BEIJING: The remains of Zhou Tienong, former leader of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, were cremated in Beijing on Thursday. Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and others bid farewell to Zhou at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Thursday morning, paying their respects to Zhou and offering condolences to his …

SHANGHAI: The China International Import Expo (CIIE) is “a wonderful opportunity” to promote two-way trade and Australia’s tourism among Chinese travelers, said Don Farrell, Australian minister for trade and tourism. “The expo is a wonderful opportunity for Australian businesses to show their wares,” the minister told Xinhua during the CIIE. “We are very excited to be here … Bringing all …

CHONGQING: A collection of ancient stoneware has been unearthed from the Longgupo Site in the Three Gorges area in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Longgupo Site is located in Miaoyu Township in Wushan County, covering an area of about 1,300 square meters. The site is believed to be 2 million to 2.5 million years old and is one of the earliest …

BEIJING: Upholding the vision of building a maritime community with a shared future, China is ready to work with the international community for peaceful, prosperous and beautiful oceans shared by all countries, according to Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. Wang, also a member of the …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presided over the third meeting of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform on the afternoon of Nov. 7. Xi is also director of the commission. Reviewed and passed at the meeting were Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting …

TAXKORGAN: Located in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Khunjerab Pass is a major land port on the China-Pakistan border and an important gateway to South Asia and Europe. Since the resumption of passenger customs clearance on April 3, 2023, the Khunjerab Pass has recorded over 40,000 inbound and outbound passengers. During the third …

BEIJING: China’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow by 5.4 percent in 2023, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement said on Tuesday. “The Chinese economy is on track to meet the government’s 2023 growth target, reflecting a strong post-COVID recovery,” read the statement made by the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, Gita Gopinath, following a visit to …

CHONGQING: China for the first time proposed an international science and technology cooperation initiative at the Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on Monday. The initiative calls for advocating and practicing the concept of open, fair, just and non-discriminatory international cooperation in science and technology, adhering to the principle that “science has …

BEIJING: The Inter-Civilizational Communication and Global Development Forum, hosted by the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, opened in Beijing on Tuesday. The three-day event, themed “tradition of civilization and paths to modernization,” has attracted around 150 politicians, entrepreneurs, think tank experts, scholars, cultural celebrities and diplomatic envoys from more than 30 countries to …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for letting the internet better benefit people of all countries when he addressed the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit via video. Xi said that the vision of jointly building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, which he proposed at the second WIC in 2015, …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged efforts to comprehensively promote the building of a Beautiful China and improve the supervision mechanism for natural monopoly networks. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while chairing the third meeting of the Central Commission for Comprehensively …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday met with Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China and Suriname enjoy a long history of friendship, and this year marks the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the Chinese in Suriname. China …

SHANGHAI: Participating in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) for the sixth successive year, doTERRA, a U.S. essential oil company, has witnessed the continued growth of not only its exhibition area but also its ever-deepening ties with the Chinese market. In November 2018, doTERRA attended the first CIIE without anticipating that this new platform on the other side of the …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, met with representatives of model units that have applied the “Fengqiao model” for promoting community-level governance at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of Nov. 6. Xi extended his sincere greetings and …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for efforts to make greater contributions to advancing the Peaceful China Initiative to a higher level. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in Beijing when he met with representatives of model units that apply the …

BEIJING: Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with John Key, former prime minister of New Zealand, in Beijing on Monday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said that mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and New …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday afternoon met with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. Xi said that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s attendance at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in China and Brnabic’s attendance at the sixth China International Import Expo demonstrated Serbia’s sincere friendship with the Chinese people and firm belief in developing relations with …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for efforts to make greater contributions to advancing the Peaceful China Initiative to a higher level. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in Beijing when he met with representatives of model units that apply the …

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 …