BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) — The Chinese capital city of Beijing received 18.83 million tourist visits during the five-day May Day holiday, up 5.1 percent year on year, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said on Tuesday. The total tourism revenue hit 22.36 billion yuan (about 3.26 billion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year increase of 6.6 percent, according to the bureau. The city also recorded 128,000 inbound tourist visits, rising 22.3 percent from the same period of last year,…

The project models the universe on an unprecedented scale, offering new insights into dark matter and galaxy formation A Chinese-led team of scientists has recreated the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to the present day using one of the largest and most advanced cosmological simulations ever conducted, reports  China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. The project, known as HyperMillennium, was led by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with international…

International officials highlight efficiency, real-time management and citizen-focused solutions as key to sustainable urban development The Chinese city of Xi’an is strengthening its position as a benchmark for smart urban governance, demonstrating how digital technologies and data-driven systems can enhance public services, improve efficiency, and support sustainable development. According to China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS, officials and urban management experts from multiple countries, including Egypt and Oman, examined the city’s governance model, focusing on how digitalisation is reshaping…

BEIJING, May 01 (Xinhua) — China will celebrate its 11th Space Day on Friday, while its Chang’e-7 spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province before its planned launch in the second half of 2026. It will head to the moon to conduct environmental and resource surveys of the lunar south pole. Over the past decade, China’s Chang’e lunar exploration program has secured many achievements. Chang’e-4 realised the world’s first soft landing…

BEIJING, May 01 (Xinhua) — Mounting risks around the Strait of Hormuz, disruptions to shipping lanes of vital materials and volatile energy prices have rendered global trade and industrial ecosystems unprecedentedly vulnerable. Some powers tend to weaponise trade, sever industrial and logistic links, and exploit regional chaos, severely undermining the stability of the world economic order. While supporting all efforts of regional de-escalation through political and diplomatic means, China is a steadfast guardian of open and resilient global supply chains,…

BEIJING, May 01 (Xinhua) — A 26-year-old graduate from a non-elite university founded what is now one of China’s most valuable robotics firms. His story is the stuff of legend, but he is not alone. In China’s new wave of innovation, this narrative is playing out at breakneck speed. Ten years ago, Wang Xingxing made a decision that seemed, to many of his peers, baffling. Having just landed a coveted position at DJI, a leader at the global forefront of…

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — “I have many hobbies. I love reading most,” Chinese President Xi Jinping once said. For Xi, reading is more than a personal hobby — it is a way of life. As China’s top leader, Xi often draws on books that have long enriched his intellectual world, using them as a diplomatic bridge to connect China with the wider world and promote cross-cultural exchanges and mutual learning among diverse civilisations. AN AVID READER Since childhood, books…

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — Across the deserts in northwest China, where the sun blazes, and the winds never relent, those forces that people once had to endure are now powering a new source of wealth. “We used to hide from them,” said Qi Pengxiao, now in his 80s. He arrived in the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province as an oil worker in 1957, when the resources beneath the ground were the only treasures that mattered. “Now they’ve become our…

Technology was used in an operation in Brazil conducted from China West China Hospital of Sichuan University has been making a name for itself in the use of remote-controlled surgical robots, which allow doctors to perform procedures in different regions from the centre. This innovative approach expands the reach of medical services, reversing the traditional model: it is no longer the patient who has to travel, but the technology that goes to them. According to China Daily, a partner of…

Zhejiang University team develops AI-designed proteins capable of regulating key cell receptors linked to major illnesses A team of scientists at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou has achieved a major breakthrough in protein engineering, developing artificial proteins capable of regulating critical cell receptors associated with a wide range of diseases, including Parkinson’s. According to China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS, the study demonstrates how researchers successfully designed synthetic proteins that can control the activity of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a…