Nearly 200 overseas and domestic experts attended the 7th Genes & Diseases International Symposium and a biomedical conference at Chongqing Medical University. The event, part of the university’s 70th anniversary, focused on building a new industry–education–research–application ecosystem for biomedicine. Officials stressed the significance of international cooperation and journal-led integration to advance the biomedical field.

Domestically developed innovative drugs accounted for 80% of new approvals in China in the first three quarters of 2026, according to a press conference on Tuesday.

Residents in winter clothing walk along Central Street in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Oct. 20, 2026, as temperatures drop, with the high reaching only 9 degrees Celsius and the low falling to 1 degree Celsius.

The OOCL Felixstowe, the first container ship to bring exhibits for the ninth China International Import Expo, docked at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port on Sunday.

Exports of services from northwestern China’s Qinghai province reached $15.26 million in the first eight months of the year, up 55.3% from a year earlier, local authorities said.