BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which opened in Shanghai on Sunday, pledging firm efforts to advance high-standard opening up. First held in 2018, the annual expo has leveraged the strengths of China’s enormous market, fulfilled its platform function for international procurement, investment promotion, people-to-people exchanges and open cooperation, and …

XI’AN: African and Chinese diplomats and guests on Saturday attended a tea chat activity in Xi’an, the capital city of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, experiencing traditional tea-making and watching intangible cultural heritage performances. Zambian Ambassador to China Iven Zyuulu, African representatives of winners of a short video competition on China-Africa friendship, and former Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of the …

SHANGHAI: China will continue to push forward opening up with stronger innovation momentum, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Sunday. Li made the remarks during his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the sixth China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum. China is willing to step up cooperation with all countries in innovation, facilitate the deep …

KUNMING: Harry Moyer, a 103-year-old U.S. veteran, usually playful and humorous, burst into tears as he sang the song “Auld Lang Syne” with teachers and students at a school in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. “It’s one of the best things that have happened to me on this trip,” said Moyer, wearing a hat embroidered with the pattern of the …

HEFEI: It’s late autumn, and a herbal tea company in the city of Bozhou, Anhui Province, east China, is brewing up a storm. In a 20,000-square-meter facility, eight production lines are churning out nearly 20,000 boxes of herbal tea per day to meet market demand, with most sold across the country via e-commerce platforms. “Autumn and winter are peak seasons …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which opened in Shanghai on Sunday. First held in 2018, the annual expo has leveraged the strengths of China’s enormous market, fulfilled its platform function for international procurement, investment promotion, people-to-people exchanges and open cooperation, and made positive contribution to creating a new development …

CHANGSHA: During the late autumn season, Long Xianlan, hailing from Shibadong Village in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in central China’s Hunan Province, was busy filming for an international program in his native village. A group of media persons had come all the way from Laos to this small ethnic Miao village, tucked away in the Wuling Mountains, …

BEIJING: China achieved their targets at the Hangzhou Asian Games and will strive to reach new heights at next year’s Paris Olympic Games through this year’s winter training, a high-ranking sports official said here on Friday. Gao Zhidan, director of China’s General Administration of Sport, told a meeting that Chinese athletes had shown great competitiveness and sportsmanship at the Olympics, …

FUZHOU: In the picturesque town of Wufu, east China’s Fujian province, local villager Wang Shenglong gazed up at the rows of saplings on Wugongshan Mountain, envisioning a vibrant tapestry of colorful leaves beneath the autumn clouds in the years to come. Little did he know one and a half years ago that what began as mere grumblings would brew into …

BEIJING: A humanoid robot innovation center has been established in the Chinese capital to accelerate the technology supply and industrialization of humanoid robots. The Beijing humanoid robot innovation center company, officially registered at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, was jointly built by enterprises that make complete robots, core components and large models of robots. The center will build both hardware …

SHANGHAI: The sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE), scheduled in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10, signifies the event’s first full return to in-person exhibitions since the onset of COVID-19. As the world’s first import-themed national-level expo, CIIE is a showcase for China’s new development paradigm, a platform for high-standard opening up, and a public good for the whole world, …

SHANGHAI: China’s first domestically-built large cruise ship, the “Adora Magic City,” was delivered in Shanghai on Saturday, with its maiden voyage scheduled for Jan. 1, 2024. The cruise ship, measuring 323.6 meters in length, with a gross tonnage of 135,500 tonnes, can accommodate up to 5,246 passengers and has a total of 2,125 guest rooms, said the China State Shipbuilding …

BEIJING: A senior Chinese government official has voiced optimism over the nation’s annual economic goals based on an in-depth review of the economic performances in the first three quarters of 2023 and the pro-growth measures that have continued to inject vitality into the economy in the fourth quarter. “We are confident, well-positioned and capable of overcoming various risks and challenges, …

BEIJING: At the end of October this year, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended the central financial work conference and delivered an important speech. The speech made by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was hailed as “answering a series of major theoretical and practical questions concerning …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met with Maltese Foreign Minister Ian Borg in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Malta to set an example of international relations featuring equal treatment between countries of different sizes. Wang called …

BEIJING: China’s road logistics price index logged a stable increase in October amid general improvements in road transport demand and supply, industry data showed. The index came in at 103.8 last month, up 0.86 percent from the previous month and 0.49 percent higher than in the same period last year, according to a survey jointly conducted by the China Federation …

BEIJING: At the end of October this year, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended the central financial work conference and delivered an important speech. The speech made by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was hailed as “answering a series of major theoretical and practical questions concerning …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message to the fifth China-U.S. Sister Cities Conference on Friday, saying the close cooperation between sister provinces/states and sister cities has been fruitful over the past four decades. The foundation of China-U.S. relations lies in the people and the source of strength lies in the friendship between the people, Xi said in his …

SHANGHAI: An international team of scientists from China and the United States has made a remarkable discovery, suggesting that two massive objects buried in the Earth’s deep mantle could be relics from the moon’s formation about 4.5 billion years ago. A leading theory holds that the moon formed when a Mars-sized planet dubbed Theia struck Gaia or the early Earth, …

BEIJING: The 2023 World Young Scientist Summit will open in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Nov. 11, the China Association for Science and Technology has announced. The summit will have 13 main forum activities, three overseas special activities, and 23 sub-forum activities, providing chances for global young scientists to interact and discuss topics of scientific innovation. The main forum …

BEIJING: The remains of Comrade Li Keqiang, who was a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th, 18th and 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) central committees and former premier of the State Council, were cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Thursday. Li was extolled as an excellent CPC member, a time-tested …

CHONGQING/MEXICO CITY: Fengdu County in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality is famous for exporting “zhacai,” a traditional Chinese pickle made from mustard stems. The traditional Chinese appetizer with a century-old history has become a delicacy on the dinner tables outside China. In the production workshops of Chongqing Fengdu Sanhe Industrial Co., LTD., you can smell the fragrance of zhacai from far …

BEIJING: A Chinese learning platform has attracted over 10 million users from 187 countries and regions by the end of October, according to an official from the Global Chinese Learning Alliance. Chinese-language learning has gained momentum worldwide in recent years with the expansion of the platform’s user scale and the improvement of the related product layout, Pan Zeliang said at …

CHENGDU: Taourghist Abdessamad, head of a hypermarket called “XTRA” in Morocco, was excited about the richness of agricultural products at the 9th Sichuan Agricultural Expo, which concluded Monday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. “I thought I could only purchase some basic agricultural products such as wheat and soybeans, but I saw so many agricultural commodities here. I …

BEIJING: With the conclusion on Tuesday of the closely watched central financial work conference, China has outlined future priorities and directions for the pursuit of the country’s high-quality financial development. China will remain committed to the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics and boost the high-quality development of the financial sector, according to the meeting, the highest-profile gathering in …

GENEVA: Visiting China’s Xizang Autonomous Region was a “dream come true,” the permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva has said, calling the trip “a pleasant surprise, contrary to what we hear from some Western delegates.” Ambassador Khalil Hashmi has recently finished a trip to Xizang. He told Xinhua that what he saw there was the full …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met with Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina in Beijing. China-Honduras relations have developed rapidly under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, showing broad prospects and great vitality since the two countries established diplomatic ties, said Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party …

BEIJING: China welcomes Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero’s visit to the country from Nov. 2 to 9, and his attendance of the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE), Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday. Wang made the remarks at a daily press conference when responding to a related query, adding that China will take the visit as an …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in Beijing on Wednesday. “You are an old, good friend of the Chinese people. The ten years you served as prime minister was the ‘golden decade’ of bilateral relations and you have continued to contribute to China-Canada friendship after leaving office,” Han said. It has been …

BEIJING: China’s vision to find solutions for cities’ sustainable development is sharable to the world, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, executive director of UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), told Xinhua in a recent interview. Over half of the world’s population lives in cities today. By 2050, this number is expected to rise to 70 percent, she said, adding that cities’ vital role …

FUZHOU: More than 700 years ago, a vessel loaded with porcelains sank off the coast of east China’s Fujian Province while en route overseas. The underwater wreckage near the islet of Shengbeiyu in the city of Zhangzhou was recently unveiled in an archaeological salvage project, presenting to the world the historical prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road during that era. …

BEIJING: The central financial work conference was held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday, at which Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered an important speech. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, analyzed the situations facing high-quality development of the financial sector and arranged relevant work for the current …

BEIJING: An article on audit work by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will be published on Wednesday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year’s 21st issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee. The …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Monday afternoon held a talk with the new leadership of the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF) and delivered an important speech. Xi stressed the need for all the people to unite and work hard together in the …

BEIJING: The 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, convened its fourth standing committee meeting on Tuesday, with a focus on strengthening environment protection and promoting the building of a Beautiful China. Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) …

GUIYANG: Over the past week, Ou Yantong was busy with entertaining tourists who came to watch the finals of the Village Basketball Competition of China (CunBA) held from October 25 to 28 in Taipan Village, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Ou, who lives in Taijiang County that the village belongs to, used to open a …

NANCHANG: At the 2023 Nanchang Air Show, the Pioneer Team from Italy provided the audience with a wonderful aerobatic performance. Accompanied by joyful music, four planes flew about the sky with green, white and red trails of smoke streaming behind. The 2023 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show was held in east China’s Jiangxi Province from Oct. 27 …

BEIJING: The third overseas Chinese industrial and commercial congress opened Monday in Beijing. Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the congress opening. Addressing the event, Shi said that the Chinese economy remained resilient, with strong …

BEIJING: China’s lottery ticket sales surged 58.3 percent year on year to top 52.77 billion yuan (about 7.35 billion U.S. dollars) in September, data from the Ministry of Finance shows. Sales of lottery tickets to support the country’s welfare system exceeded 18.21 billion yuan last month, an increase of 47.9 percent, or over 5.89 billion yuan, compared to a year …

SHANGHAI: The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) delivered the first batch of two air freighters converted from ARJ21 passenger planes on Monday, a milestone in the conversion program for China’s domestic regional jetliner. The converted aircraft has a designed maximum payload of 10 tonnes and a flight range of 2,778 kilometers. It is primarily intended for transporting cargo, …