The 47th World Congress of Vine and Wine and the 24th General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) are being held in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, from Monday to Friday, alongside the sixth China (Ningxia) International Wine Culture and Tourism Expo.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the 140th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, which is also known as the Canton Fair.

A new bridge across the Yalu River, the border river of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), will further facilitate trade and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday.

An infrared camera has captured a previously unrecorded female Amur tiger with an unusually short tail in the Dongning section of Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, authorities said Monday.

The first batch of exhibits for the ninth China International Import Expo cleared customs in Shanghai on Monday, marking the start of exhibit arrivals for the expo, which runs Nov. 5-10.