SHAOXING: The torch relay for the 19th Asian Games continues in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province on Monday. Torch bearers Huang Liming (L) and Shen Zhenlin pose during the torch relay of the 19th Asian Games in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Sept. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei) Torch bearer Ying Meiling runs with the torch during the torch relay of …

HANGZHOU: Exports of sports products registered a robust growth in the first half (H1) of 2023 in China’s small commodities hub of Yiwu, as the approach of 19th Asian Games brings in more overseas orders. Customs data shows that Yiwu, in east China’s Zhejiang Province, exported 3.52 billion yuan (about 488 million U.S. dollars) of sports goods in H1, an …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet will pay an official visit to China from Sept. 14 to 16, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Monday. During the visit, President Xi Jinping will meet with Prime Minister Hun Manet, Premier Li Qiang will hold talks with him, and Zhao Leji, chairman of …

BEIJING: A thread-bound edition of the first two volumes of “Selected Works of Xi Jinping” has been published. The latest edition, printed in traditional Chinese characters, follows the publishing of the first two volumes of the book series in standard Chinese language by the People’s Publishing House in April. It stands as a valuable edition suitable for both study and …

HAIKOU: Fu Yaohui is a teacher at the special education school in Haikou. Since 2004, Fu has been engaged in special education for students with intellectual disabilities, cultivating their basic skills to adapt to life. Every day, Fu arrives at school early and accompanies the students with patience and encouragement. “I want my students to be self-reliant,” she said. In …

GUIDING: Yanjiao teaching point is a “micro primary school” located in a flat area among mountains in southwest China’s Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up in the …

URUMQI: What does it take to complete the successful cultivation and harvesting of cotton on fields spanning over 300 mu (20 hectares)? Arkin Reyim, a cotton farmer from Yuli County in the Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has the answer: some agricultural machinery and intelligent equipment. Located on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, …

URUMQI: The Kazak ethnic group of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that once led a nomadic life in the pastoral areas of Suoerbasitao has now discovered newfound fortune through modern pursuits like camping, photography and livestreaming. Muxtar, a herder from Suoerbasitao, located about 100 km from the regional capital Urumqi, has been welcoming guests since 2017, offering accommodation to …

XI’AN: Xue Anquan, Party chief of Xiaopo Village, recalls the days when the locals suffered from poverty, plagued by the difficulty of growing crops on the saline-alkali land along the bank of the Yellow River. “In 1998, our village’s per capita annual income was less than 500 yuan (about 69.3 U.S. dollars),” said Xue. However, this village in Dali County, …

HONG KONG: The geologists at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have received a set of precious research samples, the lunar soil brought back by China’s Chang’e-5 mission. “I was very excited when I learned that we could get the lunar samples to Hong Kong,” Qian Yuqi, a postdoctoral fellow from the university’s Department of Earth Sciences, told Xinhua in …

YINCHUAN: Shapotou, which translates to “high sand dunes,” is a district in Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China, where the Tengger Desert and the Yellow River, China’s second-longest river, meet. The Yellow River had run intermittently through the area until a vast dredging project kicked off in 2021, which aimed to connect 22 lakes and five drainage channels. …

NANCHANG: Nineteen years ago, Bao Caisheng made a bold trip to Beijing with just over 100,000 yuan (about 13,860 U.S. dollars) he had scraped together, betting everything on his baking skills. He set up business in the national capital, selling a few baked goods of his own creation. Before long, his delicious pastries had drawn a loyal following, allowing him …

CHANGZHOU, China: South Korean standout An Se-young defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi to take the women’s singles crown at the Badminton China Open here on Sunday, while world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark clinched the men’s singles gold by overcoming China’s Lu Guangzu. An, the newly-crowned world champion, dominated second-seeded Yamaguchi 21-10 in the first game and took the second …

SHANGHAI: The order quantity for China’s homegrown C919 jet has reached 1,061, said He Dongfeng, board chairman of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), at Sunday’s 16th Pujiang Innovation Forum. According to the aircraft maker, which developed the C919 and ARJ21 jetliners, China’s domestically-produced passenger aircraft sector has initially formed a product lineup ranging from regional aircraft, short- …

BEIJING: A compilation of excerpts from discourses by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on the work related to the working class and trade unions has been published by the Central Party Literature Press. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at …

BEIJING: China’s National Meteorological Center on Sunday evening renewed a yellow alert for rainstorms as heavy downpours are expected to lash parts of China. From 8 p.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday, heavy rainfall is forecast to hit parts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei, and Henan, said the center. Some areas of these regions may experience heavy …

HARBIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for comprehensively enhancing the troops’ combat readiness during an inspection of a group army headquartered in the country’s northeast. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when inspecting the 78th Group Army on Friday. Xi met with representatives …

InPics: A 39-year-old shepherd on the Pamir Plateau Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs are seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang) TAXKORGAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — At the foot of Mount Muztagata, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a natural grassland has attracted sheepherders …

TAIYUAN: Beijing-based editor Bi Yumin traveled 400 km by train to a mountainous small city, only to meet her idol Liu Cixin. In a week’s stay in Yangquan, north China’s Shanxi Province, she went to the newly-built Liu Cixin Studio in the downtown area, visited the Niangziguan Power Plant where Liu used to work as an engineer, and paid a …

XIAMEN: Amidst the bustling exhibition halls of the 23rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), the spotlight was firmly on the new energy vehicles (NEVs) exhibited by numerous Chinese companies. Whether it’s a sleek electric sports car, an eco-friendly public bus, or an efficient logistics vehicle, the array of new energy products has showcased “significant business opportunities in …

LHASA: From January to July, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has inked 740 investment projects, with an actual investment of 34.32 billion yuan (about 4.76 billion U.S. dollars), according to local authorities. In the first seven months of this year, Tibet’s fixed asset investment reached nearly 19.72 billion yuan, providing employment for 7,997 people within the region and generating labor …

BEIJING: China imported 71.65 million tonnes of soybeans in the first eight months of this year, up 17.9 percent from a year earlier, customs data showed. In August alone, the country’s soybean imports reached 9.36 million tonnes, down from 9.73 million tonnes in July and 10.27 million tonnes in June but more than the 7.17 million tonnes imported in the …

BEIJING: China’s top intellectual property (IP) regulator this week hosted a new training program for agricultural scientists, aiming to educate them on how to protect their innovative research achievements through patents. More than 200 agricultural sci-tech workers nationwide participated in the two-day program, which concluded on Friday at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the country’s highest academic institution for …

BEIJING: China’s logistics sector saw steady performance in August, industry data showed. The index tracking the country’s logistics market performance stood at 50.3 percent last month, down 0.6 percentage points from July, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP). A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below reflects contraction. China’s logistics sector remained stable in August, …

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 a meeting on promoting the full revitalization of northeast China in the new era. The meeting was held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Sept. 7. Xi delivered an important speech. He stressed that to revitalize …

HARBIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for comprehensively enhancing the troops’ combat readiness during an inspection of a group army headquartered in the country’s northeast. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when inspecting the 78th Group Army on Friday. Xi met with representatives …

BEIJING: Chinese villagers flocked to watch football games with great happiness on their faces, just like a China’s Spring Festival travel rush in summer, which deeply impressed Hu Zhaoheng, a representative of the English Premier League (EPL) in July this year. It was the first time for Hu to watch China’s village football tournament nicknamed “Cun Chao”. Hu said, “Actually, …

TAIYUAN: China on Sunday successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. A modified version of the Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the satellite Yaogan-40 lifted off at 12:30 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellite has entered the preset orbit. It will be used for electromagnetic environment detection and related technical …

BEIJING: Coming from behind to beat Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff claimed her first Grand Slam title and became the first American teenager to be crowned at US Open since Serena Williams did as a 17-year-old in 1999. The second-seeded Sabalenka gained the upper hand early, breaking Gauff’s serve three times and winning the first set in 40 minutes. But the …

XIAMEN: The 10th China-Central Asia Cooperation Forum was held Saturday in Xiamen, a pivotal city along the Maritime Silk Road. With over 400 participants from both domestic and international backgrounds, the event aimed to foster collaborative endeavors and expand the horizons of China-Central Asia cooperation. The forum is regarded as a tangible step towards implementing the agreements established by the …

BEIJING: The recently concluded 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) attracted enterprises from Middle East countries. Many of them focus on China’s high-tech industries to seek cooperation for technological upgrades and transformation back home. In trade promotion activities during the fair, diplomatic envoys and enterprises from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East countries …

HARBIN: “We’ve found where north is!” a tourist exclaims with a grin, posing for a photograph by a sign reading “China’s Arctic”. Here in Beiji Village, situated at the northernmost tip of China, one hears this exuberant statement time and again — a play on a Chinese expression, indicating that one is no longer ruffled and disoriented. Beiji Village — …

NANJING: The Mars rover Zhurong and nine other patented inventions won “Gold Design” awards at the 24th China Patent Awards on Saturday. The National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) presented the 10 awards to designers at a ceremony held in the city of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Zhurong is part of China’s Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission. It landed on the …

HARBIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed “writing a new chapter” in striving for the full revitalization of northeast China as he convened a key meeting in Heilongjiang Province earlier this week. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at the meeting held in …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum which opened Sunday in Shanghai. In his letter, Xi noted that the world today is living through accelerating changes unseen in a century, and a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is gaining momentum. Scientific and technological innovation is an important …

BEIJING: China’s courier sector registered expansion in August, according to a monthly industry index. The State Post Bureau said the monthly express delivery development index came in at 361.5 in August, up 16.2 percent year on year. The sub-index for service quality grew 27.1 percent from a year earlier, the sub-index for development scale picked up 10.6 percent year on year, …

BEIJING: China’s road logistics price index logged a month-on-month increase in August amid continuous improvements in road transport demand and supply. The index came in at 102.5 last month, edging up 0.05 percent from the previous month, according to a survey jointly conducted by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the Guangdong Lin’an Logistics Group. The sub-indices of …

CHENGDU: Lin Liangming secured a 1-1 draw for China’s men’s football team against Malaysia in an international friendly here on Saturday. “Honestly we didn’t deserve to win tonight,” admitted China’s head coach Aleksandar Jankovic. “The fans supported us throughout the whole game, and I felt sorry that we disappointed them.” Despite Malaysia’s No. 136 position in the FIFA rankings, they …

XIAMEN: China’s commitment to high-standard opening-up and an improved business environment has boosted the confidence of foreign investors attending the ongoing 23rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), with senior officials reiterating the country’s sincerity in facilitating international exchanges and cooperation. The event kicked off in Xiamen, east China’s Fujian Province, on Friday, drawing the participation of companies …

CHANGZHOU: Newly-crowned world champion An Se-young defeated Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei, while Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi bested home favorite Chen Yufei in the eagerly-awaited women’s singles semifinals of the China Open on Saturday. An, currently seen as the best player in her category, secured her spot in the championship match with scores of 21-18, 21-14. The South Korean standout said …