Xi congratulates Keiko Fujimori on election as Peruvian president

China recently released a plan for building a new energy system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). According to the plan, China aims to basically establish a clean, low-carbon, secure and efficient new energy system by 2030. Wang Hongzhi, head of the National Energy Administration, outlined four key features China's energy sector will boast after five years of development.

Giant panda Yuan Zai is seen during a birthday party at Taipei Zoo in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, July 6, 2026. Taipei's beloved panda star Yuan Zai, the first giant panda born in Taiwan and the offspring of a panda pair gifted by the Chinese mainland, celebrated her 13th birthday on Monday with a soccer-themed feast at Taipei Zoo.

In late March, the hillsides around Dongshaoqu village in Beijing were blanketed with peach and apricot blossoms. Delicate pink and white petals drifted gently onto the windowsills of the village school, the quiet courtyard of an elderly woman's home, and the freshly tilled soil of the spring fields.

Chilechuan grassland, located in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is emerging as a signature ecotourism destination, where rolling green grasslands, clusters of traditional yurts and distant mountains beneath a vast blue sky blend into a sweeping panorama.

An aerial drone photo taken on June 25, 2026 shows a staff member operating a crane to handle containers of the China-Europe freight train at the Kazakhstani land port for Xi'an in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In November 2013, the first Chang'an China-Europe freight train departed from Xi'an to Almaty in Kazakhstan, making the two cities ever since become key transit hubs along Asia-Europe transportation route.