Chinese President Xi Jinping extended New Year greetings to all Chinese compatriots and people around the world, saying hard work and joint efforts in 2017 will make China and the world better.

Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said Sunday that the test launch for intercontinental ballistic missile has entered a final stage.

China will release marine environmental forecasts for three reefs on the Nansha Islands starting on New Year's Day.

China will gradually stop the processing and sales of ivory for commercial purposes by the end of 2017.

Now that it is 2017, some mobile phone users may find they are unable to use their phones, Chinanews.com reported.

Group hiking events will be carried out in more than 40 cities around China, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the People's Daily Onine.