CCTV9英语新闻：9.4 mln students to take exams in China

A big day for Chinese high school students. China's national college entrance exam, Gaokao, starts today. Around 9.4 million students are sitting the grueling two-or-three-day tests, which aim to screen and select candidates for higher education. The

CCTV9英语新闻：中国大部分地区发布黄色雾霾预警

Today Beijing sees its first blue sky in 2016, after several days of continuous hazy weather. Meanwhile, some surrounding areas, such as Hebei province, are still struggling with smog. The meteorological center this morning has issued yellow alerts i

CCTV9英语新闻：高达2米的新疆地区的积雪高达2米

To northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region now, where a blizzard has lasted almost half a month in many parts of the province. It is the longest blizzard recorded there in a decade. In mountainous areas, snow is up to nearly two meters hig

CCTV9英语新闻：高端人群旅游偏好调查与分析

According to Chinas tourism bureau, the majority of holiday-makers chose short-distance getaways over long ones during the three-day New Year holiday. For those who went overseas, tropical islands in neighboring countries such as the Maldives, Bali,

CCTV9英语新闻：运营商网络安全意识不够

Junk text messages, crack calls...these are signs that your private information could have been leaked. A report on China's cyber security says that in the past year, 5.5 billion pieces of information could have been leaked from websites across China

CCTV9英语新闻：企业如何才能提高他们的网站安全

For more analysis, joining me now on the line is Shen Yi, Researcher at the Center for Communication and State Governance Research at Fudan University. Q1. How can we encourage companies to ramp-up their security, as many operators tend to lack savvy

CCTV9英语新闻：政府制定区域生态环境保护的新目标

China has set new goals for ecological and environmental protection in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, highlighting concerted efforts to control air and water pollution, and the conservation of resources. Under the plan, particles of PM2.5 -- in th

CCTV9英语新闻：智能手机成瘾的危险性

With the development of the Internet and related technology, we are all getting more and more reliant on our smartphones. Following this trend, a new word, phubber, has also been coined, conflating the words phone and snubber, which refers to people

CCTV9英语新闻：中国发出黄色警报，发誓要对抗污染

Heavy fog has been disturbing traffic and travel on the final day of the New Year holiday. The haze caused the closure of highways in many regions. As many as eight major roads were closed in the capital, Beijing, and 10 in the neighboring city, Tian

CCTV9英语新闻：红外探测器将用于挽救生命

An infra-red life detector system will be used once again for the rescue of the remaining trapped miners in east China's Shandong Province. The system will be deployed once a life channel has been drilled through the underground mine tunnel. The resc

CCTV9英语新闻：China, UN hold classes for senior UN officials

China's National Defense Ministry, together with the United Nations, have held courses in Beijing for senior UN peacekeeping mission officials. The course, which started Monday, was implemented as part of a commitment that China made to train more pe

CCTV9英语新闻：How does 'Gaokao' work?

For more on Gaokao, we are joined in the studio by my colleague Wu Haojun. Q1. We know millions of students take Gaokao every year, which to a certain extent could determine their future. So how exactly does such a critical and life-changing exam wor

CCTV9英语新闻：Gaokao cheaters to face imprisonment

Just a few hours to go before the biggest day of the year for some 9.4 million Chinese students. On Tuesday, China's national college entrance examination for high school seniors will begin. And this year, the stakes are higher than ever, especially

CCTV9英语新闻10月：苹果发布新的操作系统、Mac和iPad

​Apple has said that its latest computer operating system, Mavericks, is available free of charge. The California-based company made the announcement Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. 苹果公司表示，其最新款的电脑操作系统Maveri

CCTV9英语新闻10月：中俄经济合作关系-深度观察（双语）

President Xi Jinping has welcomed Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on a two-day official visit to China. This is the second meeting between the two leaders since March. 俄罗斯首相 Dmitry Medvedev对中国进行了为期两天的访问，中国

CCTV9英语新闻10月：对未成年的性犯罪案渐成头条（双语）

Sexual offenses against minors have been under-reported in the past. But there have been multiple headline-grabbing incidents over recent months of abuse by teachers or public officials. 在过去，针对未成年人的性侵犯行为鲜被报道。但

CCTV9英语新闻10月：日本本周岛遭遇7.1级地震（双语）

Japans Meteorological Agency says a magnitude-7.1 earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japans Honshu Island. The quake struck about 370 kilometers out to sea, and the epicenter was registered with a depth of 20 kilometers. 据日本气象局，日

CCTV9英语新闻10月：中国核潜艇安全运行40年（双语）

China's nuclear submarine has maintained an amazing safety record with no accidents in more than forty years. 中国核潜艇在超过40年的运行时间中，一直保持着无事故安全纪录。 A senior navy officer says a nuclear submarine is

CCTV9英语新闻10月：朗朗被授予“和平使者”荣誉（双语）

Chinas superstar pianist Lang Lang has become a United Nations' Messenger of Peace. He is the first Messenger of Peace from China. 中国钢琴家郎朗被授予联合国和平大使荣誉。他是首个获此殊荣的中国人。 The 31-year-old say

CCTV9英语新闻10月：首条横跨欧亚的铁路海底隧道在土耳其开通

Turkey has opened the worlds first trans-continental underwater rail tunnel linking Asia and Europe. 土耳其开通了世界上第一条贯通欧亚大陆的海底铁路隧道。 The Marmaray tunnel was opened on Tuesday. The tunnel is over 13 kilom