BEIJING: New flexible employment has seen strong expansion in China in recent years amid the development of the digital and platform economy, according to a report. The number of employees in new flexible employment accounted for 19.1 percent of all employees in the first quarter of 2023, up from 13.8 percent in the same period of 2020, said the report …

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a congratulatory letter to the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum that opened on the same day in Beijing. In his letter, Xi highlighted the enduring fine traditional culture of the Chinese nation, which has always embraced openness and inclusiveness, noting that the Chinese civilization has always valued mutual understanding and respect among different civilizations. …

BEIJING: President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua met with the delegation of Russia’s Valdai Discussion Club on Wednesday in Beijing. Hailing the remarkable influence of the Valdai Discussion Club, Fu said the cooperation between the Valdai Discussion Club and Xinhua enjoys broad prospect. Fu said the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping 10 …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro Moros in Beijing on Wednesday. Maduro is paying a state visit to China from Sept. 8 to 14 at the invitation of Xi. Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro Moros at the square outside the east entrance of the …

BEIJING: Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Cai Qi met with To Lam, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnamese Minister of Public Security, in Beijing on Wednesday. Cai, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat …

URUMQI: If you speak to the customs and foreign trade department in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, you will surely hear the name “Old Sai. ” This is the affectionate nickname given to Saifullah Baig, a Pakistani trader who has acquainted himself with nearly every staff member there. “I have been engaged in business …

BEIJING: China is expected to see 190 million railway trips during the upcoming 12-day travel rush for the National Day holiday, overlapping the Mid-Autumn Festival, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said Tuesday. The travel rush will last from Sept. 27 to Oct. 8, and the presale of train tickets kicks off on Wednesday, according to the company. People’s …

URUMQIL: At the break of day, Ehemat Tohti and his colleagues readied their equipment and embarked on their journey into the heart of the Taklimakan Desert, China’s largest, commencing a day of patrol. They are responsible for the maintenance work of a 220-kV transmission line spanning this desert, also known as the “Sea of Death.” Stretching over 264 km, the …

TIANJIN: Airbus cannot achieve the grand production ramp-up plan in coming years without the support of partners in China, said Alberto Gutiérrez, chief operating officer of the European aircraft manufacturer. “I feel impressed and inspired about my visit to China. I was fully aware of China’s achievements in infrastructure, connectivity, business, and development,” said Gutiérrez in an interview with Xinhua …

LANZHOU: Dunhuang, a major stop on the ancient Silk Road which witnessed the trade of silk and porcelain over 2,000 years ago, is seeing new vitality and booming trade of commodities among Belt and Road countries. In late August, a batch of cargo, which included machine parts and fresh-cut flowers, was shipped from Lanzhou in northwest China’s Gansu Province to …

TIANJIN: North China’s Tianjin Municipality has launched a new trial cruise line along the Ziya River, a branch of the Haihe River, aiming to inject vitality into the riverside tourism industry. The cruise route covers about 20 km, starting from the Ancient Culture Street wharf to the Yangliuqing wharf. During the approximately 80-minute voyage, tourists can enjoy many of the …

LHASA: Thirty-five years ago, Zhamdu, a villager of the border town of Lower Zayul in Zayul County, located in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, serendipitously embarked on a career as a forest ranger. Although he initially lacked a profound understanding of forest protection, it has since evolved into his lifelong vocation. Lately, the 63-year-old man has been busy distributing awareness …

URUMQI: As of Sunday, the inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains passing through northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have totaled 10,017 this year, up 10.1 percent year on year, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd. For five consecutive months this year, Horgos Port, a major rail port in Xinjiang, has seen over 600 such freight trains each …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Saqr Ghubash, speaker of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in Beijing on Wednesday. Han said China stands ready to work with the UAE to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen high-level exchanges, enhance strategic mutual trust, firmly support each other, consolidate …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro Moros, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday. The two presidents announced the elevation of the China-Venezuela relationship to an all-weather strategic partnership.

HANGZHOU: While the physical torch of the 19th Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is currently being relayed across east China’s Zhejiang Province, an online “digital torchbearer” relay has seen more than 97 million netizens participate as of Wednesday. Dong Sijiao, 79, carried the Games’ physical flame in Zhejiang’s Shaoxing City on Monday, and she was also an online torchbearer. …

HARBIN: Wang Liuyang could not comprehend his lookout parents until he became a lookout himself. When he was young, he was often left alone in the woods as his parents had to be on duty on the high watchtower in Zhanhe forest farm in the city of Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China. “I thought they owed me until I became a …

CHENGDU: The Chinese men’s football team faced another embarrassing defeat as they lost to Syria 1-0 in an international friendly here on Tuesday. “It was a frustrating result for us. We asked players to react after the draw against Malaysia in terms of energy level, but unfortunately we couldn’t win the match,” said China head coach Aleksandar Jankovic. Following a …

BEIJING: More than 3,500 kilometers of highways in China have completed intelligent upgrades, according to the 2023 Digital Transportation Conference and Expo (Beijing), which opened on Monday in Beijing. The construction of intelligent scenarios, such as lane-level management, intelligent monitoring and early warning, and off-site law enforcement, has seen positive results. The quality of China’s travel services has continued to …

BEIJING: China will make Fujian Province a demonstration zone for the integrated development across the Taiwan Strait, according to a circular released on Tuesday. The circular, jointly issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, said the move is aimed at deepening the cross-Strait integrated development in all fields and advancing the peaceful reunification of …

LANZHOU: A golden cat was captured by infrared cameras in the forests in northwest China’s Gansu Province in early September. This is the first time that an image of this rare animal has been captured in the Bailongjiang forest area in Gansu. Liu Tiantai, a senior engineer with the Bailongjiang forestry protection center, said that the infrared camera captured three photos …

BEIJING: UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) China signed a memorandum of understanding with Special Olympics East Asia on Monday afternoon to formalize the two organizations’ partnership and enhance collaboration in China. “We believe that working together with UNICEF will allow us to learn from one another, continue to leverage each other’s expertise, and advance the inclusion of people with …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday China’s economy has continued to recover on a generally sound track of rebound amid the struggling world economic recovery and a challenging and complex external environment since the beginning of the year. Mao Ning, the spokesperson, made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to recent comments in the …

BEIJING: No monitoring could be read as an endorsement of Japan’s ocean discharge or give it any amount of legitimacy or legality sought by Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. The IAEA said a few days ago on its website that its first independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station since discharges …

BEIJING: China’s National Meteorological Center on Tuesday issued a blue alert for rainstorms as heavy downpours are expected to lash multiple regions of the country. From 8 p.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. Wednesday, heavy downpours and rainstorms are forecast to hit regions such as Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan, according to the center. Parts of the …

URUMQI: A roaring fire flashes with a crisp turn of the dial, as Spiremuhan Bawudong lights the gas stove in her kitchen to prepare lunch. Until just a few years ago, making a meal seemed to take forever as she still relied on firewood for cooking. “With natural gas available, life is so much easier now,” said Spiremuhan Bawudong, a …

BEIJING: The eastern and middle routes of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project have transferred 65.4 billion cubic meters of water so far, official data showed Tuesday. Hundreds of cities in the north, including metropolises like Beijing and Tianjin and smaller ones, have relied on the project as a major water source, said Jiang Xuguang, chairman of the China South-to-North Water …

BEIJING: China’s exports of new energy vehicles (NEVs) soared 110 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2023 amid the rapid expansion of the sector, industry data shows. A total of 727,000 NEVs were exported during the period, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Exports of pure electric vehicles surged 120 percent from the same …

BEIJING: It is a tranquil, early autumn day in Beijing and 25-year-old Tunisian vlogger Derouiche Asma strolls along the Liangma River. With her camera in hand, she captures the relaxed atmosphere as people casually stroll and jog along the riverside. “Beijing is gorgeous and romantic with a harmonious coexistence of city and nature,” said Asma, who has been living in …

BEIJING: China announced a delegation of 1,329 members, including 886 athletes, for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province from September 23 to October 8, during which 437 female and 449 male Chinese athletes will compete in 407 events of 38 disciplines. Among the Chinese athletes, …

Members of Chinese delegation for the Hangzhou Asian Games sing the national anthem during the inaugural meeting of the delegation in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao) BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — China announced a delegation of 1,329 members, including 886 athletes, for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games in Beijing on Tuesday. The 19th Asian Games will …

BEIJING: China’s “Teacher’s Day,” celebrated on Sept. 10 every year, holds special meaning for 19-year-old “student teacher” Wang Yulong, who studies at Tsinghua University. Recently he received heartwarming presents from primary school students in Indonesia as a token of their appreciation. “Thank you for everything and welcome you to come back to Bali,” read a greeting card written by a …

FUZHOU: Courts in 10 provincial-level regions in China on Tuesday set up a collaborative alliance to strengthen judicial protection of national parks in the country. The alliance includes 10 higher people’s courts, 23 intermediate people’s courts, and more than 40 grassroots people’s courts in provincial-level regions including Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Jilin, Hainan and Fujian. The alliance was launched at a …

BEIJING: As multilateralism is the megatrend and emerging economies have an increasingly bigger say in international affairs, it would be wise for the Group of Seven (G7) nations to keep quiet and treat developing countries more equally, a Chinese expert has said. “It is time for G7 to be quiet and to have a bigger ear rather than a very …

NINGBO: The torch relay of the 19th Asian Games continues in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province on Tuesday. Torch bearer Pan Yudi runs with the torch during the torch relay of the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Sept. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi) Torch bearer Gan Jiayue runs with the torch during the torch relay of the …

XI’AN: Even after 10:00 p.m. on a typical weekday, the Grand Tang Mall, a bustling pedestrian area in the northwestern city of Xi’an, was teeming with people, with dazzling lights and vibrant music adding to the lively aura. The main street of this area features Tang-style pavilions and decorations, and people of various ages, dressed in traditional Chinese attire, taking …

BEIJING: China’s prosecution and public security authorities have intensified collaborative efforts to crack down on trans-border telecom fraud, placing the investigations of five major cases under joint oversight. This move follows prior cooperation between the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) and the Ministry of Public Security in overseeing eight significant trans-border telecom fraud cases, the SPP said Tuesday. According to the …

BEIJING: As the latest craze for latte with the flavor of China’s famous liquor Moutai swept across the country, coffee lovers are vying to share pictures on social media of coffee infused with different flavors like rice wine, tea, ginseng and even creamy popsicles. “The coffee industry in China has developed rapidly in the past decades, yet there is still …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, whose country holds the presidency of the Group of 77 (G77) this year, Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will attend the G77+China Summit in Havana as the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping …

BEIJING: Chinese researchers have proposed a “nature-based solution” to contribute to achieving the country’s carbon neutrality goal. The researchers from the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, figured out that protecting and restoring coastal blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) can be a key strategy for carbon reduction, according to a research article recently published in the journal Innovation. China …