A massive landslide has halted search and rescue efforts at a collapsed coal mine which left 53 people missing in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Thursday.

The second plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from Feb. 26 to 28 in Beijing, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Tuesday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

A Chinese envoy on Tuesday demanded convincing explanations from relevant parties on the destruction of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in September 2022 and called for an international investigation.

China and Russia agreed on Tuesday to continue to step up cooperation within multilateral frameworks and make more efforts to improve global governance.

A total of 50 million Hong Kong dollars (about 6.37 million U.S. dollars) will be allocated to expedite the third generation Internet (Web3) ecosystem development in Hong Kong, Financial Secretary of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Paul Chan said on Wednesday.

While the specter of recession haunts the world, China has stimulated more hopes for a broader economic revival following its decisive victory in the three-year-long fight with COVID-19.

The latest approval given to private equity or PE firms to invest in the property sector in China will help funnel more capital into real estate companies and ensure the stability of the entire industry, experts said on Tuesday.

China will develop 1,000 senior-friendly communities this year, the National Health Commission said recently.

In early spring, as temperatures gradually rise, farmers across the country are actively engaged in spring ploughing and preparations for farming activities. 

Japan-born female giant panda Xiang Xiang arrived at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base, a giant panda research and breeding facility in the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province at 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday.