HANGZHOU: Over 40 years ago, dykes were built by hand connecting Dongzhou Island, on the Qiantang River of east China’s Zhejiang Province, with the outside world. Xu Manshan, then a local teenager, offered a helping hand, throwing rocks into the river. “The heavy work cost me several pairs of straw shoes, but I managed to carry on, even going barefoot,” …

URUMQI: A total of 273 intent projects will be signed during the ongoing 2023 (China) Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo, which opened in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday. The projects, amounting to more than 493.2 billion yuan (about 68.49 billion U.S. dollars), marked an increase of 1.52 times compared to the total value of projects signed at …

BEIJING: At the invitation of President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from Aug. 21 to 24. While in South Africa, President Xi will co-chair with President Ramaphosa the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue. DISCUSSING …

BEIJING: Lai Ching-te’s recent “stopover” trips through the United States ended up receiving a lukewarm response. Despite the stunts he pulled and the demagoguery he preached, it has never been more clear that Lai works indeed, as he claimed, for “Taiwan independence” and is a true troublemaker. Since entering the political arena in the 1990s, Lai has been crafting an …

BEIJING: China’s orbiting Tiangong space station, which functions as a national space laboratory, has been put into operation, pushing forward space applications and achieving fruitful results, according to the China Manned Space Agency. A total of 110 in-orbit science research and application projects have been implemented, involving space life science and human body research, microgravity physics, and new space technologies, …

NANJING: The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on Saturday launched joint air and sea patrols and military exercises of the navy and air force around the island of Taiwan. The patrols and exercises are meant to train the coordination of military vessels and airplanes and their ability to seize control of air and sea spaces, said …

BEIJING/JOHANNESBURG: In March 2013, as part of his maiden foreign tour as China’s head of state, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Africa and attended the 5th BRICS Summit held in South Africa, where he put forward the guiding principles of China’s Africa policy, and expounded on his visions for enhancing the BRICS mechanism. Ten years later, the BRICS Summit will …

BEIJING: Hao Changyou, a rice farmer in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, felt immense gratitude toward the agricultural experts who came to his aid, rescuing his rice plants after recent floods devastated his paddy fields. “The professional guidance and assistance filled me with confidence in saving my crops,” Hao said. Since the beginning of August, the country’s top grain production province …

BEIJING: China has agreed to resume beef imports from South Africa, recognizing some regions in South Africa as Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (FMD)-free zones and allowing these regions to export beef products to China, the General Administration of Customs announced Friday. According to the announcement, the resumption was revealed by the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with the visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Beijing on Friday. Han hailed the time-honored cooperation between China and Denmark that bears fruitful outcomes. He said that this year marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Denmark comprehensive strategic partnership, and the two countries’ governments will …

BEIJING: China has marked a new milestone in the history of its summer box office, with staggering earnings of 17.8 billion yuan (about 2.47 billion U.S. dollars) in the 2023 summer movie season as of Friday morning. Figures from the China Film Administration revealed that box office revenue for this year’s summer moviegoing period, which runs from the beginning of …

GUIYANG: Nine people were killed and two others injured after a fire broke out early Friday at an inn in Liping County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, said the local emergency management authority. The incident occurred at an inn with a brick-and-concrete structure at around 1:02 a.m. Friday in Zhaoxing Township. The fire was extinguished at around 1:35 a.m. An investigation …

SHANGHAI: U.S. fast-food chain Popeyes will open 10 stores in the Chinese market this year and add no fewer than 1,700 branches in the next 10 years, said Lu Yongchen, CEO of Tim Hortons China, which in March acquired the exclusive rights to develop and sub-franchise the fried chicken brand on the Chinese mainland and in Macao. Tim Hortons, a …

BUDAPEST: Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) vice director Wang Nan was elected as a World Athletics Council member for the second term at the 54th World Athletics Congress in Budapest on Thursday. Nearly 500 delegates from 195 member associations took part in the Congress and voted for a new council. Wang became the first Asian woman to be elected council member …

GUIYANG: Over an impressive span of 25 years, Xiao Zhijin, 61, has cultivated a deep bond with the Francois’ leaf monkeys inhabiting the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve, nestled in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Also known as Francois’ langurs, the species is one of China’s most endangered wild animals and also features in the International Union for Conservation of Nature red …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24, at the invitation of President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the announcement Friday. While in South Africa, President Xi Jinping …

ZHENGZHOU: Over the summer break, a wave of fashionably dressed young people flocked to Kaifeng in central China’s Henan Province to explore the city that was the ancient capital of eight dynasties through a trendy “Citywalk” They eagerly shared fresh perspectives and travel encounters on various social media platforms, adding new layers of appreciation to the city’s rich tapestry. “Citywalk,” …

BUDAPEST: China’s Olympic champion Gong Lijiao says she is going all out for her third women’s shot put world title in the 2023 World Athletics Championships, which opens on August 19. The 34-year-old failed to defend her title last year in Oregon as Chase Ealey threw 20.49 meters to secure gold for the United States, leaving Gong to settle for …

BEIJING: The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to study and arrange work on flood prevention and relief as well as post-disaster restoration and reconstruction. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech. The meeting noted …

BEIJING: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country’s economic planner, Wednesday publicized policies and measures to promote Hongqiao international opening-up hub to a higher level. The core functions of the Hongqiao International Central Business District (CBD) will be strengthened, according to a circular released by the NDRC. The district will vigorously develop a high-level headquarters economy, a high-traffic …

SHENZHEN: Few individuals have shown greater enthusiasm for the culinary arts than Tian Zeyu, a chef hailing from southwest China’s Guizhou Province. This culinary master has been celebrated for his inventive take on modern regional cuisine. One of the most sought-after dishes at his restaurant in downtown Shenzhen incorporates Bolognese pasta and aromatic Guizhou cured sausage, with a touch of …

HAIKOU: Following China’s Village Basketball Competition and Village Super League, “CunVA,” or village volleyball, has become the latest sports fever arising from China’s vast countryside. Concluding Sunday night in Wenchang in the island province of Hainan, the one-and-half-month volleyball league has taken the city — a rising tourist boomtown famous for its space launch center — by storm. The event …

BEIJING: The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, announced Wednesday that it decided to provide 35 billion yuan (4.86 billion U.S. dollars) in new loans to commercial banks to support small and micro-sized enterprises and agriculture and rural areas affected by disasters. In a statement, the central bank said that the new loans would cover six regions, including the …

KUNMING: The seventh China-South Asia Expo kicked off Wednesday in Kunming, capital city of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. More than 30,000 exhibitors, representatives and guests from 85 countries and regions, and international organizations, are expected to attend both online and offline activities during the five-day expo. The expo, themed “Solidarity and Coordination for Common Development,” has set up 15 exhibition …

BEIJING: China’s economy continues to recover with rebound generally on a sound track, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday, noting that China remains an important engine for world economic growth. Wang made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a few Western politicians and media’s worries on China’s economic slowdown, which they claimed may pose …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday made further arrangements for work to be undertaken for the rest of the year to achieve the annual work goals and concretely promote high-quality development. Presiding over the second plenary meeting of the State Council, the cabinet, Li said that the government will fully implement the policy decisions and arrangements of the Communist …

BEIJING: Bart Vlaar, a Dutch mathematician, eagerly anticipates the arrival of his family in September. They will live with him in a modern sci-tech park, which was built on a former cement plant on the outskirts of Beijing. Vlaar and his colleagues in the Yanqi Lake Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications moved into the park in May. They …

BEIJING: The National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s economic planner, on Tuesday announced that it has allocated another 500 million yuan (about 69.7 million U.S. dollars) to support the reconstruction of infrastructure and the resumption of basic public services in areas hit hard by floods and other rain-triggered disasters. The central government funding will be allocated to the Hebei, …

HAIKOU: The finals of the 2023 National Youth Space Innovation Competition were launched on Monday n Wenchang City of south China’s Hainan Province, providing teenagers with an opportunity to share their wisdom on aerospace innovation. Speaking at the finals, Fang Xiangming, deputy Party chief of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), said that young people are not only …

WUHAN: A new air cargo route was launched on Wednesday linking Ezhou City in central China’s Hubei Province, with Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced SF Airlines. Early Wednesday morning, a Boeing 747-400 freighter took off from Ezhou Huahu Airport, China’s first cargo-focused airport. This marked the launch of the first cargo route connecting the airport …

NANNING: South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has added an annual average of more than 3 million mu (200,000 hectares) of afforested area for 15 consecutive years. The region’s grassland vegetation coverage rate has reached 82.9 percent, said the forestry bureau of Guangxi on Tuesday. The rocky desertification land area in the region decreased by 7.2 million mu compared with …

URUMQI: An intangible cultural heritage exhibition will take place in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Aug. 23 to 27, local authorities have announced. The exhibition will showcase 330 intangible cultural heritage projects and attract 296 inheritors from Xinjiang and 19 other provincial-level regions that offer pairing assistance to Xinjiang, said the Xinjiang regional culture and tourism department. The …

BEIJING: China’s pair skating Olympic champion Han Cong announced on Tuesday that he will skip all competitions of the current Olympic cycle because of injury. It means the 31-year-old Han and his 28-year-old partner Sui Wenjing will not be able to defend their Olympic title at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games. “I am sorry to announce that I have decided …

BEIJING: An article on Chinese modernization by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will be published on Wednesday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year’s 16th issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee. Chinese …

LU’AN: Wang Kedong and Gao Kaiyu, both 58 years old, are rangers of Tiantangzhai management station of Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve in east China’s Anhui Province. They live in the mountains all the year round and have kept patrolling every day on a route longer than 20 kilometers for 25 years. Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve was established in …

BEIJING: China’s service production index went up 5.7 percent year on year in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Tuesday. Contact-based service sector witnessed fast recovery, with the sub-index for accommodation and catering surging by 20 percent year on year. The sub-index tracking the output of the information transmission, software and IT services climbed 11.2 percent, …

BEIJING: China will promote and strengthen policy support for inbound foreign investment, a Ministry of Commerce official told a press conference on Monday. The ministry will work with relevant departments to implement the guidelines for the further optimization of the country’s foreign investment environment, and to intensify efforts to attract foreign investment that were made public by China’s State Council …

HANGZHOU: Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the whole society to vigorously promote and act as role models in practicing the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instructions as the country marks its first National …

BEIJING: China’s electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, registered steady growth in the first seven months of 2023, official data showed on Monday. During the period, China’s power consumption neared 5.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 5.2 percent from a year ago, the National Energy Administration said. Power consumed by primary industries increased 12.3 percent year on year, and power …

BEIJING: This year’s edition of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive fairs for trade in services, is scheduled to take place in Beijing from Sept. 2 to 6. According to the press conference held on Sunday, the fair will be held in the China National Convention Center and Shougang …