URUMQI: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday attended a grand gathering in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, capital of this region in northwest China. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, joined local officials and members of the …

By Jiang Tao — Seventy years ago, Xinjiang was a landlocked frontier struggling against poverty, desertification, and geographic isolation. Today, it has become a vivid case study of China’s “common prosperity” agenda. More than three million people there have been lifted out of poverty; all 35 impoverished counties have shed their labels. Life expectancy has more than doubled, rising from …

URUMQI: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged concerted efforts to better build a beautiful Xinjiang in the process of Chinese modernization, when he met with representatives from all ethnic groups and all walks of life in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the …

BEIJING: China has made new breakthroughs in delivering inclusive and high-quality public education services in recent years, with its basic education development reaching the average level of high-income countries, Huai Jinpeng, China’s minister of education, said Tuesday. According to Huai, the country has steadily expanded access to high-quality compulsory education, with 2,895 county-level regions nationwide achieving balanced development in this …

          This photo taken on Sept. 21, 2025 shows the exterior view of the venue of the 8th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province. More than 1,200 representatives from 97 countries and eight international organizations have gathered at the 8th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, which kicked off on …

KASHGAR (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari said that investing in youth and education is highly significant for strengthening long-term ties between Pakistan and China. He was speaking on Saturday during his visit to Kashgar University in Xinjiang on Saturday, where he interacted with students and faculty members and encouraged them to deepen academic and cultural linkages. Highlighting the Pak-China Strategic …

BEIJING: China and the United States can achieve mutual success and shared prosperity, benefiting both countries and the world, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday. In his phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Xi said that to realize this vision, the two countries should make joint efforts to achieve mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation. During their …

BEIJING: Xinjiang has made historic achievements in all undertakings over the past 70 years, a senior regional official said on Friday. The region is experiencing its best period of development in its history, marked by the most profound changes and greatest benefits to date for people of all ethnic groups, said Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of the regional government. The official …

RIYADH: The signing of the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Wednesday marks a significant turning point in regional security, analysts said. Under the agreement, any attack on either country will be considered “an aggression against both,” the Saudi Press Agency reported. The agreement comes at a critical time, as two years of war in Gaza …

BEIJING: Latin America is no one’s backyard and has the right to independently choose development path and cooperation partners, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday. Last week, the Economist and the New York Times wrote that the United States has adopted an aggressive policy of pressuring Latin American countries this year, claiming to push out China’s “exploitative …

URUMQI (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari visited the Urban Operations and Management Centre of Urumqi where he was received by the Mayor of Urumqi and the Vice Governor of Xinjiang. The President and his delegation were briefed about the Centre, which digitally links more than 30 municipal departments and delivers over 200 services to citizens. Officials explained how the Centre …

BEIJING: The widening deficit in global governance underscores the lack of effective and action-oriented measures. At the recent “Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus” Meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), emphasizing the need to focus on achieving tangible results. This proposal charts a practical path for improving global governance and is expected to galvanize collective efforts among …

MADRID: 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. According to Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative and vice minister of …

BEIJING: At the recent “Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus” Meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Governance Initiative. This initiative, grounded in a deep understanding of global trends and the defining features of our time, underscores that upholding multilateralism is the basic pathway of global governance. Amid profound changes unseen in a century, emerging markets and developing countries are …

SHANGHAI (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday met Yin Tongyue, Chairman of the Board of Chery Holding Co., Ltd. and Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., in Shanghai. During the meeting, President Zardari assured the Chairman that the Government of Pakistan would provide policy support for new energy vehicles, electric buses and local production of components. The president encouraged Chery to …

SHANGHAI, (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari today met Mr Wu Lei, Chairman of Shanghai Electric, and later visited the company’s facilities in Shanghai. He was accompanied by First Lady Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Mr Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and Senator Saleem Mandviwalla. The Chairman of Shanghai Electric gave a briefing on the company’s projects in Pakistan, including …

BEIJING, (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari’s ongoing official visit to China has been long-expected by the Chinese people, and this visit bears great significance. This was stated by Prof. Cheng Xizhong, Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute, a non-governmental Chinese think-tank on diplomacy and international studies based in Beijing. During the first leg of his visit, President Zardari attended …

BEIJING, (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday reaffirmed that Pakistan and China would continue to expand collaboration in defence production and aviation, further deepening their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. He said the J-10 and JF-17 had greatly strengthened Pakistan Air Force, a fact clearly demonstrated during May 2025’s Ma‘raka-e-Haq and Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos. On the 128th day since the ceasefire …

BEIJING, (Internews): President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday travelled from Chengdu to Mianyang by a high-speed train, covering the journey in around half an hour. During the journey the president was briefed on the train’s operations, service, safety systems and environmental advantages, President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release. The president was accompanied by Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Khalil …

KUNMING: Some 500 journalists, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from 110 countries or international and regional organizations convened here for the 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum. The forum, which opened Saturday, is co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency, the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee and the People’s Government of Yunnan Province. Within five days of meeting, …

KUNMING, China: A think tank report was released Sunday at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025, which systematically examines the historical roots, operating methods and global risks of the U.S. long-standing campaign for mind colonization. The report, titled “Colonization of the Mind — The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S. Cognitive Warfare,” was released by Xinhua …

BEIJING: A think tank report released on Friday underlines the great significance and contributions of the Chinese people’s resistance against Japanese aggression to the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War. Titled “Remembering History and Defending Justice — Great Contributions of the Main Battlefield in the East of the World Anti-Fascist War,” the report was jointly issued in Chinese and English …

BEIJING: At Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square, Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with world leaders, attended on Wednesday morning a grand military parade honoring both China’s victory and the collective triumph of nations that overcame fascism eighty years ago. Standing on the rostrum of Tian’anmen, Xi delivered a speech marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Smart Industry Expo 2025, which opened in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) technology is rapidly evolving, profoundly transforming human production and lifestyles, and reshaping the global industrial landscape, Xi said. China attaches great importance to the development and governance of AI and actively …

BEIJING (Internews): Pakistan and China expressing satisfaction over the positive trajectory of their relations, agreed to continue working closely on the next phase of upgraded China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC 2.0), with its five new corridors. The bilateral ties and cooperation were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang here. During …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Beijing on Thursday. Vucic is in China for the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. China and Serbia made tremendous sacrifices and important contributions to defeating fascism on the Asian and …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Beijing on Thursday. Fico is in China to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Xi called on the two countries to uphold the vision of a community with a …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Beijing on Thursday. China and the DPRK are good neighbors, good friends and good comrades …

BEIJING: Marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Sept. 3, 2025 is a solemn day for China and the world to honor history and the fallen, and reaffirm the pursuit of peace and justice. Eighty years ago, facing extremely difficult environment, the heroic Chinese people …

BEIJING: China’s information support equipment was unveiled in Wednesday’s V-Day military parade. The formation included vehicles of cloud computing, digital intelligence, air-ground networks, and integrated information. They can quickly establish new types of cyber systems to support joint operations. The information support formation attends a military parade in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. China on Wednesday held a …

BEIJING: China unveiled its land-, sea-, and air-based strategic forces as the nuclear triad for the first time in Wednesday’s V-Day military parade. The triad included JingLei-1 air-based long-range missile, JuLang-3 submarine-launched intercontinental missile, DongFeng-61 land-based intercontinental missile, and new type DongFeng-31 land-based intercontinental missile. The weapons are China’s strategic “ace” power to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and nation’s dignity. …

BEIJING: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Guards of Honor formation marched through Tian’anmen Square in Wednesday’s V-Day military parade, escorting flags of the Party, the nation and the PLA. Honor guards stand in formation during a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping ascended Tian’anmen Rostrum and shook hands with war veterans attending V-Day commemorations. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, shakes hands with war veterans at Tian’anmen Rostrum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. China on Wednesday held a …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greeted the heads of foreign delegations and their spouses ahead of China’s V-Day commemorations to be held in Tian’anmen Square Wednesday morning.

          The airborne assault formation attends a military parade in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. China on Wednesday held a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Xu Yu) The sea-based unmanned warfare formation attends a …

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed troops in Beijing on Wednesday during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Standing in a Hongqi limousine, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and …

BEIJING: China concluded its V-Day commemorations on Wednesday, with 80,000 doves and 80,000 balloons released into the sky over Tian’anmen Square in central Beijing. President Xi Jinping waved to spectators as the patriotic song “Ode to the Motherland” resonated. A massive military parade was staged in Tian’anmen Square as part of the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory …

BEIJING: China held a massive military parade in central Beijing on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II, pledging the country’s commitment to peaceful development in a world still fraught with turbulence and uncertainties. Towering structures shaped like the Great Wall stood in Tian’anmen Square, symbolizing the Chinese nation’s courage and solidarity in resisting …

BEIJING: The rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday as the country marked the 80th anniversary of the victory in its war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The resistance war, arduous and great, marks China’s first complete victory against foreign aggression in modern times, said Xi, also general …

TIANJIN: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono in the port city of Tianjin. Sugiono is in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025, as well as commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on behalf of …