BEIJING -- During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Beijing carried out more than 60 emergency reinforcement projects on the Great Wall, restoring over 20 kilometers of wall sections, according to municipal authorities on Wednesday.

The city that has reinvented itself across dynasties has no shortage of new must-see attractions in 2026. Here’s how to see the best of Beijing, from the Forbidden City to its hidden courtyards and alleyways.

China’s Vice President Han Zheng met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Wednesday in a bid to bolster bilateral ties between the two nations.

Beijing judges have called for internet platforms to continuously optimize their management systems of users' information, in an effort to strengthen personal data protection.

The Trump Administration ramped up its pressure on Chinese tech firms on Monday by expanding restrictions imposed on certain companies to also cover their subsidiaries, a move that’s drawn the ire of Beijing as the two powers remain locked in a technology race.

As many as four Indian companies, including DE Diamond, Hitachi and Continental India, are learnt to have bagged permits to import Chinese rare earth magnets in what is the first set of clearances since Beijing imposed tight controls on the export of these magnets earlier in April.

A man visits the "Colorful Brushstrokes upon the Earth: the 2025 Chinese Farmers' Paintings Exhibition" at the National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 28, 2025. The exhibition opened here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

National Geographic has released its annual list of destinations to visit in the year ahead. Here are the 25 places that made the cut.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the APEC Summit in Busan as experts say China now holds leverage in the ongoing trade war.