HANGZHOU: The torch relay for the 19th Asian Games officially started near the iconic West Lake in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province on Friday, marking a 15-day countdown to the event. Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, lit the torch from a …

BEIJING: The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China: HONORS FOR ASTRONAUTS Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-15 crewed mission were awarded medals for their service to China’s space endeavors. Fei Junlong was honored with a second-class aerospace achievement medal, while Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu received third-class medals and the honorary title of “heroic astronauts.” …

HARBIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the northeastern province of Heilongjiang to firmly grasp its strategic position in China’s overall development, and strive to open new ground for its high-quality development. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection in the …

BEIJING: U.S. military hegemony over the past decades has brought chaos and conflicts worldwide, trampled on human rights and violated other countries’ sovereignty, while causing damage to itself, experts have said. The United States has a long and bloody history of military intervention and expansion, causing immense human suffering and instability around the world, said Mohamed A. Elchime, professional associate …

BEIJING: As China actively expands and deepens the “Silk Road E-commerce” cooperation, the country has established bilateral e-commerce cooperation mechanisms with 29 countries, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. China has also signed memorandum of understandings on strengthening investment cooperation in the digital economy with 18 countries, said He Yadong, the MOC spokesperson, at a press …

HANGZHOU: With the torch relay for the Hangzhou Asian Games having started here on Friday, organizers say the relay will showcase what a remarkable place Zhejiang is. In line with the Games’ ethos of “green, smart, economical and ethical”, the torch relay route underscores simplicity and an appropriate scale, originating close to the renowned West Lake of Hangzhou, the capital …

HANGZHOU: Wang Wenjuan, who hails from Beijing, is eagerly anticipating the opening ceremony of the upcoming 19th Asiad, scheduled from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. According to the 34-year-old, she shares a special connection with the sports gala because her nickname is “Panpan.” “Panpan” was the name of the mascot of the …

CHENGDU: Five people were killed and another 16 injured in a road accident in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Thursday, authorities said on Friday. A truck rolled over and crashed into a passenger bus at about 5 p.m. on Thursday on a sloped section of the Zhushi Road in Mama Town of Dazhu County in the city of Dazhou, according …

TIANJIN: The second phase of construction of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Tianjin) was completed on Thursday and the center launched its first exhibition on the same day, meaning the project in north China’s Tianjin Municipality has been put into full use. The center is a landmark project that will serve the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and …

BEIJING: Chinese researchers have demonstrated the efficiency and safety of Mavacamten in the treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), according to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Mavacamten has shown clinical benefits in global studies for patients with oHCM, while evidence in the Asian population is lacking. According to the researchers, they had hoped to evaluate the safety and efficacy …

SHENZHEN: Extremely heavy rainstorm has lashed Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong Province since Thursday night, according to the municipal meteorological bureau. From 5 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, the average rainfall in Shenzhen was 202.8 mm, and the maximum cumulative rainfall reached 469 mm. The bureau said this rainfall featured super strong intensity, long duration and wide range …

LANZHOU: The new hall of a bamboo slip museum in northwest China’s Gansu Province opened on Thursday, with more than 1,000 ancient bamboo slips on display. Most of these slips are being showcased for the first time since they were discovered, including those dating back some 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220), said Yang Mei, deputy curator …

BEIJING: China welcomes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to visit the country at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks in response to a question about the Australian Prime Minister’s announcement of his upcoming visit to China later this year. The spokesperson added that China is ready …

JIUQUAN: China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday, setting a new record for launch efficiency in the process. The satellite, Yaogan-33 03, was launched by a Long March-4C (LM-4C) carrier rocket at 2:14 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully. It will be used …

HARBIN: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday visited flood-affected villagers in the city of Shangzhi, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. In the village of Longwangmiao, Xi walked into the fields to check the impact of the floods on the rice crops. He also inspected the work on the restoration of damaged houses and …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will lead a party and government delegation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to attend the commemorative events for its 75th founding anniversary and visit the country, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Thursday. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will …

LANZHOU: At least seven people were missing and three others injured as heavy rains triggered mountain torrents and landslides in northwest China’s Gansu Province, authorities said Thursday. Two townships in Xiahe County of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were hit by the landslides at around 3 a.m. Thursday and the accumulated precipitations reached 50.2 mm and 31.8 mm, respectively. Among …

SHANGHAI: The 10th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Ministers of Justice opened Tuesday in Shanghai. Chen Wenqing, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, attended the opening ceremony and read President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter …

HANGZHOU: The torch relay for the Hangzhou Asian Games is set to commence on Sept. 8 near the iconic West Lake, organizers announced during a press conference on Wednesday at the Asian Games Main Media Center. The torch will journey through 11 cities in Zhejiang province, including Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Lishui, Jinhua, and Quzhou, before returning …

BEIJING: Chinese scientists have found a new plant species of Oreocharis in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, according to the Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The findings, made by researchers from the CIB and Guangxi Institute of Botany of the CAS, have been published recently in the journal Ecology and Evolution. During a field …

URUMQI: At a bazaar in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, customers were queuing up two hours before lunchtime to have a taste of Grandpa Abu’s legendary jar meat. Standing in front of rows of burning hot jars, Ablimit Yusup, affectionately known as Grandpa Abu, was busy stirring his delicious meaty soup and placing portions of lamb into the …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Grenada’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Joseph Andall on Wednesday in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that Grenada is an important country in the Caribbean and a friendly partner of China, and both sides have always respected each other and …

BEIJING: A national rice science and technology innovation platform has been officially inaugurated in Baoqing County, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, according to the China Science Daily on Wednesday. The platform operates under the China National Rice Research Institute and is engaged in the core technology development of China’s rice industry. The institute has cooperated with local research institutes and colleges …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that China does not accept Japan’s protest as Japan demands the retraction of a Chinese government map that shows the Diaoyu Islands belong to China. “Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands have all along been China’s territory. It is only natural that they are marked as Chinese territory on a map,” …

JINAN: Baotu Spring, a famous tourist attraction in Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province, has been gushing ceaselessly for 20 years as of this Wednesday, the longest duration since the 1970s. Its underground water level stood at 29.34 meters on Wednesday, according to the urban and rural water affairs bureau of Jinan. Dubbed “the city of a thousand springs,” …

SHANGHAI: The 2 millionth vehicle produced by Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday, reaching a new milestone, the company said. In January 2019, Tesla’s Shanghai plant, the carmaker’s first gigafactory outside the United States, began construction, and turned out the first vehicle in December of that year. The Shanghai factory produced its first 1 million cars …

JAKARTA: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here Wednesday that China and ASEAN countries have properly handled disagreements by seeking common ground while shelving differences through dialogue and consultation. In his opening remarks addressing the 26th China-ASEAN Summit, Li said that the two sides have been deepening practical cooperation in the traditional and non-traditional security fields, and have upheld the five …

BEIJING: A new research report Xinhua News Agency’s think tank released on Tuesday uncovers the damage and threats of U.S. military hegemony. In the report titled Origins, Facts and Perils of U.S. Military Hegemony, Xinhua Institute outlines the formation of the U.S. military hegemony, summarizes the means Washington adopted to maintain it, and delves into its perils by presenting facts …

SHANGHAI: The 2023 Shanghai Writing Program, which commenced on Monday, has offered international writers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the vibrant city of Shanghai for two months. Writers from seven countries, including Egypt, Germany, Argentina and Cyprus, are participating in this year’s program to gather material for their future literary works during this period. Hosted by the Shanghai …

BEIJING: China published two new batches of data on Monday, obtained by its Mars probe and lunar probe. The scientific data obtained by three scientific payloads including a high-definition camera on Tianwen-1, the country’s Mars probe, from January to March this year, have been released, amounting to nearly 68 gigabytes, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy …

TIANJIN: Keith Andrew, a travel agent from Britain, has given out hundreds of his name cards within just two days. He attended the 13th China Tourism Industry Exposition held in north China’s Tianjin Municipality. The three-day event attracted more than 100 foreign tour agents to seek exchanges and cooperation with their Chinese counterparts in the tourism sector. “China will always …

FUZHOU: A search for three people is underway after a fire engine was swept away by a typhoon-triggered flood in Fuzhou City, east China’s Fujian Province, in the early hours of Tuesday. At around 4:15 a.m., a fire engine carrying nine people was swept away in Chili Village, Yongtai County, by floodwaters during a rescue operation, according to the National …

BEIJING: China has passed a law to improve China’s foreign state immunity system, stipulating the rules for Chinese courts to handle civil cases involving a foreign state and its property, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to a query about the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign State Immunity, …

BEIJING: A wide-field telescope capable of surveying the entire sky from the Northern Hemisphere will soon be put into operation in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, its makers said Tuesday. Measuring 2.5 meters in diameter, the Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) is now the largest time-domain survey facility in the Northern Hemisphere. It was jointly developed by the University of Science …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to the 10th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Ministers of Justice, which opened Tuesday in Shanghai. Xi noted in the letter that, since the mechanism of the Meeting of SCO Ministers of Justice was launched in 2013, SCO member states have advanced the rule of law with …

YINCHUAN: A Silk Road conference featuring Internet cooperation will take place during the sixth China-Arab States Expo, which will run from Sept. 21 to 24 in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, said local authorities Monday. Starting on Sept. 21, the two-day conference will build a cooperation platform for participants in new technologies, new scenarios and new …

BEIJING: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday refuted U.S. unjustified accusations of so-called “illegal fishing,” saying that the United States needs to first of all take a hard look at itself and think seriously about how to stop the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities of its own fishing vessels. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zhou Qiang, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, will attend President Mnangagwa’s inauguration ceremony as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced Monday. The ceremony is scheduled to be held in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, on Sept. …

CHENGDU: Giant panda Cheng Gong passed away on Sunday morning at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding at the age of 23, roughly equivalent to 70 to 80 human years, the base announced on Monday. When Cheng Gong was found dead, she was lying on her left side, in a relaxed posture. No abnormal conditions were observed in …

BEIJING:  Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Smart China Expo 2023, which opened Monday in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Xi said in the letter that new technologies such as the internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and blockchain are undergoing profound changes; the digitalized, intelligent and green transformation of industries are accelerating; and the intelligent …