The Shenzhou XII spacecraft departed China's Tiangong space station on Sept. 16, carrying three Chinese astronauts on a journey back to Earth, the China Manned Space Agency said.

From Sept 10 to 15, 129 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and three asymptomatic carriers were reported in Putian, Fujian province, the city government said at a news conference on Sept 16.

Three people were confirmed dead and 88 others were sent to hospital after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Luxian County in the city of Luzhou, in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sept. 16.

A marbled cat was photographed by infrared cameras in Mt. Gaoligong Nature Reserve of Tengchong, southwest Yunnan’s Baoshan City recently.

China has officially filed an application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Sept. 16.

Chinese law enforcement authorities confiscated more than 1.09 million illegal publications for children in the first eight months this year, according to an official source on Sept. 16.

Amid the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Fujian province, two of its cities, Xiamen and Putian, are rolling out measures including travel restrictions to halt the spread of the virus.

The Chinese mainland reported 49 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, with 48 in Fujian and one in Yunnan, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sept. 16.

An unmanned helium-lifted airship equipped with 5G network has completed its test flight successfully in Yuanmou County, west Yunnan'a Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture on Sept 10.

Fujian province has tightened prevention and control measures to contain a surge of cases in the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 50 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sept. 15.

Tickets to the new Universal Beijing Resort (UBR) were sold out within one minute of release prior to its official opening date on September 20, travel operators said on Sep. 14.

Infrared cameras captured images of the dhole, a rare animal, at Taiyanghe Nature Reserve in Southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er City on Sept. 10.

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang on Sept. 13 urged Washington to "make earnest efforts" to improve bilateral ties, stressing the role of economic and trade cooperation as the "ballast and propeller" of China-U.S. relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will put himself under self-quarantine for he has had contacts with Covid patients, according the Kremlin official website on Sep 14 (local time).

The novel coronavirus outbreak in Putian, Fujian province, will likely spread to more regions across China, but can be brought under control before the National Day holiday in October.

The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming around in southwestern China's Yunnan province successfully went through the last natural barrier on its way home and returned to its traditional habitat in Pu'er city on Sept. 10.

The news center for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) officially launched its website on Sept 11, ahead of the COP15 conference in October.

At the 13th BRICS summit held virtually on Sept. 9, the five nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa acknowledged that in an interconnected and globalized world.

On the eve of China's 37th Teachers' Day, which falls on Sept 10, President Xi Jinping extended festive congratulations and sincere wishes to teachers across the country.

China is mulling a guideline to incorporate the issue as a key task in the 2021-25 plans of government bodies and regions, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu said on Sept. 8.

A report titled "The Hainan Gibbon Case Study: Effectively Saving a Critically Endangered Species" was released at the World Conservation Congress (WCC), which was running both online and in Marseille in southern France from Sept. 3 to 11.

Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises' full participation in cross-border e-commerce is significant to employment and global trade as well as long-term post-pandemic economic recovery.

A group of lovely flying squirrels were spotted in the Taibaoshan forest park, southwest Yunnan’s Baoshan City. When night falls, they would become active and start gliding.

The world is facing a biodiversity crisis but there is still time for policymakers to make the changes needed. That was the message from Keping Ma, secretary-general of the Biodiversity Committee at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.