By the end of September, China had published 1,808 hot papers, a year-on-year increase of 19.3 percent and accounting for 41.7 percent of the world's total.

China has experienced an unusual journey in 2022, a year featuring "factors exceeding expectations" that tested the decision-makers' macro management know-how.

China faced a packed diplomatic agenda in 2022 that ranged from hosting VIPs arriving in Beijing for the Winter Olympics in February to a number of visits by leaders in the second half of the year.

Chinese researchers also raced to provide a wider variety of vaccines, including doses administered through the mouth or nose, to keep up with new mutations of the novel coronavirus.

The year 2022 has seen the world economy limping on through the shockwaves of a barrage of unknowns. And the year 2023 could be off to a fairly rough start.

China will optimize immigration administration policies and measures starting from Jan. 8, 2023 in compliance with the country's downgraded COVID-19 response measures.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) released a series of reports on Dec. 27 revealing that China has made great achievements in its ecological environment over the past decade.

Testing on arrival will also be scrapped beginning on Jan 8, and passengers will not be subjected to any special restrictions during their stay in China as long as their health declarations are normal.

Chinese authorities have stressed the need to ensure a smooth transition of COVID-19 response phases in a circular on the work related to the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays.

As the backbone of the high-speed rail network in China, the 2,298-km Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway is closely connected with 12 other high-speed railways in the country.

China Eastern Airlines on Dec. 26 launched test flights for the first ever C919 narrow-body passenger jet that would last 100 hours in all. The airline received the C919 plane, China's first domestically built commercial aircraft.

China's tourism market may reach a turning point during the New Year's Day holiday as people seem more keen to travel across provinces and regions amid the recently optimized COVID-19 response measures.

China's new photovoltaic installations grew 98.7 percent year-on-year to 58.24 gigawatts during the first 10 months this year as the country has actively promoted solar power development in recent years.

In the Khalifa Industrial Zone in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, one building is particularly eye-catching, featuring facades decorated with red patterns that resemble Chinese seals.

After experiencing the country's hard but extraordinary fight against the virus over the past three years, many foreigners working or studying in China have offered their insights into China's evolving COVID-19 response strategy.

The year 2022 has been fruitful for China. China has made visible progress in science and technology. The sci-tech achievements and their application are bringing enormous benefits to China and the world.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 9.9 percent year on year to nearly 1.16 trillion yuan in the first 11 months of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Dec. 23.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met with John L. Thornton, co-chair of the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society.

President Xi Jinping called on Thursday to exchange congratulations with New Zealand's Governor-General Cindy Kiro on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.

Central authorities and Hong Kong society welcomed on Thursday a World Trade Organization arbitrators' ruling that a United States policy banning a "Made in Hong Kong" label on goods.