China's gross domestic product grew 5 percent year on year in the first half of 2024, according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. The bureau considers the growth "hard-won" as China has faced a more uncertain external environment and new challenges. As the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee convenes this week, what can we learn about China’s economy and its next step for the rest of the year?

The potential of artificial Intelligence is taking the world by storm, but for many such as Professor Andrew Yao, Chinese Turing Award winner and expert of Computer Intelligence at Tsinghua University, it is both an exciting journey and also a time for caution.

Chairman Shing-Tung Yau of the International Congress of Basic Science shares his thoughts on the next-generation mathematicians and physicists and the rapid advance of artificial intelligence.

China's ancient cultural heritage mixed with the ultramodern. How the past and present shape the nation's future in the words of scholars and thinkers at the ongoing Nishan Forum?

How can ancient Chinese philosophies inspire ways to fix modern challenges? Deep insights on this from Shahbaz Khan, the director of the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia.

With six years to go before 2030, unpredictable global shocks have weighed down on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this episode, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed offers her insights into what it will take to press ahead with the agenda to get the SDGs back on track.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has held a fruitful summit in the Kazakh capital Astana as China prepares to hold next year’s chairmanship. So what’s next for the SCO? Secretary-General Zhang Ming shares his insight.

Deeper energy cooperation between China and Kazakhstan toward clean power and low-carbon industries. Details from Kazakh Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliev. And Renat Bekturov, governor of the Astana International Financial Center, tells us why Astana is a bright financial capital for businesses and the Belt and Road Initiative.

CGTN and Kazakhstan's Silk Way TV channel jointly presented a panel discussion on building strength through multilateral dialogue, as the SCO summit gets underway in Astana.

An outlook on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's economic resilience and cultural gems from Henry Tang Ying-Yen, the chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Board.