The water levels in the Yangtze River maintain exceeding warning marks in middle and lower reaches as the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) forecast on Thursday a more complex flood control situation in China in July with rain belt moving northward and westward.

The unexpected take-off and crash of the Chinese “Falcon 9 equivalent” carrier rocket during what was supposed to be a static fire test was a “rookie mistake,” and it won't have a significant impact on the country's commercial space industry, but will serve as a warning bell for peers to ensure safer operations in the future, space observers told the Global Times on Thursday.

A new study has made significant progress in the research into Denisovans, an extinct hominin group, revealing that Denisovans survived on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as late as approximately 40,000 years ago, the Global Times learnt from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Thursday.

China on Thursday strongly condemned the attack in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that left several Chinese nationals dead, and demanded that local authorities promptly hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice as soon as possible.

Visitors flock to enjoy sand therapy in Turpan City in Northwest China's Xinjiang, which is known for its scorching heat, as the city has recently seen surface temperatures surging to as high as 80 C at the Flaming Mountain scenic area.

SCO summit adopts Astana declaration

The death of a 30-year-old female investment banker from one of the largest investment banks in China sparked heated discussions online on Wednesday and stirred public concerns over the psychological health issues that the practitioners of the sector are facing because of the recent salary cuts in the industry.

The Fujian Coast Guard boarded and detained a Taiwan fishing vessel suspected of illegal fishing in the waters off Quanzhou on Tuesday, according to the China Coast Guard (CCG) on Wednesday, as the authorities specified that the action was taken in accordance with the law.

The Shenzhou-18 taikonauts on board China's orbiting space station completed their second spacewalk on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

A branch campus of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) has been established in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, a symbol for the growth of China-Kazakhstan friendship and people-to-people exchanges.

The recent kidnapping and murder of a Chinese national and a Chinese-American in the Philippines has raised security concerns among those involved in activities with the country, such as business cooperation. Observers are calling on the Philippines to combat illegal activities effectively and strengthen bilateral judicial and law enforcement cooperation.

The topic "livestreaming channels claiming to sell bronze horse's head from the Old Summer Palace for 9,999 yuan ($1,374.72)" has dominated the trending chart on China's Sina Weibo, stirring discussions about livestreaming channels targeting seniors with fake cultural artifacts.

Rumors have been circulating on Chinese social media claiming that Shanghai borrowed 100 billion yuan ($13.8 billion) from local temples, with Jing'an Temple contributing the most at 48 billion yuan. In a response, the Shanghai authorities have refuted the claims, stating that it is purely a rumor.

On Monday, the Shenshuping giant panda base in Wolong National Nature Reserve permanently banned four people from re-entering the base for their uncivilized behavior. The visitors were found to hide their pets in backpacks during the visit although they were aware of the panda base's regulation of no pets allowed in the center.

"Our media center is now under water," in a video clip released early Tuesday by the Integrated Media Center in Pingjiang county in Hunan Province that faces the worst flooding in 70 years due to heavy rains, a reporter revealed the complete inundation of the first floor of their media center, which has sparked public concerns over the county's wellness and gained a thumbs-up from many netizens for the local journalists holding fast to their positions.

Yunnan Agricultural University has successfully applied for the establishment of China's first Coffee Science and Engineering major, becoming the first institution in the country to offer undergraduate training in coffee-related knowledge.

While Chinese fans are enjoying the heavyweight football tournaments in recent weeks, police across China have disrupted multiple cases of illegal online gambling related to the UEFA European Championship (Euro 2024), with some unscrupulous individuals taking advantage of the tournament to engage in gambling activities under the guise of sports events.

China's National Immigration Administration (NIA) is collaborating with relevant agencies of other countries to pursue fugitive criminals and repatriate individuals involved in smuggling cases, aiming to bring planners and organizers of illegal border-crossing activities back to their original places of residence and hold them accountable in accordance with the law, the NIA said in a statement on Tuesday.

As the results of China's College Entrance Examination (known as Gaokao) are gradually released, discussions have erupted over the appearance of the first "shielded high scorer," sparking widespread attention on social media platforms.

Statements from Taiwan's "mainland affairs council" once again reveal the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' stubborn adherence to "Taiwan independence" separatism and their continuous provocations and confrontations, said the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Tuesday in response to remarks from the deputy head of the council concerning the regional leader's repeated assertions of "mutual non-subordination" between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits since taking office.

China is mulling over establishing a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) standardization technical committee under its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), aiming to guide enterprises to enhance industrial standards and boost domestic innovation.

A graphic analysis page, developed in cooperation between the Global Times and People's Daily Digital Communication Co, was unveiled in Astana, Kazakhstan on June 29 ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

With summer holidays approaching, Zhang Gaojun's schedule is packed to the brim. At an art gallery in Xinjian village in Zhoushan, an island city in East China's Zhejiang Province, he is busy welcoming a large number of tourists as well as hosting various workshops on paper-cutting and paintings of fishermen.

Chinese private rocket company Space Pioneer, also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology Co, apologized on Tuesday afternoon for the failure of its reusable rocket model's static fire test that caused trouble and inconvenience to the affected residents near the launch site. The company has vowed to compensate their economic losses.

As China enters flood season, water levels in sections of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River – China's longest river – below the estuary of the second-largest Chinese freshwater lake Dongting Lake, have exceeded the warning mark, according to the Ministry of Water Resources on Tuesday.

The French payload aboard China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe, named Detection of Outgassing RadoN (DORN), has successfully completed its mission tasks, and has become a “permanent resident” on the far side of the moon, a Chinese research institute under the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) announced on Monday.

Hu Youping, a Chinese woman who bravely protected Japanese school children in a recent knife-wielding attack incident in Suzhou, was awarded the title of "Suzhou City Model of Bravery" on Tuesday. Suzhou will establish the "Youping Bravery Fund" to better commemorate and honor heroes and to draw strength from their virtuous and noble actions.

Shenzhou-18 crew to conduct second extravehicular activities

China is a seismically active country, with the sources of its major rivers and primary hydropower resources concentrated in its western regions, which are heavily impacted by the subduction and thrusting of the Indian Plate, resulting in significant seismic activity. The seismic safety of large dams and reservoirs faces complex engineering challenges. If the reservoir water from these structures were to be uncontrollably released during a strong earthquake, the resulting flood peak could cause severe secondary disasters far beyond the immediate area, posing catastrophic threats to lives and property downstream. Consequently, after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, the National Development and Reform Commission mandated that important dam projects undergo checks to prevent uncontrolled water release under extreme seismic conditions.

In a pivotal development for artificial intelligence (AI), the integration of emotional intelligence and computational intelligence is emerging as a key direction,Gao Yue, an associate professor of the Chinese prestige Tsinghua University told the Global Times during an exclusive interview. Gao was discussing the topic of research and application of digital human and robots with emotion and intelligence, which has been named one of the top frontier scientific question to work on in 2024 recently released by the China Association of Science and Technology.

As the 21st century discovery of ancient human fossils across China has increased international attention on the origin and evolution of humans in East Asia, relevant findings have propelled the field of paleoanthropology into new directions and debates.

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) on Tuesday released the 2024 edition of major scientific questions, engineering challenges and industrial technology questions, with 10 of each genre, covering hotspot areas such as artificial intelligence (AI,) deep space exploration and pursuit of the country's “dual carbon” goals.

East China's Jiangsu Province has incorporated 13 assisted reproductive medical services and painless delivery into its medical insurance system starting Monday. This move makes Jiangsu the 11th provincial-level region in China to alleviate financial pressure on childbearing parents by reimbursing medical bills for assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, aiming to encourage childbirth.

After weeks of anxious waiting, a record 13.42 million students who took the college entrance examinations, or gaokao, now face the crucial decision of choosing which university to attend and what major to study for the next four years.

The illegal use of a silicone face mask by a man has sparked public discussion in China. There is a growing call for stricter regulation and oversight of the sale and use of silicone face masks on Chinese e-commerce platforms.

Yin Wan "enters" a virtual world after putting on a VR (virtual reality) headset. With a 360-degree panoramic view, she boards a ship at a pier in Shanghai - the old Shanghai of the early 20th century.

From 2021 to August 2023, 66 counties in China used 1.95 billion yuan ($268 million) of funds designated for student nutrition meal subsidies to repay local government debts or cover other expenses, according to a recent central government audit.

Chinese scientists have found the gene that helps protect people in southern China and Southeast Asia against obesity, shedding more light on a potential solution to a growing global problem.

A vast area across southern China continues to be soaked in torrential rainstorms and flooding as China enters the main flood season on Monday, with swelling rivers exceeding warning levels anticipated across the country's key river basins and the flood control work deployed by the Ministry of Water Resources.

One year after China implemented its revised Counter-Espionage Law, the country's national security agencies have successfully thwarted a number of espionage activities carried out by foreign entities, such as the notable British MI6 spy case, effectively safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests.

HK to receive new pair of giant pandas soon; non-Chinese permanent residents can apply for mainland travel permit from Jul 10

On Tuesday, Beijing Forestry University held an unveiling and appointment ceremony for its new Institute of Environmental Art at the school.

Chinese social media platforms announced in succession to regulate extreme resentful remarks which incite nationalism and spread hatred against Japan after the tragic death of a Chinese woman who tried to stop a knife-wielding assailant attacking two Japanese people at a bus stop in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, on June 24.

After the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) issued a top-tier red alert for heavy rain across the country on Sunday morning, large to heavy rainstorms were seen in East China's Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, and other regions during the day. On Sunday night, the CMA issued another orange alert for heavy rain and a blue alert for severe convective weather. Meanwhile, affected areas are actively responding to flooding and other disasters.

A new domestically designed and manufactured large liquid-propellent reusable rocket model failed its test and fell into the mountain area in Gongyi, Central China's Henan Province, on Sunday, reportedly causing no casualties as of Sunday evening as nearby resident had been evacuated before the flight.

As the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is set to celebrate the 27th anniversary of its return to the motherland on Monday, the city also embraced the 4th anniversary of the implementation of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong on Sunday. Meanwhile, with the completion of the Article 23 legislation and reform of the electoral system, Hong Kong has already entered the best development period from being well governed to achieving prosperity, where opportunities outweigh challenges, officials said.

A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel in patrol launched a rescue operation and helped rescue a Philippine fishing boat in distress in the waters near China's Huangyan Dao, also known as Huangyan Island, in the South China Sea on Saturday, with two people on board injured and in critical condition, the Global Times learned from the CCG exclusively on Sunday.

Xi sends congratulatory letter on opening of Shenzhen-Zhongshan cross-sea passage

The 103-year-old Communist Party of China (CPC) demonstrates strong resilience as a flourishing organization, with the number of CPC members reaching 99.185 million, the latest data showed on Sunday, a day ahead of the CPC's 103rd founding anniversary.

With the summer holiday period getting underway, China's tourism market is expected to enter its peak season, particularly in outbound tourism, as major online travel agencies report an increase in bookings.

China's top legislature passed an amendment on handling emergencies on Friday, requiring timely release of information in emergencies and accurate, objective, and fair media reporting.

Hidden in downtown Ningbo, a historic city of learning and culture in East China's Zhejiang Province, there lies a library which has survived for more than 450 years, making it the oldest not only in China but in Asia, and one of the three oldest private libraries in the world.

China's resolve to stay on the path of peaceful development, develop friendship and cooperation with all countries, and promote common development across the world will not change, Chinese President Xi Jinping said while delivering a speech at the Conference Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence on Friday in Beijing.

The first batch of soils and rocks from the Moon's far side ever obtained by mankind weighs a total of 1,935.3 grams, which was brought safely back by China's Chang'e-6 mission, according to an announcement by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Friday during a handover ceremony in Beijing. China welcomes the sharing of data with scientists around the world and maintains an open attitude toward cooperating with the US, CNSA officials said, but the US should remove obstacles including the Wolf Amendment that hinders such collaboration.

The Chinese mainland will increase the luggage duty-free allowance for residents entering the mainland from Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SARs), according to a notice issued by mainland departments on Friday. The move is expected to further boost the retail and tourism market for Hong Kong and Macao SARs as regional integration gains pace.

A Chinese national, Hu Youping, who tried to stop an as-sailant attacking two Japanese people at a bus stop in Su-zhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, was stabbed multiple times by the suspect and tragically passed away despite res-cue efforts. Local authorities in Suzhou have submitted a request to the city government to award Hu the title of "Su-zhou City Bravery Model."

A total of 14 ancient relics, including a frog-shaped bronze artifact, have recently been returned by Argentina to China.

"Inbound tourism is booming this year..." This is the sentiment expressed by a foreign language tour guide surnamed Li, as he enters his eighth year in the tourism industry.

China will unveil the weight of the first lunar samples taken from the far side of the moon by the country's Chang'e-6 robotic probe mission on Friday, according to mission chief designer Hu Hao on Thursday.

Shanghai has increased the supply of yellow fever vaccines and prolonged inoculation service hours to meet the rising demands from local residents who plan to travel to Africa and South America during the summer holidays.

A new round of China-Austria and China-US giant panda conservation cooperation will contribute to the health and well-being of giant pandas, the capacity for protecting giant pandas and other endangered species, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a routine press conference on Thursday, following China's continued achievements in the issue.

China is scheduled to launch the Tianwen-2 mission around 2025 for asteroid exploration, the Tianwen-3 mission around 2030 to collect Martian samples and the Tianwen-4 mission also around 2030 to explore the Jovian system.

For the charge of the crime of illegally providing intelligence overseas, an engineer from an enterprise with involvement in classified national projects was sentenced last September to nine years in jail, deprived of his political rights for one year, and had all illegal gains confiscated, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) revealed the case on Thursday.

China's social media platform Sina Weibo punished 36 accounts and removed 759 posts related to a bus station attack in Suzhou during which two Japanese people and one Chinese national were injured. The platform said the content in question overly interpreted the accident and spread extreme speech that incites nationalistic sentiment, promoted group hatred, and even applauded criminal acts in the name of patriotism.

A pair of giant pandas will be sent to Austria for a 10-year conservation partnership, as agreed by the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) and Schönbrunn Zoo on Wednesday.

Despite the steady progress made in China's anti-drug efforts, the rampant international drug trafficking situation has posed an increasing threat due to the rebound of domestic drug-related crimes, especially the faster spread of new types of drugs and the decreasing age of drug users, China's judicial organs revealed before the 37th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Wednesday.

A court in Northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday heard a case involving a 13-year-old boy accused of killing an 8-year-old girl. The case drew significant public interest as it marked one of the first cases following the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility by China's top procuratorate.

A villager in Ya'an, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, recently discovered a wild giant panda which had been visiting his bamboo forest for three consecutive days to forage for food.

Following San Francisco-based OpenAI announcing plans to suspend services to Chinese developers, AI developers are turning to domestic alternatives. Industry observers warned that the US government engaging in strategic competition with China is escalating the "de-coupling" situation and hindering cooperation between general companies in both countries.

"The graduating doctoral students majoring in optics at our university have developed a 'miracle' of aerial imaging that can project the speech script clearly in the air."

Recently, Chinese actress Huo Siyan revealed on social media that she had encountered a stray dog during a walk with her husband Du Jiang. When they brought the dog to hospital, the couple found out that there are number codes on its ear and damages in its spleen, and they suspected it may have been a retired laboratory beagle.

People were dumbfounded recently as they came across an unnoticed dangerous grenade which has been mistakenly used by a 90-year-old woman as a hammer to pound peppercorns, crack walnuts, and hammer nails for as long as 20 years in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei Province.

A 65-year-old man was detained after harassing and assaulting a young woman with a cane on the subway when she refused to give up her seat to him, according to a briefing issued by Beijing police on Tuesday. The incident sparked wide discussion on social media and the penalty won plaudits from many netizens.

The returner of the Chang'e-6 lunar probe was opened at a ceremony in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon.

The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said on Wednesday that they welcomed and took notice of the hearing held in the Philippine Senate committee on foreign relations on Tuesday regarding the US military's smear campaign against Chinese vaccines in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that this matter is related to the lives and health of the Filipino people, and the Filipino people and the international community have the right to know the truth.

Chang'e-6 – China's latest leap of moon exploration – has claimed full success, as the returning capsule of the craft, carrying the first batch of lunar samples collected from the far side of the moon in human history, safely touched down in designated landing site in the Siziwang Banner, in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday afternoon at 2:07 pm.

Chinese lawmakers will deliberate a range of drafts and amendments at the 10th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, scheduled for June 25 to 28.

Southern China has been buffeted by days of torrential downpours, deadly flash floods and major landslides that have forced authorities to step up emergency plans and countermeasures to minimize casualties and economic loss, as waterlogging and surging waters from swollen rivers forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and disrupted the lives of millions.

After a fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea on Monday killed 23 people, with preliminary assessments suggesting that 17 of them were Chinese nationals, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that China has asked South Korea to determine the cause of the accident as soon as possible, make every effort to save and treat the injured, make proper arrangements for people affected, and assist the families of the deceased Chinese nationals.

China's procuratorial organs have been cracking down on drug-related crimes, arresting more than 61,000 offenders from January 2023 to May 2024, with the figure down 14 percent compared to the same period year-on-year, and overall number of drug-related crimes maintaining a downward trend over recent years, an official from China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said during a Tuesday press conference.

China's draft amendment on frontier health and quarantine was submitted for review for a second time at the 10th meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee on Tuesday.

Preliminary assessments indicate that 17 Chinese nationals have been killed in a fire at a lithi-um battery factory in South Korea, according to the Chinese embassy in South Korea. The ex-act number is awaiting further investigation. Following the accident, the Chinese embassy promptly activated emergency mechanisms, requesting all-out efforts to be made in rescuing the injured and managing the aftermath.

China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued 2024's first red alert, the highest level, for rainstorms on Monday morning, as the southern part of the country, particularly the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has been soaked in torrential rainstorms since mid-June, posing great inconvenience to local people and risking their lives and property.

After a two-year hiatus, the country's highest science and technology awards were announced in Beijing, with two scientists, Li Deren and Xue Qikun, winning the national top sci-tech award for the year 2023.

The artificial rain recently used for drought relief in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province on Friday night affected the audience's experience at Chinese singer Xue Zhiqian's concert, sparking widespread discussion. Officials from the Xuzhou meteorological administration explained the necessity and timing of this artificial rain operation on Saturday.

A new event that calls for a low-carbon life through various actions was held in Beijing on Friday, aiming to encourage enterprises and citizens to adjust air conditioners to 26 C in summer, practice green and healthy production and lifestyles, and help achieve the goal of carbon neutrality.

Drones have been used in some local power grids in Northwest China for inspections, addressing the problems of blind spots and the time-consuming and labor-intensive nature of high-altitude equipment inspections.

China's new-generation ice-breaking research vessel Ji Di was officially named and delivered on Monday, contributing to improving China's marine disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities.

Two Chinese scientists - Li Deren, a renowned photogrammetry and remote sensing expert and Xue Qikun, prominent scientist in the field of condensed matter physics - won China's top 2023 annual science award Monday for their outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation.

Chinese researchers have recently discovered a naturally occurring few-layer graphene for the first time in the lunar samples brought back by Chang'e-5 probe, which provides new insights into the moon's geological activities, evolutionary history, and environmental characteristics, broadening understanding of the complex mineral composition of lunar soil and offering important information and clues for resource utilization on the moon.

Xi presents China's top sci-tech award

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to the "Bond with Kuliang: 2024 China-U.S. Youth Festival" held in Fuzhou, east China's Fujian Province.

Preparations for 27th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned on Monday that passengers on civilian flights are required to comply with regulations and are prohibited from taking unauthorized photographs of sensitive military areas and equipment. This warning followed the circulation of an online video showing a foreigner suspected of illegally photographing a military-civilian airport in China, which garnered widespread public attention.

Multiple places in East China's Anhui Province have issued red alerts for geological disasters and torrential floods in mountains, low-lying areas and along rivers, with authorities in localities making all-out efforts to transfer and relocate affected residents, as a powerful, windy, rainstorm continued to soak the province on Sunday.

China on Saturday successfully launched the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), a space science satellite co-developed by China and France, to its preset orbit, which according to mission insiders and space observers on Sunday, marked a hallmark example of cooperation in space between a major Western country and an Asian power.

After the Vatican said on Saturday that it has appointed the bishop of Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, Chinese experts noted on Sunday that the recent statements made by China and the Vatican indicate that both sides hold a positive attitude toward bilateral relations and are willing to maintain and further promote the ties.

China and the EU on Saturday agreed to launch consultations on the anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). Chinese observers said the move underscores China's utmost sincerity in seeking to resolve trade disputes through talks, while showing EU officials' concerns about the adverse impact on European companies and consumers if the European Commission (EC) pushes ahead with its politically-driven tariff scheme.

China's first 10-kilometer vertical takeoff and landing flight test of a reusable launch vehicle was successfully completed on Sunday, marking the largest vertical takeoff and landing flight test of a reusable launch vehicle in the country to date and the first application of a domestically developed deep-throttling liquid oxygen-methane engine in a 10-kilometer return flight.

China's Ministry of State Security on Saturday posted a short film calling on the public to enhance national security awareness, describing a case of espionage in which a military enthusiast was deceived by a foreign spy disguised as a pretty girl on instant messaging app into giving up sensitive military information.