Sirens wailed and a bell tolled in northeast China on Thursday to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the September 18 Incident, which marked the start of China's war of resistance against Japanese aggression.

China's newly released measures to increase service consumption have drawn significant attention, with officials and experts saying the package will optimize service supply, stimulate new demand, promote high-quality development and improve people's well-being.

Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Cai Qi on Wednesday emphasized the importance of intensively studying the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China."

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Cho Hyun, foreign minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Beijing on Wednesday.

China's newly released measures to increase service consumption have drawn significant attention, with officials and experts saying the package will optimize service supply, stimulate new demand, promote high-quality development and improve people's well-being.

"Evil Unbound," a film about Unit 731, held its world premiere on Wednesday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, where this notorious Japanese germ warfare unit was once based, highlighting the atrocities committed by Japanese invading forces in China in World War II.

Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board and jointly presented with Resorts World Sentosa, the inaugural Bubbling & Boiling Music and Arts Festival • Singapore concluded with resounding success over the last weekend.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has urged efforts to coordinate high-quality development with high-level protection, and to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system that leverages local characteristics and advantages.

Chinese authorities have rolled out a package of measures to augment service consumption, as part of broader efforts to spur domestic demand and unleash consumption potential.

Chinese and U.S. trade teams held a new round of talks in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday and Monday, following discussions earlier in Switzerland, Britain and Sweden. Compared with previous rounds, the agenda was more concrete and in-depth, signaling that the dialogue has entered a more challenging stage.

China successfully sent a test satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the country's northwest, on Tuesday.

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday met with leaders from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, who are in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to attend the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the global initiatives proposed by China are totally compatible with the UN Charter.

The 2025 World Manufacturing Convention will be held from Sept. 20 to 23 in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, with a focus on advanced manufacturing and frontier technologies, organizers said.