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 …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Lokke Rasmussen will pay an official visit to China from Aug. 16 to 19, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Monday.

HEFEI: A topic about the scenic spot Huangshan Mountain in east China refusing to provide hot water for hungry tourists to cook instant noodles has recently gone viral on social media. Surprisingly, this action quickly gained understanding and support from the public. Some tourists complained online that they failed to get hot water for cooking instant noodles since it was …

BEIJING: President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua met with Daisy Veerasingham, president and CEO of the Associated Press (AP), here on Sunday. Noting the long-term friendly and cooperative relationship Xinhua and AP have maintained, Fu expressed the hope that the two sides will further strengthen communication and exchanges, and continue to report China-U.S. relations comprehensively, objectively and accurately. Fu …

BEIJING: China’s State Council has recently issued a statement outlining its guidelines regarding further optimizing the foreign investment environment and intensifying efforts to attract foreign investments. The guidelines urged to improve the overall balance between domestic and international situations and foster a world-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized. They also called for giving full play to the …

XI’AN: The death toll in a rain-triggered rock and mudslide in the suburbs of Xi’an, the capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Friday evening has risen to 21, with six others still missing, said rescuers on Sunday. According to the Xi’an municipal emergency management department, the torrential rainfall on Friday caused the mudslide accident in a village on the outskirts …

NANJING: East China’s economic powerhouse Jiangsu Province recorded a total import and export volume of 2.93 trillion yuan (about 409.29 billion U.S. dollars) from January to July, the customs of Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu, said Sunday. The figure, including exports of 1.89 trillion yuan and imports of 1.04 trillion yuan, accounted for 12.4 percent of China’s total volume of …

XINING: During her summer vacation, Gao Yong’e had just one day in Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province in northwest China, and she knew exactly where she was going to go: the Tibetan Culture Museum. “I wanted to spend the day learning and experiencing the rich and diverse traditional culture of my country,” said the 31-year-old, who hails from …

BEIJING: China on Sunday deplored and strongly condemned the U.S. decision to arrange the so-called “stopover” for Lai Ching-te, saying that China firmly opposes any visit by “Taiwan independence” separatists to the United States in any name or under whatever pretext. It was reported that deputy leader of China’s Taiwan region Lai Ching-te set off for Paraguay on Aug. 12 …

BEIJING: China’s fixed asset investment in railways hit 371.3 billion yuan (about 51.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of 2023, representing a 7 percent increase compared to the same period last year, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed. The company revealed that in the previous month, the completion of renovation projects on some …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Saturday said it is hoped that Japan will work with China to take the 45th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between China and Japan as an opportunity to revisit the spirit of the treaty, recommit to the consensus in the treaty, and jointly build a China-Japan relationship that can meet …

BEIJING: China’s power battery output saw rapid expansion in July, industry data showed. The power battery output stood at 61 gigawatt-hours (GWh) last month, up 28.9 percent year on year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. About 40.5 GWh of lithium iron phosphate batteries were produced, increasing by 35.6 percent from a year earlier, and making up …

BEIJING: China strives to make frontier breakthroughs in science and technology via the advancing computing power of artificial intelligence (AI) that has seen explosive growth in the country. Scientists and AI developers applauded the revolution of AI-driven scientific research at the two-day AI for Science Summit in Beijing, which started on Thursday. “AI development benefited from science,” said Tang Chao, …

Taiwan has become a high voltage political drama of Bollywood with many twists. Chronic instigative conduct of the US has been trying to irritate China on the issue of Taiwan. Its constant and continued speculative connections with the authorities of Taiwan are creating serious problems of peace and stability in the region. In this regard, Pelosi’s ill-conceived trip to Taiwan …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong has called for efforts to improve health and epidemic prevention and restore agricultural production in areas impacted by the recent flooding disasters. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the comments during his inspection tour in Hebei and Beijing on Friday, during which he …

BEIJING: The China Development Bank, one of the country’s policy banks, has issued emergency loans worth 865 million yuan (about 120.83 million U.S. dollars) to north China’s Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei that were affected by the recent floods. The funds, issued since the beginning of August, have supported the regions in ensuring the supply of daily necessities and restoring transportation, …

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have intensified flood relief and reconstruction efforts, working tirelessly to swiftly restore normalcy to the lives and production of flood-affected regions. China on Friday earmarked 1.46 billion yuan (about 204 million U.S. dollars) to provide relief to people severely affected by recent floods and ensure their basic needs are met, according to the Ministry of Finance and …

BEIJING: China has set attaining high-quality development as its primary task in building a modern socialist country in all respects. President Xi Jinping once defined high-quality development as “a shift from pursuing growth to pursuing better growth,” illustrating the evolution of the country’s economic development from rapid expansion to a focus on quality. In addition to engaging in meetings and …

CHANGSHA: In a remarkable metamorphosis, derelict houses are being renovated to revive their faded splendor and repurposed into villa hotels, village museums, educational bases, and other public spaces, breathing new life into these once-forgotten architectures. The “Awakening Heritage Homes” initiative in the city of Chenzhou, in central China’s Hunan Province, is orchestrating a profound renaissance by resurrecting long-abandoned rural residences, …

SHIJIAZHUANG: As of Thursday, 29 people had been killed in disasters triggered by the recent round of heavy rain in north China’s Hebei Province, while 16 people remained missing, local authorities said on Friday. According to a press conference held by the provincial government on Friday morning, torrential downpours and severe flooding have wreaked havoc across 110 counties, cities and …

LANZHOU: With the last missing victim found dead, the death toll from the mountain torrents that struck a mountainous area in Jingtai County of Baiyin City in northwest China’s Gansu Province has now climbed to five, according to local authorities. After a rainstorm alert early Thursday, seven people were swept up by mountain torrents while on their way back home, …

BEIJING: The number of public charging piles jumped 40.4 percent year on year in China last month, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Thursday. From August 2022 to July this year, 53,000 public charging piles were added each month on average in the country. In recent years, China has improved its charging infrastructure network to better meet …

BEIJING: China on Thursday announced the resumption of group tours to dozens of more overseas destinations, including Japan, Britain, the United States and Australia. Starting Aug. 10, travel agencies and online tourism service providers in China can resume offering group tours to a longer list of countries and regions, according to a circular from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. …

BEIJING: China saw a significant increase in the production and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in July, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed on Thursday. The production of NEVs jumped 30.6 percent year on year to 805,000 units last month, and sales rose 31.6 percent to 780,000 units. NEVs occupied a market share of 32.7 percent …

BEIJING: Chinese stocks closed higher Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.31 percent to 3,254.56 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.1 percent higher at 11,050.22 points. The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 694.2 billion yuan (about 96.96 billion U.S. dollars), down from 736.6 billion yuan the previous trading day. Shares in …

BEIJING: China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the single-minded rollout of restrictions on investments in China by the United States and has made serious démarche to the U.S. side, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. According to reports, on the early morning of Aug. 10, Beijing Time, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the executive order on setting up screening …