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. …

HANGZHOU: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced on Tuesday that Joseph Tsai, currently executive vice chairman, will succeed Daniel Zhang as chairman of the company. According to the group, Eddie Wu, the present chairman of Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Taobao and Tmall Group, will succeed Daniel Zhang as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Both appointments will take effect on Sept. 10 this …

BEIJING: Sincerity, rationality and actions are needed on the part of the United States to improve the China-U.S. relationship, which is at the lowest point since its establishment. During U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to China, the two countries worked to avert the downward spiral of their relationship and bring it back on the track of stable …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has lately replied to a letter from a Belgian friendly personage, encouraging him to push for stronger China-Belgium and China-Europe friendships. In his letter to Eric Domb, president and founder of the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Belgium, Xi said that the development of China-Belgium relations cannot be achieved without the long-term efforts and selfless dedication …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People on Monday. Noting that the world is developing and the times are changing, Xi said the world needs a generally stable China-U.S. relationship, and whether the two countries can find the right way to get along bears on the future …

LONDON: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not only about huge projects, but also about small and medium-sized projects, which often have the most immediate and identifiable impact on people’s lives, Keith Bennett, a long-term China specialist and vice chair of Britain’s 48 Group Club, has said. By stressing high-quality cooperation, BRI’s small and medium-sized projects often have contributed …

BEIJING: Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Monday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, noted that Blinken’s visit comes at a critical juncture in China-U.S. relations, and …

WUXI, China: China’s Chen Qingyuan and Shi Yue claimed the women’s foil individual gold and bronze medals respectively on Day 2 of the 2023 Asian Fencing Championships here on Sunday, while Yu Lefan added a silver in the men’s sabre individual. Being top two in last year’s championships, Shi and Chen, made it to the last eight along with their …

CHONGQING: Were it not for the wind-blown grains of sand stinging his body, Wang Zhixiang might easily forget that he is farming in the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China and one of the driest regions in the world. The harsh conditions in the Taklimakan, which is deep within Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, make farming in the desert impractical, …

SHIJIAZHUANG: The value of China’s cross-border e-commerce imports and exports exceeded 2 trillion yuan (about 280.55 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2022, reaching 2.1 trillion yuan and marking an increase of 7.1 percent compared with 2021, according to a report released Saturday. The report was released by China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) at a forum during …

VIENTIANE: An event was held in the Lao capital Vientiane on Friday to mark the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival with participants immersed in Chinese culture, customs and history. The festival, also called Duanwu Festival, is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar. The event, organized by the China Cultural Center in …

YINCHUAN: Standing on top of a sand dune, Mohammed Abdulkarem from Yemen overlooked a green belt in the Baijitan national nature reserve in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and marveled at China’s efforts to combat desertification. “It’s hard to believe the oasis right down there used to be a desert. As a country in the Arabian Peninsula, my country …

BEIJING: China’s used vehicle sales surged 25.95 percent year on year in May, data from the China Automobile Dealers Association showed. About 1.5 million used vehicles changed hands in the country last month, with a total transaction value of 93.24 billion yuan (about 13.08 billion U.S. dollars), according to the association. During the January-May period, around 7.24 million second-hand vehicles …

KUNMING: China’s top anti-graft official Li Xi has asked disciplinary inspection and supervisory agencies to accomplish the high-quality development of disciplinary inspection and supervision work. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said that disciplinary inspection and …

LHASA: Sangye, owner of a Tibetan-style accessory shop at Barkhor Street in the heart of Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, experienced a booming business lately thanks to an expo scheduled to open on Friday evening. “I have received so many more customers than usual. And I hope to bring more Tibetan products to tourists with the arrival …

BEIJING: With decades of successful practice, China has proved that its approach to “promoting human rights through development” is becoming increasingly attractive to many countries. According to its national conditions, China has chosen a new path of promoting human rights through development, which it regards as the key to solving all problems. Chinese governments and officials at all levels have …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing on Wednesday, where both announced a strategic partnership between China and Palestine. Abbas, who kicked off his four-day state visit to China on Tuesday, is the first Arab head of state hosted by China this year. During their meeting on Wednesday, Xi put forward a three-point …