BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Beijing on Friday. Xi applauded Gates and the Gates Foundation for their long-term work to promote poverty reduction, health, development and philanthropy around the world. “At present, momentous changes unseen in a century are accelerating across the world. I put forward the …

BEIJING: Scientists confirmed that the fossilized footprints found in a restaurant in southwest China were left by long-necked dinosaurs that lived on Earth around 100 million years ago. The unprecedented discovery was made last year by a Chinese diner and soon captured headlines all over the world due to the unusual location. Now, an international team of paleontologists has had …

BEIJING: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning on Thursday said China firmly rejects the indictment of Chinese law enforcement officers and other government officials by the United States, urging the U.S. side to stop the erroneous moves immediately. “Recently, the United States has maliciously concocted the so-called ‘transnational repression’ narrative, pieced together fabricated evidence and prosecuted Chinese law enforcement officers and …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing on Thursday. Calling China and Palestine good friends and partners, Li said the announcement by the two countries’ leaders to establish a strategic partnership fully demonstrates China’s staunch support for developing China-Palestine ties and the cause of justice for Palestinian people. China is ready to take …

China launched a Long March-2D rocket to place 41 satellites in orbit on Thursday, setting a domestic record for the most satellites lifted in one go. The rocket blasted off at 1:30 p.m. (Beijing Time) at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China and soon took the satellites, including the Jilin-1 Gaofen 06A, into preset orbit. This was the …

China has ramped up efforts on both monetary and fiscal fronts to sustain growth momentum as the latest data shows a continued economic recovery, albeit with some challenges remaining. On Thursday, the People’s Bank of China, the nation’s central bank, reduced the one-year interest rate of its medium-term lending facility, a tool adding liquidity to the banking system, by 10 …

BEIJING: China firmly opposes the decision by the United States to include certain Chinese entities on an export control list under the pretext of so-called military and human rights concerns, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. It is a typical act of economic coercion and unilateral bullying by the United States to generalize national security and abuse …

BEIJING: As agreed between China and the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China from June 18 to 19, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced Wednesday.

BEIJING: China’s Hangzhou is ready to host the 19th Asian Games with a focus on green and sustainable principles supported by high-tech, organizers said on Wednesday. “If the existing venues can be renovated to meet Asiad standards, there is no need to construct new ones, so only 12 of the 56 competition venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games are newly …

BEIJING: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, state media reported, with China expressing readiness to help facilitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Abbas will stay until Friday, Beijing has said, on his fifth official visit to the world’s second-largest economy. Official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Abbas will meet with President Xi Jinping during the trip. The two …

BEIJING: China is making multi-pronged efforts to reap a bumper harvest this summer, thereby safeguarding the country’s grain security, despite adverse meteorological conditions. Traditionally, the summer harvest spans from May to late June in China every year, with most of the work focused on reaping winter wheat, a staple grain crop. The grain output for the period makes up about …

BEIJING: State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang attended the inauguration ceremony of the embassy of the Republic of Honduras in Beijing with visiting Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina on Sunday. Extending warm congratulations on the opening of the Honduran embassy in Beijing, Qin said the establishment of diplomatic ties on the basis of the one-China principle has opened a …

SHENZHEN: Digital culture products, such as online games, have emerged as a major channel for traditional Chinese culture to meet a global audience. From player outfits inspired by Buddhist murals to flying swordsmen playable character choices, ancient Chinese arts and legends feature prominently in popular online games that have appeared at the 19th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, which …

China has been staunch supporter of openness, modernization, regional trade, investments and connectivity and full implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement vividly reflects the holistic spirits of Chinese community with shared future, Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilizational Initiative. According to World Bank report (December 2022), the RECP comprises of 15 countries, covers 2.3 …

BEIJING: China’s meteorological authorities on Saturday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms in southern parts of the country. From 8 p.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday, heavy rains or rainstorms are forecast to lash parts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan and Tibet, with up to 180 millimeters of rain expected in southwestern Guangdong and northern Hainan, according to …

SHANGHAI: President of the Republic of Honduras Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento arrived in Shanghai and started her China visit on Friday, expressing her expectations for the visit that will run until June 14. Noting that her visit to China is expected by the Honduran people, Castro said that recognizing the one-China principle, establishing diplomatic relations with China and cooperating with …

BEIJING: Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu met with Narongphan Jitkaewtae, commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, on Saturday in Beijing. Li said China stands ready to work with Thailand to implement to the letter the important consensus reached by the leaders of both countries and to push for more fruits of cooperation between the two …

SHANGHAI: China has the confidence, ability and conditions to achieve its expected economic growth targets, said Yi Gang, governor of the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank. The central bank has been keeping the country’s prudent monetary policy more targeted and effective since the beginning of this year. It has also effectively supported economic recovery and growth, Yi said …

JIUQUAN: China successfully launched a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket to send a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:35 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday. The Longjiang-3 experiment satellite has entered the planned orbit. It will be used to verify satellite communication and remote sensing technologies. It was the 20th flight mission using a Kuaizhou-1A …

BEIJING: China’s growth prospects are being enhanced amid a string of recent economic data and upbeat forecasts from international organizations. China’s consumer price index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. On a monthly basis, …

SHANGHAI: President of the Republic of Honduras Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento arrived in Shanghai on Friday morning, starting her China visit which will run until June 14 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is the first state visit to China by a Honduran president. The two heads of state will hold a historic meeting to jointly plan …

HOHHOT: President Xi Jinping has called on Chinese border troops to enhance their capabilities in border defense and control to forge a “great wall of steel” along the country’s borders. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Wednesday during a fact-finding trip to …

BEIJING: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will make a state visit to China next week, Beijing said on Friday, after China expressed readiness to help facilitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Beijing has positioned itself as a mediator in the Middle East, brokering the restoration of ties in March between Iran and Saudi Arabia rivals in a region where the United States has …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Wednesday said the United States understands bullying and intimidation better than any other country in the world, and there is no room for China to concede or back down when it comes to safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to …

BEIJING: The ocean is humanity’s common good, not Japan’s private sewer, and to dump the nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean is “extremely selfish and irresponsible,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday. According to Japanese media, a report recently released by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) shows that the radioactive element Cs-137 in black rockfish caught in the …

BEIJING: Nearly 13 million young adults entered exam rooms across China on Wednesday morning to sit for the college entrance test, or “gaokao,” a record high number since matriculation resumed in 1977. The exact number of applicants for this year is 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 from last year, according to the Ministry of Education. Their exams will last …

BEIJING: China has made sustained efforts to combat desertification over the years, putting the brakes on desert expansion and contributing to global ecological conservation. During the 2012-2022 period, China’s accumulative afforestation area reached 960 million mu (64 million hectares), while 165 million mu of grassland was improved, and more than 12 million mu of wetlands were added or restored, official …

SINGAPORE: Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu on Sunday elaborated on China’s new security initiative. The sustained prosperity and stability in the Asia-Pacific region hinges on a sound security and development environment, Li said at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue. Who is disrupting peace in the region? What are the root causes of chaos and instability? And …

JIUQUAN: Three Chinese astronauts on board the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship returned to Earth safely on Sunday, after completing their six-month space station mission. Shenzhou-15’s return capsule, carrying astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 6:33 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the China Manned Space …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended a meeting on cultural inheritance and development on Friday and made an important speech. He stressed that it is our new cultural mission in the new era to further promote cultural prosperity and develop a great …

BEIJING: China’s badminton Olympic champion Wang Yilyu announced on Saturday that he has retired from the national team due to injury. Wang won the mixed doubles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics with Huang Dongping after they beat compatriots Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong. The 28-year-old shuttler also helped China claim the Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup. “Saying goodbye is …

BEIJING: Representatives of the governments of China and Argentina have signed a cooperation plan here to jointly promote the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. The plan will fully implement the significant consensus reached by leaders of both countries on promoting the high-quality development of the initiative and deepen collaboration on …

SHANGHAI: China “strongly opposes” NATO repeatedly labelling it a threat, China’s embassy to Norway said on Saturday, referring to remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a recent visit to the Scandinavian country. “China urges NATO to stop stirring up regional conflicts and creating divisions and unrest,” the embassy said in a statement. Stoltenberg had accused China of threatening …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for shouldering new cultural missions and building a modern Chinese civilization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a meeting on cultural inheritance and development on Friday. The cultural missions in the new era are to …

BEIJING: China will roll out more targeted and effective measures to improve its business environment at a faster pace in an effort to bolster the economic recovery, according to a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang on Friday. The meeting also discussed the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry and approved a draft law on …

SHENZHEN: Global investors are bullish on renminbi-denominated assets as China’s economic growth momentum recovers and its financial markets further open up, financial professionals said on the sidelines of the 2023 Global Investor Conference. International investors are optimistic about China’s long-term structural growth prospects, Terry Pan, CEO for Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Korea at Invesco, told Xinhua at the …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s remarks on “de-risking,” saying that one needs to find out what the risks are before talking about de-risking. According to reports, on May 31, Blinken said to the press after the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council ministerial meeting that with regard to China, the United …

BEIJING: As of May 31, China’s courier sector saw its delivery volume exceed 50 billion parcels this year, mirroring the country’s economic vitality, according to the State Post Bureau (SPB). The milestone was achieved 155 days earlier than in 2019, prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. The figure was also achieved 27 days earlier than in 2022, data …

HAIKOU: Lin Guangming, from Singapore, has settled in China’s southernmost province of Hainan for three years as a high-end talent introduced from overseas. Having engaged in urban planning for many years, the 43-year-old man now works as the chief designer at the management committee of the Yangpu Economic Development Zone in the city of Danzhou. He said he’s trying to …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday visited a school in Beijing ahead of International Children’s Day, which falls on June 1. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed the all-round development of children in the new era, and extended festival greetings to children across the …