The 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened on Thursday in Shanghai, drawing thousands of international companies seeking opportunities in the Chinese market.

The APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting is set to convene in Shenzhen from November 18–19, 2026.

A highlight of the main forum is the AI Wuzhen Dialogue, which brings together leading global technology companies, executives from open-source large language model companies and AI scientists to explore ways to build a global open-source AI ecosystem.

China will adopt a "two launches, lunar orbit rendezvous" architecture for its manned lunar exploration program, a senior engineer said on Saturday, as development work for lunar landing advances steadily.

Bolivia has declared a national emergency as the El Nino climate pattern brings severe drought and looming flood threats across the Andean nation, President Rodrigo Paz announced on Saturday.

In Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, an intelligent electric vehicle carrying German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife takes to a test track. On October 27, just hours after arriving in the city, Steinmeier visited Volkswagen's research and development (R&D) center. It's the German automaker's largest research and development facility outside Germany.

A new fishing season kicks off in the Yellow and Bohai Seas. Over 12,000 fishing boats from Shandong Province set sail together, hauling in the autumn catch.

Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Thursday after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek and concluding his state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt.

From providing services to handling hazardous industrial tasks, robots are moving closer to becoming practical human partners in everyday life. The World Robot Conference (WRC) 2026 opened in Beijing on Wednesday and is showcasing how advances in the industry are expanding robots' real-world applications.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday that China and South Korea should demonstrate strategic vision and work to ensure the healthy, stable and sustainable development of bilateral relations.

For 86-year-old Dai Guogui, managing diabetes alongside heart disease as well as a history of suffering strokes was once an exhausting nightly struggle. "I used to inject insulin at 9:30 every night, only to wake up around 2 or 3 in the morning drenched in sweat from severe low blood sugar," Dai told China Media Group (CMG).

China's economy remained broadly stable in the first seven months of 2026, as the latest figures point to an economy that is gradually changing where its growth comes from – with advanced manufacturing, high-tech investment, services and inbound tourism becoming increasingly important drivers of growth momentum