A decade ago in Beijing, air purifiers sold like hot cakes and people locked themselves indoors in an attempt to escape the blanket of heavy smog outside. Breathing the toxic air was a serious health hazard. Today, the same air purifiers gather dust as Beijingers enjoy the great outdoors without the fear of falling ill and fresh air is no longer considered a luxury.

China will further advance the construction of high-quality overseas projects and expand the network of free trade zones, as part of its efforts to increase the scale and enhance the quality of economic cooperation with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, a senior official said on 11th of Oct.

Chinese scientists have developed a fully integrated memristor chip with improved learning ability and low energy cost, according to a study recently published in the journal Science.

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 11, 2023 shows farmers harvesting rice at a paddy field in Weizi Village of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. 

Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led a CPC delegation on a visit to France from Oct. 8 to 11.

The train service from the Chinese small commodity hub of Yiwu to the European commodity center of Madrid was officially launched in November 2014, spanning eight countries in Eurasia with a total length of more than 13,000 kilometers.

Beijing issued an encompassing document to review and preview the landmark Belt and Road Initiative on 10th of Oct, marking the vision's 10th anniversary this year.

China's near-zero inflation means it has space to ease monetary policy, and it has taken "welcome" measures to address its property market woes, a factor that led the International Monetary Fund to cut the country's GDP growth to 5 percent in 2023.

Erenhot Port in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has handled over 2,500 China-Europe freight train trips so far this year, local railway authorities said on 10th of Oct.

China, experts said on 10th of Oct, might have pushed ahead a "debt swap program" that could be worth 2.3 trillion yuan ($315.2 billion) at most.