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China's market regulator launches campaign to protect fair competition
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Wednesday announced a nationwide campaign aimed at tackling obstacles to building a unified national market and fostering fair competition. Running from May to December, the campaign will focus on problems that impede fair market access and independent business operations, as well as those that restrict the free flow of goods, SAMR official Wang Shizhong said. To address these problems, t
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China, US cut off drug trafficking route
Narcotics control authorities from China and the United States recently cracked a cross-border drug smuggling and trafficking case, arresting five suspects and cutting off a transnational drug route, China's Ministry of Public Security said on Monday. In early April, the ministry's Narcotics Control Bureau and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the US Department of Justice jointly handled the case, according to a statement issued by the ministry. Coordinated operations we
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China outlines legislative priorities for 2026
China on Monday outlined its 2026 legislative priorities, as the country released annual legislative plans for both the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee and the State Council. With a focus on strengthening legal frameworks related to public well-being, lawmakers will advance revisions to the Road Traffic Safety Law and the Teachers Law and draft laws on social assistance, healthcare security, and childcare services, according to the annual legislative agend
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Brazil to grant visa-free entry for Chinese citizens holding ordinary passports starting from May 11
The Brazilian government announced on Thursday that starting from May 11, Chinese citizens holding ordinary passports will be granted visa-free entry, the Xinhua News Agency reported. According to a communiqué issued by Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, citizens of the People's Republic of China holding ordinary passports are eligible for short-term visa-free entry, with a maximum stay of 30 days per entry, according to Xinhua. The move will help attract more Chinese tou
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Economy
Car exports maintain strong momentum in April
Vehicles await export from a port in Yantai, Shandong province, on Monday. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY As the country's auto industry further deepens its global footprint, China's automobile exports maintained strong momentum in April, driven by steady shipments of new energy vehicles and accelerated overseas expansion by major domestic carmakers. China exported around 901,000 vehicles in April, up 74.4 percent year-on-year, including 430,000 NEVs, whose exports more than doubled
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China's consumer price index up
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.2 percent year-on-year in April, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, also increased 1.2 percent from a year earlier, data showed. On a monthly basis, the CPI climbed 0.3 percent in April, reversing a 0.7-percent decline in March and exceeding the seasonal level by 0.4 percentage points. China's producer price index (PPI), which measure
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China's gold consumption up 4.41 percent
China's gold consumption edged up in the first quarter of 2026, mainly driven by the strong demand for gold bars and coins, data from the China Gold Association showed on Saturday. The country's gold consumption totaled 303.29 tonnes in the first three months of the year, up 4.41 percent year on year, according to the data. In breakdown, consumption for gold bars and coins surged 46.4 percent to 202.06 tonnes, while gold jewelry consumption fell 37.1 percent to 84.62 tonnes.
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China's foreign trade maintains solid growth
China's foreign trade maintained solid growth as coordinated policy efforts across regions and departments boosted momentum, highlighting the resilience and vitality of imports and exports, official data showed Saturday. China's foreign trade in yuan-denominated terms grew 14.2 percent year on year to reach 4.38 trillion yuan (about 639.4 billion U.S. dollars) last month, according to data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC). Exports rose 9.8 percent to 2.48 tril
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Culture
Strawberry Festival echoes four decades of rock
During the May Day holiday, music lovers across China flocked to the Strawberry Music Festival in Beijing and Dongguan, Guangdong province. More than 180,000 fans gathered over three days, sharing a collective experience. The festival, curated by Modern Sky, China's cornerstone of independent rock, offered a confluence of musical generations — both domestic and international. This year's lineup featured legendary international acts including American alternative rock band Pix
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China concert attendance nears 38 million as market expands
Attendance at large concerts in China reached nearly 38 million in 2025, as the live entertainment sector expanded and boosted travel and consumer spending, industry data showed. A view of American rapper Kanye West's live music show in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, September 15, 2024. /CFP Concerts with more than 5,000 attendees generated 324.48 billion yuan ($40.5 billion) in revenue, accounting for more than half of the country's performance market,
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China to send two pandas to Atlanta
China will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta in the United States under a new 10-year conservation agreement, the China Wildlife Conservation Association said on Friday, renewing a partnership that produced seven cubs over a quarter-century. A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang, both born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province, will make the journey to Atlanta under an agreement the zoo and the association reached last year,
Apr 24
Renowned Chinese documentary director dies at 43
Chinese television documentary director Ye Jun, known for Masters in the Forbidden City and the short film series Every Treasure Tells a Stor y, died at 43 on Saturday. According to media reports, the cause was acute gastric hemorrhage. Ye was born in 1983 in Daye, Hubei Province. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 2006 and later earned a postgraduate degree there. Ye Jun （left）attended a meeting at Shih Hsin University in Taipei on December 12, 2017. He worked at Sha
Apr 20
Science & Technology
China opens global AI education service platform
China on Tuesday announced the launch of a global AI education service platform during the 2026 World Digital Education Conference in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, aiming to promote cross-border sharing of high-quality educational resources and further integrate AI into education. The launch comes as part of a broader upgrade to the Smart Education of China, a digital education platform now accessible in around 220 countries and regions. The upgraded platform expa
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China launches cargo craft to send supplies for space station
China launched the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Monday morning to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. A Long March-7 Y11 carrier rocket carrying the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, May 11, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei) The Long March-7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-10, blasted off at 8
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China breaks new ground in artificial breeding of loach
China has achieved its first successful artificial breeding of the loach (Traccatichthys pulcher), which is a huge breakthrough in fish conservation efforts at the Datengxia Water Conservancy Hub, according to the project's developer on Thursday. The fish species, endemic to the Pearl River basin, is known for its vibrant colors. It is a popular ornamental fish and an economically important species in the Hongshui River basin. Wild populations of this loach have declined in r
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China Red Cross aids over 16,000 seriously ill children in past year
The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) helped more than 16,000 seriously ill children over the past year, including financial support for over 7,000 young leukemia patients and more than 5,000 children living with congenital heart disease, it announced at a press briefing on Thursday. A Red Cross volunteer (R) registers information at a hospital in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qianxinan, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Yongzhen) The RCSC
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