HANGZHOU: As the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou marked its 30-day countdown on Thursday, some 37,600 volunteers for the Games were revealed at a ceremony held at Zhejiang University Zijingang Campus. After several rounds of recruiting, training and practicing, the volunteers are ready to provide various services during the Games, including but not limited to competition operation services, registration and …

YINCHUAN: At a staggering size of 8 meters in length, 8 meters in width and 17 centimeters in height, the largest piece of tofu in China was produced Wednesday by a company in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Officials from the Shanghai China Records Headquarters declared the triumphant accomplishment during the tofu challenge held at the Tofu Culture Tourism Festival in …

BEIJING: China will suspend the imports of all aquatic products originating from Japan starting from Thursday to prevent risks from Japan’s discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater. The General Administration of Customs (GAC) said in a statement that it has decided to take the emergency measures to comprehensively prevent radioactive pollution risks caused by Japan’s discharge of the contaminated wastewater, protect the …

BEIJING: Chinese stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.12 percent to 3,082.24 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.02 percent higher at 10,256.19 points. The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 785.7 billion yuan (about 109.3 billion U.S. dollars), up from 705.9 billion yuan on the previous trading day. …

BEIJING: China’s industrial application of biological breeding has been advancing steadily, the country’s agricultural authorities have said. Major progress has been achieved in gene mining, genetic transformation, variety breeding, as well as safety evaluation and management, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a Q&A on Thursday. A number of genetically modified varieties, based on a full evaluation …

KIGALI: The Chinese government has this year provided 80 scholarships to Rwandan students to pursue their tertiary education in China, the highest number in recent years, an embassy official announced Wednesday. Among them, 75 students are to pursue master’s degrees, two doctorates and three bachelor’s degrees in science, technology and economics among other disciplines. Speaking at a farewell ceremony in …

CHONGQING: Two leading cultural heritage institutions in China and Pakistan have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at boosting cooperation on cultural protection, with a particular focus on ancient cave temples. The Memorandum of Understanding on Establishing Friendly Relation and Cooperation was inked this week by China’s Academy of Dazu Rock Carvings and Pakistan’s Directorate of Archaeology and Museums of …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday expressed China’s willingness to deepen solidarity and cooperation with other emerging markets and developing countries to push for a more just and equitable world order. As a developing country and a member of the Global South, China breathes the same breath as other developing countries and pursues a shared future with them, and …

LANZHOU: A conference on the evolution of Silk Road civilization, climate change and environmental change was held on Wednesday in Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, attracting over 200 experts from across the world. Scholars from countries such as China, Germany, Russia, Iran, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain and Mongolia gathered at the ANSO (Alliance of …

BEIJING: “The hope and foundation of the China-U.S. relationship lie in the people, and its future lies in the youths,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his reply to a letter from the U.S.-China Youth and Student Exchange Association and friendly personages from all walks of life in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington. Xi’s heartfelt reply has deeply resonated …

XINING: The management bureau of Sanjiangyuan National Park in northwest China’s Qinghai Province released a master plan on Wednesday, with an aim to ensure further protection of the park. With 2021 as the base year, the plan covers the period from 2023 to 2030. According to the plan, by 2030, the grassland vegetation coverage of the park will increase to …

HANGZHOU: With just 30 days left before the 19th Asian Games open in Hangzhou, China, nations and regions across Asia eagerly anticipate the upcoming sports event. Yasuhiro Inomata, deputy secretary-general of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee, expressed high hopes for the Hangzhou Asian Games, believing they will undoubtedly be a success. “Every venue is fantastic, and the staff as …

XI’AN: For farmer Song Naihong, July and August are usually a slack period after the summer harvest. However, she rarely has time to relax. Wearing a vest-style uniform with a badge bearing her English name “Emily,” she skillfully operates the bean grinder and coffee machine at the Two Tree Coffee in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, and completes the latte art …

URUMQI: Loaded with goods such as walnuts and steel pipes, five vehicles bearing TIR signs departed from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Pakistan on Tuesday. Their departure marks the first TIR transport operation between China and Pakistan since they established diplomatic relations in 1951. The move enriches Xinjiang’s cross-border transportation and opens up a new international logistics route …

COPENHAGEN: Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei began her fifth World Championships with a strong start as the third seed overcame Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in straight games on Tuesday, setting her sights on her maiden world title. Last year in Tokyo, the 25-year-old reached the world championships final but was defeated by Japanese standout Akane Yamaguchi. In her …

CHONGQING: Over 100 cultural heritage conservation experts and scholars from home and abroad recently gathered in southwest China’s Chongqing for a forum which focused on cave temple conservation. The first International Forum on Cave Temple Conservation was held from Aug. 19 to 21 in Chongqing’s Dazu District, home to the renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site Dazu Rock Carvings. The Dazu …

TIANJIN: Deals for 19 projects involving a total investment of 4.9 billion yuan (about 673 million U.S. dollars) were signed Tuesday at a cross-Strait trade fair in north China’s port city of Tianjin. The four-day Tianjin-Taiwan trade fair attracted about 300 people from Taiwan, including officials and entrepreneurs, with an aim to build an investment platform for Taiwan enterprises and …

BEIJING: China’s trade with Africa reported steady growth in the first seven months of the year, official data showed Wednesday. Trade between China and Africa rose 7.4 percent year on year to 1.14 trillion yuan (about 158.36 billion U.S. dollars) during the January-July period, data from the General Administration of Customs showed. China has remained Africa’s largest trading partner over …

BEIJING: China’s output of early rice rose 0.8 percent year on year to reach 28.34 million tonnes in 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. The sown area of early rice dropped 0.5 percent from a year earlier to 4.73 million hectares, but the yield per hectare increased 1.2 percent to 5,987 kg per hectare, the bureau said. “The …

BEIJING: China’s top securities regulator has specified an array of initiatives aimed at invigorating the capital market and boosting investor confidence to stabilize market expectations. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said Friday it would accelerate reform at the investment end, make listed companies more attractive for investment, and optimize and improve trading mechanisms. This will be done by implementing 25 …

BEIJING: China welcomes and commends a resolution of the Central American Parliament to revoke the “permanent observer status” of the so-called “Legislative Yuan” of the Taiwan region and accept the National People’s Congress of China as a permanent observer, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. “This again shows that the one-China principle represents the unstoppable trend of the times …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Rustam Emomali, chairman of the National Assembly of Tajikistan, in Beijing on Tuesday. Han said the China-Tajikistan relationship has made continuous headway, with fruitful outcomes of cooperation under the strategic guidance of the two countries’ leaders. He said China is ready to work with Tajikistan to act on the important consensus of …

BEIJING: For Eleanor Grace Ellsworth, a college student from the United States, her recent experience of cycling across the Central Axis of Beijing was just like a time travel trip which brought her into close contact with the rich history and culture of the Chinese capital. “It has been really fascinating! This class was a good opportunity to actually explore …

BEIJING: The output value of China’s display panels exceeded 360 billion yuan (about 50 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, accounting for 48 percent of the global total, an official said on Tuesday. Although affected by sluggish downstream demand, China’s new display industry still showed strong resilience and impact resistance, said Yang Xudong, an official of the Ministry of Industry and …

BEIJING: The number of criminal cases related to firearms and explosives in China hit a record low in 2022, a ministry official said Tuesday. “China has become one of the countries with the lowest incidences of gun and explosives violence in the world,” said Qi Xiguo, deputy head of the public security management bureau under the Ministry of Public Security …

BEIJING: The nation’s railways recorded 701 million railway passenger trips from July 1 to Aug. 21, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. shows. The number of passenger trips handled by railways nationwide was approximately 15.69 million last Saturday, a record daily high for the summer travel rush, the data shows. During the period, 10,444 trains were operating …

SHENYANG: A total of 63 county-level regions in northeast China’s Liaoning have activated emergency response for flood control as heavy rainfall lashed the province, triggering flooding of rivers and forcing the evacuation of residents. In Liaoning, water levels in four reservoirs have exceeded flood alarm thresholds, prompting the discharge of floodwater, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said …

BEIJING: More than 50 out of the 75 rare disease drugs approved for marketing in China have been incorporated into the catalog of medicines covered by medical insurance, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA). To enhance the accessibility and affordability of rare disease drugs, the NHSA has added more qualifying medications to the medical insurance drug list by …

EIJING: China’s new development drivers have gained momentum, adding to economic vitality and innovation capability, an index showed. The new growth driver index, compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), increased by 28.4 percent in 2022 from a year ago to hit 766.8, the NBS said. With 2014 as the base year and 100 points as the base value, …

BEIJING: In response to the worst flooding in the Haihe River Basin since 1963, Chinese authorities are pumping recovery funds into the area, and, with the floodwaters receding after the July 28 to August 1 deluge, residents are beginning to return home. Some 22 rivers in the basin experienced above-warning level flooding, and eight rivers reported the largest floods ever …

BEIJING: China’s finance ministry has allocated 2.4 billion yuan (about 329.7 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies for fertilizers, pesticides and other agricultural sprays to help ensure a bumper harvest of autumn grains. The subsidized sprays improve the yields of autumn grains such as corn and soybeans, and strengthen their resistance to detrimental environmental factors. The ministry has urged local governments …

TIANJIN: North China’s port city of Tianjin reported a year-on-year rise of 2.93 percent in its cross-border e-commerce trade in the first seven months of 2023, said the municipal commerce bureau. The total volume reached around 7.55 billion yuan (about 1.05 billion U.S. dollars) in January-July. During the period, imports saw a year-on-year increase of 2.77 percent to 2.3 billion …

BEIJING: German industrial automation company Festo displayed its bionic swift and butterfly robots, demonstrating their flight capabilities, at the ongoing 2023 World Robot Conference in Beijing. “The research and development of bionic robots represents a process that humans learn from nature. The automation products simulate the motion principles of animals,” said Wang Weijuan, a staffer with Festo Business Region Greater …

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) —New China Research (NCR), the think tank of China’s Xinhua News Agency, released in Johannesburg of South Africa on Saturday the English and French versions of two research reports on Xi Jinping’s economic thought and the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) “Second Integration” theory. The two reports, which are entitled “Toward Modernity: The Value of …

BEIJING: The 11th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese and their Relatives will be held in Beijing from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, according to the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC) on Monday. The congress will review and summarize the work of the federations of returned overseas Chinese over the past five years and plan work for the …

CHENGDU: A search for six people is underway in a village in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China, after a heavy downpour in the early hours of Monday, local authorities said. At about 5 a.m. on Monday, a brief bout of heavy rain triggered a natural disaster at a highway construction site along a river in Dengchang Village, …

BEIJING/JOHANNESBURG: China is playing an important role in driving mutually beneficial BRICS cooperation, said experts, noting that further developments are expected to emerge as the 15th BRICS Summit takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Aug. 22 to 24. Guided by the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, member nations have enhanced cooperation to promote economic recovery in …

BEIJING: China is taking multi-pronged disaster relief measures to minimize the impact of flooding on agricultural production in affected areas and to accelerate the restoration of normal life and production. Heavy floods triggered by typhoons have swept across large swathes of China this summer, resulting in significant damage to vital crops, including rice. As this is a crucial period for …

BEIJING: A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled “Sailing the Giant Ship of China-South Africa Friendship and Cooperation Toward Greater Success” was published Monday on South African media as he is going to attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg and pay a state visit to South Africa. An English version of the article, carried by The Star, …

CAPE TOWN: At 6:30 a.m. every morning in De Aar, a small town more than 750 km northeast of Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, Deswin Basson would stand at the door of his house in the cold wind, waiting for his colleagues to pick him up and drive him to work at a substation more than 20 …