Recently, the topic "badminton becomes the top sport among state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China" has trended on social media, sparking lively discussions. Nearly every SOE now has badminton courts, with companies offering free court time and professional coaching for its employees. Badminton allows workers to play together during their off-hours, breaking the formal work environment […]
In the quarterfinals of the women's singles tennis at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, the 6th seed Zheng Qinwen defeated former world number one and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber in three sets to advance to the semifinals, beating out the German 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 in a three-hour marathon. This means Zheng has become […]
China's artistic swimming head coach Zhang Xiaohuan felt "a bit unreal" when the dream came true after China won its first-ever Olympic gold medal in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday with a "perfect" acrobatic team routine. "I'm very proud of the team. I think we have completed a perfect work," said Zhang, […]
Xi holds welcoming ceremony for Vietnam's top leader To Lam in Beijing
Some took off immediately while others hesitated – eight common kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) rescued by Beijing citizens took to the sky on China’s National Ecology Day. On Thursday morning, the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center (BRRC) successfully released eight kestrels, a species classified as a national second-class protected animal, into the wild at the Nanyuan Forest […]
An exhibition themed on the history of cooperation between the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and the World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW) opened on Tuesday as part of the activities to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the cooperation between the two sides. The WFSW is the first international organization that CAST joined. […]
The Philippines has continued to neglect China's goodwill efforts to calm tensions by sending a Philippine Air Force aircraft to illegally enter the airspace over China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island) in the South China Sea on Thursday, and issuing a complaint on Saturday over the professional and legitimate actions by the Southern […]
Imposing high tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEVs) could severely jeopardize the EU's climate objectives and its industrial competitiveness, the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) stated on Friday. The chamber in its statement highlighted the potential negative impact on China-EU cooperation within the automotive sector and urged the two parties to […]
Recently, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power has developed the first municipal virtual power plant monitoring and management platform in Changzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province. The platform has an adjustable capacity of more than 120,000 kilowatts, effectively promoting the participation of micro-grids, energy storage, charging piles, and other resources in the flexible adjustment of the power […]
China's foreign exchange reserves remained stable above $3.2 trillion from January to July, according to statistics released on Wednesday by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), indicating China's overall economic performance remained stable. As of the end of July, China's foreign exchange reserves reached $3.25 trillion, up $34 billion, or 1.06 percent, from the […]