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Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed the following ambassadors in accordance with a decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, an official statement said on Friday. Wei Huaxiang was appointed ambassador to Sri Lanka, replacing Qi Zhenhong. Wu Guangrong was appointed ambassador to Uganda, taking over from Zhang Lizhong. Liu Jinsong was appointed ambassador to Australia, succeeding Xiao Qian.

China saw 35,000 newly established foreign-invested enterprises in the first half of 2026, up 7 percent year on year, the State Administration for Market Regulation said Saturday. By region, both major exporting provinces and border regions recorded growth in newly established foreign-invested enterprises, according to the administration.

China will steadily advance reforms to its commercial housing sales system and accelerate efforts to foster a new development model for its real estate sector, according to a recent circular jointly issued by three government departments.

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Aug. 28, 2026 shows Shenzhou-23 astronaut Zhu Yangzhu performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-23 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

Rescuers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army transfer inflatable rescue boats to the mudslide-hit area near Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 28, 2026. (Photo by Zheng Chongxi/Xinhua) The death toll had risen to five and 558 remained missing as of 3 p.m. on Friday after a mudslide struck the Gyirong Port along the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, according to the region's emergency management department.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday published a signed article titled "Jointly Opening up New Prospects for the High-Quality Development of China-Kyrgyzstan Relations" in the Slovo Kyrgyzstana and the Kabar National News Agency ahead of his arrival in Kyrgyzstan for a state visit and attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, checks a mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Li traveled to Gyirong County on Thursday to guide rescue and emergency response efforts after the disaster.

Xi extends condolences over mudslide disaster in Nepal Xinhua | August 28, 2026 Share: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message of condolences to Nepali President Ram Chandra Poudel over a mudslide disaster that hit Nepal recently.

An aerial drone photo taken on June 13, 2024 shows a view inside the international land port of Huaihua City, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan) Huaihua is a humble inland city that once saw its development hindered by geographical isolation. Despite breeding world-known hybrid rice, the city, located in deep mountains in central China's Hunan Province, long found it challenging to bring its high-quality agricultural products and manufactured goods to the global market.

Preparatory work for the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) has been essentially completed, Vice Minister of Commerce Yan Dong said on Friday. This year's CIFTIS, set to be held from Sept. 9 to 13 in Beijing, will bring together exhibitors from over 90 countries and international organizations, along with more than 1,800 companies.