Xi congratulates Cheng Li-wun on election as KMT chairperson

Buyers negotiate with exhibitors at the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 15, 2025. The first phase of the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, concluded on Sunday.

After a 26-day voyage, the first container ship operating on the China-Europe Arctic container express route, the Istanbul Bridge, arrived early Sunday morning at the Port of Gdansk in northern Poland. The vessel began berthing at the Baltic Hub Terminal before 6 a.m., slightly delayed due to sea conditions, and loading and unloading operations commenced around 7 a.m., according to port authorities.

China's Ministry of Transport launched the Initiative for International Cooperation on Green Shipping Corridor on Sunday during the 2025 North Bund Forum in Shanghai, calling for joint efforts to build a safer, more efficient, and greener global shipping ecosystem.

China's foreign trade powered ahead for high-quality growth in the first nine months of this year despite increasing external headwinds, injecting stability and vitality into the global trade landscape, official data showed on Monday.

Enter the Cangjie Temple in Baishui county, Weinan, northwest China's Shaanxi province, and an imposing cypress immediately commands attention. Its trunk is so broad that five or six people could barely encircle it. Its weathered bark drapes in ribbons, the varied striations reading like a record of time.