China Focus: Chinese polar icebreaker returns home after fruitful Antarctic research outcomes

China's polar icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to Shanghai in east China on Thursday after a 160-day-long voyage, part of the country's 42nd An...

Xinhua Commentary: China's first national conference on service sector boosts confidence in high-quality growth

The just-concluded national conference on the service sector in Beijing has sent a clear signal that China will promote a high-quality service sector drive...

China records 135 mln domestic tourist trips during Qingming Festival holiday

China's Long March-8 rocket launches new internet satellites

​China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending 18 internet satellites into space.