Cute and chubby, the spotted seal is the only pinniped marine mammal to breed in Chinese waters and has seen increasing numbers in recent years.

Follow our correspondent Wang Nan in China's coastal city of Dalian to know this adorable creature. #WorldOceansDay

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Nearly 13 million young adults across China are taking this year's college entrance exam which began on Wednesday. It is deemed the most important exam for high school graduates in the country.

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Confidence of China's private entrepreneurs in pursuing high-quality development is picking up.

The optimism did not come out of nowhere.

China's private sector has posted a highly-anticipated recovery. Despite weak global growth, foreign trade of China's private firms jumped 14.4 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter, accounting for 52.4 percent of the country's total.

New orders from home and abroad have kept many plants very busy.

Chinese companies in the private sector are also contributing to the country's high-quality development by working on green technologies.

While private enterprises are striving to thrive, the business environment for them is also improving, with a slew of conducive measures and promises made by governments from different levels.

In Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, the government is working to simplify administrative procedures.

In Zouping City, Shandong Province, the local government has made continuous efforts to encourage private enterprises to invest in energy-saving transformation, smart automation, and digital technology.

China registered a better-than-expected 4.5 percent growth in the first quarter of this year.

The revival of private companies and the improvement of private entrepreneurs' sentiment are crucial for the country's further growth as the private sector has been a key pillar sustaining China's economic expansion.

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Following the UK's Eden concept, north China's Tianjin has transformed a defunct mine from a pit to paradise.

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Two giant pandas, Lele and Yingying, have been living in China's Hong Kong for nearly 16 years. Find out what it's like to be a caregiver for the pandas.

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 An undersea road tunnel opened to traffic on Monday in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.

   The tunnel, accommodating a two-way six-lane urban expressway beneath Dalian Bay, is the first immersed tube undersea tunnel in north China, said Sun Zhu, deputy chief engineer of Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel Co., Ltd., which is in charge of building and operating the tunnel.

   The designed traffic speed in the 5.1-km tunnel is 60 km per hour, said Sun. Construction of the tunnel took some four years.

   The road connecting the tunnel went operational on Monday, linking the northern and southern coasts of Dalian Bay, helping to alleviate traffic congestion and expand the space for urban development in Dalian.

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China is witnessing a travel boom during this year's five-day May Day holiday, the first such holiday since the country optimized its COVID-19 response measures.

Domestic travel bookings for the holiday, which starts on April 29 this year, have surged more than 700 percent from last year, the latest data from online travel agency Trip.com Group shows.

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Brazilian expat Elio Junior is a football coach for a middle school in China's Zhongshan. He said that life in China is really wonderful.

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Starting in 2006, rounds of reinforcement and maintenance work have been carried out to protect Jiaohe Ruins, an ancient Buddhist city in Turpan, China's Xinjiang.

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The international wine and food exhibition "The 108th China Food & Drinks Fair" was held in Chengdu, city of People’s Republic of China. 34 Georgian wine producing companies participated in the exhibition with the support of the National Wine Agency. After the pandemic, this was the first large-scale presentation of Georgian wine in the country, which is one of the strategic markets for Georgia; China is among the top five exporting countries of Georgian wine.
The Chairman of the National Wine Agency, Levan Mekhuzla, and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to the People's Republic of China, Archil Kalandi attended the opening of the exhibition.
"After the pandemic, Georgia returned to one of the most important exhibitions in China. The Georgian delegation was the only guest country that participated in the official opening ceremony of the exhibition. 34 Georgian wine producing companies were represented at the Georgian display stand this year. It should be noted that the private sector was very active, they desired to participate in the exhibition. Like all other marketing events, participation in the exhibition "The 108th China Food & Drinks Fair” will further increase the popularity and sales of Georgian wine in the strategic market of China," said Levan Mekhuzla.
Within his visit to China, Levan Mekhuzla met with representatives of local government, commercial companies and "Georgian Wine Houses". The parties discussed the potential of increasing the export of Georgian wine and the issues of marketing activities during the meeting.
The exhibition "The China Food & Drinks Fair" has been held in China since 1955 and is considered one of the most important exhibitions in China, which is attended by thousands of wine producers and up to a million visitors from different countries of the world every year. This is the best opportunity for Georgian wine to become more recognizable and popular in the Southeast Asian market. Within the scope of the exhibition, representatives of Georgian wine companies held meetings with partners and potential importers.