Clear and real-time information has been consistently delivered by the Chinese government during the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak, research has found.

China's responding to COVID-19 stands the test of time and history with a clear timeline and solid facts, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.

China's first 5G network in an underground coal mine started working recently in Shanxi province.

China has been speeding up the resumption of major railway construction with a total of 115 under-construction projects nationwide having fully resumed work, the China State Railway (CSR) Group Co., Ltd. said.

Chinese health authority said Wednesday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday.

China announced on Tuesday that it has completed the first high-precision airborne gravity survey for Mount Qomolangma and its surrounding region as the aircraft of the mission safely returned to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

China plans to launch a Long March 5 carrier rocket in July to send a spacecraft toward Mars that will land a rover on the red planet, according to the program's major contractor.

China's newly adopted Civil Code has been published in book form by the People's Publishing House.

A major Chinese learning platform has attracted around 647,000 users from 152 countries and regions by the end of May, an official from China's Ministry of Education (MOE) said Tuesday.

China's medical waste disposal capacity has seen steady expansion in 2020, the country's ecology and environment authority said Tuesday.

China's efforts to help Africa fight the COVID-19 pandemic are effective and timely, and the continent can learn from the country's experience in containing the virus, according to experts.

China's inactivated COVID-19 vaccine is expected to finish clinical trials and get ready for the market as early as the end of this year or early next year, according to developer China National Biotec Group (CNBG).

Chinese scientists have proposed a new solution to defend Earth from asteroid strikes, according to a study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.

The number of rural workers finding jobs in urban areas nearly doubled in the past two months, authorities said, providing momentum to the sweeping effort to stamp out poverty in the country this year.

Two experimental vaccines for the novel coronavirus developed by research institutions run by China National Pharmaceutical Group, also known as Sinopharm, have shown positive signs of efficacy and safety, raising hopes that a vaccine could be available a

Designers have begun to develop an upgraded version of the Long March 11 carrier rocket called the Long March 11A, which they said will be wider and taller than the current model and have greater thrust.

A Long March 11 carrier rocket was launched on the early morning of Saturday, sending two technology demonstration satellites into orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

BEIJING -- China honored ten research teams and 286 sci-tech workers on the nation's sci-tech workers' day, which falls on Saturday.

Effective delivery of all policies introduced in the Government Work Report this year must be made to meet the targets and tasks for economic and social development this year, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.

The annual sessions of China's top legislature and political advisory body sent out the key message that the country will likely accelerate market-oriented reform and opening-up in the second half of the year.

A State Council executive meeting on Friday stressed the implementation of policies and work to reach the economic and social development goals for 2020.

BEIJING - A series of short videos telling the stories of individuals in the battle against COVID-19 in China has recently been produced and shared with the world.

At the eight-day two sessions, a key event in China's political calendar ending Thursday, the country has shown firm determination to eradicate absolute poverty and build a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

The country's first Civil Code－a fundamental and comprehensive civil law that refines rules for protecting civil rights and remedying their infringement－was adopted before the top legislature wrapped up its annual session on Thursday.

The central government will continue to stabilize the job market by providing support and employment services to job seekers this year, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.

The Communist Party of China has been actively working with political parties around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen international cooperation against the virus and build a global community of health for all, said Xu Lyuping, former vic

A Chinese research team announced that it has developed a super material with superior properties to ceramics and metals, promising to be a greener alternative for engineering plastics in fields of automobiles and aerospace.

Chinese lawmakers Thursday voted to adopt the country's long-expected Civil Code at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, the top legislature.

More efforts should be made to enable traditional Chinese medicine to play a bigger role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, top legislators and political advisers have suggested.

The presidium of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held its third meeting Wednesday.

The third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, started its closing meeting on Wednesday.

The chairpersons' council of China's top political advisory body held a meeting on Tuesday.

China's national integrated online government service platform has around 339 million registered users, according to a recent report.

China's top political advisory body on Monday held a video conference during its ongoing annual session.

Chinese authorities have issued guidelines on guaranteeing the basic wellbeing of disabled people amid normalized COVID-19 prevention and control, the China Disabled Persons' Federation said on Monday.

China will step up efforts in building a stronger protection network in the public health domain to better protect people's lives and health as the country is shifting to COVID-19 regular prevention and control.

More than 10,000 new 5G base stations are being built in China every week, as the nation scrambles to accelerate commercialization of the super-fast wireless technology, the nation's top industry regulator said on Monday.

Ensuring the full enforcement of the Constitution will be one of the main tasks of the top legislature this year, according to a draft work report unveiled on Monday.

Despite the lack of a GDP growth target, the economy will probably remain stable this year, with government policies focusing on ensuring employment and livelihoods.

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's national legislature, started its second plenary meeting Monday.

Senior Chinese leaders Wang Yang and Han Zheng Sunday attended deliberations at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, the national legislature.

Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan on Sunday called for resolve and perseverance to ensure steady and sustained progress in realizing national rejuvenation.

A renowned Chinese doctor has urged his peers to uphold the scientific spirit, keep searching diligently for objective truth, train capable talents that can collaborate as a team, and dutifully serve the nation and its people.

A system to predict the spread of COVID-19 globally will be launched online on Monday, Chinese researchers said.

The year 2020 is an unusual one for China, and for my career as a journalist. Since the beginning of the year, the novel coronavirus outbreak, which at first seemed to be just another unexceptional disease outbreak, quickly expanded in Wuhan, capital of H

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report to the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing on May 22.

China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has offered services to more countries and sectors, said a white paper setting out the country's satellite navigation industry development.

Senior Chinese leaders Saturday joined national political advisors in different group discussions at the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

China has acted as a responsible global player, both to its own people and those elsewhere in the world, in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to observers from the United Kingdom.

Despite unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, China has vowed to finish building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and win the battle against poverty in 2020.

China's first technology experiment satellite for low-orbit broadband communication has completed more than 180 communication tests and generated fruitful results.

China's first draft civil code, which is under review at the annual session of the top legislature, is essential to comprehensive advancement of the rule of law and will offer stronger protection of people's fundamental interests.

The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach a phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated and capable of generating an immune response in humans against SARS-CoV-2.

The preparatory meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) on Thursday adopted the following agenda for the session

Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report to the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing on Friday morning.

Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders on Friday mourned for lives lost to COVID-19 as the country's top legislature began its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China will further stabilize foreign trade and actively leverage the role of foreign capital, according to a government work report submitted to the national legislature for deliberation on Friday.

China stands ready to work with other countries to strengthen international cooperation on epidemic control, said a government work report submitted Friday to the national legislature for deliberation.

Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday called for further efforts to implement major biodiversity protection projects and to enhance awareness of protecting wildlife resources in society.

China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been used in more than half the world's countries and regions, according to the system's chief designer.

China has started a pilot project for whole-journey luggage tracking systems at six major airports, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

China will further expand the coverage of nucleic acid testing to enable early detection of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases as the country faces persistent risks of clusters of infections.

China's top legislature and political advisory body will hold annual sessions this week, more than two months after this key political event was postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

China has given all-round cooperation with the World Health Organization and shared its up-to-date experiences in disease control, diagnosis and treatment with other countries since the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak.

China's biggest, heaviest and most advanced satellite has completed all of its major technology demonstrations and verifications, a testament to the efficient design of the country's new-generation satellite platform, the DFH 5.

China has been taking proactive measures to push forward the research and application of self-driving technology, which will provide strong technological innovation support for building a comprehensive modern transport system.

By the end of 2019, Chinese products based on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System had been sold to more than 120 foreign countries and regions, playing a helpful role in a number of public sectors.

Director of China's National Health Commission Ma Xiaowei on Monday called for unity and coherence of the world as well as support to the leading role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in COVID-19 prevention and control.

The Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee met on Monday in Beijing to prepare for the upcoming annual session of the top political advisory body.

Chinese researchers have successfully identified multiple highly potent neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from convalescent plasma by high-throughput single-cell sequencing.

After the successful maiden flight of the Long March-5B large rocket and the testing of China's new-generation manned spaceship, more details of China's space station have been unveiled.

The number of Chinese passenger flights on Friday reached 10,262, exceeding the mark of 10,000 on a single day for the first time since February, according to the country's top aviation regulator.

China's Chang'e-4 probe has survived 500 Earth days on the far side of the moon while conducting a scientific exploration of the virgin territory.

China issued a guideline on advancing the development of western regions in new era to promote coordinated regional development on Sunday.

The Chinese mainland had 38,943 travel agencies by the end of 2019, according to a report from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Saturday.

The average salary of China's urban employees reported robust growth in 2019 thanks to the country's steady economic operation last year, official data showed Friday.

China is able to conduct 1.5 million nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 every day. Testing capabilities need to be further improved as work and production resume, said a Chinese health official Saturday at a press conference in Beijing.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has shared its experience in fighting COVID-19 with militaries from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Ukraine by videoconference seperately in early May.

China has been attaching equal attention to both asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and other confirmed cases, a health official said Friday.

China has made its best efforts to collect evidence and deepen understanding of the novel coronavirus and released reliable investigative results in a timely way since the outbreak's early stages.

China's top legislature will adjust its arrangements for the upcoming annual legislative session to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic and safeguard public health, a senior member of the legislature said Friday.

Chinese high school students had the most positive attitude toward online learning compared with those in the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), according to a report released by China Youth Daily.

A live system of ocean satellite data archive and distribution has been launched in China, according to China Natural Resources News on Thursday.

Nearly 90 percent of Chinese high school students intend to pursue higher education, according to recent research by the China Youth and Children Research Center.

A total of 17.75 million college students in China had taken part in online learning as of May 8 since classes moved online in early February as college campuses were closed due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

China is drafting a law on personal information protection, according to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

China is actively conducting international cooperation with world countries including Canada in drugs and vaccines development against COVID-19, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wednesday.

China is making headway in African swine fever containment, with cases of the disease dwindling since late 2018, an official said Tuesday.

Experts used China's quantum satellite -- Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) -- to verify quantum-secure time transfer for the first time, which laid a foundation for building a safe satellite navigation system.

A Chinese research team has revealed that the interaction within tree populations can lead to tree-line shifts in the Himalayas due to climate warming, according to the latest study published in the Journal of Biogeography.

China's Ministry of Education has made arrangements for this year's project to enable more students from rural and poor areas to be admitted to major universities, according to a circular on the website of the ministry.

The 45th satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests, according to the Satellite Navigation System Management Office.

Chinese scientists and their international collaborators have detected soft X-ray polarization from the Crab Nebula with their space program PolarLight, reopening the window of soft X-ray polarimetry in astronomy after more than four decades.

China will accelerate the application of advanced technologies in road construction and road network management, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Premier Li Keqiang on Monday chaired a seminar to solicit opinions from representatives of non-Communist parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and persons without party affiliation on the draft government work report.

No additional deaths caused by COVID-19 were registered for the 27th day in a row on Monday, as the Chinese mainland detected one further confirmed case and another suspected infection among inbound arrivals.

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will convene its 18th session on May 18 in Beijing, according to a statement issued after a chairpersons' meeting Monday.

China will build e-commerce pilot projects in 100 counties by the end of 2021 to meet the supply and demand of agricultural products and open up more channels for farmers to increase their incomes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair

Chinese scientists have developed a form of femtosecond laser plasmonic lithography (FPL) which is capable of conducting graphene processing, according to Monday's Science and Technology Daily.

China's economy will continue to rebound in the second quarter but the recovery pace may be constrained by external uncertainties and a global downturn.

China has been at the forefront of the global fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, sharing its experiences, expertise and donating supplies and equipment to countries around the world.

A road construction team will work on a route to the peak of Mount Qomolangma on May 12 if weather conditions permit.

China's new ocean-monitoring satellite HY-1D has passed factory tests, paving way for its launch at a suitable time, the Ministry of National Resources said Saturday.

China has been actively sharing scientific knowledge on COVID-19 with global medical practitioners and researchers through multiple platforms.

China will further promote the development of advanced medical equipment, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

In one way, the novel coronavirus has been a wake-up call for the world — one it has not yet fully recognized or understood.

China has put in place a set of guidelines to facilitate regular prevention and control of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, according to a senior health official.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently approved the establishment of a national high-performance medical apparatus and instruments innovation center in Shenzhen.

China is set to orderly open up public places and entertainment venues, according to a guideline issued by the State Council on Friday.

Guangdong province and Shanghai municipality－the two major front-line areas to prevent and control people with COVID-19 entering the country－lowered their public health emergency alert from Level 2 to Level 3, local officials said.

China decided to scrap quota restrictions on two major inbound investment schemes in a bid to further facilitate foreign institutional investors' participation in the country's financial market, authorities said Thursday.

China has conducted its first 3D printing experiment in space in a newly launched spacecraft, according to the China Academy of Space Technology.

A team of more than 30 Chinese surveyors arrived on Thursday at their base camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters, as they aim to remeasure the height of the world's highest mountain.

China's unmanned submersible,Qianlong2, has completed its expedition mission in the southwest Indian Ocean, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Thursday.

A team of over 30 Chinese surveyors left the base camp at Mount Qomolangma for a higher spot on its journey to the peak Wednesday as part of the country's mission to remeasure the height of the world's highest mountain.

The prototype of China's new-generation manned spacecraft has been in a good state since it was deployed into orbit on Tuesday evening, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's major space contractor.

China will intensify policy support to keep employment stable and safeguard people's livelihoods, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on Wednesday.

China's railway network witnessed a rebound of passengers during the May Day holiday as the novel coronavirus outbreak eased its grip nationwide, according to the country's top railway operator.

The success of the first flight mission of China's new large carrier rocket Long March 5B marks a good beginning for the country's space station program, said a congratulatory message sent by the central authorities on Tuesday.

No locally transmitted cases of novel coronavirus infections have been reported on the Chinese mainland for three consecutive days as of Tuesday midnight, according to the National Health Commission.

The central government has allocated 2.5 billion yuan ($354 million) to 55 pilot counties to fight rural water pollution.

China reported zero major accidents and natural disasters as of 6 pm Tuesday, the last day of the five-day May Day holiday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The Chinese Communist Youth League (CCYL) Central Committee unveiled an online activity for its members on Monday, China's Youth Day, in a bid to pass on the May Fourth spirit among young people.

The Labor Day holiday saw a recovery in tourism, with attractions nationwide receiving over 100 million travelers in four days.

COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland had maintained low single-digit daily growth for four days in a row on Monday with only one confirmed infection, and the day also marked the 20th straight day that saw no additional deaths.

There is no evidence so far that the coronavirus can be transmitted by mosquitoes, China's top respiratory expert, Zhong Nanshan, said on Monday during a video conference.

The lockdown programs in Wuhan and other parts of China have proven successful and helpful for other countries for the effective control and prevention of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a world-renowned expert has said.

China's rural residents in poverty-stricken areas saw their per capita nominal disposable income rise 2.7 percent year on year to 3,218 yuan (about 455.8 U.S. dollars) in the first quarter, official data showed.

Chinese customs authorities recorded 26,709 new registered import and export enterprises in March, up 53.12 percent year on year.

Chinese youths are giving higher scores to their national pride as the country gathered in solidarity amid the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

The World Health Organization on Friday welcomed the news that there are no more hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China, praising its people's tireless efforts to combat the pandemic.

China protects citizens' freedom of religious belief in accordance with the law, said a signed article published in response to a recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Millions of travelers jumped on trains Friday, the first day of the five-day May Day holiday in China, for gatherings or sightseeing, the railway operator said Saturday.

China has sent 15 batches of medical experts totaling 149 to 16 countries to assist the fight against COVID-19, a government spokesman said.

A globally recognized fraud detection technique shows that China's COVID-19 data is not manipulated, a study has found, so policy makers in the rest of the world can trust the Chinese data and formulate policy accordingly.

China saw more than 23 million domestic tourist trips made Friday, the first day of the five-day May Day holiday, with the domestic tourism revenue reaching over 9.7 billion yuan (about $1.38 billion).

A research paper that has developed a new model to track the spread of COIVD-19 offered support for the reliability of China's official case counts.

TCM has proved to have a positive effect throughout the coronavirus prevention and treatment period, industry experts said.

Astronomers have recently discovered a new fast radio burst (FRB), mysterious signals believed to be from the distant universe, with the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built.

China is expected to see an uptick in travel during the five-day May Day holiday as the coronavirus outbreak has leveled off across the country.

China stands ready to join hands with the European Union in strengthening exchanges and cooperation in areas such as epidemic prevention and control, and the resumption of economic development, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.

China will enhance efforts to strengthen quality control over anti-epidemic supplies and safeguard the market order amid the fight against COVID-19, said the country's top-quality watchdog.

Beijing has lowered the intensity of its response to the COVID-19 outbreak from the top level to the second level based on the current situation, which will lead to adjustments of prevention and control measures.

The last nine poverty-stricken county-level regions in East China's Anhui province have been removed from the country's list of impoverished counties, according to an announcement issued by the provincial government Wednesday.

This year's two sessions - China's most important annual political event – will be held in late May in Beijing, according to official releases on Wednesday.

China's Ministry of Transport announced to restore all tolls across the country from May 6.

All high-speed and intercity railway stations on the Chinese mainland will allow passengers to use electronic tickets, the country's top railway operator said on Tuesday.

A new drug for Alzheimer's disease developed by Chinese researchers has won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undergo clinical trials on patients overseas.

China has reached a significant milestone in its battle against the COVID-19 epidemic as the number of locally transmitted infections nationwide has fallen under 100 and Hubei province's Wuhan has no remaining cases at its hospitals.

China's new regulation on a cybersecurity review system, which aims to promote an orderly, secure and open cyberspace and safeguard national security, will take effect on June 1, according to the country's top internet regulator.

China launched an online platform Monday to provide convenient and efficient assistance for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, according to the National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA).

As of March, the number of online video users in China had hit 850 million, up by 126 million from the end of 2018, according to a report on China's internet development released Tuesday.

Southwest China's Chongqing municipality will partially reopen its colleges and universities, with the first batch of students to return to campus from May 11, authorities announced Sunday.

China announced Sunday to extend tax exemptions by an additional four years to further improve the inclusive finance service for smaller businesses.

China will update its internet TV network infrastructure to promote the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) based services, authorities announced Sunday.

The top legislature is expected to decide on Wednesday on the exact timing of this year's plenary session of the National People's Congress.

A total of 66.5 percent of the respondents in a recent survey said they have developed better hygiene habits during the COVID-19 epidemic.

On March 24, Chu Qian, an oncologist at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, received an email from her former acquaintance...

Two Chinese pharmaceutical companies said on Friday that their testing kits exported to India meet China's quality standard and those of countries they are exported to.

China's Ministry of Emergency Management has warned of relatively severe floods in areas along several major rivers in the country's northern and northeastern regions.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has stressed confidence and efforts in stabilizing China's economic fundamentals and securing people's basic livelihood.

A total of 2.79 million couples registered for marriages in the first quarter, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs Friday.

Reports and suggestions collected through an online inspection platform launched by China's central government have helped the country's fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

As the last COVID-19 patient with severe symptoms was cured on Friday, cases in severe and critical condition in Wuhan, Hubei province have been cleared.

China has supported around 128,000 fishermen to lead a better life after they gave up nets and boats on the Yangtze River to observe a fishing ban to protect biodiversity.

China's first Mars exploration mission has been named Tianwen-1, announced by the China National Space Administration on Friday.

Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, graduate students in Shanxi's universities and colleges have resorted to attending online fairs to look for jobs.

China's second amphibious assault ship was launched in Shanghai on Wednesday, according to footage published on Chinese websites.

China has fully mobilized all kinds of resources to provide timely assistance and support for its overseas citizens amid the health threat caused by the spread of the COVID-19 disease globally, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday.

The name and logo of China's first Mars exploration mission will be made public on the Space Day of China, which will fall on April 24, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

China's air passenger numbers have recovered to nearly one third of the level seen in the same period last year, as the novel coronavirus epidemic wanes and transport restrictions were lifted in some cities.

Due to a lack of melt-blown fabric, the face mask company that Gu Ning works for stopped production for five days on Wednesday.

To offset COVID-19's impact on the job market, China has taken measures to ensure employment and promote work resumption, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS).

The nine provinces which share land borders with neighboring countries should each make prevention plans to deal with the increasing pressure of curbing imported cases of COVID-19, an official with the National Health Commission, said on Tuesday.

China is expected to make more contributions to global containment of COVID-19 by developing vaccines through international cooperation, leading international public health experts said.

The Work Safety Committee of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, has launched a campaign to remove safety hazards at the root and effectively curb major accidents in workplaces across the country in about three years.

President Xi Jinping's call for a concerted global effort in tackling the coronavirus pandemic has won the backing of experts from around the world.

China has resumed construction of major water conservancy projects amid its further containment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic.

China will step up epidemic prevention and control measures in major cities and at key ports, resolutely guarding against the cross-border spread of coronavirus, a health official said Monday.

Over 79 percent of Chinese adults said they read through digital channels in 2019, up 3.1 percentage points from the previous year, according to a reading survey unveiled Monday.

Chinese courts will not support employers if they terminate labor relations with people on the grounds that the employees are from regions hard hit by COVID-19 outbreak, such as Hubei province, or patients of the disease.

The ministries of natural resources and civil affairs published on Sunday the official names of some of the islands, reefs and seafloor geographical entities in the South China Sea.

Transport departments in China are taking measures to increase the international freight transport capacity and ensure the stable operation of China-Europe Railway Express, according to senior transport officials.

Four rare black storks have appeared in the wetlands of North China's Hebei province.

China will step up closed-off management for drivers of cross-border freight vehicles in response to the rise of imported novel coronavirus cases, according to the country's top transport authority on Saturday.

Transport departments in China are taking measures to increase the international freight transport capacity and ensure the stable operation of China-Europe Railway Express, according to senior transport officials.

The majority of Chinese people think it is necessary to keep patient and confident for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control and fully cooperate with the response work, a survey shows.

BEIJING -- The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 17th lunar day on the far side of the moon after sleeping during the extremely cold night.

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province and the Sichuan medical team sent to fight COVID-19 in Hubei province revealed the world's first pair of captive giant panda twins born this year in a video on Friday.

A traditional Chinese medication is playing an important role in curing COVID-19, according to a leading TCM expert.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak has been revised for Wuhan, Hubei province, as has the number of confirmed infections after citywide data verification responded to concerns of the public.

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Thursday underlined continued vigilance and participation by all in Hubei as the COVID-19 containment in the hard-hit province is turning into a normal work from a crisis response.

China will intensify the renovation of old urban residential areas in 2020, with 39,000 communities to be renovated and benefiting around 7 million households, according to the country's top housing regulator.

Foreign investors remain optimistic about China, and there won't be large-scale withdrawal of foreign investment from the market despite the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

The Chinese mainland reported 15 additional imported COVID-19 cases and another 11 locally transmitted infections over the course of Thursday, according to the National Health Commission.

The Chinese government has acknowledged the important role TCM has played in treating COVID-19 patients and has added treatment of the virus to the specifications of three traditional medicines, a top TCM expert said on Wednesday.

China has maintained an overall stable situation in nuclear and radiation safety with the world's second largest number of nuclear power generating units in operation, an official with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said Wednesday.

China has established a cross-department mechanism to prevent and fight the abuse and misuse of personal data amid intensified efforts to stamp out crimes against people's privacy.

Hubei provincial authorities on Wednesday mobilized medical supplies and protective gear valued at 30 million yuan ($4.3 million) and delivered them to Heilongjiang province.

China has approved three vaccines, two inactivated and one vector, for clinical trials in China against COVID-19, officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Tuesday.

China will further intensify its proactive fiscal policy through a multipronged approach and strengthen the role of the financial sector in supporting the real economy to help businesses ride out difficulties.

Heilongjiang's border city Suifenhe has confirmed more COVID-19 infections among a group of people who arrived before the border was closed and are currently quarantined.

A makeshift hospital ceased operation in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, on Wednesday as the coronavirus epidemic wanes.

China has sent 16 chartered flights since March that carried more than 2,700 Chinese nationals overseas back to the country, an official at the Civil Aviation Administration said on Monday.

Manzhouli, a city on China's border with Russia, has enhanced its medical capabilities and epidemic control measures to cope with COVID-19 cases imported from Russia over the past few days.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday that the United States is being immoral and irresponsible by telling lies after a US State Department spokesperson reportedly accused the Chinese authorities of abuse and mistreatment of Africans li

China's ability to attract foreign capital will not be shaken by certain global companies' relocation moves as its market space, supportive government policies and advanced industrial supply chain will retain its market vitality, experts and business lead

Chinese authorities on Sunday demanded solid efforts to ensure workplace safety and resolutely curb major accidents.

China saw continuous environmental improvement last year, with reductions in airborne pollutants in major polluted cities and severely polluted surface water across the country, authorities said.

Chinese mainland reported 108 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and two deaths on Sunday, bringing the two numbers to 82,160 and 3,341, respectively, statistics from the National Health Commission show on Monday.

Chinese researchers have cloned a resistance gene targeting Fusarium head blight (FHB), a major fungal disease in wheat, from a relative of wheat, according to a study published in the journal Science.

Thirteen medical experts from hospitals in East China's Shandong province and 15 medical experts from Texas Medical Center in the US shared their experiences on preventing and controlling the spread of novel coronavirus on Friday.

The COVID-19 virus has mutated as it has spread, research has found, allowing scientists to track its origins and potentially predict future trends.

An online forum dedicated to sharing Chinese medical workers' front line experience of treating COVID-19 cases with their counterparts in Italy and other countries and regions, was held on Thursday.

The number of new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus on the Chinese mainland saw an uptick on Saturday as a result of an influx of imported cases, statistics from the National Health Commission show.

Imported coronavirus infections, if strictly monitored, and traced, should not lead to a new epidemic of illnesses in China, according to Zhong Nanshan, a prominent expert in respiratory diseases.

China's universities and colleges will offer a number of high-quality courses in English to global students via an international online teaching platform to promote the massive online open course (MOOC).

A recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine, which is China's first vaccine candidate to enter clinical human testing, began recruiting participants for its Phase II clinical trial on Thursday.

From a trickle to dozens, the daily new increase of imported COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland has maintained double-digit growth for 28 straight days.

Chinese authorities Thursday urged efforts to beef up COVID-19 prevention and control in border regions and expand coronavirus infection testing in key areas with risks of COVID-19 outbreak.

A Chinese astronomer has discovered the fastest rotating star in the Milky Way galaxy based on data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) located in Xinglong, in northern China's Hebei Province.

China plans to ease restrictions for rural residents applying for urban household registration status and allow more people to enjoy public services, according to a document released Thursday.

Nature, one of the world's top scientific journals, issued an editorial on Tuesday apologizing for associating the novel coronavirus with Wuhan and China in its news coverage.

Shanghai will strive to establish a world-class public health emergency system, according to a guideline released by the municipal government on Wednesday.

China is stepping up efforts to ensure the supply of medical goods to meet surging demand both at home and abroad, as the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak continues to spread across the globe, the nation's top industrial regulator said on Wednesday.

Chinese authorities have demanded targeted approaches to resuming business and living order while containing the coronavirus outbreak.

Heilongjiang province's health commission on Tuesday reported 25 new imported COVID-19 cases, all of whom entered via the land crossing in Suifenhe city, where the residential communities have now been closed.

China has sent a total of 302 charter flights carrying medical professionals and emergency supplies to support global anti-epidemic efforts, according to the civil aviation authorities.

More than 26.3 million people in China opted to mourn the deceased through online platforms during the recent three-day holiday for Tomb-sweeping Day, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Tuesday launched a special employment activity for China's job-hunting graduates in 2020.

Major ports in coastal areas of China have restored their operations to roughly the pre-COVID-19 level, which will help sustain the global supply chain that has been hit hard by the pandemic, experts said.

The number of people who visited graves in Shanghai during the three-day Qingming Festival from April 4 to 6 dropped by 88 percent compared with the same period last year, the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau said.

China has actively joined hands with the rest of the world to stem the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with the exports of medical supplies registering 10.2 billion yuan (about $1.43 billion) as of Saturday from March 1.

A black-faced spoonbill, a critically endangered bird species, was spotted at Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi.

China on Monday released a detailed timeline of the country's response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), chronicling the main facts and measures it has taken in the global joint anti-virus efforts.

Chinese officials said Saturday that the country can hold firm its rice bowl despite the novel coronavirus impact, with ample grain reserves and measures to boost production.

Nearly 13.4 million people in China used online platforms to mourn the deceased on Saturday, the Tomb-sweeping Day, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday.

The National Health Commission reported 30 new confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland, including five locally transmitted cases, and 47 new asymptomatic infections on Saturday.

China has actively joined hands with the rest of the world to stem the novel coronavirus disease, with the exports of medical supplies registering 10.2 billion yuan as of Saturday from March 1.

China-Europe freight rail services have expanded in the first quarter of the year, with the cargo trips hitting a record monthly high in March, according to the country's top railway operator.

China saw dropping traffic flow Saturday, the first day of a three-day Tomb-sweeping Day holiday, according to the traffic management authority.

One more district in Wuhan, the hardest-hit city by novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, has been classified as a low-risk area of the virus outbreak.

In recent weeks, the novel coronavirus outbreak has abated domestically, prompting authorities to lift bans on businesses and travel in regions less affected by the epidemic.

China has allocated 320 million yuan ($45 million) in special funds to 68 scientific research projects fighting the novel coronavirus to date, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Friday.

A national period of mourning will be held on Saturday, this year's Tomb Sweeping Day, to commemorate those who succumbed to COVID-19, according to the State Council.

China has taken a range of steps to aid the global fight against the novel coronavirus, a senior National Health Commission official said on Thursday.

The diversion of inbound flights headed for Beijing to other airports has been running smoothly, as has the resumption of domestic flights in Hubei province, the region hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, according to China's top aviation regulator.

Fourteen people who lost their lives fighting COVID-19 on the front line were honored as martyrs, the government of Hubei province announced on Thursday.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree to publish a decision on amending seven administrative regulations and abolishing 10.

China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 424.455 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.

China can achieve its goal of pulling all people out of poverty by the end of this year as the novel coronavirus outbreak only has limited impact on impoverished regions, a senior poverty alleviation official said on Wednesday.

China appropriated 24.5 billion yuan (around $3.45 billion) in medical assistance subsidies in 2019, including 4 billion yuan allocated for beefing up medical security in areas of deep poverty, the National Healthcare Security Administration said.

Under the dual pressures of the coronavirus outbreak and poverty alleviation targets, China has been taking measures to promote employment for the poor through online job fairs. I didn't expect to get a job through my cellphone.

China's 2020 fund for poverty alleviation has added up to 139.6 billion yuan (about $19.7 billion) after the central government dispensed 26.03 billion yuan to local governments recently, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday.

The national college entrance examination, or gaokao, will be postponed for a month to July 7 and 8 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Education said.

China has mobilized over 280 diplomatic missions overseas to solve issues that its students abroad are facing regarding COVID-19 prevention, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

China has 1,541 people with asymptomatic novel coronavirus infections under medical observation as of Monday, including 205 from overseas, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.

The national college entrance examination, or gaokao, will be postponed for a month to July 7 to 8 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Education said.

China is stepping up to produce more ventilators to help the global fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, as the nation produces about one-fifth of the world's multi-function ventilators, the nation's top industry regulator said on Monday.

China is taking strict preventive measures to ensure the safety of students and no secondary outbreaks of COVID-19 among them as schools begin to reopen.

Prevention and control measures are in place for ships engaged in international voyages that enter Chinese ports to ensure the safety of crew members and prevent the importation of the COVID-19 cases, a transport official said on Monday.

China's aviation regulator said on Monday it will arrange additional or chartered flights to bring back its citizens stuck abroad due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, based on the demands of overseas Chinese and domestic local governments' capacity to h

A total of 31 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 4 deaths were reported on Sunday on the Chinese mainland, bringing the two numbers to 81,470 and 3,304 respectively, statistics from the National Health Commission show on Monday.

There is huge uncertainty surrounding the tendency of the global pandemic of the COVID-19, but the deciding factor lies with the public, said some leading experts in infectious diseases at home and abroad.

A look at the current global spread of COVID-19 gives a grim picture of the situation as the number of infections has kept shooting up around the world in recent weeks especially in Europe and America.

International students in Wuhan, Hubei province, said that they have been receiving good care during the novel coronavirus outbreak thanks to arrangements made by their universities and local authorities.

China continues to contend with an influx of imported cases of novel coronavirus as the pandemic rages beyond the county's borders, statistics from the National Health Commission shows.

An 8-member medical expert team organized by the Chinese government arrived here on Saturday to help Pakistan fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Twenty provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland had reported no new domestic COVID-19 cases for more than 28 days by the end of Friday, a health official said Saturday.

Over 79 million members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have voluntarily made donations totaling 8.26 billion yuan (about $1.17 billion) for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and control as of Thursday.

Chinese medical experts have been working to provide medical information online to citizens stranded overseas as the pandemic accelerates its spread globally.

China was compelled to temporarily suspend entry into the country of foreign passport holders with valid visas or residence permits in order to deal with the spread of COVID-19.

Chinese health authority said Saturday that no new domestically transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on the mainland on Friday.

China has made a promising start to rebooting its economy and controlling the spread of COVID-19, according to a report from Imperial College London, providing hope for nations in lockdown due to the pandemic.

China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry into China by foreign nationals holding valid visas or residence permits because of the rapid global spread of COVID-19, according to an announcement by the Foreign Ministry and the National Immigration A

The Chinese government has provided aid to 89 countries and four international organizations to battle the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak and is planning further support, a senior official said on Thursday.

China will extend special aid to its citizens stranded overseas while continuing efforts to prevent both the importation of COVID-19 cases and a possible domestic rebound of the outbreak, according to a decision made during a meeting chaired by Premier Li

China said it extracted a record amount of flammable ice during its second trial exploration in the South China Sea, with about 28,700 cubic meters collected per day.

The central government is endeavoring to stabilize employment and help companies to minimize losses caused by novel coronavirus pneumonia, a senior official said at a news conference organized by the State Council on Wednesday.

The All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese on Wednesday urged its affiliates to keep in contact with Chinese people living abroad, returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, and provide better services during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Farmers nationwide are losing no time in getting the spring farming season underway to ensure a good harvest as China continues to battle the coronavirus outbreak.

Holding a remote control, Gong Ming, a farmer in the eastern province of Anhui, skillfully operated three drones that were spraying herbicides on 100 hectares of winter wheat.

Both Beijing and Shanghai said they will adopt stricter novel coronavirus prevention measures for inbound travelers beginning Wednesday, as more domestically confirmed infections have been linked to imported cases.

Universities and companies in China have been moving their recruitment procedures and providing recruitment guidance online to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the employment of college graduates.

Railway services will resume in Central China's Hubei province, the hardest-hit area of the country, in an orderly manner, according to the local train operator.

Chinese medical experts have emphasized using different therapies to treat patients with different symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

China urged greater afforestation efforts amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak to ensure afforestation targets are met this year, according to a circular released by the General Office of the State Council.

Railway authorities will offer discounts as deep as 45 percent off ticket prices for more than 200 train services on 25 intercity railways starting Wednesday, the China State Railway Group said on Monday.

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Monday urged medical institutions to restore medical services for non-COVID-19 patients while continuing efforts against the coronavirus.

A number of ministry-level departments, including those responsible for health, national development and reform, and agriculture and rural affairs, have responded recently to public concerns.

All provincial regions in Chinese mainland have resumed intra-province bus service while 29 provincial regions, other than Beijing and Hubei province, have resumed inter-province bus service by Saturday as the epidemic further eases, the Ministry of Trans

South China's island province of Hainan on Sunday launched a plan to revitalize its tourism industry in an effort to reduce the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Most regions of China are now at low-risk of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the country is taking effective measures in prevention and control, a Chinese health official said Sunday.

China has rolled out a string of measures to resume the transport and production of agricultural materials, as part of efforts to meet spring farming needs amid the ongoing epidemic fight.

No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported Saturday in Wuhan.

The Beijing municipal government has required strengthened nucleic acid testing (NAT) of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for people arriving in the city from other countries.

The China Three Gorges Corporation has begun the construction of the Yangtze River protection project in Wuhan, the company said Saturday.

The first clinical trial of the novel coronavirus vaccine in China has kicked off as volunteers taking part in the project started to share their experience on social media, a Chinese newspaper reported on Saturday.

Chinese experts developed a noninvasive tumor therapy with high performance and low side effects, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily.

The strength of China's system, which enables it to pool all available resources to solve major problems, has helped the country address the health crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, observers said.

Chinese health officials and experts and their counterparts from 19 countries in Euro-Asia and South Asia held an online video conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus on Friday.

Medical materials donated to the Iranian armed forces from the Chinese military arrived in Iran on Thursday, according to the Chinese Defense Ministry.

The nation's leading traditional Chinese medicine experts on Wednesday shared with US counterparts their novel coronavirus pneumonia diagnosis and treatment experience that proved effective in Wuhan.

New infections of the novel coronavirus remained at zero in the hardest-hit city Wuhan during the past week while all the new cases were imported, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

China has set a goal for central State-owned enterprises to establish an intellectual property work system in line with the requirement of high-quality development by 2025.

Chinese authorities have pledged to promote internet services in rural areas for poverty alleviation.

The COVID-19 pandemic cannot be controlled by the herd immunity strategy and vaccines will be the key to ultimately tackling the virus, said Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese expert in respiratory diseases.

Chinese students overseas are better off suspending their trips back to China if it's not very necessary, a health official in Beijing said on Wednesday.

A second chartered flight by China Eastern Airlines carrying a 13-member expert team and 17.3 metric tons of medical supplies left Shanghai for Milan on Wednesday.

China will further deepen reform of government functions and foster new drivers of growth to keep employment stable.

The development of a vaccine against COVID-19 recently reached a milestone with candidates in China and the United States fast-tracked to human trials.

Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan on Tuesday required the orderly, safe and smooth withdrawal of the medical staff supporting virus-hit Hubei province.

China will deepen the reform of government functions, foster new drivers of growth, cultivate new forms of industry in the digital economy and keep employment stable.

China's civil aviation authority has so far sent seven flights to bring back a total of 1,101 overseas Chinese in countries hit hard by the novel coronavirus, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

As overall infections overseas surpassed the country's caseload, imported COVID-19 cases keep cropping up in multiple regions on Chinese mainland, disrupting the trend of the epidemic grinding to a halt in China.

With the novel coronavirus epidemic under control in China, the country is ready to share its experience using traditional Chinese medicine with the international community.

The first batch of medical workers dispatched to combat the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, are returning home starting on Tuesday, Xinhua News Agency reports.

China's decision to comprehensively ban the trade and consumption of wild animals across the country gained strong support from experts and general public as a crucial move to curb the eating of wildlife.

Italians are hailing the medical supplies China sent to aid the country's fight against the novel coronavirus as vital and timely, as Chinese medical experts in Italy race to help reduce the country's high mortality rate.

With China getting the COVID-19 epidemic under control, more Chinese doctors here have joined hands to help the global community, especially overseas Chinese, better contain the fast-spreading pandemic.

The municipalities of Tianjin and Chongqing on Sunday became the latest in a crop of provincial-level regions that have reduced the number of COVID-19 patients to zero.

Travelers coming to Beijing from abroad will have to bear their own medical costs if they are suspected of carrying COVID-19 or are confirmed, an official said on Saturday.

A total of 9,751 new cases of of COVID-19 infection were reported outside China in the past 24 hours as of 10:00 CET Saturday.

The numbers of locally transmitted confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease on the Chinese mainland have been continuously falling, with only four local cases being reported in the epicenter.

A leading group of China's COVID-19 response Thursday called for more targeted prevention measures to stem the cross-border spread of the novel coronavirus and promised help for overseas fight against the pandemic.

China's first polar-observing satellite has completed its Antarctic observation mission after orbiting Earth for six months.

Chinese authorities on Friday released a guideline aimed at boosting consumption and unleashing the potential of the domestic market to cushion the blow of the ongoing epidemic on economic activities.

China's competitive advantage in the global supply chain has not been shaken by the novel coronavirus and the country will remain a hot spot for foreign investment, commerce officials said on Friday.

China's civil aviation authority is stepping up measures to prevent novel coronavirus cases from being imported from other virus-hit nations via international flights.

An instant traditional Chinese medicine in the form of granules that has proved effective in combating COVID-19 in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, will be available in the Netherlands and Italy.

China has witnessed remarkable growth of green coverage due to the implementation of afforestation projects, with more than 7 million hectares of trees planted last year, according to a report.

China will stay on track to wipe out domestic poverty in 2020, even after economic repercussions triggered by the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak fueled concerns that the deadline could be missed.

The novel coronavirus epidemic will not affect the achievement of the key goal of poverty alleviation by the end of this year, a top official said on Thursday.

China has fully displayed its ability to act on curbing the coronavirus, and its experience is an example the world can learn from and emulate, foreign residents in Quanzhou, Fujian province, said on Sunday.

Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is now able to dispose all medical waste in a timely fashion and has not posed any threat to the environment, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A group of Chinese experts headed to Italy on Wednesday at the urgent request of its Red Cross to help contain the novel coronavirus outbreak in the European country.

Hubei provincial capital Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has seen its daily increase of new infections decline for seven consecutive days.

China will strive to minimize the impact of the novel coronavirus on the country's poverty alleviation drive and ensure that it will achieve the goal of eliminating poverty by the end of this year.

The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that COVID-19 cases in China have been in significant decline, following the country's impressive efforts in containing the virus.

Voices on the other end of the line cut in and out due to a poor phone connection as officials at the Red Cross Society of China's headquarters in Beijing attempted to talk to staff members on the ground in Iran on Tuesday morning.

An English version of a widely used CT scan analysis system powered by artificial intelligence was fired up last week by the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin.

China has set up an assessment system to track the progress of its Beautiful China initiative in pursuit of ecological civilization, according to the country's top economic planner.

The global outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia will last at least until June, according to an expert, and the emphasis of China's fight will shift toward preventing the imported infections in the months to come.

In the past month, Cai Zehao has prepared the largest amount of traditional Chinese medicine in his eight years as a pharmacist.

BEIJING - China has rolled out a slew of measures to strengthen social assistance for people most in need and fight against poverty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday.

As the daily increase in novel coronavirus cases outside China has greatly surpassed that inside China, Bruce Aylward emphasized that speed is the single biggest message that the rest of the world should take away from China.

As the daily increase in novel coronavirus cases outside China has greatly surpassed that inside China, Bruce Aylward, assistant director-general of the World Health Organization, emphasized that speed is the single biggest message that the rest of the

Showing a continuously positive trend, China only saw 36 new novel coronavirus infections occurring in Wuhan, Hubei province on Sunday, as well as four new confirmed cases in Gansu province.

Only 300 days are left for China to eradicate absolute poverty as promised, and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is posing more challenges to reach the goal.

The Ministry of Justice said public opinions and suggestions on a draft regulation on foreigners' permanent residence in China will be fully considered and absorbed before the regulation is officially issued.

A rapid testing kit for the COVID-19 antibody with results available in 29 minutes was approved by the National Medical Products Administration, according to the developer Saturday.

Human resources department will further strengthen support to major industries and promote preferential policies to tackle labor shortage amid the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak.

Clinical practice proved traditional Chinese medicine has significant efficacy in treating the novel coronavirus pneumonia, a top official with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine said on Friday.

The international community can learn from China's experience in containing the novel coronavirus outbreak as the window for global containment closes, according to an editorial published on medical journal The Lancet on Friday.

China has paid great attention to the research and production of test reagents for novel coronavirus infection and has sufficient reagents, according to Wang Jiangping, vice-minister of industry and information technology.

China's relevant departments will adjust measures in line with the law on prevention and control of infectious diseases and the regulation on public health emergency based on the novel coronavirus outbreak situation.

China will help countries facing inadequate supplies in their battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic by encouraging domestic producers to export their products, the nation's top industry regulator said on Friday.

Scientists from different countries are racing against time to develop vaccines and effective therapies to control the virus spread and prevent it from becoming a pandemic.

Traditional Chinese medicine is making a major contribution to preventing patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia becoming critically ill, according to a leading expert.

Chinese researchers are studying the use of stem cell technology in the treatment of people critically ill with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Science and Technology Daily.

China is confident it will achieve its annual goal for grain production capacity despite the difficulties and problems posed by the novel coronavirus outbreak on spring farming.

hina has issued a guideline requiring local authorities to better apply information technology in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in communities in a bid to ease the workload faced by community workers.

A total of 62 countries and seven international organizations have provided supplies to China in preventing and controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic as of Monday, Vice Foreign MinisterMa Zhaoxu said.

Regions on the Chinese mainland outside Hubei province, the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, have recorded single-digit growth in daily new infections for seven straight days, as the latest daily data update shows.

Chinese scientists have discovered that the novel coronavirus has evolved into two major subtypes.

Central China's Hubei province, the center of the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is expected to gradually shut down temporary hospitals and cut the number of hospitals designated for the disease.

The populations of China's endangered wildlife have risen steadily over recent years, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said Tuesday.

While Iran is experiencing a spreading epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus, China has offered a helping hand by sending expert teams, sharing its experiences and supplying aid.

A number of ministry-level departments, including those responsible for customs, human resources and social security, and poverty alleviation, have responded recently to issues of public concern.

A critical multilingual manual has been published in both English and French by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

If the implementation of control measures were delayed for five days, the outbreak in the Chinese mainland would have tripled in size, according to a paper by Zhong and his team, published in the Journal of Thoracic Disease.

A total of 125 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 31 deaths were reported on Monday on the Chinese mainland, bringing the two numbers up to 80,151 and 2,943 respectively.

Report of the WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19 was released.

Some key insights into the novel coronavirus offered in the Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19).

BEIJING -- China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 399.788 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.

Both new confirmed cases and new suspected cases of novel coronavirus infection nationwide have been declining in the past two weeks.

The first double lung transplant for a patient infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia was successfully performed in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, on Saturday.

An official report on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) released jointly by the WHO and China’s National Health Commission identified the disease as a zoonotic virus and stated that there is no known pre-existing immunity in humans.

Nurses have played an important role in the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak and have made great contributions to helping patients recover, according to the National Health Commission.

Recovery rate of patients in severe condition has climbed significantly from 14 to 64 percent in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus, senior official from the National Health Commission said on Friday.

The decisive measures Chinese government has taken to contain novel coronavirus has resulted in great achievements in seven weeks, official of National Health Commission said on Friday.

The Ministry of Justice on Thursday published draft rules on foreigners' permanent residence in order to solicit public opinion.

The government and recruiting websites are strengthening joint efforts to hold job fairs online for fresh graduates during the novel coronavirus outbreak, Weng Tiehui, the vice-minister, said at a news conference.

The latest autopsy report on patients who died of COVID-19 reveals that the virus primarily attacks the lungs, and there is not enough evidence to support its damage to other organs.

Chinese authorities are working to differentiate poultry and livestock from wildlife after the country's top legislature rolled out a decision on Monday to ban the eating of wildlife.

Chinese universities will expand admission for graduate students pursuing master's degree this year as an effort to increase access to higher education for millions of graduates affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

The global spread of the novel coronavirus could come under control within six months as most infection cases in foreign countries are imported and China has gained experience in coping with the outbreak.

The Chinese government has brought home nearly all tourists who were once stranded abroad due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, a senior official with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Wednesday.

China's lunar rover Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, has helped scientists unveil the secrets buried deep under the surface on the far side of the moon.

The first case of novel coronavirus pneumonia was reported in China, but its source may not be in the country, renowned Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan said at a news conference in Guangzhou on Thursday.

A total of 23 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported no increase of newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection on Monday.

The number of new deaths from the novel coronavirus reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, by Monday reaching the lowest in 10 days can signify a change, said Qiu Haibo, a member on the expert panel of the National Health Commission.

The production and sale of fake and inferior medicine for the novel coronavirus as well as the activities of hoarding and driving up prices of protective equipment and medicine will also be targeted, it added.

More provinces have lowered their emergency response level to the novel coronavirus, as the country is seeing a slowing trend in the epidemic.

A total of nearly 100,000 overseas social media users show interests in China's recent space achievements, according to an online quiz co-conducted by Global Media Services Center of People's Daily Online and Beihang University.

China will ban the consumption of wild animals and severely crack down on the illegal wildlife trade as wild animals are widely believed to be the source of the novel coronavirus, according to a decision adopted by the top legislature on Monday.

The European Commission is co-financing the delivery of more than 25 metric tons of personal protective equipment to China after the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism was activated to help the fight against novel coronavirus.

Confirmed infections of COVID-19, an epidemic caused by a novel coronavirus, on the Chinese mainland rose by 508 on Monday to 77,658, according to the National Health Commission.

A draft decision on cracking down on the illegal wildlife trade and eliminating the risky practice of eating such animals is being deliberated among Chinese legislators as a move to ensure people's safety and keep public health secure.

A joint mission comprising experts from China and the World Health Organization traveled to Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, over the weekend and shared their major findings and suggestions with China's minister of health Ma Xiaow

New novel coronavirus infections on the Chinese mainland were reported to number 409 in the past 24 hours, for a cumulative total of 77,150, the National Health Commission announced on Monday.

China has approved two antibody detection reagent of novel coronavirus, a new method of detecting the disease, according to Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese expert in respiratory disease, on Sunday.

China has made progress in curing patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as it steps up epidemic prevention and control measures and medical reinforcements, a health official said Saturday.

China's daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients has surpassed that of new confirmed infections for the fifth consecutive day, according to the National Health Commission Sunday.

The State Council has issued a guideline on strengthening enterprises' measures preventing and containing the novel coronavirus spread in a bid to promote work and production resumption in an orderly manner.

China has issued 3,325 force majeure certificates as of Friday to protect companies from legal damage arising from novel coronavirus epidemic, data released by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade showed.

Chinese researchers have isolated a novel coronavirus strain from swab sample of infected patients' urine, said Zhao Jincun, a member of Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan's research group, at a press conference held in Guangzhou on Saturday.

A veteran British aviation expert has praised China's efforts to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak as right and effective, especially its use of drones and robotic technology to fight the pathogen.

The National Health Commission has changed the official English name of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus to COVID-19, adopting the title created by the World Health Organization.

Integrating traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine to treat the novel coronavirus patients has been proven to be effective, a top official with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine said on Thursday.

Medical supplies are generally guaranteed in the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak, said Lian Weiliang, a member of the central government group guiding epidemic control work in Central China's Hubei province on Thursday.

Integrating traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine to treat novel coronavirus patients has proved effective, a top official with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine said on Thursday.

The fastest vaccine candidate targeting the novel coronavirus is expected to begin clinical trials in late April, according to Xu Nanping, vice-minister for science and technology on Friday.

China has ramped up efforts to mobilize workers to meet the labor demands of companies as they resume production amid the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, including offering chartered transportation service to curb the spread of the epidemic during the

Through joint efforts of the whole nation, China's highest-level prevention and control measures have proved quite effective, according to a report published by the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies on Feb 14.

In an open letter published in the British medical journal Lancet on Tuesday, a group of health experts from across the world condemned conspiracy theories surrounding the contagious novel coronavirus, which broke out in Central China's Wuhan, and voiced

A total of 1,245 of confirmed novel coronavirus patients in South China's Guangdong province, or about 94 percent of all the patients, had received traditional Chinese medicine treatment apart from western medicine methods by Tuesday.

Some traditional Chinese medicines have long been used clinically and once evidence is available in the lab that they stop the novel coronavirus from entering cells or reducing the cytokine storm, they can be used safely in treating coronavirus infected p

The lander and rover of the Chang'e 4 probe have resumed work for the 15th lunar day on the far side of the moon after sleeping during the extremely cold night.

Families of medical staff who are fighting the novel coronavirus pneumonia will be taken care of by governments or other social groups if they need help.

With an increase of 1,749 over the course of Tuesday, total infections of the novel coronavirus on the Chinese mainland have reached 74,185, according to the National Health Commission.

China's daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei, the epicenter province of the outbreak, have dropped for 14 consecutive days.

China's two sessions, the country's biggest annual political event, may be postponed this year due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

More than 85 percent of novel coronavirus pneumonia patients nationwide have received Traditional Chinese Medicine as a means of treatment, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine said on Monday.

A joint expert team consisting of experts from China and the World Health Organization Monday began field inspections on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak, a Chinese health official said Monday.

The 5G technology is playing an increasingly significant role in China’s recent battle against the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic.

The severity rate of people infected with the novel coronavirus has seen a significant decrease nationwide as of Saturday midnight, according to the country's health authority on Sunday.

There will be no peak period during this year's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which will end on Tuesday, due to the ongoing novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Transport said over the weekend.

Favilavir, formerly known as Fapilavir, an antiviral that has shown efficacy in treating the novel coronavirus, was approved for marketing, the Taizhou government in Zhejiang province announced Sunday.

A senior National Health Commission official said Saturday that the bolstered efforts to treat critically ill patients have helped boost the recovery rate for the novel coronavirus pneumonia.

There won't be a travel peak for returnees in a traditional sense as this year's Spring Festival travel season is coming to an end soon, according to the vice-minister of transport Liu Xiaoming.

A 67-day-old baby on Saturday became China's youngest novel coronavirus pneumonia patient to be cured and discharged from hospital so far.

China has put some varieties of the vaccine for the novel coronavirus into animal tests as researchers are making their utmost efforts to shorten the development time period, a senior official with the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Saturday.

Central and local level governments will gather information on the production, sale, storage and processing ability of agricultural products across the country to ensure sufficient supply of necessities and maintain market stability, according to the Mini

With shops closed and theaters empty due to the coronavirus outbreak, lovers have been exchanging face masks and sanitizers on Valentine's Day rather than letters and chocolates as tokens of love.

The first child diagnosed with critical novel coronavirus pneumonia on the Chinese mainland has recovered and was discharged from a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday.

The use of cabin hospitals won't result in cross infection while it has achieved a good performance in treating the novel coronavirus pneumonia, a senior national health commission official said on Saturday.

China on Thursday commended people across the world, especially those young people who support the Chinese people in combating the novel coronavirus, expressing gratitude for their kindness and compassion.

The first child diagnosed with critical novel coronavirus pneumonia on the Chinese mainland has recovered and was discharged from a hospital in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Thursday.

The team consists of 209 TCM experts from first tier hospitals in Tianjin, East China's Jiangsu, Central China's Henan and Hunan and North China's Shanxi provinces.

China's tech powerhouses are lending a helping hand in community management as the stringent supervision of population flows becomes critical to prevent the further spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia.

Chinese scientists are divided on the official scientific name of the novel coronavirus, with supporters saying the name is descriptive and follows typical classification practices, while others claiming it could easily be misunderstood and abused to caus

China's civil aviation authority has been stepping up efforts to ensure sufficient international flights to meet people's travel and business demands amid the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak.

Although infection by the novel coronavirus may have adverse effects on newborns, recent medical research has yet to confirm mother-to-baby transmission.

A revision in the diagnosis criteria for the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Hubei province has resulted in a sudden surge in the number of confirmed patients in the province on Wednesday, the provincial health commission said on Thursday.

China urged domestic companies conducting overseas business to tighten their management on the resumption of work, take epidemic prevention measures and make emergency plans, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

China unveiled measures on Tuesday to beef up support for medical workers devoted to curbing the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, including steps to improve their working conditions and ensure their mental and physical health.

The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where the novel coronavirus outbreak was first reported, lies only about 800 meters from Hankou Railway Station, one of the busiest in the city.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University announced on Tuesday it has developed new testing system for diagnosing the novel coronavirus within one hour.

China’s nationwide efforts in fighting the novel coronavirus epidemic show the country’s capability, strength and confidence in defeating the epidemic and its sense of responsibility to the world.

BEIJING -- An international team of researchers announced Monday that they have discovered an amber containing parts of an unusually large ancient bird wing dating back around 99 million years.

A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report Monday on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Chinese Nobel laureate Tu Youyou has been awarded the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for her research into parasitic diseases.

China's mask production capacity is recovering steadily as producers race to resume production in full gear to ensure enough supply for control of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Since the pneumonia outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus in China in late December 2019, e-commerce platforms in the country have taken active moves to help the country tackle the crisis, working hard to ensure timely supply of items for daily use as

China is ramping up efforts to speed up production and increase the market supply of necessities and medical products as part of its larger efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak, said the country's top economic regulator.

China is working hard to increase medical supplies and daily necessities and is calling on more companies to return to full production after the holiday as part of its broader drive to fight the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak.

The second makeshift hospital built to accommodate patients suspected of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan received the first batch of patients on Saturday night.

Politicians and specialists worldwide have voiced their confidence that China will win battle against the novel coronavirus outbreak and appreciated China's measures in curbing the epidemic.

In the face of public health crisis, all countries should unite as one and cooperate with each other to ride out the storm.

The total number of confirmed nationwide cases of the novel coronavirus has surpassed total suspected cases for four consecutive days and the gap keeps widening, signifying stronger screening and testing capabilities.

The genome sequence of the novel coronavirus strain separated from pangolins was 99 percent identical to that from infected people, indicating pangolins may be an intermediate host of the virus, a study has found.

Severe or even critical patients infected with the novel coronavirus will be able to recover under positive medical treatment.

Establishing mobile cabin hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei province, is an effective way to increase admission capacity of patients infected with novel coronavirus, an official with the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Xiamen Airlines has dispatched 10 more flights to Manila, the Philippines to retrieving stranded Chinese on Wednesday, the second such move after sending a flight each to Bangkok, Thailand and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia on Jan 31.

More Chinese hospitals have launched free online medical consultation services to relieve pressure on hospitals and reduce the chance of cross infection amid the novel coronavirus spread.

Chinese authorities Thursday asked businesses outside Hubei Province to resume operation in an orderly manner while continuing to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak.

For a nation, the greatest glory consists not in never falling, but rising when it falls.

The Wuhan government released a notice, mourning the doctor who sounded an early warning about the novel coronavirus outbreak and died of the disease.

Chinese researchers have developed a new method to produce hydrogen from the industrial waste of sulfureted hydrogen, according to a recent study paper published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science.

The People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force has been making all-out efforts to purchase materials badly needed in the fight against the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic.

The first Long March 5B carrier rocket arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Wednesday for prelaunch preparations.

The death rate from pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus on the Chinese mainland has declined by 0.2 percentage points and now stands at 2.1 percent, an official said.

China has taken measures to improve novel coronavirus prevention work and ensure safe travels during the Spring Festival travel rush as people are returning to work after the holiday.

By Tuesday night, 45 patients have been transferred to Huoshenshan Hospital, one of two hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei province, built to contain patients of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Xu Dixiong, deputy head of the hospital, said in an interview with CCT

Intl community praises China's response to novel coronavirus.

The Chinese mainland added 3,235 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 20,438, the National Health Commission said.

Several departments of China's central government have rolled out favorable policies or provided funds for local governments and individuals to fight the new coronavirus, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC) said Monday.

China's lunar rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) has driven 367.25 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration.

China's civil air transport is playing its role in delivering emergency supplies to help fight the novel coronavirus epidemic.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry will hold daily news briefings online starting Monday due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China.

China will step up efforts to enhance supervision to prevent the shipment and sale of wild animals as preventive and control measures to curb the spreading of the novel coronavirus, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation.

With the end of the extended Lunar New Year holiday on Sunday and a large number of travelers hitting the road or boarding flights, China has stepped up disinfection, ventilation and screening measures in public spaces to contain the novel coronavirus out

Chinese government can manage to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, and has spread to other parts of China and foreign countries.

Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, China is now facing obstacles that may hinder its economic development in a short run, but the country’s economy will show strong resilience and will not be severely slackened, said experts.

More cities have issued plans to build a Xiaotangshan-style hospital to ease the shortage of beds for patients infected by the novel coronavirus after Wuhan, the center of epidemic, has done so.

China's National Immigration Administration has issued a guideline for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) prevention in six languages including English, Russian, French, German, Japanese and Korean, for foreigners in China.

Medical personnel from the People's Liberation Army will take over a newly-constructed hospital in Hubei province's Wuhan dedicated to novel coronavirus-caused pneumonia.

Starting on Saturday, passengers will be required to provide their phone numbers when buying train tickets as part of the country's efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to the country's top railway operator.

The first batch of charter flights sent by the Chinese government Friday evening brought back 199 stranded Hubei residents from overseas following the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.

More hospitals designed to replicate the SARS treatment model are popping up across China as the country mobilizes medical resources nationwide to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

China's central authorities approved Friday further extending the Spring Festival holiday in the novel coronavirus hard-hit Hubei Province to curb the outbreak.

Intl community praises China's response to novel coronavirus.

China has confidence and capability to win the battle against the epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday after the World Health Organization declared the pneumonia outbreak in China a public health emergency of inter

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has arranged two flights on Friday to bring back Wuhan travelers who remain abroad due to the city's lockdown amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

China has full confidence and capability to win the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.

China Railway Corporation has set up a big data group to help find passengers who took the same railway compartment as people who have contracted the novel coronavirus.

WHO head praises China's response to novel coronavirus.

Amid a surge in the number of coronavirus cases — the total surpassed 7,000 on Wednesday — people outside China have shown empathy and support for China in fighting back against the outbreak. Boeing will donate 250,000 medical-grade respiratory masks to

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, issued an instruction regarding the novel coronavirus on Monday.