NANJING: An international research team has discovered musculature fossils dating back some 535 million years to the early Cambrian Age in China. The team of paleontologists has reported their discovery of the microfossils, which have preserved the introvert musculature of cycloneuralians, a group of animals that includes roundworms, horsehair worms and mud dragons. The study was led by Zhang Huaqiao, …

NANCHANG: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected Jingdezhen City and Shangrao City in east China’s Jiangxi Province on Wednesday. Xi visited a historical and cultural block and AVIC Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Corporation Ltd. in Jingdezhen, as well as a village in Wuyuan County in Shangrao. He learned about the preservation and inheritance …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Jacob Wallenberg, Chair of the Board of Sweden-based Investor AB, in Beijing on Wednesday. Noting that China’s economy has generally picked up and improved since the beginning of this year, and the annual growth target is expected to be achieved, Han said that China’s policy of reform and opening up will remain …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Oliver Blume, chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, in Beijing on Wednesday. Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that the Chinese and German economies are highly complementary and have huge space for cooperation. As …

BEIJING: President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua met with visiting Reuters President Paul Bascobert in Beijing on Wednesday. Noting that Reuters was the first international mainstream news agency to establish a cooperative relationship with Xinhua, Fu said that over the past 66 years, exchange and cooperation of the two sides have achieved fruitful outcomes in various areas. Fu expressed …

BEIJING: Passenger throughput at the Beijing Daxing International Airport has surpassed 30 million this year, the airport said on Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, Daxing airport has also handled approximately 570,000 tonnes of cargo and mail. Since kicking off operations on Sept. 25, 2019, the airport has handled 84.55 million passenger trips in total. To date, 54 domestic and international …

CHANGSHA: Over the past five decades, China’s self-developed hybrid rice has been promoted in an accumulative cultivated area of 600 million hectares across the country, helping increase a total rice yield of 800 billion kg. Rice is one of the most important staple foods for Chinese. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, widely known as the “father of hybrid rice,” and his …

BEIJING: China’s vehicle sales rose 9.5 percent year on year to nearly 2.86 million units in September, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Wednesday. In the third quarter, China’s overall performance in automobile production and sales exceeded expectations, according to Chen Shihua, the deputy secretary-general of the association. He credited the sales surge in part to the …

BEIJING: Tassos Vamvakidis, who has worked at the Port of Piraeus in Greece for over five decades, has seen the ebb and flow of this millennia-old port. Nevertheless, there are still moments that evoke strong emotions whenever he recalls. On Nov. 11, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Piraeus port, a flagship project of China-Greece Belt and Road cooperation, during …

ZHENGZHOU: With over 100 terabytes of storage, Zhang Mingyun’s hard drives house a photographic and video archive that spans four decades. This extensive collection meticulously chronicles the dynamic changes of the Yellow River and the remarkable transformation of the swan population that winters in the city of Sanmenxia in central China. These swans have evolved from a scattered few to …

BEIJING: China in recent years has seen concerted efforts from government departments and social sectors in promoting mental health among children and adolescents, the country’s top health authority has said. Tuesday marks the 32nd World Mental Health Day, which is celebrated in China with the theme of promoting child and adolescent mental health. “The key to work related to adolescent …

JINAN: Even though Sun Bingwu, 58, has tended to all of his 12 mu (about 0.8 hectares) of winter jujube trees, only a small part of his task has been completed. Sun has lots more work to do, because many orchardists in other regions are waiting for him to instruct them in the art of winter jujube planting. Sun, who …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a U.S. congressional delegation led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in Beijing on Monday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, welcomed Schumer and his delegation to China, expressing the hope that the lawmakers will gain a more accurate understanding of China, …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently made important instructions on the work of public communication and culture. He pointed out that the work is extremely crucial to the future and destiny of the Party, the long-term stability of the country, and the …

BEIJING: China is deeply saddened by the civilian casualties caused by the conflict between Palestine and Israel, and opposes and condemns acts that harm civilians, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday. Mao made the remarks at a daily news briefing in response to the conflicts between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip that have …

HANGZHOU: It is hard to tell that Kesia Pabula, who worked as a volunteer at the Hangzhou Asian Games, is Indonesian, thanks to her fluent Mandarin. As a senior college student majoring in psychology and behavioral sciences at Zhejiang University, Pabula speaks both Mandarin and Indonesian, which made her a very valuable addition to Games service at the Main Media …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the bipartisan delegation of the U.S. Senate led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the Great Hall of the People on Monday. Xi underlined that the China-U.S. relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. How China and the United States get along will determine the future of humanity. Competition and …

HANGZHOU: The flame in the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium was gradually extinguished on Sunday night, bringing down the curtain on the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, capital city of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Zhou Ling, an Arabic teacher at Zhejiang Gongshang University, saw her life revolve around the Asian Games over the past three decades. Then a senior at …

BEIJING: A national meeting on the work of public communication and culture was held in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday. The most important outcome of the meeting is that, for the first time, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture was put forward. An instruction by President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and …

WUHAN: The cargo throughput through the ship lock of the Three Gorges Dam, part of the world’s largest hydropower project, totaled 127 million tonnes in the first three quarters this year, up 10.02 percent year on year, data showed Sunday. This is the first time the ship lock breaks the 120-million-tonne mark during the first three quarters of its 20 …

BEIJING: In 1988, when Xi Jinping took office as Party chief of Ningde, a mountain-locked prefecture in Fujian Province, one of his priorities was to resume a discontinued newspaper last published nearly two decades prior to his arrival. Due to its geographic disadvantage, Ningde’s economic performance had long ranked last among the whole province. Fact-finding led Xi to note that …

HANGZHOU: With the Hangzhou Asian Games drawing to a close, some memorable moments will be remembered by people from across the world for years to come. On the closing day of the sporting gala, Xinhua reviews some of the most significant moments. DIGITAL TORCHBEARER LIGHTING THE CAULDRON At the spectacular opening ceremony of the Games on September 23, for the …

HANGZHOU: Chinese weightlifters felt pressure from their rivals at the Asian Games, and would review their performances in Hangzhou to prepare for the Paris Olympics. The weightlifting competition concluded on Saturday with host China collecting five golds, three silvers and one bronze. DPR Korean weightlifters flexed their muscles by pocketing six golds and posting six records while Indonesia, South Korea …

BEIJING: Boasting a 5,000-year civilization, China has been committed to promoting its cultural advancement while breaking new ground in pursuing modernization. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has always highlighted the work in the fields of communication, ideology and culture. Since the 18th CPC …

BEIJING: China resolutely opposes the move of the U.S. Commerce Department to place some Chinese companies on its export control “entity list,” a spokesperson with China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to a media query on the U.S. Department of Commerce recently putting a number of Chinese entities on its export control …

BEIJING: In June, a bowl of hybrid rice from Africa appeared as a special offering at the tomb of Yuan Longping, China’s “father of hybrid rice.” The gift was brought in person by Rakotoson Philibert, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar. Recalling that moment, Philibert said in a recent telephone interview that the hybrid rice developed …

HANGZHOU: Chinese swimmer Zhang Ziyang earned men’s marathon swimming gold medal Saturday at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The competition on the rainy morning saw 16 participants from nine countries and regions showcase their determination and skills. Zhang finished in one hour, 55 minutes and 45.8 seconds, closely followed by his teammate Lan Tianchen who clinched the silver medal by a …

BEIJING: A large building foundation site has been discovered in the ruins of Zhongdu, the capital city of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), in Beijing, said the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute. The ruins of the erstwhile capital city are in today’s Fengtai District and Xicheng District in Beijing. It served as the Jin capital for over six decades in the dynasty’s …

GUIYANG: Zhou Piaopiao no longer has to cram herself into an overloaded vehicle for her journey to school in the mountainous region of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. A junior high student from Huishui County, she used to commute over 20 km in a hired vehicle, making the trip every Sunday and returning home every Friday. Things changed when a school …

BEIJING: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country’s biggest lender, has stepped up financial support in the agricultural sector to boost its high-quality development. By the end of August, the balance of ICBC’s agriculture-related loans had reached approximately 4 trillion yuan (about 557.12 billion U.S. dollars), the lender said. The bank has developed a slew of financing …

BEIJING: China’s box office revenue generated during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday through Friday has exceeded 2.5 billion yuan (348.2 million U.S. dollars). Domestic films dominated the holiday revenue chart, with Zhang Yimou’s crime suspense movie “Under The Light” leading with around 828 million yuan, or 32 percent of the total, as of 9 a.m. Friday morning, …

HANGZHOU: China successfully defended its title in the women’s basketball with a 74-72 victory over arch-rival Japan at the Asian Games here on Thursday. China, who sits second in the world rankings, surged to a 26-16 lead after the first quarter. After Japan tied at 72-all, Wang Siyu made a crucial layup in the final seconds to help China pocket …

LHASA: The Third China Xizang Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation released the Nyingchi Initiative in the southwestern Chinese city of Nyingchi on Thursday in a bid to deepen international cooperation in the trans-Himalaya region. Around the theme of “promoting the harmony of humans and nature, sharing the fruits of cooperation and development,” participating parties have had an in-depth exchange of …

HANGZHOU: China’s karateka Li Qiaoqiao clinched the women’s kumite 68kg gold medal on the sport’s opening day at the Hangzhou Asian Games here on Thursday. After sailing past Palestine’s Hala Alqadi 9-0 in the semifinal, Li had another comfortable contest in the final, taking down Laura Alikul of Kazakhstan 4-0. “Thanks to my team. Without their work, I couldn’t have …

BEIJING: With this year’s super-long “golden week” spanning both the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays in full swing, Chinese people are fervently hitting the road to make the most of this eight-day holiday period. On Sept. 29, the first day of the holiday period lasting until Oct. 6, China’s railways handled about 20.1 million passenger trips, setting a …

BEIJING: As the eight-day-long Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays bring a new traveling craze, more and more Chinese tourists choose to embrace ecotourism via garden visits. Adorned with nearly 300 different species of chrysanthemums and hundreds of other colorful flowers, the National Botanical Garden of China in Beijing draws numerous photography enthusiasts, including Zhang Guangbin, a 70-year-old frequenter of …

HANGZHOU: He Jie claimed China’s first men’s marathon title at the Hangzhou Asian Games here on Thursday. He clocked in at two hours 13 minutes and two seconds to claim the historic victory. DPR Korea’s Han Il Ryong finished 2:13:27 to grab silver and China’s Yang Shaohui took bronze with 2:13:39. The first 30km saw seven runners stay close, but …

BEIJING: Assets under the management of China’s public offering funds totaled 28.71 trillion yuan (about 4 trillion U.S. dollars) by the end of August 2023, data from the Asset Management Association of China showed. By the end of August, a total of 11,111 public offering funds were being operated by 144 fund management companies, the association said. The scale of …

YINCHUAN: After attending the sixth China-Arab States Expo, which was held at the end of September in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Zhang Hong’en headed straight for a local planting base in search of Juncao, a high-yield feed crop with the potential to diversify the diets of livestock in Mauritania. The Ningxia native said that the natural conditions in …

BEIJING: China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country’s policy banks, issued loans totaling more than 340 billion yuan (about 47.36 billion U.S. dollars) for the urban infrastructure sector in the first nine months of this year, providing strong support for the construction, renovation and intelligent upgrading of urban municipal and public facilities. The CDB has integrated infrastructure, industrial facilities …