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Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Monday that China is ready to further play a constructive role and contribute to the restoration of peace and tranquility in the Gulf region. Li made the remarks when holding talks with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in Beijing. Li noted that since the conflict in Iran broke out, China has been in close communication with relevant parties and actively committed to promoting

China edged Uzbekistan 2-1 at the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup on Saturday at Thailand's Thammasat Stadium to advance to the semifinals, securing qualification for the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup to be held in Poland. Facing the third-placed team from Group B, China, the top finisher in Group A, dominated the first half. In the 29th minute, China's defender Zeng Yujia headed home from close range assisted by Yu Jiaqi's cross to put China 1-0 ahead. China doubled their lead w

More than 800 events across culture, tourism, commerce, sports, and exhibitions will be held at Shanghai's Xuhui West Bund in 2026, as announced at a media briefing held at West Bund Orbit. Chen Anda, deputy general manager of Shanghai West Bund Development Group Co, outlined a lineup of flagship events for the year: the Jazz Spring West Bund music festival over the May Day holiday, the Shanghai leg of the FISE World Series and the urban sports carnival in October, and the We

The U.S. government should heed the voice of justice and immediately cease its blockade, sanctions, and any form of coercion and pressure against Cuba, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday. The Chinese side noted that some members of the U.S. Congress expressed opposition to the U.S. hostile policy toward Cuba following their recent visit to Cuba, Mao said at a regular news briefing. "China is willing to work with the international community to firmly

China's customs authority issued new measures on Thursday to prevent the import of dengue fever, requiring health declarations and stricter quarantine checks for travelers and goods from outbreak areas. The General Administration of Customs said the measures will take effect from April 10 and remain in force for one year. The move follows a rise in global dengue cases, with the World Health Organization reporting 423,000 infections worldwide in January and February, including

China is exploring leveraging nuclear energy to meet artificial intelligence's huge demand for electricity, as the token economy becomes the latest buzz word sweeping across the global tech industry. A token is the fundamental unit of data processed by an AI large language model. The momentum for the growth of the token economy grew stronger after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described tokens as "the new commodity" during a recent conference, and global tech companies are ramping

A four-member delegation, comprising of the China-Antigua and Barbuda MSP Technical Team, from the National Ocean Technology Centre (NOTC) in Tianjin, China visited Antigua and Barbuda from 10th – 18th March, 2026. The objective of this visit was to conduct a feasibility study or preliminary research for the development of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in Antigua and Barbuda. The widely use definition of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) describes it as a public process of analys

For the last 31 years, thousands of students in Northwest China have marked the approach of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, with an extraordinary act of remembrance: a 54-kilometer trek through rugged mountain terrain to honor fallen soldiers. On April 3, students and volunteers take part in an annual 54-kilometer trek to the Renshanhe Martyrs Cemetery in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn ] At 5 am on April 3, more than 3,000

China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday denied claims that Chinese firms offered chip equipment and intelligence support to Iran's military, dismissing them as "false information". The ministry's spokesman Zhang Xiaogang made the remarks at an online news briefing on Thursday in response to media reports claiming that the Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp provided chipmaking equipment to Iran's military and that a Chinese commercial satell

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged efforts to deepen political rectification in the military to maintain the purity and glory of the people's armed forces. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks when he addressed the opening ceremony of a training session for high-ranking military officials, which was held at the National Defense University in Beijing on

The world welcomed on Wednesday a diplomatic breakthrough for peace in the Middle East as Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, potentially suspending a six-week-old war that has killed hundreds and disrupted global energy supplies. The eleventh-hour truce was achieved as US President Donald Trump withdrew his threat to obliterate "a whole civilization" and Iranian authorities agreed to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz,

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will pay a five-day official visit to China starting on Saturday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Wednesday that Sanchez's visit, his fourth to China in four years, will be the latest high-level exchange between the two countries following last year's visits by both the Spanish prime minister and king. During the visit, Chinese leaders will discuss bilateral relations and issues of