BEIJING, Nov 22(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out efforts to rescue and treat the injured after a fire occurred at a plant in central China’s Henan Province on Monday afternoon. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instruction immediately after the incident, urging putting …

BEIJING, Nov 22(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolence to Indonesian President Joko Widodo over a deadly earthquake jolting Indonesia. In the message, Xi said he was saddened to hear that the earthquake has caused heavy casualties and property losses. On behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, he extended condolences over the …

BEIJING, Nov 22(ABC): A Chinese health official on Tuesday warned against any slackening in epidemic prevention and control and stressed science-based and precise COVID-19 response. Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission, said China faces a grave and complex COVID-19 situation with a wider spread and more transmission chains of the virus. In response, health authorities have sent task …

TIANJIN, Nov 22(ABC): Tianjin Air Cargo, a cargo carrier based in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, has launched a direct cargo flight service connecting Nanning, the capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Davao City, an important economic center in the southern Philippines. On Tuesday, the service’s first outbound flight left Nanning for Davao and arrived in the afternoon of …

BEIJING, Nov 22(ABC): China looks forward to taking the upcoming visit of Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh as an opportunity to deepen strategic mutual trust and practical cooperation with Mongolia, according to a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Khurelsukh will pay a state visit to China from Nov. 27 to 28, it was …

BEIJING, Nov 22(ABC): A fire at a factory in the Chinese city of Anyang in Henan province has killed 36 people, with two others injured, state media reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at Kaixinda Trading Co Ltd in the Wenfeng District, or “High-tech Zone”, in Anyang City, the report said. The fire started Monday afternoon and fire teams sent 63 …

Nov 20(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Friday on the sidelines of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Xi said for more than half a century, the China-Chile relationship has been a prime example of win-win cooperation for developing countries as it is a frontrunner of China’s relations …

Nov 20(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana on Friday at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. China and Thailand are good neighbors, good friends, good relatives and good partners, Xi said, adding that bilateral relations have withstood the test of time and grown stronger in the new era. This year …

Nov 20(ABC): China is opposed to using the budget of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for safeguards activities related to nuclear submarine cooperation under the AUKUS, which is “a sheer act of nuclear proliferation,” a Chinese envoy said on Friday. China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Wang Qun said at a meeting of the IAEA Board …

Nov 20(ABC): China’s first shallow-water subsea production system has been successfully put into operation in the Bohai Sea’s Liaodong Bay, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced on Friday. The completion of the subsea system also marked the commencement of the Jinzhou 31-1 gas field development project, according to the CNOOC. The gas field’s main production facilities include a subsea …

Nov 20(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that free and open trade and investment are the purposes and principles of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and also the pillar for the realization of the Putrajaya Vision 2040. The Chinese president made the remarks when he continued to attend the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, in which issues related …

BANGKOK, Nov 20(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Kamala Harris called for open communication during a brief meeting on Saturday, days after his extensive talks with President Joe Biden aimed at keeping tensions in check. Harris and Xi met during an Asia-Pacific summit in Bangkok where another US rival, Russia, saw itself isolated, with no top leader attending …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (ABC): Shanghai will have more than 77,000 5G base stations by the end of 2023, ensuring that 90 percent of the city has 5G network coverage, according to an action plan released by the Shanghai Communications Administration on Friday. The plan also stated that over 4,000 major commercial buildings and key public institutions will have indoor 5G …

BEIJING, Nov 18 (ABC): China on Friday released a guideline to bolster employment and entrepreneurship prospects of rural migrant workers, as well as rural residents that have newly shaken off poverty. The country will ensure full implementation of supportive measures in this regard, such as deferring social insurance premium payments and providing social insurance subsidies for migrant workers, according to …

BANGKOK, Nov 18 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Friday that China is willing to coordinate closely with New Zealand to jointly promote peace, stability, development and prosperity in the Pacific island countries region. Pursuing peace and promoting development and cooperation has always been the starting point of China’s policy towards the Pacific island countries, Xi said in his …

Nov 17(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for the first time on Thursday in Thailand on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting, during which Xi said China is ready to work with Japan to grasp the general direction of bilateral relations from a strategic height and build a China-Japan relationship …

Nov 17(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday as both leaders called for the deepening of cooperation and enhancing of the China-Philippines friendship. This is the first meeting between the two leaders, reflecting the legacy of friendship between China and the Philippines, and was a sign of enhanced cooperation, experts …

Nov 17(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered a written speech to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit held in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, calling for steadfastly advancing the Asia-Pacific regional economic integration and building a Asia-Pacific community of shared future, while rejecting any attempt to wage a cold war in the Asia-Pacific. In his speech, delivered as …

Nov 17(ABC): The city of Guangzhou in South China’s Guangdong Province plans to add more than 240,000 beds in makeshift hospitals and centralized quarantine zones to prepare for COVID-19 patients’ accommodation as it has reported more than 46,000 cases since November. Guangzhou is making all-out efforts to speed up the construction of makeshift hospitals and centralized quarantine zones with a …

Nov 17(ABC): What is the view from the “pinnacle of science” created by China?  Amid once-in-a-century global changes, what could the effect of opening up an exclusive event in science be? The 2022 World Laureates Forum (WLA Forum), which brought together 60 decorated scientists from over 20 countries and regions, including 27 Nobel Laureates, presents a wonderful answer to Chinese …

Nov 17(ABC): The taikonauts of the Shenzhou-14 manned spaceflight mission crew conducted their third spacewalk on Thursday, which marked the first extravehicular activity (EVA) after the China Space Station completed its T-shape basic structure assembly on November 3. Shenzhou-14 mission commander Chen Dong and his fellow crew member Cai Xuzhe completed all planned tasks during their spacewalk, which lasted five …

BEIJING, Nov 16(ABC):  China’s State Council announced the appointment of former ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong as vice minister of foreign affairs. Deputy Chinese Foreign Minister Sun Weidong served as his country’s ambassador to India from 2019 to 2022 and Pakistan from 2013 to 2017. The 56-year-old diplomat completed his three-year ambassadorial assignment in New Delhi last month and returned …

Nov 16(ABC): China will continue to work with the Group of 20 (G20) members to foster a balanced, coordinated and inclusive global digital economic paradigm that brings benefits to all and features win-win cooperation and shared prosperity, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. Xi made the remarks when attending and addressing the 17th G20 Summit in Indonesia’s resort island of …

Nov 16(ABC): Wang Kun, a general manager at the China Railway Group who is working on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway project, is an expert in building tunnels. He calls a 180m T-shaped rigid frame bridge on the line in Indonesia “unique.” The bridge is the highest on the whole line and has the deepest pile foundation. While building the bridge, …

Nov 16(ABC): China launched a commercially designed carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday, breaking the delivery record of its kind. The rocket, CERES-1 Y4 lifted off at 2:20 p.m. and sent five small satellites into the sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The satellites are part of the Jilin-1 Gaofen satellite series. Gaofen is an abbreviation …

Nov 16(ABC): China’s tax refunds, as well as tax and fee cuts and deferrals, topped 3.7 trillion yuan (about $525.8 billion) this year as of November 10, as the country continued efforts to reduce the burden on enterprises, official data showed Wednesday. Among the total, value-added tax credit refunds reached nearly 2.31 trillion yuan, more than 3.5 times the annual …

Nov 16(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on Wednesday exchanged congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Over the past 50 years, China and Luxembourg have maintained mutual respect and trust, setting an example of friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation between large and small countries, Xi …

Nov 16(ABC): China’s economic recovery may accelerate in the fourth quarter of the year as the financial support for major projects are making concrete progress, the country’s top economic planner said on Wednesday. To increase financing support, China’s State Council deployed policy-backed and development-oriented financial instruments for specific projects at the end of July. “Financial instrument funds of 739.9 billion …

BALI, Nov 15(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with French President Emmanuel Macron here Tuesday morning. Xi pointed out that in the past three years, the two sides have communicated closely through various means, so that China-France relations have maintained positive momentum of development, and the two countries have made positive progress on important cooperation. Noting that at present, the …

JIUQUAN, Nov 15(ABC): China successfully sent a new remote sensing satellite of the Yaogan-34 series into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 9:38 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday. The Yaogan-34 03 satellite, carried by a Long March-4C rocket, successfully entered its planned orbit. This remote sensing satellite will be used in areas such as land …

BEIJING, Nov 15(ABC): China’s Tianzhou-4 cargo craft, tasked with supporting the Shenzhou-14 crewed mission, re-entered the atmosphere on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere in a controlled manner at 7:21 a.m. (Beijing Time). Most of the spacecraft burned up during the re-entry and a small amount of debris fell into the planned waters …

BEIJING, Nov 15(ABC):China’s fixed-asset investment went up 5.8 percent year on year in the first 10 months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

JAKARTA/HONG KONG, Nov 15(ABC): As world leaders are gathering in Southeast Asia for two high-profile global meetings this week, the international community is expecting them to pool their wisdom and step up efforts to tackle a multitude of pressing common challenges and chart a pathway to global recovery and common development. The 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit will be …

CHENGDU, Nov 15(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has stressed the need for solid agricultural production work to achieve the country’s annual target and provide strong support for economic and social development. When supervising autumn and winter agricultural production in Sichuan Province, Hu said that provinces such as Sichuan should make full use of fallow land in the winter to …

BEIJING, Nov 12(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Bali, Indonesia, from November 14 to 17, at the invitation of President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the announcement here on Friday. He will attend the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, as …

BEIJING, Nov 12(ABC): China’s cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-5, delivering supplies for the space station, successfully completed its status setting and docked with the combination of the country’s space station on Saturday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). At 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time), Tianzhou-5 conducted a fast automated rendezvous and docking at the rear docking port of the space station’s …

BEIJING, Nov 12(ABC): A Chinese health official said on Saturday that the 20 newly released measures on epidemic prevention and control were well conceived based on ample practical experience and related assessment data. On the basis of the ninth edition of the country’s COVID-19 control protocols, these measures, which were announced on Friday, optimized and adjusted COVID-19 response in areas …

BEIJING, Nov 12(ABC): China’s express delivery firms handled 552 million parcels on Nov. 11, the Double 11 online shopping festival, 1.8 times the usual daily average, the State Post Bureau said Saturday. The country’s courier sector handled 4.27 billion parcels from Nov. 1 to 11, as online sales rose in the run-up to the annual online shopping bonanza, according to …

PHNOM PENH, Nov 12(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday held talks here with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos during the leaders’ meetings on East Asia cooperation. When talking with Kishida, Li said China and Japan are neighbors who cannot be resettled, and both sides are committed to strengthening …

CAIRO, Nov 12(ABC): The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) represents a key stage for China’s further development and modernization, Egyptian experts have said. The congress has “special importance” in defining the party’s and the Chinese leadership’s visions for China’s future in the 21st century, said Ezzat Saad, director of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, …