BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with Gavin Newsom, governor of the U.S. state of California, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Noting that China and the United States, as the world’s two largest economies, account for more than a third of the global economy and nearly a quarter of the world’s population, and bilateral …

BEIJING: A State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson on Wednesday assured Taiwan compatriots in the zone affected by the Palestine-Israel conflict that they would receive overseas consular protection similar to that of mainland people. Zhu Fenglian made the remarks while responding to a question on what assistance the mainland would provide to Taiwan compatriots who are in the affected zone …

BEIJING: At the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a five-star red flag was passed around by more than 100 ordinary Chinese people from various ethnic groups and different sectors of society. Among them was Liu Kuo, a deliveryman clad in working uniform, as a representative of the country’s more than 4 million couriers to participate in the …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China is ready to work with the United States to contribute to each other’s progress and push for common prosperity. In a congratulatory message to the annual Gala Dinner of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Xi applauded the committee’s longstanding dedication to the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in …

BEIJING: President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua met with Julia Arevalo, president of European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), in Beijing on Tuesday. Fu welcomed Arevalo’s visit to Xinhua, saying Xinhua and EPA have maintained good cooperation as providers of quality photographic news products. He called on the two agencies to promote their existing partnership and explore new opportunities in video …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, held a talk with the new leadership of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and gave a keynote speech. He stressed that the development of the Chinese workers’ movement has developed from very beginning under the …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday met with visiting Bhutanese Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji in Beijing. Both sides agreed to accelerate the boundary demarcation process and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Han said that China and Bhutan are friendly neighbors sharing mountains and rivers. He said that although the two countries have not yet …

BEIJING: China’s State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled “Development of China’s Distant-Water Fisheries.” The white paper mainly focuses on seven aspects of China’s distant-water fisheries (DWF) sector, including high-quality development, coordination of resource conservation and sustainable use, fulfillment of flag state duties, strict regulation, reinforcement of scientific and technological support, ensuring safety and increasing international …

BEIJING: Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister will visit the United States from Oct. 26 to 28, at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Tuesday.

WUHAN: The World Conference on Wudang Tai Chi opened on Monday at the foot of Wudang Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in central China’s Hubei Province. Over 2,000 participants, including 1,500 practitioners, from 33 countries and regions gathered in the Wudang Mountain Tourist and Economic Special Zone, Shiyan City for the conference, which aims to promote Chinese traditional culture …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a message to an international symposium on China’s neighborhood diplomacy, which was held in Beijing on Tuesday. “China will continue to follow the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness, and work with other countries in the region to build an Asian homeland of peace, tranquility, prosperity, beauty and friendly coexistence, to …

BEIJING: A Chinese research team announced Monday that it has built an automated weather station at a 5,896-meter altitude in the Kunlun Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The new station, launched on Sunday, is now the highest in the Kunlun Mountains. It marked the completion of the observation station network in the middle section of the Kunlun …

NANJING: China’s largest vehicle-grid integration network demonstration zone has become operational in the city of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province. It can draw electricity to the smart grid from 50 new energy vehicles (NEV) simultaneously. According to the State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co. Ltd., NEV owners can receive subsidies by sending unused power in their vehicles to the grid …

XI’AN: The Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, which houses the world-renowned iconic Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, welcomed its 10 millionth visitor in 2023 on Monday, hitting a record high, local authorities said. Nearly 150 million visits, from both home and abroad, have been recorded at the museum since it opened in 1979. In recent …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday stressed rallying individuals in the private sector around the Party more closely and breaking new ground in the work of federations of industry and commerce. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to the …

BEIJING: China is ready to conclude boundary negotiations and establish diplomatic relations with Bhutan as soon as possible, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday. Wang, also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji who is in China for boundary talks. Wang said …

BEIJING: The 13th National Women’s Congress opened on Monday in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People. Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state, including Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, and Li Xi, attended the event to extend their congratulations. Ding Xuexiang delivered a speech on behalf of the CPC …

QAMDO: Markam County is known to have rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday stressed upholding the Party’s overall leadership over trade unions and mobilizing the country’s hundreds of millions of workers to vigorously take part in the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military …

BEIJING: China welcomes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to visit the country and attend the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE), foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday. Mao made the remarks at a daily press conference when responding to a question on report that Anthony Albanese said that he will visit China from Nov. 4 to 7 and …

BEIJING: The 13th National Women’s Congress opened on Monday in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People. Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state, including Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, and Li Xi, attended the event to extend their congratulations. Ding Xuexiang delivered a speech on behalf of the CPC …

BEIJING: China’s top political advisor Wang Huning met with Chairman of Pakistani Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in Beijing on Monday. Wang, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, said that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and ironclad friends. China is willing to work with Pakistan to further implement the important consensus reached by the …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Colombia Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego will pay a state visit to China from October 24 to 26, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Monday. Another Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, gave additional information about the visit at Monday’s daily news briefing. President Xi will hold …

BEIJING: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted off the coast of Nan’ao County, Shantou City, in south China’s Guangdong Province at 3:20 a.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.32 degrees north latitude and 117.39 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, said the CENC.

HANGZHOU, China: China claimed the Asian Para Games’ first gold medal as Xie Maosan triumphed in the women’s KL1 canoe final on Monday morning. KL1 is for paddlers with highly affected movement in the trunk and legs.

BEIJING: A compilation of excerpts from discourses on community-level governance by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has been published by the Central Party Literature Press. Xi’s discourses in this regard are of great significance to improving the Party organization-led urban and rural community governance model which combines self-governance, the rule of law …

BEIJING: More migrant individuals seeking medical treatment have benefited from China’s refined policy for cross-provincial on-the-spot settlement of medical bills through basic medical insurance accounts. Under the current basic medical insurance scheme, rural migrant workers, elderly people who relocate to be with their children, and other migrant individuals are allowed to directly settle their medical expenses incurred outside their home …

CHENGDU: Chinese sci-fi writers and artists enjoyed a rewarding night on Saturday at this year’s Hugo Awards. Hai Ya took away the Best Novelette award for “The Space-Time Painter” while well-known computer graphics artist Zhao Enzhe won the Best Professional Artist award. “I’m pleasantly surprised and very lucky, it’s like my dream come into reality,” said Hai Ya, who started …

CHENGDU: The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, the world’s top prizes for science fiction literature, were announced on Saturday night, with Chinese author Hai Ya taking home the Best Novelette award for “The Space-Time Painter.” Kingfisher, from the United States, won the Best Novel award for “Nettle & Bone.” Samantha Mills won Best Short Story for “Rabbit Test,” while …

TIANJIN: Airbus delivered on Friday an aircraft assembled in north China’s Tianjin Municipality to a Chinese airline. Tibet Airlines received its first A319neo aircraft assembled in Airbus’ Final Assembly Line (FAL Asia) in Tianjin, which will be deployed on the airline’s plateau routes. The A319neo aircraft is the shortened-fuselage member of Airbus’ game-changing A320neo product line. This aircraft can seat …

BEIJING: Chinese scientists, inspired by marine worms, have developed a new low-carbon building material, offering potential for energy saving and emission reduction in the building sector. The researchers, from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published their research recently in the journal Matter. “The traditional cement-based building materials consume a lot of …

BEIJING: China’s road logistics price index logged a month-on-month increase for the third consecutive month in September amid improvements in both the demand and supply sides of the market, industry data showed. The index stood at 102.9 last month, up 0.36 percent from August, according to a survey jointly conducted by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the …

BEIJING: China’s photovoltaic cell sector maintained brisk expansion in the first three quarters of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. China’s output of photovoltaic cells reached 384.28 gigawatts from January to September, soaring 63.2 percent year on year. In September alone, the country’s production of photovoltaic cells jumped 65.4 percent year on year to 51.4 gigawatts.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the Western Returned Scholars Association to rally talent from around the world and pool strengths of creativity for the development of the cause of the Party and the country. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks …

BEIJING: A book on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy has been published. The book illustrates the thought in the form of questions and answers with 48 questions divided into 10 parts, expounding on its significance, scientific system, essence and implications, as well as the requirements for its practice. Compiled by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central …

XIAMEN: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng Friday called on Asia-Pacific countries to enhance cooperation on energy transformation and related scientific and technological innovation. Han made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 24th Conference on the Electric Power Supply Industry held in the city of Xiamen, Fujian Province. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has removed and appointed the following ambassadors in accordance with a decision from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, according to a statement from China’s top legislature on Friday. Shen Minjuan was appointed ambassador to Mongolia, replacing Chai Wenrui. Wang Wenli was appointed ambassador to Timor-Leste, replacing Xiao Jianguo. Li Yan was appointed …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and pay an official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from October 24 to 27, at the invitation of Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov of the Kyrgyz Republic, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning …

BEIJING: Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs and foreign minister, will attend the opening ceremony of the International Symposium to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of China’s Principle of Amity, Sincerity, Mutual Benefit and Inclusiveness in Neighborhood Diplomacy and deliver …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with President of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira in Beijing. Xi said that China and Brazil are the two largest developing countries in the eastern and western hemispheres, respectively, and are emerging major countries with global influence. Faced with a tumultuous world, the two countries should firmly support each other. The …