Golden Week outbound travel to surge by 500% compared with May Day holidays: travel agencies

The upcoming eight-day Golden Week holiday is expected to spark the biggest boom for Chinese outbound tourism since the pandemic, travel agencies said, and travel to Southeast Asia, boosted by Thailand's loosened travel policies for Chinese residents, could also maintain an upward trend. On Monday, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin personally greeted the first batch […]

Chinese officials meet former US Treasury secretary; 'engagement may serve as effective way to break impasse in China-US ties'

Chinese senior officials met with former US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing, exchanging views on bilateral economic and trade cooperation and global issues, such as climate change and the global economic situation. Analysts said that this form of meeting and engagement with former US officials, together with the two new […]

China stresses need for WTO reform, high-level opening-up

China's top leadership has stressed efforts to actively participate in the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and improve the ability to handle high-level opening-up. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC […]

China ushers hottest Golden Week in 5 years as travel and tourism explodes after COVID

There will be 896 million domestic tourists travelling during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, an increase of 86 percent compared to last year, China Ministry of Culture and Tourism estimated on Saturday. Revenue from domestic tourism revenue is expected to reach 782.5 billion yuan ($107.3 billion), a growth of 138 percent compared […]

Shenzhou-14 taikonauts enter Mengtian lab module after China Space Station completes assembly in orbit

China's manned space program has witnessed another milestone, as the Shenzhou-14 taikonauts entered the Mengtian lab module - the third and last part of the three-module China Space Station - on Thursday afternoon, after the new module carried out a transposition to the side docking port, completing in-orbit assembly of the station's T-shape basic structure.  […]

China’s versatile spacecraft makes multiple science, technology breakthroughs

China has released the second batch of science and technology results collected from the first spacecraft of the country's Innovation X satellite series, which achieved multiple national and international firsts such as the first solar transition zone image, as well as the brightest Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever recorded, the Global Times learned from developers on […]