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China's new regulations for mineral resources law take effect
China's new regulations implementing the Mineral Resources Law took effect on Monday. The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) described them as a comprehensive and systematic legal framework for safeguarding mineral resources, and said they are significant in strengthening the country's capacity in this area, pledging more systematic measures going forward. Chinese experts noted that the strengthened legal framework is primarily aimed at improving the overall governance syste
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China targets illegal healthcare activities
China has targeted illegal practices in cosmetic surgery, pregnancy and childbirth services, online health education and pharmaceutical procurement as part of an annual campaign to improve governance in the healthcare sector, authorities said. The priorities were outlined in a circular recently issued by the National Health Commission and 13 other government departments in the last week, marking the launch of an annual campaign aimed at cracking down on irregularities in the
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China's regulator flags additives, pesticide residues in online food delivery inspection
China's market regulator said Wednesday it completed a nationwide inspection of online food delivery services covering 14 major platforms — including Meituan, Taobao and JD.com — finding an overall noncompliance rate of 2.3%, media reports said. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said the campaign involved 1,307 food samples collected from 875 food delivery businesses across 24 major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Inspections targeted po
Jun 6
China adds new university majors to support national strategic needs
With China's national college entrance exam, also known as gaokao, set to kick off this weekend, around 12.9 million candidates will potentially have access to more academic options, following the introduction of a raft of new majors. Multiple Chinese universities have rolled out new undergraduate programs such as embodied intelligence, low-altitude economy and management, and marine intelligence and unmanned technologies, in seeking to meet the country's emerging strategic a
Jun 6
Economy
Steady growth for China's express delivery sector in May
China's courier sector saw steady growth in May, according to an industry index released by the State Post Bureau Monday. The express delivery development index stood at 472.9 in May, up 3.1 percent from the same period last year, according to the bureau. Included in the figures, the sub-index for development scale rose 7 percent year on year, while service quality figures remained unchanged from a year earlier. The sub-index for development capacity increased 3.3 percent. In
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China's foreign trade maintains steady growth momentum
China's foreign trade maintained steady growth momentum in May, underscoring the resilience of the wider economy and its deepening integration with global markets. The total value of goods imports and exports in yuan-denominated terms grew 16.9 percent year on year to reach 4.45 trillion yuan (about 653 billion U.S. dollars) last month, remaining above 4 trillion yuan for three consecutive months, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed Tuesday. Exports r
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China overtakes Japan as Australia's largest vehicle supplier
China has overtaken Japan as Australia's largest source of imported vehicles, driven by rising shipments from automakers such as BYD and growing demand for electric and hybrid cars. Nearly 36,000 passenger vehicles from China arrived in Australia in April, compared with about 29,000 from Japan, according to data released on Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The figures brought Chinese vehicle imports to more than 100,000 units in the first four months of 2026,
Jun 6
Action plan unveiled to stabilize employment in China
China has unveiled an 18-point action plan to stabilize employment and raise incomes, including measures designed to shield the labor market from external shocks such as trade wars and geopolitical tensions, according to a government document released recently. The plan, titled "Action Plan for Stabilizing Employment, Expanding Capacity and Improving Quality", was approved on April 30 by the State Council's leading group on employment promotion. "Employment is the most fundam
Jun 6
Culture
Chinese vlogger named ambassador for 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai
Chinese content creator Li Ziqi has been appointed as a promotion ambassador for the 48th WorldSkills Competition, which will be held in Shanghai from September 22 to 27. The announcement was made jointly by the Shanghai Executive Committee for the competition and WorldSkills International on Sunday, marking the 100-day countdown to the event. Shanghai officials said Li's appointment aims to help tell the story of China's vocational skills to the world, encouraging more peopl
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Chinese referees aim to showcase quality at upcoming FIFA World Cup
Chinese referees Ma Ning, Fu Ming and Zhou Fei departed from Beijing on Saturday for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, pledging to demonstrate the quality of Chinese officiating on football's biggest stage and bring valuable experience back home to help develop refereeing in China. The three officials attended a send-off ceremony organized by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) before leaving for the tournament. Ma, who was selected as a referee for the World Cup, said the achievem
May 30
Call to integrate cultural heritage with modernity
Participants at a forum on cultural heritage preservation and inheritance agreed on Friday that it's important to strengthen the systematic protection of cultural heritage, promote the coordinated conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and integrate cultural heritage into modern life and empower urban development. Scholars in cultural heritage conservation and officials from relevant authorities gathered together for the subforum, with the theme of buildin
May 23
Conservation efforts boost population of wild flora, fauna
China is witnessing a paradigm shift in biodiversity conservation efforts — from damage control to systematic restoration — with the threat levels of nearly 500 species of wild flora and fauna downgraded and more than 300 rare and endangered species reporting steady growth in population. Huang Runqiu, minister of ecology and environment, said this progress can be attributed to the nation's continuing endeavors to intensify its conservation mechanism by implementing a series o
May 23
Science & Technology
China bolsters integrity of clinical trials
China has recently released a new edition of the Good Clinical Practice for Drugs — a guideline designed to ensure the ethical and scientific conduct of clinical studies, aiming to strengthen the nation's research ecosystem and support innovation in biotechnology. The document, jointly issued by the National Medical Products Administration and three other government departments last week, is an update of the version that has been in effect since 2020. The new version is set t
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China improves typhoon forecasting capabilities
The deployment of a new 24-hour rapid intensification forecast model for typhoons and its 12-hour rapid intensification forecast service now offer China significantly enhanced forecasting performance, according to Shenzhen-based researchers in south China. The model, developed at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently completed operational deployment and real-world application testing at the country's National Meteorologic
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Technology empowers real-time monitoring of wild giant pandas in China
Staff at the Shaanxi Foping National Nature Reserve recently encountered a wild giant panda during a routine fire prevention patrol. Using a drone's thermal imaging, they first detected a moving heat signal, which was later confirmed to be a giant panda through visible light footage. Located in the Qinling Mountains, the reserve boasts one of the highest densities of wild giant pandas in China, with approximately one panda per 1.5 square kilometers in its core and buffer zone
Jun 6
Chinese researchers achieve world's first pig-to-human liver, double-kidney transplant
A university in South China announced on Monday that a research team led by Sun Xuyong has successfully transplanted a complete pig liver and two pig kidneys into a single human recipient. The procedure marks the world's first successful orthotopic xenotransplantation of a gene-edited pig liver and two kidneys into a human body. The recipient was a 53-year-old brain-dead man whose family consented to the surgery. The donor organs came from a gene-edited Bama pig from south Ch
Jun 2
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