United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a global appeal to counter hate speech related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Guterres says the pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering....
A coronavirus vaccine developed in China has been proven effective in monkeys. The vaccine made by a Beijing-based biotech company put a crippled virus into an animal's body, forcing its immune system to produce antibodies. The vaccine has been under...
China has confirmed its new cargo return capsule operated abnormally during its return to the ground on Wednesday. The flexible and inflatable capsule was launched on Tuesday aboard the country's new large carrier rocket Long March-5B for its first t...
China's Long March 5B carrier rocket has been launched for the first time, lifting off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan Province on Tuesday. Eight minutes later, an experimental spacecraft and a test version of a cargo capsule sepa...
China has announced the dates for this year's two sessions, its most important annual political event. The country's top legislature, the National People's Congress, will open its annual session on May 22. The annual session of the National Committee...
The director of a laboratory in Wuhan has rejected claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in his facility. Conspiracy theorists have claimed COVID-19 was synthesized by the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) . Refuting the claims, Yuan Zhimin...
The number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland has dropped below 100. Over 600 imported cases are still under treatment. The mainland reported three new cases on Sunday, with two of them being imported cases. Over 1,000...
After more than three months of dealing with COVID-19, Wuhan cleared its last coronavirus case in hospital on Sunday. Spokesperson Mi Feng for the National Health Commission says 93.4 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland have r...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter expressing thanks to workers involved in the construction of Samjiyon. Situated near Mount Paektu, the city is the birthplace of Kim's father Kim Jong Il. Its renovation was completed in December. Kim...
President Xi Jinping has visited an exhibition on the relocation of Jiaotong University from Shanghai to Xi'an and its development and achievements. He met with 14 professors, who had been relocated along with the university decades ago. President Xi...
President Xi Jinping has called for more down-to-earth efforts from the government to help people find jobs and shake off poverty. He made the remarks while visiting a rural community in the city of Ankang as part of his inspection in Shanxi Province...
Chinese authorities have decided to beef up targeted assistance for small businesses and people in need amid efforts to address challenges in the economy. The remarks were made at a State Council executive meeting yesterday chaired by Premier Li Keqi...
Health officials say Beijing will carry out mandatory nucleic acid tests on eight groups of people. 卫生官员表示，北京将对八类人员进行强制性核酸检测。 The groups include COVID-19 patients and those who have close contacts wit...
A senior virologist has said it is impossible to synthesize the novel coronavirus, and even more ridiculous to claim it had escaped from a biosafety lab in Wuhan. 一位资深病毒学家表示，合成新冠病毒是不可能的，而更荒谬的是声...
The Chinese foreign minister says the country will continue to support Pakistan in accordance with its needs to help it overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Wang Yi made the pledge during phone talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. W...
