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China will continue its efforts to free up state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from performing social functions to make them more competitive. So announced a teleconference held Thursday. Historically, an SOE in China was a social unit, providing not only li...

More than 25 leaders from "the G20, G7 and from every region" have united in urgent call for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response, chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The pandemic treaty would be a gener...

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in eastern China's Fujian province hosting visiting foreign minister of Singapore on March 31, 2021. (Photo/fmprc.gov.cn) China, ASEAN member states enjoying closer relations, more shared objectives Senior...

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying (Photo/fmprc.gov.cn) China rebutted on Thursday the United Kingdom's criticism of its behavior in the global trade system, saying that manipulation of trade rules by Western countries should be changed. Foreign...

The new research of the China Will Registration Center in 2020. (Photo/will.org.cn) Few young adults bother to make a will, but an increasing number of people in their 20s and 30s are taking that step, according to new research. Zhu Di, 26, from Shangha...

Residents stand outside a Hong Kong court to show support for the conviction of Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying with other activists for their roles in an unauthorized assembly in 2019. (LI ZHIHUA/CHINA NEWS SERVICE) It would be a "mockery" of the law to assume the...

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY With COVID-19 vaccination programs rolling out in different countries, the global economic and business environment is expected to start improving in the second half of this year. But China has already shown a more apparent growth m...

The China Cotton Association (CCA) on Thursday voiced its resolute opposition to all restrictions imposed by U.S.-led Western countries on the supply chain and related products of Xinjiang's textile and apparel industry, and urged the countries to immed...

Students from a school in Tung Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, kick off a new semester by holding a flag-raising ceremony on Sept 2, 2019. （Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn） The Ministry of Education will give ful...