China paid in full assessments for the existing 11 United Nations peacekeeping operations in fiscal year 2022/2023 for the previously mandated period, China's permanent mission to the UN said Wednesday on its official website.

Four people have been taken into custody in relation to a deadly factory fire in Henan province that claimed 38 lives and injured another two, according to local authorities.

China has almost completed all preparations for a private pension program and will soon start implementing the project, said an official at the Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2022 in Beijing on Wednesday.

China unveiled 16 supportive financial measures on Wednesday to ensure steady development of the real estate sector, a key step for the country to stabilize market expectations for the sector's health, experts said.

The Beijing Stock Exchange will step up efforts to increase the number of listed companies and enrich its bond and fund products, enhancing its attractiveness to both innovative companies and investors, the exchange said on Wednesday.

As officials from China and Japan achieved fresh consensus on maritime cooperation at their latest high-level talks, analysts said that building trust and the recent efforts made by the countries' leaders are helpful in terms of effectively managing differences.

A large number of migratory swans flied to the Yellow River wetland in Sanmenxia to spend winter.

The train No. X8151, fully loaded with home appliances products, departed from Xi'an to Europe on Wednesday, marking the 4,000th trip of China-Europe freight train made from Shaanxi in 2022. 

Tunchang County boasts oil painting as its characteristic industry. The annual production value of Tunchang oil paintings reaches about 7,000,000 RMB (977,000 U.S. dollars). 

Wang Xiangxi, minister of emergency management, has called for better management of welding operations after a deadly factory fire, suspected to have been caused by such an operation, left 38 dead and two injured in Henan province.