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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

China's catering revenue rose in the first quarter, supported by seasonal offerings and a shift toward outdoor and experience-driven dining, underscoring the sector's role as a steady pillar of consumption. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed catering revenue reached 1.46 trillion yuan ($213.9 billion) in the first three months, up 4.2 percent year-on-year. Revenue from larger catering enterprises climbed 3.8 percent to 422.9 billion yuan. Growth moderat

China's civil aviation sector handled 66.63 million passenger trips in March, up 12.1 percent year on year, the country's civil aviation authority said on Monday. Data released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China showed that passenger trips on domestic routes totaled 59.51 million in March, up 11.5 percent from a year earlier. Passengers board a plane at Xianyang International Airport in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Feb 6. [Photo by Yuan Jingzhi/For China Daily] Pass

China and the United States share broad space for cooperation and extensive common interests, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said on Monday. He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with Myron Brilliant, senior advisor to the U.S. consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, me

The rapid rise of digital reading is encouraging more Chinese people to develop reading habits, as access to books and overall reading rates continue to grow alongside a nationwide push to build a book-loving society. Figures released Monday at the fifth National Conference on Reading show that China's overall adult reading rate has reached 82.3 percent, while the number of books read per person, including both print and digital, rose to 8.39 in 2025. The data, from a nationa

At first glance, Hao Guifen's latest work looks like a high-definition oil painting. In reality, the 67-year-old intangible cultural heritage inheritor's work is a 300-year-old craft reimagined for the 21st century. By utilizing computer-aided layer decomposition to create 18-layer, three-dimensional paper-cuttings, Hao is elevating Yangliuqing paper-cutting to a recurring national gift on the world stage. Yangliuqing paper-cutting was included in the second batch of Tianjin'

An inaugural 12-day trip on a newly renovated five-star travel train set off from Wuhan, Hubei province, on Wednesday night, expecting to provide luxurious experiences for tourists. A total of 172 tourists are on board to visit Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, nshun, Bijie and other destinations in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces as a travel group. They will visit attractions such as Erhai Lake, Huangguoshu Waterfall, Cangshan Mountain and Yulong Snow Mountain, experience tie-dye handicr

The Government of Guyana, in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, will host a series of cultural performances by a visiting Chinese acrobatic troupe as part of activities to commemorate Guyana’s 60th Independence Anniversary. Director of National Events, Andrew Tyndall, announced that the visit forms part of ongoing cultural diplomacy between Guyana and China, which established diplomatic relations on June 27, 1972. Tyndall explained that the perf

The Government of Jamaica, on Wednesday (April 15), signed an agreement on Development Cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, advancing bilateral relations, technical and economic cooperation between the two countries. The agreement was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith and Ambassador of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Wang Jinfeng. The agreement, valued at approximately $2.3 billion Jamaican dolla

China's television regulator said it has removed tens of thousands of AI-altered videos and penalized multiple accounts as part of a campaign to curb problematic online content. In a statement, the National Radio and Television Administration said a month-long campaign launched in January targeted videos that used artificial intelligence to modify classic television dramas, including adaptations of China's four great classical novels, as well as works with historical and revo

China will carry out intensive space missions in 2026, including Tianwen-2's close approach and observation of its target asteroid, an official of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday. The country will also conduct crewed missions including Shenzhou-23, flight verification tests of multiple reusable rockets, and promote high-quality development in the commercial space sector, said Liu Yunfeng, deputy director of the CNSA's system engineering departmen

China's second domestically built large cruise ship, Adora Flora City, will be delivered in Shanghai on Nov. 6, nearly two months ahead of schedule thanks to digital and intelligent technologies that have helped accelerate construction, its builder said on Thursday. Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, said that it overcame the challenges of compressed construction timelines and overlapping multi-trade operations by