KUNMING: Local authorities in southwest China’s Yunnan Province reported on Sunday that four people have died in forest fires in two separate incidents. Three people died when a forest fire broke out in Douge Village in Lincang City at about 6:10 p.m. on Saturday. The blaze engulfed an area of approximately 5.33 hectares, said the local publicity department. Another person …

CHONGQING: Without a driver, an online car-hailing service arrives as scheduled, the passengers sit in the back seat, and the steering wheel turns autonomously… This is not a movie clip, nor a novel plot, but a common commuting scene in Yongchuan District, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Traveling in such a self-driving vehicle in Chongqing, a mountainous city known for its …

BEIJING: China’s national observatory on Saturday renewed a yellow alert for thick fog in some parts of the country. Parts of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and coastal areas of Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will experience fog on Saturday, with visibility falling to less than 1,000 meters, the National Meteorological Center said. Heavy fog will also shroud …

BEIJING: The latest petition from five U.S. labor unions requesting the Biden Administration to review China’s so-called subsidies for its shipbuilders has prompted a backlash from China, calling the move ill-founded and hazardous. Under a so-called section 301 case, the unions urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to take measures, including the imposition of port fees on Chinese-built …

BEIJING: An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on ensuring that the self-reform of the Party is carried forward, will be published on Saturday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year’s sixth issue of the Qiushi Journal, a …

HARBIN: A new international freight train route linking Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, with Tilburg in the Netherlands, has been launched, becoming the first China-Europe freight train service connecting the border province with a city in the Netherlands. A cargo train loaded with 1,300 tonnes of amino acid in 55 containers departed from the station of Harbin …

SHIJIAZHUANG: Seven were killed and 27 others injured following an explosion in north China’s Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday. The blast, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city’s emergency management bureau. All the injured have …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Wednesday said that an early settlement of the situation on the China-India border serves the common interests of China and India, adding that it is hoped that the two countries will find a solution to relevant border issues that can be accepted by both sides at an early date. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for efforts to deepen the integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, and accelerate the cultivation of new driving forces and new advantages of high-quality development. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during an …

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping has sounded the clarion call for reform during the country’s annual key political season, dispelling concerns about whether China’s reform is “stagnating,” or its economy is “losing steam.” “We must plan major moves to deepen reform to inject strong impetus into promoting high-quality development and advancing Chinese modernization,” President Xi said at the annual sessions …

Credit: CGTN Severing “diplomatic” ties with China’s Taiwan region, Nauru recently became the 183rd country to recognize the fact that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. In some corners, however, this indisputable fact continues to run into denialism. Laura …

Credit: Global Times Following a highly politicized weekend in Taiwan, over 80 countries have come out to reaffirm their commitment to the one-China principle. Standing in stark contrast is the US, which issued a statement congratulating the DPP leader, a self-professed “pragmatic worker for Taiwan independence,” in a move that threatens to exacerbate tensions in the Taiwan Straits and jeopardize …

Credit: Global Times Congratulating a “presidential election” as “victory of democracy,” sending delegations to the “inauguration” of the newly-elected — these are protocol arrangements that are quite usual between sovereign countries when either side has elected a new head of state. It would seem rather peculiar and quite weird if such practices took place between a country and a region …

TAIYUAN: A Buddhist temple dating back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) has been unraveled in Pingcheng District, Datong City of north China’s Shanxi Province. Believed to have been an official temple or a royal one, the ancient temple is located some 300 meters from the palace ruins of the Northern Wei Dynasty, with a pagoda as its center, said …

TIANJIN: Cruise ship Zuiderdam, operated by Holland America Line, docked at Tianjin International Cruise Home Port in north China’s port city of Tianjin, on Monday morning, with over 1,100 tourists from 30 countries and regions aboard. This marks the maiden visit of the cruise ship, measuring 285 meters in length and 32 meters in width, to Tianjin, where it will …

HAIKOU: The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has confirmed the launch of an intelligent breeding platform for breeding data processing. The platform, jointly developed by the Hainan-based National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), the Institute of Crop Sciences under the CAAS and Alibaba’s DAMO Academy, features world-leading data capacity, speed and data security measures. It has realized integration of the …

TAIYUAN: Five miners were killed and another two missing as a warehouse in a colliery shaft collapsed in north China’s Shanxi Province, authorities said. The accident happened at 10:45 p.m. Monday at Taoyuan Xinlong coal industrial corporation in Zhongyang County, burying seven people, according to the publicity department of the county’s Party committee. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, five bodies …

HEFEI: Seven people were dead and two more remained trapped underground after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in east China’s Anhui Province on Monday, rescuers said. The accident happened at about 12:10 p.m. at the Xieqiao coal mine of Huaihe Energy when 24 miners were working underground in the mine shaft. Twenty-two miners managed to return to …

BEIJING: The 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, concluded its second session Monday. Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng attended the closing meeting of the session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Leji, executive chairperson of the session’s presidium, presided over the meeting …

HARBIN: Jiang Shumei learned the first Chinese character at the age of 60. Now, at the age of 87, the granny in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province is a proud author of six books. “I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams, that I, who received no education in my childhood years, would one day publish a book,” said the writer …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In his message, Xi said China and Pakistan are good neighbors, good friends, good partners and good brothers, adding that the two countries’ iron-clad friendship is a choice of history and a precious treasure of the two peoples. …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has shone more light on the country’s source of confidence for high-quality development by expounding on a wide range of topics at this year’s “two sessions,” a key political event slated to close on Monday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, …

BEIJING: The second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, started its closing meeting on Sunday morning. A resolution on a work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, a resolution on a report on how the proposals from political advisors have been handled since …

TOKYO: Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has paid shiitake mushroom producers in the southwestern prefecture of Oita about 402 million yen (about 2.7 million U.S. dollars) in compensation for reputational damage caused by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The Oita Prefecture Shiitake Agricultural Cooperatives announced earlier this week that it had reached the settlement dated Jan. …

BEIJING: On a typical sunny March day in Beijing, President Xi Jinping walked into a room filled with national political advisors, continuing a decade-old tradition of engaging in discussions on critical issues that shape the country’s development and impact people’s lives. This year, air quality was a subject. During the ongoing annual session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference …

TIANJIN: Yang Jing chooses her position, sets up her camera, adjusts its parameters and waits for the celestial phenomena to appear before pressing the shutter button. Yang has repeated this process countless times over the past 10 years, but she says she still feels excited every time she looks up at the stars. Her passion for stargazing began about 10 …

BEIJING: When the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) lifted its curtain at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, Wang Yongcheng was presented with a special government work report — a version in Braille, which is a historic first for the country’s top legislature. “It is a tangible experience of democracy,” Wang said …

SHANGHAI: China’s self-developed large passenger aircraft, C919, commenced operation Friday on a new route connecting Shanghai with the historic city of Xi’an in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The flight MU2152, operated by China Eastern Airlines, took off from the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at around 8:40 a.m. and departed for the Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, marking the launch of the …

BEIJING: China’s top market watchdog on Friday pledged further efforts to address the pressing issues of regional protectionist practices and market segmentation in 2024, aiming to develop a unified domestic market. Luo Wen, head of the State Administration for Market Regulation, made the remarks on the sidelines of the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s national legislature. …

BEIJING: The so-called forced labor in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was debunked by deputies of the Xinjiang delegation during an open panel discussion at the ongoing second session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC). “The alleged forced labor is sheer nonsense. I can use my own experience to explain it,” Akram Memtimin, an official of Saymahalla Village …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the armed forces to forge a stronger sense of mission, deepen reform and promote innovation, so as to comprehensively enhance strategic capabilities in emerging areas. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while attending a plenary …

BEIJING: The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has become a glorious banner leading the progress of the times and points the right direction for humanity, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. Building a community with a shared future for mankind has developed from a conceptual proposition to a scientific system, from a Chinese …

BEIJING: All conflicts have to end at the negotiating table and the earlier the talks start, the sooner peace will arrive, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday over the Ukraine crisis. “All our efforts point to one goal, that is, to pave the way for ending the conflict and starting peace talks,” Wang told a press conference held on …

BEIJING: Faced with the complex and volatile international environment, China will firmly be a force for peace, stability and progress in the world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. Currently, the world landscape is undergoing profound changes, and human society is facing multiple challenges, Wang said at a press conference on the sidelines of the second session of the …

BEIJING: China supports Palestine in becoming a full member of the United Nations (UN), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. Noting that the failure to end the humanitarian disaster caused by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict today in the 21st century is a tragedy for humanity and a disgrace for civilization, Wang called on the international community to act to give …

BEIJING: The United States should take an objective and rational view of China’s development, and match its words with actions to honor the commitments on China-U.S. relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the country’s annual legislative session, Wang said China-U.S. relations bear on the well-being of the people of …

BEIJING: The role of the United Nations (UN) should only be strengthened, not weakened, and its status must be upheld, not replaced, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. China always believes that the world has only one system, which is the UN-centered international system, and only one order, which is the international order underpinned by international law, Wang told …

BEIJING: China urges the United States to refrain from using the Philippines as a pawn to destabilize the South China Sea. The Philippines also needs to refrain from being manipulated by the United States, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily news briefing when answering a query on the inappropriate remarks …

BEIJING: During China’s ongoing annual “two sessions,” a major event in the country’s political calendar, the phrase “new quality productive forces” has emerged as a buzzword among national legislators and political advisors. This term is gaining attention in the context of China’s economic upgrading. In the government work report presented at the opening of the annual session of the National …

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on Chinese political advisors to build broad consensus to contribute to Chinese modernization, when he participated in a joint group meeting during the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman …