BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday met with Swiss Federal Councillor and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Beijing, calling for enhanced bilateral relations. Han said that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, China and Switzerland have established an innovative strategic partnership, which has set a fine example of friendly cooperation between countries of …

BEIJING: China has adopted an ethical guideline for brain-computer interface research, the first guideline of its kind in the country, which stipulates that this frontier tech should be principally used for remedial purposes. The guideline, published recently by the national science and technology ethics committee, specifies that research on brain-computer interface should cause no damage, and its fundamental purpose should …

BEIJING: Despite the pessimism among some Western economists regarding the Chinese economy, entrepreneurs like Jon Moeller, CEO of consumer products company P&G, are optimistic about future business opportunities in China. The reason for this disparity is straightforward: While many Western economists rely on Excel spreadsheets and rigid models for their flawed projections, entrepreneurs with firsthand experience in the Chinese market …

BEIJING: In the remote heart of the rugged Dabie Mountains in central China, is a monitoring station along the Hefei-Wuhan Railway where the temperature in the area plummeted below freezing point at around 1 a.m. Equipped with a gas-powered blowtorch, Liu Hongpu, a worker from China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd., directed flames at the rails, with the ice …

BEIJING: The United States and Britain Saturday night launched joint airstrikes on Houthi militia targets in Yemen, the third time in two weeks. Just the day before, the U.S. military also carried out airstrikes on over 85 targets in Iraq and Syria related to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and affiliated militia groups in retaliation for a drone strike …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday that facts have fully proved that strengthened cooperation between China and Britain not only serves the fundamental interests of both sides, but also contributes to world peace and prosperity. Li made the remarks in a congratulatory message to the “Icebreakers” 2024 Chinese New Year celebration hosted by Britain’s 48 Group Club. For a …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Espen Barth Eide in Beijing on Monday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Norway, and the relationship between …

BEIJING: As the eight-day Spring Festival holiday draws closer, global tourist destinations are keen to attract Chinese holidaymakers, with high hopes for a tourism boom. In a video message last week, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin extended a warm welcome to Chinese tourists, as they had been the largest source of inbound tourism for the country. The prime minister expressed …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of condolences to Namibia’s newly sworn-in President Nangolo Mbumba over the death of former Namibian President Hage Geingob. On behalf of the Chinese government and people, and in his own name, Xi extended profound condolences and expressed sincere sympathy to the Namibian government and people, as well as Geingob’s family. …

GUIYANG: Around 5:20 p.m. on Feb. 3, as the whistle blew, a football match in Rongjiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, kicked off as part of this year’s Village Super League as well as to mark the upcoming Spring Festival. The football match was between Macao Workers’ Union Football Team and the Guizhou Village Super League Football Team. Passing, fighting, …

BEIJING: China’s development is open, and the country welcomes talents from all over the world, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said in Beijing on Sunday. Li made the remarks when meeting with the 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award winners and the representatives of foreign experts that work in China ahead of China’s Lunar New Year. Li extended New Year wishes and …

GUIYANG: At the ancient resort town of Shexiang in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, 500 drones with twinkling lights soared into the sky, forming patterns resembling a dragon, a phoenix and a lotus successively, as curious tourists pulled out cell phones to capture the incredible spectacle. The drone fleets were hired by the local tourism company in charge of the resort …

BEIJING: The 2024 Spring Festival is just around the corner, and people across China are embracing the festive atmosphere in the run-up to the most important occasion of family reunions. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited residents in Tianjin, including villagers affected by …

BEIJING: The economy on the Chinese mainland will provide a broader stage for businesspeople and enterprises from Taiwan to grow on the mainland, said a senior official. Song Tao, head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks on Thursday when meeting …

BEIJING: Since the introduction of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture in October 2023, “culture” has become a buzzword throughout China. In January, a key policy meeting on public communication hailed Xi’s cultural thought, stating that it “provides solid ideological guarantees, powerful inspiration, and favorable cultural conditions to make China a stronger country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation on all fronts.” …

BEIJING: Total profits of China’s major textile enterprises rose 7.2 percent year on year in 2023, official data showed. Last year, these companies generated profits amounting to 180.2 billion yuan (about 25.38 billion U.S. dollars), according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The combined operating revenue of these firms stood at 4.70 trillion yuan, edging down 0.8 percent …

BEIJING: Chinese scientists have revealed the characteristics of the metabolic changes of primates during pregnancy, which is expected to help study the mechanism of diseases during pregnancy. Pregnancy induces dramatic metabolic changes in females, but the intricacies of this metabolic reprogramming remained unclear, especially in primates, according to Huang Shiqiang with the Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of …

LANZHOU: A train carrying 261 vehicles on Friday left Lanzhou, capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, for Almaty in Kazakhstan, marking the start of an auto export logistics center construction project. The train will travel outbound via the port of Horgos in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and is expected to arrive in Almaty in 12 days. The logistics distribution center …

TIANJIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday inspected troops stationed in north China’s Tianjin Municipality ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), extended festive greetings to service personnel of the People’s Liberation Army and the People’s …

BEIJING: China unveiled its “No. 1 central document” for 2024 on Saturday, outlining the priorities for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization this year. The document encompasses six parts, including ensuring national food security, forestalling any large-scale relapse into poverty, improving rural industries’ development, strengthening rural construction, enhancing rural governance, and strengthening the leadership of the Communist Party of China on work …

BEIJING: China’s railway network handled 81.55 million trips between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1, the first week of the Spring Festival travel rush, industry data showed. This translated to an average of about 11.65 million railway trips every day during the past week, said China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway). China Railway estimated that a total of 480 …

TIANJIN: President Xi Jinping has extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people during his inspection tour in north China’s Tianjin Municipality from Thursday to Friday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, wished Chinese people of all ethnic groups, compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, …

BEIJING: As China’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached a new high of over 126 trillion yuan (about 17.74 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2023, what measures are likely to be adopted to reinforce the sound economic fundamentals and what is the outlook for the Chinese economy in the coming year? Several heads of government departments have recently presented reports addressing commonly …

TIANJIN: President Xi Jinping has extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people during his inspection tour in north China’s Tianjin Municipality from Thursday to Friday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, wished Chinese people of all ethnic groups, compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, …

BEIJING: China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the national legislature, and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s national political advisory body, are inviting local and international journalists to cover their annual sessions to be held in March, according to an official statement released Friday. The second session of the 14th NPC is scheduled to …

BEIJING: Tao Zhiting, 33, who is wheeling an elderly person and shouldering luggage, is not just another traveler amid the Spring Festival travel rush at Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station — she is a heartwarming and skilled rail ambassador. With the Chinese Lunar New Year approaching, the flow of passengers is soaring. Tao, who works tirelessly to escort over 20 travelers …

TIANJIN: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited people in the northern city of Tianjin ahead of the Spring Festival. Xi also made an inspection of the city. On Thursday morning, he first visited a village in Xiqing District to learn about the recovery of farming activities after last year’s floods. He also visited …

BEIJING: Since the introduction of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture in October 2023, “culture” has become a buzzword throughout China. Ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the country has been busy organizing various cultural events to embrace this new trend. In the eastern province of Zhejiang, a museum has been captivating tourists with AR technology, reviving scenes of daily …

HAIKOU: South China’s Hainan Province recorded 326.8 billion yuan (about 46 billion U.S. dollars) of renminbi (RMB) cross-border settlement in 2023, representing a massive 122.9 percent year on year increase, said local authorities on Wednesday. It marked the first time the province had seen its cross-border RMB use account for over a half of its total cross-border settlement in both …

BEIJING: A spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry on Thursday said that China urges the United States to stop its worldwide cyber espionage and cyberattacks, and stop smearing other countries under the excuse of cybersecurity. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a regular news briefing in response to a related query. Wang noted that China firmly opposes all forms of …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged efforts to accelerate the development of new productive forces and firmly promote high-quality development. Xi made the remarks on Wednesday while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He stressed that high-quality development is an unyielding …

BEIJING: China stands ready to work with all parties to hold a more broad-based, authoritative and effective international peace conference as early as possible, formulate a concrete timetable and roadmap for the implementation of the two-state solution and support Palestine and Israel in resuming peace talks soon, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the …

BEIJING: An article on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will be published on Thursday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year’s third issue of the Qiushi Journal, a …

BEIJING: The escalating political polarization in the United States has given rise to a dystopian narrative, as portrayed in the upcoming film “Civil War,” in which 19 U.S. states, led by Texas and California, secede from the country, and partisan extremist militias regularly commit political violence. While such talk of an “American split” may sound far-fetched to some, Texas’s recent …

BEIJING: A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday stressed that a change in the M503 air route is in line with the common interests of compatriots on both the mainland and Taiwan, aiming to ease traffic congestion and ensure aviation safety. Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said the change will also help improve the operation …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The meeting reviewed a report from the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee after it heard and discussed the work reports of the leading Party members groups …

NANCHANG: Chinese paleontologists have discovered dinosaur fossil bones dating back 90 million years to the Cretaceous period, believed to be a new species that was later named “Gandititan cavocaudatus.” These bones were found at a construction site in Ganxian District in the city of Ganzhou, east China’s Jiangxi Province, in June 2021, said Wang Lingyun, deputy curator of the Jiangxi …

TAIYUAN: Near the ancient city wall of Datong, north China’s Shanxi Province, snow sculptures, ice cascades and ice-and-snow activities create a wonderland for tourists. “This is not the first time we have come to the ancient city wall of Datong, but playing with the ice and snow here is a brand-new experience,” said a tourist surnamed Dou from Beijing. Jia …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials of 42 ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon. The ambassadors are Tan Hai Chuan from Singapore, Massimo Ambrosetti from Italy, Hussain Alhammadi from the United Arab Emirates, Michael Campbell from Nicaragua, Pavlo Riabikin from Ukraine, Mohsen Bakhtiar from Iran, Ian J. Marshall from …

BEIJING: The reopening of the Chinese embassy in Nauru shows that China-Nauru relations are embarking on a fast growth track, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a daily press briefing when answering a relevant query. Wang said that on behalf of Nauru, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Aingimea …