A fire dragon dance performance attracts a large number of spectators during a New Year celebration in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, on Thursday. The fire dragon dance of Puzhai, Fengshun county, Guangdong province, has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage of China.China Daily
Trips promote equality and coexistence
In a year of rising geopolitical uncertainty, President Xi Jinping's overseas visits in 2025 highlighted a sustained focus on neighboring countries as a priority in China's overall diplomacy, and a crucial pillar in advancing the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.
Cooperation can boost cross-Strait integration
The Chinese mainland has pledged to expand cooperation and dialogue with Taiwan while advancing integrated development across the Taiwan Strait in 2026, according to authorities and experts.
Central China city threading up success
From an epoch when 300,000 garment workers left their hometowns in search of opportunities in South China, to today's wave of skilled natives returning home to start businesses, Tianmen in Hubei province has rapidly risen as an unexpected contender in the apparel e-commerce industry.
Tech crucial factor shaping China-US ties
Technology competition remained at the center of US-China ties throughout 2025, as Washington expanded export controls in pursuit of AI supremacy while Beijing advanced self-reliance and championed global cooperation in technologies.
AMATEUR HITMAKER
On a humid afternoon at China's 15th National Games held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in November last year, amid the polished ranks of professional youth squads, one team looked unmistakably out of place. Their uniforms were newer than their reputation, their accents unmistakably from the far north, and their faces — still boyish — betrayed a nervous energy more often found in classrooms than stadium tunnels. They were students from Qiqihar No. 1 High School, and they had just done something no one expected: finished fourth in the men's under-18 volleyball tournament, the best result Heilongjiang province had achieved in the event in 66 years.
Chinese investors fueling Indonesia's coconut boom
As China's demand for coconut products keeps rising, the entry of Chinese investors into Indonesia's coconut processing industry and plantations has injected new hope for the Southeast Asian nation to optimize the use of its abundant coconut crops for higher revenue growth.
SHANDONG APPLE PICKERS FIND NEW FAME AS INFLUENCERS
During the apple harvest season in the mountainous Zhongzhuang township in Zibo city, Shandong province, many couples are busy weaving through orchards brimming with ripe fruit. They create promotional videos, livestream and sell red apples through online platforms.
DISHING UP DYNASTIES
The lantern light flickers, casting dancing shadows on stone as a woman in elegant, flowing silks in the style of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) glides forward to greet guests at a palace-like restaurant in Jianou city, north of eastern Fujian province.
Women seen at forefront of AI adoption
For decades, the corporate world fostered a persistent stereotype: technology is a male-dominated domain, and women are slower to adopt the tools of the future. That assumption is now being challenged by data from China's rapidly digitizing workplace.
Into China's dreamscape beyond the clouds
Against the backdrop of towering, otherworldly sandstone pillars and peaks at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan province, a group of inbound tourists stands transfixed, their eyes soaking in the sweeping, mist-shrouded landscape.
A PASSING OF THE TORCH
December saw the Chinese national athletics team gather in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, for a 16-day winter training camp, building toward next year's Nagoya Asian Games, the 2027 Beijing World Athletics Championships and, ultimately, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
