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Sino-British music festival to be held in central China

ASino-BritishmusicfestivalwillbeheldinWuhan,capitalofcentralChina'sHubeiProvince,inMay,authoritiessaidatapressconferenceonTuesday.Thefestivalwillbeco-hostedbyth

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38 European firms seek business opportunities in China

Thirty-eightcompaniesfromGermanyandtheCzechRepublichaveshowedinterestinexploringbusinessopportunitiesincentralChina'sHubeiProvince.TheEuropeancompaniessignedase

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Snowfall cause power outages in central China

Tens of thousands of households in central China's Hubei Province is experiencing power outages after heavy snow severely damaged the local grid.

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Explosion in Hubei power plant leaves 21 dead, 5 hurt

A power plant explosion killed at least 21 people and injured five, three of them seriously, in Dangyang, Hubei province, on Thursday, according to China's top work safety watchdog.

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Flooding in central China takes toll on smartphone makers

​Serious flooding in central China is affecting some smartphone vendors, with a factory besieged by water, aftersale services partially suspended and online retailers short of products.

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Heavy rains sidelining couriers

Zou Huawei, a deliveryman at the Wuhan office of Yunda Express Co, said he has not been able to work for days because of the heavy rain.

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Death toll on flooding peak across China rises to 186, second Yangtze warning issued

Some 56,000 homes have collapsed and about 1.5 million people evacuated, authorities say

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Torrential rains flood eastern Chinese cities

Parts of Shanghai and east China's Jiangsu Province have been submerged under water after heavy downpours that started on Tuesday.

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China's vice premier stresses eliminating poverty

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang urged more efforts to boost the opening-up and economic progress of poverty-hit areas in central and western China while building a moderately prosperous society.