China has officially launched its first and the world's fifth carrier rocket maritime recovery ship, becoming the second nation after the US to possess such a vessel. The launch of the ship, codenamed Xingji Guihang, or the Interstellar Return, marks a solid step forward in China's reusable rocket maritime recovery technology, Global Times learned from the developers on Thursday.

According to the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in Central China's Henan Province, due to the impact of the current round of heavy rainfall and based on comprehensive analysis and assessment, the headquarters decided to raise the flood control emergency response from Level IV to Level III at 1:00 pm on Thursday.

A suspension bridge accident at a scenic spot in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday evening caused 29 people to fall from the bridge, leaving five dead and 24 others injured, including two with serious injuries. All injured individuals were promptly rushed to local hospitals for treatment, and none is in life-threatening condition, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday citing the local authorities.

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing welcomed South Korea's temporary visa-free entry policy for Chinese group tourists in a post on social platform X on Wednesday. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun later reposted the message to express support.

Foshan in South China's Guangdong Province launched a health campaign on Thursday to strengthen prevention and control efforts against the Chikungunya fever, according to an official announcement released via the city government's WeChat account.

China will waive kindergarten tuition fees for all senior-class students, which is expected to benefit 12 million children this autumn semester while reducing household expenditures by 20 billion yuan, Vice Finance Minister Guo Tingting announced at Thursday's press conference.

China's phased free preschool education policy will cover all children in their final year of kindergartens nationwide, benefiting around 12 million people this autumn semester, a Ministry of Finance official said at a press briefing on Thursday.

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Thursday revealed a case in which a surveillance camera installed by a commercial shop near a port was hacked by foreign agents and used to monitor the port. The ministry warned that cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, posing serious threats to personal data and national security, and urged the public to stay vigilant.

As Chengdu prepares to host the World Games, the city has placed sustainability, frugality and environmental responsibility at the center of its venue planning and construction.

Rescue workers are racing to contain flooding, search for trapped residents and clear blocked roads after days of torrential rain triggered landslides and traffic disruptions across south China's Guangdong Province.

Chinese officials have been instructed to hold fewer meetings, give shorter speeches, file concise documents, and minimize inspections, according to a new set of regulations published Wednesday.

A suspension bridge accident at a scenic spot in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region left five people dead and 24 others injured, local authorities said Wednesday.

Endless and vast grasslands stretch under a wide blue sky in Xilingol League of North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where a number of Chinese and foreign experts and scholars have gathered to gain insights into the development of its ecological conservation and local livestock industry.

A recent video showing a minor being verbally abused and physically assaulted off-campus in Jiangyou, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, has sparked widespread public concern. On Wednesday, the local official media outlet published a follow-up report addressing key public concerns related to the incident, following a police statement that was issued on Monday.

"The cyberattack capabilities of Taiwan region's 'cyber army' are below average," said Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360 Security Technology, during an interview at the 13th Internet Security and Artificial Intelligence Conference on Wednesday. "Their attacks on Chinese mainland are extremely frequent and target a wide range of companies, which is why we have collected the most evidence from such incidents," Zhou added.

Local authorities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) organized a series of special exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and site visits to solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, a local official revealed on Wednesday. These initiatives aim to revisit that pivotal chapter in history, promote the spirit of patriotism, and foster a deeper sense of national identity among Hong Kong residents.

The health bureau of Shunde district in Foshan city, South China's Guangdong Province, a core area of the outbreak of Chikungunya fever in the province, on Wednesday reported 122 new confirmed cases , marking an eighth-day decline in daily new cases since July 29.

Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka issued a statement on Wednesday reminding Chinese tourists to strictly comply with local laws and regulations to avoid negatively affecting image of Chinese nationals in the country, and ensure legitimate rights and interests and travel itinerary of Chinese nationals are not affected.

Chinese researchers unveiled a humanoid robot on Wednesday in Hefei, Anhui Province, which is reported to be the world's first cross-scenario cluster-operating humanoid robot featuring a "one-brain-multi-form" architecture, media reports showed.

According to Indonesian news agency Antara, Indonesian Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi expressed his condolences for the "Bali Dolphin Cruise 2" speedboat accident in Sanur and pledged a swift response from authorities.

A fatal car accident occurred in Tsuen Wan in Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon when a taxi reportedly lost control and mounted the sidewalk near the entrance of the Nina Hotel Tseun Wan West. A 35-year-old Filipino tourist, who was stepping out of the hotel while dragging his suitcase, was struck by the taxi, which hit him with high speed, resembling a "cannonball" impact, according to local media reports.

Rain-triggered landslide left seven people missing in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Wednesday morning, local authorities said.

A landslide triggered by days of heavy rain damaged houses and left 14 people trapped in an area of Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province. As of 12 pm Wednesday, seven people had been rescued, while search efforts for the remaining individuals are ongoing, according to a statement released by the local emergency management bureau.

Local authorities in Fangchenggang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, confirmed that a woman, surnamed Hou, who used her husband's "administrative law enforcement" certificate to coerce a motorist into yielding on a narrow rural road, was punished with five days of administrative detention for violating the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, Langchao News reported on Wednesday.

The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda released a statement on Tuesday to refute an online rumor claiming that the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington is "conducting an experiment to change the giant pandas' diet by using corn stalks as a substitute for bamboo."

A large language model developed by researchers from Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) was applied in rescue efforts following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. It was recently included in "China's AI Solutions Benefiting the World (2025)" released by the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) recently. It is reported that this marks the first application of China's large language model technology in international rescue operations.

Sources confirmed to the Global Times on Wednesday that the debris from China's recently launched Long March-12 rocket had fallen into predesignated drop zones in international waters, which aligns with the mission designs, safety notices to surrounding countries and is in accordance with international practice.

?A video showing several youths riding electric bikes through a hospital hallway in Wugang, Central China's Henan Province, has sparked public concern and drawn wide criticism.

The health bureau of Shunde district in Foshan city, South China's Guangdong Province, reported 135 new confirmed cases of chikungunya fever on Monday, all of which were mild. According to media reports, the district has seen a seven-day consecutive decline in daily new cases.

Torrential rains have disrupted traffic across highways and rural roads in south China's Guangdong Province, prompting authorities to ramp up emergency response efforts as flood risks intensify.

Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has seen steady economic growth, with its regional gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 276.5 billion yuan ($38.52 billion) in 2024, 155 times that of 1965 - when the autonomous region was established. The region has also registered an average annual growth rate of 8.9 percent, and is projected to surpass 300 billion yuan in GDP this year, according to a press conference held on Tuesday in Beijing.

China will waive the care and education fees for children in public kindergartens in the year prior to entering primary schools starting from the autumn semester of 2025, according to guidelines issued by the State Council on Tuesday. The guidelines emphasized effectively reducing education costs, improving the level of basic public education services and providing education that satisfies the people.

The police of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday morning received a report from a female resident who discovered a headless corpse in a flower bed near 9 Kennedy Road in Wan Chai. During their investigation, the police found a suicide note in a nearby building and initially determined that the deceased was a man who had fallen from a height, resulting in the dismemberment of his head, according to a report by Nanfang Plus on Tuesday.

China's first spaceport dedicated to facilitating commercial operations, the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center located in South China's tropical island province of Hainan, has pulled off two successful launches in just five days.

The Panzhihua authorities in Southwest China's Sichuan Province have recently issued specific rules on subsidies for assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the city, offering a one-time subsidy of 5,000 yuan ($695.75) to eligible pregnant women, according to the Panzhihua Daily on Monday.

Starting from the autumn semester of 2025, China will waive the care and education fees for children in public kindergartens in the year prior to entering primary school, according to a guideline made public by the State Council on Tuesday.

Major floods may occur in parts of Haihe and Songliao river basins during August, according to the Office of China's National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief and the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM), which jointly released the August disaster outlook at a Tuesday press conference, China Central Television reported.

The Zhoukou Municipal Health Commission released a statement on Tuesday, saying that at 20:38 on August 1, a fall occurred at Zhoukou Sixth People's Hospital.

Police have imposed public security penalties on those involved in an incident in Jiangyou, Sichuan Province, where a minor was verbally abused and physically assaulted off campus. According to a police notice, two perpetrators will be sent to a specialized school for corrective education, while two netizens have been administratively punished for fabricating and spreading rumors about the case.

On Tuesday, torrential rain battered multiple cities across southern China. Shenzhen in Guangdong Province issued its first citywide red rainstorm alert since 2018, while Hong Kong announced its fourth highest-level black rainstorm warnings within a single week — the highest frequency on record since the system's inception nearly three decades ago.

A public prosecution has been initiated against Tan Ruisong, former board chairman of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate, on suspicion of embezzlement, bribery, insider trading, and insider information leaks, CCTV News reported on Tuesday.

When asked about media reports that the Tibetan language has been removed from the college entrance examination, or gaokao, in China's Xizang Autonomous Region and is no longer treated as a main subject in schools, Gama Cedain, chairman of the people's government of Xizang, said at a press conference on Tuesday that the adjustment of gaokao subjects does not mean the Tibetan language has been removed from the curriculum.

China's Sina Weibo platform on Monday announced the suspension of several user accounts for posting sarcastic and maliciously repetitive content targeting patriotic-themed films.

China's researchers have developed a new gene-editing technology that enables manipulation of large DNA fragments ranging from thousands to millions of base pairs in animals and plants, significantly expanding the scale and power of gene editing, Technology Daily reported.

The Chinese Embassy in Oman reiterated on Monday its warning to Chinese nationals visiting the country to refrain from engaging in telecommunications and internet fraud.

China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket on Monday, sending a group of internet satellites into space.

Renowned historian and scholar Cho-yun Hsu, known for his expansive work on Chinese history and culture, has died in the US at the age of 95, thepaper.cn reported on Monday.

The city of Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province on Monday called for all citizens to raise awareness about mosquito and insect prevention, avoid mosquito bites and improve hygiene and sanitation to mitigate the risks of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever and Chikungunya fever, according to an official notice released by the Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Nanjing CDC).

China's National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, along with other research teams, has recently completed the Phase I clinical trial of China's first replication-competent Tiantan vaccinia-based AIDS vaccine, marking a major breakthrough in the country's HIV vaccine development efforts, Beijing Daily reported on Monday.

Authorities in Beijing upgraded the rainstorm alert on Monday after heavy downpours wreaked havoc in the Chinese capital over the past week.

Beijing has initiated a level I emergency response for flood control across the city on Monday following upgrading the rainstorm warning to red, the highest level in China's four-tier system, according to the emergency department of the municipal government. A heavy downpour has wreaked havoc in the capital over the past week.

The Secretary for Security exercised the powers conferred by the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on Monday to specify 16 individuals involved in subversive organization "Hong Kong Parliament" who are suspected of committing offences endangering national security outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) through notices published in the Gazette, the HKSAR government said in a statement.

The disease control and prevention authority in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, added a new feature to its mosquito-borne disease map starting Sunday. The feature alerts users to transmission risks of mosquito-borne diseases in their areas and provides users travel risk reminders, a latest move by the city to combat the spread of Chikungunya fever, an infectious disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes with no specific cure.

China's national observatory on Monday renewed an orange alert for rainstorms, warning that heavy rainfall will impact vast regions across the country.

As a growing number of pet enthusiasts, driven by trends and novelty, are fueling a craze for keeping exotic pets, Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned that the trade, breeding, medical care, and abandonment of these animals pose significant safety risks, threatening ecological and biological security.

China's Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday elevated its emergency response to flooding in Gansu and Qinghai to Level-III, the third-highest in the country's four-tier emergency response system.

China's space agency has released the approved list for the ninth batch of lunar sample research applications, allowing successful applicants to borrow samples returned by the Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 missions.

The number of new locally transmitted cases of Chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, has declined in south China's Guangdong Province over the past week, though risks remain, local disease control authorities said on Sunday.

Shandong Airlines recently announced the uniform changes for its flight attendants: female staff can choose pants or knee-length skirts and flat shoes will replace high heels, making the company one of several Chinese airlines that requires female flight attendant wear flat shoes, instead of the usual high-heels, while working on the plane.

Multiple Japanese media outlets reported Sunday afternoon soon after the announcement of 731 Biochemical Revelations, a war-themed Chinese film set for release on September 18 – the 94th anniversary of Japan's invasion of China, which foreshadowed World War II in Asia and made China the first to resist fascism.

Deputy Director of China's National Health Commission (NHC) Shen Hongbing led a team to Foshan in South China's Guangdong Province on Saturday to guide efforts to control the Chikungunya fever outbreak. He called for enhanced environmental sanitation, targeted disinfection of high-risk areas and thorough elimination of mosquito breeding sites to curb the spread of the virus.

Fujian Province in east China has activated a Level-IV emergency response to cope with torrential rains, the provincial headquarters for flood control and drought relief has said.

China's Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday activated a level-IV emergency flood response in Gansu and Qinghai provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the northwest.

Beijing renewed its blue rainstorm alert on Sunday morning, with heavy rainfall expected from 2:00 pm Monday to 8:00 am Tuesday.

Five people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Sunday morning.

Chinese researchers unveiled on Saturday a new generation of super large-scale brain-like computer, Darwin Monkey, the world's first neuromorphic brain-like computer based on dedicated neuromorphic chips with over 2 billion neurons, which can mimic the workings of a macaque monkey's brain.

Fangchenggang in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued an official statement on Sunday about a recent high-profile case, clarifying that a female driver had flashed the credential of her husband-a firefighter-to force another vehicle to yield in a traffic dispute. The husband is under probe for violating working disciplinary regulations by leaving the credential in his wife's private car, which led to its unauthorized use.

In light of the recent surge in heinous incidents such as kidnappings and attacks targeting foreign enterprises and personnel, the Chinese Embassy in Mali reiterated its warning on Saturday evening, urging all Chinese nationals in the country to enhance security precautions and suspend all mining operations immediately.

An official online platform of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Saturday debunked online rumors that linked a female driver, who reportedly flashed her credentials to force another vehicle to yield in a traffic dispute, to a local public security official, CCTV News reported.

Rainstorm has left three people dead and four others missing in a leisure vacation resort in Xinglong County, north China's Hebei Province, according to the county's flood control authority Saturday.

China's National Meteorological Center issued blue alerts for rainstorms and severe convective weather on Saturday morning, forecasting heavy to torrential rain and severe thunderstorms with strong winds, hail, and possible tornadoes across parts of the country over the next 24 hours.

A spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday night expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to recent irresponsible remarks regarding the HKSAR's rule of law and human rights conditions made by some Western politicians, including the foreign ministers of Canada and New Zealand, and the spokesperson of the European External Action Service.

Power and communication services have been restored in all disaster-affected administrative villages across Beijing following severe rainstorms, while search and rescue operations for the missing are still underway, the municipal emergency management bureau said on Saturday.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong has called for all-out efforts to secure a decisive victory over the outbreak of Chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, and to effectively safeguard people's health.

The Hong Kong police revealed on Friday the arrest of a 43-year-old local man for allegedly sending threatening letters to several media outlets and running a website that promotes activities suspected of endangering national security, according to local media reports.

Crescent Spring, a famed desert oasis in northwest China's Gansu Province, has recorded its highest water level and largest surface area in over 20 years, signaling a major victory in ecological restoration efforts.

The Cyber Security Association of China on Friday released details of two cases related to frequent cyberattacks and espionage by US intelligence agencies targeting China's key industries, issuing security alerts for critical sectors. One case involved an attack exploiting the zero-day vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange email system, while the other exploited flaws in an electronic document system.

Zhang Pingwen, president of Wuhan University, which has come under intense public discussion in recent days, told Chinese media Economic Observer that the university is addressing an incident involving the dismissal of a student's sexual harassment complaint as the latest ruling marks the end of a case that has sparked extensive debate in China over the handling of sexual harassment complaints, the burden of proof, and the protection of both accusers and the accused.

A footage from the China Coast Guard (CCG) was released on Friday, showing China's law enforcement in waters of Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea, according to the military channel of China Central Television (CCTV).

In response to recent remarks by Larry Rubin, president of the American Society of Mexico, who brazenly asserted that Mexico should avoid drawing closer to BRICS members, especially Russia and China, the Chinese Embassy in Mexico said in a statement on Friday that “such comments deliberately invoke China to malign cooperation among Global South nations, revealing the deeply ingrained hegemonic mindset of certain US figures with ulterior motives.” The Embassy expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.

The recent intense rainstorms in Beijing have brought the death toll to 44, including 31 elderly people from a nursing home in Miyun district, and resulted in another nine missing, Beijing local authorities revealed at a press conference Thursday on flood control and disaster relief, reflecting on the gaps in the emergency response and vowing to accelerate post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.

Multiple cities in China, including Beijing and Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have rolled out measures to improve the birth support policy system. A Chinese expert noted that these efforts are conducive to building a birth-friendly society.

A video clip of a man waving the South Korean national flag, who was stopped on-site at the Changbai Mountain in Northeast China's Jilin Province, has sparked discussions on Chinese social media Sina Webo on Thursday, with some netizens urging tourists to respect China's laws and regulations.

Taiwan-based singer and actor Ken Chu has been widely praised after he said during a livestream that he's always thought of the Taiwan island as a province since young and he hopes for an early reunification across the Taiwan Straits. However, his remarks also sparked attacks from “Taiwan independence” separatists.

The opening ceremony of a major exhibition showcasing China's achievements in aerospace, aviation, and navigation will be held on Thursday at the Hong Kong Science Museum. The exhibition, which runs from August 1 to September 7, will feature multiple “firsts” for the Hong Kong public, including the simultaneous display of China's Chang'e-5 and -6 lunar samples from the moon's near and far side, seawater samples from 10,000-meter deep-sea exploration, models of the Y-20 large transport aircraft and Chinese aircraft carrier, as well as life-sized deep-sea manned submersible.

China has maintained communication with the WHO on Chikungunya infections. The Chinese government takes seriously the health of its own people and foreign nationals in China and will continue to make sure it is comfortable, safe and convenient for both Chinese and foreigners to travel in China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

War-themed movies soar at summer box office in China and has profoundly moved audiences, as events commemorating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War are gaining momentum.

China's National Health Commission and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM) on Thursday released the 2025 protocol for chikungunya fever (CHIK) to guide treatment and improve standardized care across medical institutions.

When asked to provide more information and comment on media reports that two Chinese men suffered severe injuries after being attacked by four men in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo of Japan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday that we have noted relevant reports. The Chinese Embassy in Japan has expressed concerns to Japan immediately after the incident, and is now further verifying the situation.

The recent heavy rainfall in Beijing has resulted in 44 deaths and nine people missing, with death toll including 31 from a nursing home in Miyun district, Beijing authority revealed during the press conference on flood prevention and disaster relief held in Beijing on Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Asked to comment on a Bloomberg report citing a US CDC spokesperson saying the agency plans to issue a travel notice for China due to rising chikungunya cases, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at Thursday's regular press briefing that the National Health Commission had previously held a press conference outlining the situation in some southern Chinese cities, where imported cases of chikungunya have led to local transmission, pointing out that the current situation is preventable, treatable, and controllable.

The recent intense rainstorms have left a total of 44 people dead and nine others missing in Beijing, according to a press conference on Thursday.

A speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a national conference on ecological and environmental protection on July 17, 2023, will be published on Friday.

China's space start-up ADA Space on Thursday unveiled its plan for a new computing satellite constellation of 12 satellites, with computing power expected to be four times greater than the inaugural batch launched in May. The project accelerates the construction of its Star Compute program, which will ultimately comprise 2,800 supercomputer satellite systems.

China issued a travel advisory on Friday urging caution for its nationals visiting Japan amid tsunami alerts, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

China's cyberspace watchdog summons Nvidia over H20 chip security risks

To ensure the smooth running of the 2025 Chengdu World Games, China's cyberspace authorities announced it will launch a 20-day special campaign starting Friday to clean up the online environment surrounding the event, the CCTV News reported on Thursday.

China took back home the remains of 265 soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers who died in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) and held solemn burial ceremonies for them from 2021 to 2025, said an official of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs on Thursday.

China has collected DNA samples from the returned remains of 981 soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers who died in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), as well as DNA samples of over 1,300 family members, and established a refined, dynamic database, the veterans affairs minister Pei Jinjia said on Thursday.

China has identified burial sites or found relatives for 7,000 fallen soldiers, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs announced on Thursday.