BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for pooling strength in the building of a Beautiful China and making the country even greener through afforestation efforts. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when attending a voluntary tree planting activity in Beijing on Thursday. Xi …

BEIJING: As protectionism surges across the globe, bringing in economic headwinds, China is doubling down on opening its doors and positioning itself as a stabilizing force in an increasingly fractured global economy. This message was front and center during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with representatives of the international business community on Friday, where he said that China has been …

LHASA: All-round and historic progress has been made in human rights cause in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, according to a white paper released on Friday. The document, titled “Human Rights in Xizang in the New Era,” was released by the State Council Information Office at a press conference held in Lhasa, capital city of the region. The Communist Party …

BOAO, Hainan: Despite increasing global economic uncertainty, Asia has remained a key growth engine for global economy, according to a report released at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on Tuesday. The weighted real GDP growth rate of Asia is projected to reach 4.5 percent in 2025, an increase from 4.4 percent in 2024, according to the annual report titled …

KUNMING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on southwest China’s Yunnan Province to break new ground for its development in the pursuit of Chinese modernization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection tour in the province on Wednesday and Thursday. On …

BEIJING: China has advocated resolving the Ukraine crisis through dialogue and negotiation from the very beginning, and is pleased to see all efforts towards a ceasefire as a necessary step towards peace, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday. Mao made the remarks at a regular news briefing when asked to comment on the phone call between U.S. …

CHONGQING: From a console in Shanghai, French surgeon Youness Ahallal guided robotic arms in Morocco with real-time precision, delicately removing a patient’s tumor. Despite the staggering 12,000-kilometer distance between them, China’s domestically developed Toumai surgical robot bridged the geographical divide to make transcontinental surgery a reality. “With telecommunication techniques, Toumai Robot allows real-time, high-definition imaging and precise control of the …

BEIJING: China will hold the Beijing meeting between China, Russia and Iran on the Iranian nuclear issue on March 14, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu will chair the meeting and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi will attend the meeting in Beijing. The three …

HANGZHOU: The world of robotics may have just found a new martial arts master. In a viral video released by Unitree Robotics, the Unitree G1 humanoid robot executes a fluid series of kung fu moves, throwing punches and even landing a 720-degree spinning kick — an achievement the Hangzhou-based company has hailed as unprecedented on its official social media account. …

BEIJING (Internews): China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning addressed the recent train incident in Balochistan by strongly condemning the terrorist attack. In a regular press conference on Wednesday, she further emphasized that China firmly opposes terrorism in any form and reiterated its unwavering commitment to supporting Pakistan in its fight against terrorism. China expressed its solidarity with Pakistan, highlighting the …

BEIJING: The 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, concluded its third session Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders including Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng attended the closing meeting of the session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Entrusted by the session’s presidium, Li Hongzhong, executive …

BEIJING: China’s government work report, unveiled Wednesday at this year’s annual session of the national legislature for deliberation, has garnered widespread attention from home and abroad. How did the world’s second-largest economy perform in the past year? What are its major development goals and policy directions for 2025? In the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show …

BEIJING: China is stepping up efforts to expand employment while addressing structural employment problems, as part of a broader push to boost employment, an official said. China has set targets of keeping the surveyed urban unemployment rate at around 5.5 percent in 2025, and creating over 12 million new urban jobs, according to a government work report unveiled Wednesday. Despite …

BEIJING: China’s defense spending has maintained reasonable and steady growth over the past years, a Chinese military spokesperson said Sunday. Wu Qian, spokesperson for the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army and the People’s Armed Police Force, made the remarks during the annual national legislative session. It was disclosed at the session that China’s 2025 defense budget in the central …

    The third plenary meeting of the third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang) The third plenary meeting of the third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political …

BEIJING: Through head-of-state diplomacy, China’s relations with the world have undergone positive and profound changes, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday. In the past year, President Xi Jinping personally planned and conducted head-of-state diplomacy, and many fruitful results were achieved, Wang said at a press conference. The three major events hosted by China last year — the conference marking …

BEIJING (Internews):  Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian has expressed his country’s enthusiasm for the growing space collaboration with Pakistan. “Exploring the universe is humanity’s shared aspiration,” said Lin, highlighting the significance of the recent space cooperation agreement between China and Pakistan. The agreement is expected to pave the way for further collaboration in the realm of space exploration. Lin …

          Lei Jun, a deputy to the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), attends a group interview ahead of the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei) Deputies to the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) attend a …

BEIJING: The 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legislature, opened its third session on Wednesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders attended the opening meeting. Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report at the meeting. Lawmakers reviewed a report from the State Council on the implementation of …

BEIJING: China’s 2025 GDP growth target of around 5 percent, alongside the measures the country will implement to meet this goal, demonstrates its confidence and prowess in securing new achievements in high-quality development. The world’s second-largest economy will sustain its encouraging momentum and remain a key anchor in an uncertain global economic landscape. Taking all factors into account, the target …

BEIJING: The annual “two sessions,” a highly anticipated event on China’s political calendar, began on Tuesday with the opening of the annual session of the country’s top political advisory body. The annual session of China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), is set to begin on Wednesday. Offering a critical window into China’s development roadmap for 2025, the final …

          Chinese Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng gives an interview after the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua) Chinese Minister of Transport Liu Wei gives an interview after the opening meeting of …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Wednesday took part in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Jiangsu Province at the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s national legislature.

BEIJING: China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent tariff on goods imported from China again, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. China will take countermeasures to firmly safeguard its own rights and interests, the spokesperson added. China is one of the countries with the strictest and most rigorously …

BEIJING: The United States should work with China in the same direction to resolve trade disputes through equal-footed consultation, a Chinese spokesperson said Tuesday. Lou Qinjian, spokesperson for the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s national legislature, made the remarks at a press conference. Commenting on the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent tariff on goods …

BEIJING: The preparatory meeting of the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Tuesday adopted the following agenda of the session: — Deliberate the report on the work of the government; — Review the report on the implementation of the 2024 plan for national economic and social development and on the 2025 draft plan, and the draft …

BEIJING: China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, opened its annual session on Tuesday in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders attended the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, which commenced at 3 p.m. at the Great Hall of the People. At the meeting, the …

  This file photo provided by interviewee taken in May 2023 shows a century-old camphor tree in Fuzhou, east China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua)     FUZHOU: A century-old camphor tree, once on the brink of death, has been revived as a group of deputies to the municipal legislative body in Fuzhou, east China’s Fujian Province, went to great lengths to come …

BEIJING: China’s AG600 large amphibious aircraft on Friday completed all of its prior-certification flight test subjects, a key step toward achieving its airworthiness certification target, announced the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The Chinese independently-developed AG600 aircraft on Friday accomplished the compliance flight test subject of combustible liquid discharge at a civil aircraft flight test center in Pucheng County …

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will carry out the “reinforced version” of a fiscal consolidation program in the new financial year to restore fiscal balance and nurture new growth engines like artificial intelligence. The HKSAR’s 2025-26 budget released on Wednesday vowed a cumulative reduction of government recurrent expenditure by 7 percent from now through 2027-28. While …

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will endeavor to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a core industry and empower traditional industries in their upgrading and transformation, the financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Wednesday. While delivering the 2025-26 budget at the HKSAR’s Legislative Council, Paul Chan said that AI is at the core of developing …

HARBIN: Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world’s largest ice-and-snow theme park, officially closed its 26th edition on Wednesday evening in the city of Harbin, capital of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang Province, attracting a record-breaking 3.56 million tourist visits, said the park’s operator. This year’s attendance surpassed the previous edition by 31.4 percent, jumping from 2.71 million visits, according to data from the …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that history and reality show that China and Russia are good neighbors that cannot be moved away, and true friends who share weal and woe, support each other and achieve common development. He made the remarks when having a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the latter’s request. Xi said …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed orders to publish three regulations on the military’s interior order, code of conduct and military formation. The revised rules, which will take effect from April 1, are designed to fully transform the country’s military into world-class armed forces, focusing on combat readiness and addressing the concerns of the armed …

BEIJING: Home prices in first-tier Chinese cities maintained an upward trend in January, adding to signs of stabilization in the country’s property sector amid active trading and improved sentiment. In the country’s four first-tier Chinese cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, prices of new and second-hand homes both went up by 0.1 percent from the previous month, data from …

BEIJING: As the Year of the Snake unfolds, China’s economy is setting the stage for dynamic growth, with consumption, high-quality development and the capital market presenting new growth drivers, signaling a strong recovery and a shift toward more sustainable and innovation-driven development. BOOMING CONSUMPTION China saw vibrant consumer spending during the recent Spring Festival holiday, with standout sectors including tourism …

BEIJING: China’s economy is expected to maintain stable growth in 2025, according to the Q4 2024 monetary policy report released by the People’s Bank of China on Thursday. Stimulus measures rolled out in late 2024 have already begun to revitalize production, demand, and market sentiment, which will further sustain the recovery momentum, according to the report. Domestic demand has shown …

BEIJING: On a balmy afternoon on the first day of the Chinese Spring Festival, a queue of nearly 40 people, over half of them being Chinese tourists, snaked around the plain ice cream stall of “Uncle Chieng” on Orchard Road, Singapore. “Recently, more than half of the customers are Chinese tourists. Around the Spring Festival, I sell about 20 percent …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be held on Friday in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The top leader will also declare the Games open. Xi will host a welcome banquet for foreign leaders attending the opening ceremony, including Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Kyrgyz …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Beijing on Thursday. Noting that bilateral cooperation is expanding in scope and achieving more and more positive results, Li said that the ironclad friendship between the two sides has been renewed and deepened. Li added that China stands ready to work with Pakistan to implement the important …