BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Xi said that while being President of the Philippines, Duterte resolutely made the strategic choice of improving relations with China, with an attitude of being responsible to the people and history. China-Philippines relations were able to return to the …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has removed and appointed the following ambassadors in accordance with a decision from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, according to a statement from China’s top legislature on Monday. Wu Wei was appointed ambassador to Micronesia, replacing Huang Zheng. Yu Jun was appointed ambassador to Uzbekistan, replacing Jiang Yan.

BEIJING: China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.5 percent year on year in the first half (H1) of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. China’s GDP reached 59.3 trillion yuan (about 8.3 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half, NBS data showed. In the second quarter, the country’s GDP expanded 6.3 percent year on year, …

BEIJING: China’s box office revenue for the summer movie season, which runs from June 1 to Aug. 31, has reached nearly 8.79 billion yuan (about 1.23 billion U.S. dollars) as of July 16. According to box office tracker Dengta Data, this year’s box office earnings, from June 1 to July 16, have set a new record compared to the earnings …

BEIJING: Amid unusual summer heat, John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, landed in Beijing on Sunday. The visit comes at a critical moment. The globe is heating up. Beijing’s alert for high temperatures is no exception, as the whole world saw its hottest days on record last week. Reversing climate change hardly brooks any delay. China and the …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has given important instructions on cyber security and information technology application work. He pointed out that since the 18th CPC National Congress, the country has made remarkable achievements in the development of its cyber security and information …

HAIKOU: Southern Chinese provinces are recalling ships to port and suspending ferry services amid warnings of strong wind and heavy rain caused by the approaching typhoon Talim. Talim, the 4th typhoon of this year, is forecast to come ashore near Wenchang of Hainan Province and Taishan of Guangdong Province on Monday evening, according to the Hainan Meteorological Service. Currently classified …

BEIJING: China’s automobile exports soared 75.7 percent year on year in the first half of this year (H1), sustaining the trend of robust expansion, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. During the period, the country exported 2.14 million automobiles. Among the total, new-energy vehicle exports stood at 534,000 units, surging 160 percent from the same period last …

FUKUOKA: Peng Jianfeng won his first world title in six years from his favored 1m springboard diving at the World Aquatics Championships here on Sunday. He won the event at the 2017 Budapest World Championships, while slipping to third when the worlds took place in Gwangju, South Korea in 2019. The 29-year-old scored a total of 440.45 points in six …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to thoroughly implement the important guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on boosting China’s strength in cyberspace, and to vigorously advance the high-quality development of the work on cybersecurity and informatization. Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, …

TIANJIN: To achieve carbon reduction and improve energy efficiency, Tianjin has pushed forward the comprehensive transformation of its iron and steel industry chain in recent years. Iron and steel producers are encouraged to reform their energy mix, upgrade technology and develop hydrogen-fuelled transportation. The iron and steel enterprises still in operation in Tianjin have all completed the ultra-low emission transformation. …

BEIJING: Here are the latest Chinese sports headlines from the past week: Hangzhou Asian Para Games medals unveiled with 100 days to go With 100 days to go before the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, the design of medals were revealed on July 14 at an event held at Fuyang Water Sports Center. The medals, named “Osmanthus Grace,” draw inspiration from …

HARBIN: The images of a wild Siberian tiger have been captured recently in the Muleng forest area in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said on Wednesday. In the footage, the tiger walked leisurely in front of the camera. Zhao Yue, a research assistant at the Feline Research Center of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that the wild …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Jose Vinals, chairman of Standard Chartered Group, on Friday in Beijing. China and Britain are highly complementary in trade and enjoy broad prospects for economic and trade cooperation, Han said. He said that China is committed to the path of reform and opening up, building a market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business environment, …

An elderly runner from northeast China fulfilled his late wife’s wish to keep running. BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — Slim, wearing a worn-out cotton jacket under the sizzling sun, an elderly runner caught everyone’s attention at a marathon held in May in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Xi Zhanyu, who is approaching 70, has kept the old jacket with him …

BEIJING: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 209 pips to 7.1318 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day. The central parity rate …

BEIJING: China’s electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, recorded steady growth last month, boosted by the overall recovery of the country’s economy, official data showed. Total power use in China rose 3.9 percent year on year in June to 775.1 billion kilowatt-hours, said the National Energy Administration. Power consumed by the primary industries soared by 14 percent year …

BEIJING: Chinese stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.26 percent to 3,236.48 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.61 percent higher at 11,095.44 points. The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 920.8 billion yuan (about 128.73 billion U.S. dollars), up from 911.9 billion yuan on the previous trading day. …

BANGKOK: China’s track and field team kick-started their Asian Athletics Championships campaign here on Wednesday with the women’s 4x100m relay gold and three silver medals. In the women’s 4x100m relay final, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi and Ge Manqi clinched the title for China in 43.35 seconds. In the men’s 4x100m relay final, despite the absence of their Asian …

LANZHOU: An asteroid was named after Chinese archaeologist Fan Jinshi on Monday in recognition of her contribution to the protection, study, and promotion of the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dunhuang in northwest China’s Gansu Province. In the late 1980s, the “Digital Dunhuang” project was put forward by Fan in the hope of using digital technology to …

JIUQUAN: China on Wednesday successfully launched a new carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Zhuque-2 carrier rocket blasted off at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) and completed the flight mission according to the procedure. Developed by the Chinese rocket company LandSpace, the Zhuque-2 is the world’s first rocket to be powered by liquid …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to put in place new systems for a higher-standard open economy and promote the gradual transition from dual control over the amount and intensity of energy consumption to dual control over the amount and intensity of carbon emissions. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee …

PHNOM PENH: Nop Ratanak, a member of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)’s Central Youth, was deeply impressed by how east China’s Zhejiang Province has transformed rural villages into beautiful green spaces boasting fresh air, lucid waters and lush mountains. “As a Cambodian youth, I’m very proud to have an opportunity to participate in this study tour, especially to see the …

BEIJING: Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Ugandan Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo in Beijing on Tuesday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said China will continue to support Uganda’s development and its efforts in improving the capacity …

BEIJING: A book on the thought of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on boosting China’s strength in cyberspace has been published by the People’s Publishing House. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to cybersecurity and …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to put in place new systems for a higher-standard open economy, as well as efforts to promote the gradual transition from dual control over the amount and intensity of energy consumption to dual control over the amount and intensity of carbon emissions. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Masatsugu Asakawa, president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in Beijing on Tuesday. Li said that the ADB is a vital multilateral development institution in the Asia-Pacific region, playing a positive role in promoting poverty reduction and development in the region and responding to regional and global challenges. China is ready to work …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with visiting Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in Beijing.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday afternoon met with visiting Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare in Beijing. The two sides jointly announced the official establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership featuring mutual respect and common development for a new era.  

BEIJING: The Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA) on Monday announced China’s squad for the Hangzhou Asian Games, featuring star players like Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng. In an announcement, the CTTA said that, based on the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings from July 4, China’s coaching group took into consideration players’ …

GUIYANG: Luo Wenmei, a resident of Qingshan Village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, felt lucky to join the local project of planting Sichuan pepper in the mountainous area which used to suffer from stony desertification. “I can earn more than 2,000 yuan (about 277.57 U.S. dollars) a month by planting the pepper,” said Luo, who was excited to see how …

BEIJING: China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, came in flat in June compared with the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. The figure was lower than the 0.2-percent increase in May. In breakdown, food prices rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier while prices of non-food items edged down 0.6 …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to the first high-level conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development. In his letter, Xi said transformation of the world unseen in a century is unfolding at a faster pace, the world economy is struggling to recover and the global development agenda is facing challenges. “To …

JIUQUAN: China on Sunday sent a new test satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The satellite was launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 7 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. It will carry out test missions for satellite internet technologies. The launch was the 478th flight mission of the Long March …

NANCHANG: Tucked away in Chenjiafan Village in the suburbs of Jingdezhen, a world-famous “porcelain capital” in east China’s Jiangxi Province, Denis Naymark’s studio stands in a league of its own, showcasing exquisitely crafted works of art. Within his studio, one can marvel at plates adorned with ocean wave patterns, teapots with octopus and coral reef-shaped decorations…The creations by Naymark are …

LUANDA: Construction started Wednesday on a primary school donated by Sinohydro, a Chinese company, in the rural area of Xangongo, in Angola’s southern province of Cunene. The school, named “Eko” after the community, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. It will feature 12 classrooms and can accommodate 840 students in two shifts. During a ceremony …

CHONGQING: A conference on minimally invasive and non-invasive medicine was held in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Over 500 experts from more than 20 countries and regions have been invited to share their insights, firsthand experiences, and achievements at the Fifth Yangtze International Summit of Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Medicine, which opened on Saturday. The two-day event is organized by the …

BEIJING: A Chinese expedition team measured the thickness of snow on Mount Qomolangma with a precise ground-penetrating radar, and the mean depth estimates at the summit are 9.5±1.2 meters, according to a newly-published paper in the journal The Cryosphere. The data was obtained in May last year during a Mount Qomolangma expedition which formed part of the country’s second comprehensive …

NANJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed, while on a fact-finding mission to Jiangsu Province, that as a province having the strengths of solid industrial foundation, rich scientific and educational resources, sound business environment and huge market size, Jiangsu has both the capability …

BEIJING: The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the country’s top securities regulator, on Saturday said that it will promote the high-quality development of the public offering fund sector and steadily lower the sector’s fee rates. The CSRC statement came after a number of Chinese fund management companies on Saturday announced they would lower the management and custodian fees of their …