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Across China: Chinese farmers spin straw into gold

Winter is a slack season for most Chinese farmers, but it is not the case for Jiang Suye and her pals. While chatting in the living room, they plait straw into pads an

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China investigates nearly 4,200 smuggling cases in 2019

Chinese customs investigated 4,198 smuggling cases in 2019, up 16.8 percent year on year, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed Thursday. Of the

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Chinese high-speed railway giant makes strong debut on A-share market

Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co. Ltd. (BSHSR), the operator of the country's most profitable railway line, showed robust performance on the first day of being l

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Technology helps solve mystery of ancient eye-shaped glass beads

Thanks to modern technology, Chinese researchers have solved the mystery of seven eye-shaped glass beads found in a tomb dating back to the Warring States Period (475-

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China to establish state catalog for medicines in short supply

China plans to set up a state catalog for medicines in short supply to strengthen early warning on medicine shortage and ensure drug supply, according to a draft gover

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China's Hunan reports trade surge with Belt and Road countries in 2019

Central China's Hunan Province saw its trade with countries along the Belt and Road amounted to 123.04 billion yuan (17.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019, surging 53.6 p

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China-developed ARJ21 regional jetliners link 38 cities

China's domestically developed ARJ21 regional aircraft is undergoing its commercial operation phase by linking 38 cities home and abroad, according to its developer Th

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25,000 suspects captured for online gambling

Chinese police cracked over 7,200 criminal cases of online gambling and detained 25,000 suspects in 2019, the Ministry of Public Security said Thursday. The police sei

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China starts pilot program to boost civil litigation efficiency

China's Supreme People's Court on Wednesday issued a plan on a pilot program to explore new ways to handle simple civil cases after separating such cases from those co

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Xinjiang to create 2.7 mln jobs for rural residents in 2020

The government of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said it has planned to help over 2.7 million rural residents find jobs in 2020. Measures such as s

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China's busiest port sees record throughput

Ningbo Zhoushan port, China's busiest port, saw cargo throughput exceed 1.1 billion tonnes in 2019, official statistics showed. This makes the port in eastern China's

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Volkswagen sales in China rise in 2019

Volkswagen Group China, together with its Chinese joint venture partners, delivered 4.23 million vehicles in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong market in 2019, up 0.6

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Across China: Spring Festival customs bring nostalgia to mountain village

by Xinhua writers Cui Li and Cao Bin Under an eave of a courtyard stood 69-year-old Fan Chenhai spinning the handle of a stone mill as light-yellow rice milk trickled d

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Patient's son sentenced to death in high-profile doctor-killing case

A man was given the death sentence for killing a doctor in a hospital where his mother was being treated, a court in Beijing ruled Thursday. The defendant, Sun Wenbin,

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China's postal industry sees steady growth in 2019

China's postal industry registered steady growth in 2019 driven by the country's express delivery sector, official data showed. The postal industry saw business revenu

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China's military to recruit twice a year from 2020

China will change its military conscription from once a year to twice a year, starting from 2020, according to a statement from a teleconference on the recruitment wor

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China releases full text of phase one trade agreement with U.S.

China's Ministry of Finance released on Thursday the full text of the phase one economic and trade agreement between China and the U.S.The agreement, released in both C