Xi to pay state visit to DPRK from June 8 to 9

Guests watch robots dancing at Zhongguancun International Innovation Center on the sidelines of The 2026 Global Mayors Dialogue in Beijing, capital of China, June 2, 2026. The 2026 Global Mayors Dialogue - Beijing opened here on Tuesday, during which representatives from 56 countries and regions, and 73 cities discussed on the digital and intelligent development of city tourism and a better city life prospect.

The 27th batch of the Chinese medical team delivered its first public academic lecture to nursing students at the Bo Campus of Njala University in Sierra Leone on May 30. The lecture was presented by Gao Kelei, an Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) specialist from the 27th batch of the Chinese medical team.

A number of newborn Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys were spotted at the Yunlong Tianchi National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to footage captured by the reserve's outdoor monitoring equipment.

In Hanlong village, Yisa town, Honghe county, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, century-old mango trees grow along the river valley. Rising to tens of meters in height, their dense canopies spread out like umbrellas.

Bengbu in east China's Anhui Province has developed glass so thin and flexible that it can be rolled up like a sheet of newspaper. The flexible, foldable glass — just one-third the thickness of a standard A4 sheet of paper — is already in mass production. It can withstand more than 1 million folds without cracking and has been applied in foldable smartphones, flexible medical diagnostic devices, and other products.