As China's consumption and tourism markets rebound from the pandemic, duty-free sales in southern China's Hainan province also witnessed strong recovery during the May Day holiday, with sales up 248 percent yearly to 993 million yuan ($153.3 million), according to latest data released by Haikou Customs on Thursday, chinanews.com reported.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in south China has a very positive outlook with large-scale investment and unified planning, a senior U.S. expert in transportation policy and urban planning said Tuesday.

China's international goods and services trade surplus stood at 60.9 billion yuan (about 9.42 billion U.S. dollars) in March, official data showed.

Beijing will make efforts to accelerate its scientific, economic and cultural developments during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) with several measures having been carried out at the start of this year to better facilitate the four core roles of the capital and help it build itself into a livable city for all.

China's central bank Thursday conducted 10 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) of reverse repos to maintain reasonably ample liquidity in the banking system.

China's top economic planner has decided to indefinitely suspend all activities under the framework of the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue starting from Thursday.

China saw a total of 230 million domestic tourist trips during the five-day May Day holiday, up 119.7 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Wednesday.

Sonam Tobgye and his family pose for a photo at home in Nalung Village of Wumatang Township in Damxung County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 15, 2021. 

Visitors view bicycles during the 30th China International Bicycle Fair in east China's Shanghai, May 5, 2021. 

China pledges to uphold multilateralism and push for enhanced cooperation in the United Nations Security Council in its capacity as rotating council president for May.