The Immigration Department of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Thursday that Hong Kong has started replacing identity cards with smart ID cards in phases.

December28,2018

China has approved permanent residency for more than 1,800 foreigners since April, among those 606 are from Beijing, local authorities said Thursday.

June29,2018

China's automobile exports maintained robust growth momentum in June, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed Monday.

July11,2023

China has approved permanent residency for more than 1,800 foreigners since April, among those 606 are from Beijing, local authorities said Thursday.

June29,2018

China's internet giant Tencent implemented a real-name identification system (RNIS) for users of its popular mobile game "Honor of Kings", further tightening restrictions on underage players.

October29,2018

Ukraine and Turkey signed an agreement to mutually adopt a visa-free policy for holders of electronic national identity cards (IDs), the Ukrainian government said in a statement on Tuesday.

March15,2017

The Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. issued more inclusive loans to micro and small businesses in 2021 to help them resolve financing difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the lender said.

May05,2022

Medicines selected through the current round of the Chinese government's new centralized drug-procurement program will be 56 percent cheaper than normal, on average, for those public health facilities that purchase them, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration.

June24,2021

China has signed bilateral forestry cooperation agreements with 56 Belt and Road countries, and strengthened dialogue and pragmatic cooperation with these countries on forestry policies, according to China Green Times on Tuesday. 

July24,2019

From bill settlements in restaurants to transactions on the futures market, China's digital fiat currency, or the e-CNY, has been piloted in various scenarios amid the country's push to develop this nascent form of payment.

November11,2021

Local companies in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou on Monday signed deals totaling nearly 400 billion yuan (about 56 billion U.S. dollars) with giant international enterprises including Microsoft Corp., Adidas and Roche Diagnostics.

May19,2020

State Grid Zibo Power Supply Company in east China's Shandong Province is improving the efficiency of its electric services with the help of online application in order to meet the rising demand from electric vehicle owners.

July28,2025

Since the "zero-tariff" policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs.

March13,2026

The number of temporary accommodation registrations of foreign nationals in Shanghai hit a record high of 7.139 million in 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 49.6 percent, the Exit-Entry Administration Corps of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau said Thursday.

January08,2026

Saulebek Kabylbekov is a 66-year-old Kazakh ophthalmologist at Daqing Ophthalmology Hospital who could communicate with patients fluently in a northeastern Chinese dialect.

August11,2025