangyan Dao released by China's Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday.
China on Monday released a survey report on the coral reef ecosystem of Huangyan Dao, which is located in Sansha City of the southernmost Hainan Province.
In 2025, the world is undergoing accelerated transformation amid rising turbulence and uncertainty. The interconnectedness between China's development and the global landscape continues to grow, with China exerting increasingly profound and positive influence on global growth, technological transformation, and global governance. To continuously observe how China is perceived by the world, the Global Times once again launched the “Global Survey on Impression and Understanding of China,” covering 46 countries and about 51,700 respondents, to objectively, comprehensively, and accurately understand how foreign public perceives, understands, and evaluates China.
The public security bureau of Guangde, East China's Anhui Province, recently cracked a case in which individuals deliberately stepped on the martyrs' tomb during a livestream, and detained two people, according to a release of China's Ministry of Public Security News Media Center on Sunday.
Local governments across China have ramped up efforts with focusing agenda of the upcoming 2026, the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), with provinces and major cities highlighting booming sectors, ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) to humanoid robots and the low-altitude economy as focuses of development ahead.
As year 2025 draws to a close amid global turbulence, China's diplomacy has sent a clear signal: its neighborhood has become an anchor of its foreign policy. From intensive head-of-state diplomacy and multilateral summits to crisis mediation and economic cooperation, Beijing has prioritized stability, development and partnership with surrounding countries - positioning itself as both a driver of regional prosperity and a stabilizing force at a time when protectionism and geopolitical uncertainty are plaguing the world.