BEIJING: The Communist Party of China (CPC) saw the number of its members grow to 98.041 million at the end of 2022, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee announced Friday. The number of CPC members increased by 1.4 percent from 2021, according to figures released by the department ahead of the 102nd founding anniversary of the CPC, the …

CHONGQING: Six people were killed on Friday night due to a landslide in Fenshui Township of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, according to local authorities. The landslide engulfed a house in the township. Following the accident, search and rescue operations were conducted throughout the night. The township government has reported that the operations at the site have been largely completed. Several …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called for more achievements in the Party’s theoretical innovation. Presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday, Xi said the understanding of the Party’s theoretical innovation must be continuously deepened. It is the solemn historical responsibility …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference from Beijing on July 4 and deliver important remarks, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Friday. “Xi will map out the future development of the …

BEIJING: A subsidiary of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) has achieved the 28-nanometer full manufacturing process of ion implanters, the CETC said. The ion implanter is the key equipment in chip manufacturing. At present, the 28-nanometer manufacturing process is a mature procedure with the widest coverage in the field of chip application. The CETC subsidiary Electronics Equipment Group has …

BEIJING: Nestled amidst the towering skyscrapers and bustling streets of the Chinese capital Beijing, hutongs hold a special place in the hearts of many residents. Wang Jing is no exception. For the 48-year-old woman who grew up in hutongs, these narrow alleys lined with traditional courtyards often serve as the backdrop for childhood adventures and close neighborly relations. “When I …

BEIJING: Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, on Thursday in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said that China has always firmly supported the cause of the UN …

SHANGHAI: The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2023 will be held from July 6 to 8 in Shanghai, according to a press conference held by the municipal government on Thursday. With the theme “Intelligent Connectivity Generating Future,” the event is expected to gather top scientists, entrepreneurs, government officials, experts, scholars, international organizations, investors, start-up teams, and more. The conference’s major …

BEIJING: The relationship with China is incredibly important for New Zealand, visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Wednesday, adding that both countries now enjoy a very constructive and positive relationship. When responding to a question raised by Xinhua at a media event in Beijing, Hipkins said “the New Zealand-China relationship is an incredibly important one for New …

SHANGHAI: The eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai has so far issued four yellow alerts for high temperatures this year, though it has entered the annual rainy season, known as “plum rain season” in China. On Thursday morning, the city’s major meteorological observatory issued this year’s fourth yellow alert for high temperatures, the third-highest alert in China’s four-tier color-coded weather warning …

BEIJING: General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping has called for developing a good grasp of the CPC Central Committee’s important theory on Party building, and improving the quality of the Party’s organizational work. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a recent instruction. The instruction …

CHANGSHA: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Wednesday met in Changsha, Hunan province, with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera and Tanzania’s Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi, who are there to attend the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. When meeting with Chakwera, Han said that China and Malawi are development partners who support and trust each other. Under the care and …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to a forum on people-to-people friendship between China and the United States. The event, titled “Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship Forum,” is being held in Fuzhou, east China’s Fujian Province.

BEIJING: The Beijing Daxing International Airport Economic Zone on Tuesday launched an international innovation center. The center aims to enable foreign enterprises to enter the Chinese market more quickly and at a lower cost by providing access to official platforms, affordable offices, market services and human resources services. The center also provides services for domestic enterprises that are planning to …

BEIJING: China’s regional development has been more coordinated and balanced over the past decade, according to a report from the State Council. In 2022, central China’s GDP was 26.7 trillion yuan (about 3.7 trillion U.S. dollars), with its share of the national GDP rising to 22.1 percent from 21.3 percent in 2012, said the report submitted to the ongoing session …

TIANJIN: In the longer term, China will continue to provide strong dynamism to the world’s economic recovery and growth, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday. China is still the world’s largest developing country, with a population of over 1.4 billion, Li said when addressing the opening of the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called on the new leadership of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) to earnestly shoulder their missions and tasks entrusted by the CPC in the new era. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while meeting …

TIANJIN: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday in Tianjin. Noting that multilateralism, solidarity and cooperation are inevitable choices to cope with global challenges, Li said that the so-called “reducing dependence” and “de-risking,” as proposed by some countries, are essentially politicizing and ideologizing economic and trade issues, which violate the …

BEIJING:  China values the relations with the Republic of Korea (ROK) and remains committed to growing those ties. There has been no change to that basic position, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. It’s reported that ROK Foreign Minister Park Jin commented on China-ROK relations in an interview on June 25, in which he said “the basic stance …

HANGZHOU: Nestled amid lush bamboo and tea fields sits a rustic two-story cabin, a dream house built by the young Iranian painter Mehraz Karami in a village in eastern China. Karami, 30, has loved art since childhood. After graduating from a university in Malaysia in 2012, he attended Donghua University and Shanghai University, both in Shanghai, to study design and …

HOHHOT: Erenhot Port in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has logged over 1,500 China-Europe freight trains so far this year, the local railway authorities said on Monday. Since the port launched its China-Europe freight train service in 2013, it has handled a total of 12,592 China-Europe freight trains to date. The Erenhot Port is the largest land port between …

LANZHOU: A new sand-yellow cave theater erected on the fringe of the Gobi Desert in Dunhuang City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, is bringing the millennium-old grottoes to life. The new performance staged at the theater, Ancient Sounds of Dunhuang, draws inspiration from the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site boasting rich collections of Buddhist artworks. The dance, musical instruments, …

BEIJING: China’s railway passenger flow surged during the recent Dragon Boat Festival holiday travel rush, data from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) showed Monday. During the past five days, as of June 25, nearly 70.38 million railway passenger trips were made nationwide, 7.14 million more than during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday travel rush in 2019, said …

BEIJING: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who is accompanying the Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh on his visit to China, on Sunday in Beijing. Noting that the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership has entered a new era, Qin said China regards Vietnam as a priority in its …

BEIJING: The Ministry of Commerce has issued a priority list for pilot free trade zones (FTZs) during the 2023-2025 period as the country marks the 10th anniversary of its pilot FTZ construction. The country’s FTZs will push forward 164 priorities from 2023 to 2025, including major institutional innovation, key industries, platform construction, as well as major projects and activities, according …

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have ordered the country’s centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to wipe out workplace safety risks during an overhaul of natural gas, hazardous chemicals, mines, and construction sites nationwide. The order came during a recent emergency meeting regarding workplace safety by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. While ramping up precautions and warnings against …

BEIJING: Chinese evening rider Alex Hua Tian is set to compete on home soil for only the second time, 15 years after his Olympic debut at Beijing 2008 in the Hong Kong SAR. The delayed Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games are scheduled for Sept. 23 through Oct. 8 in Hangzhou, the capital of East China’s Zhejiang Province. Hua Tian described these …

China-Europe freight train services saw solid growth from January to May this year, with the transport capacity and efficiency continuously rising. The number of China-Europe freight train services increased by 16 percent year on year to 7,126 trips in the first five months of the year, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Some 774,000 20-foot equivalent units …

“Lost in the Stars,” a domestic suspense crime film, topped the Chinese daily box office chart on Friday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed. The film grossed 182.81 million yuan (around 25.46 million U.S. dollars) on its second screening day and the second day of this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday. Adapted from the Soviet film “Trap …

NANJING: On Saturday, Line 11 of the Suzhou metro went into operation, linking the city of Suzhou, a major GDP contributor in east China’s Jiangsu Province, with Shanghai, another economic heavyweight in the region. This is the first time that the core cities in the Yangtze River Delta region have linked their separate urban subway systems transcending administrative boundaries and …

CHANGSHA: More than 276,000 people in central China’s Hunan Province have been affected by the latest round of heavy rainfalls, which has also inflicted damage on more than 16,400 hectares of crops with multiple houses collapsing or sustaining damages, said local authorities. On Friday noon, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters upgraded its emergency response for flood control …

BEIJING: As major parts of the Chinese capital Beijing are experiencing high temperatures lately, the municipal education authorities have asked local schools to refrain from organizing large-scale outdoor activities in order to ensure the well-being of the students. On Friday night, relevant authorities released a notice outlining specific measures to modify the timing of outdoor activities for students and to …

SHANGHAI: Chinese researchers have won the Best Paper Award for a groundbreaking paper on planning-oriented autonomous driving at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR). The CVPR, a top-tier conference in the area of artificial intelligence, selected 12 candidates for the honor of Best Paper from more than 9,000 paper submissions this year. The Chinese paper challenged the current …

BEIJING: Beijing issued a red alert for high temperatures on Friday, the highest in China’s alert system, as a scorching heatwave hit the city. Beijing’s weather station issued the red alert at 7 a.m., forecasting peak temperatures ranging from 37 to 40 degrees Celsius in most areas of the city from Friday to Sunday. The city’s administration of emergency response …

BEIJING: To celebrate International Olympic Day, the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) organized a series of sports activities across China on Friday during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The activities including table tennis, badminton, and running, took place in 11 different locations. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, traditionally falls on the fifth day of the fifth month …

BEIJING: China recently organized its 2023 science research educational program for teenagers, aiming to cultivate innovation and practical abilities, according to the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). The program was mainly designed for students in primary and junior secondary schools, encouraging them to discover and explore scientific problems in areas such as energy resources, the ecological environment and …

TIANJIN: North China’s Tianjin port saw its foreign trade surge by 8.4 percent year on year to 812.1 billion yuan (about 113.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the first five months of the year, according to Tianjin Customs. From January to May, trade volume with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations totaled 127.08 billion yuan, up 26.4 percent year on year, …

BEIJING: Dragon Boat Festival celebrations kicked off on Wednesday in Zigui County, central China’s Hubei Province. People from home and abroad, including descendants of the renowned patriotic poet Qu Yuan, have gathered in his hometown to attend a range of activities. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, traditionally falls on the fifth day of the fifth month …

NAIROBI: The Chinese Embassy in Kenya on Wednesday held an interactive session with Kenyan students to deepen cooperation in the fields of education and culture. The event, dubbed “Inside the Embassy and Ask the Ambassador,” brought students together from Kenya High School and Alliance High School, two of the leading secondary schools in Kenya. Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. The meeting took place at a critical time for China-U.S. relations and was closely watched by the world. What key messages did the meeting convey? A look at Xi’s remarks during the meeting will offer some hints. …