HARBIN, Oct 7(ABC): As Xia Yuanfang strolled along the Songhua River with her family in August, she was glad of the mild northern weather, a welcome change from the hot and humid environment of her hometown, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. “It’s very cool here in summer, especially along the river. It’s very comfortable drinking beer and listening to …

BEIJING, Oct 7(ABC): Four more ancient Chinese irrigation sites have been recognized as World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS), according to the Ministry of Water Resources. Granted by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) on Thursday, the inclusions of the Tongjiyan Irrigation System, the Xinghua Duotian Irrigation and Drainage System, the Songgu Irrigation Scheme and the Chongyi Shangbao Terraces …

BEIJING, Oct 7(ABC): China’s extraordinary achievements over the past 10 years have been widely acknowledged for raising living standards at home and bolstering global development. The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the start of a new journey for China’s development and its role in international affairs. DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENTS Chinese brands have become …

BEIJING, Oct 7(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged a team of geological workers in east China’s Shandong Province to carry forward fine traditions and play a greater role in mineral resource exploration. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Sunday in a letter …

BUCHAREST, Oct 7(ABC): China and Moldova marked on Thursday the 30th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations by jointly issuing a commemorative envelope and stamp in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. Moldova attaches great importance to developing relations with China and is willing to maintain friendly ties, and strengthen bilateral economic, trade and investment exchanges, thereby bringing tangible …

BEIJING, Oct 7(ABC): China has ramped up its tax and fee incentives and supporting policies to enterprises, a move that has not only offered a “timely rain” to companies in financial drought but also served as a shot in the arm for the economy. Official data from the State Taxation Administration showed that China’s tax refunds as well as tax …

BEIJING, Oct 2(ABC): China’s Wing Loong-2H large civil unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has recently conducted a cloud seeding operation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). Wing Loong-2H detected the precipitation clouds and successfully carried out artificial rainfall and snowfall enhancement over the Aemye Ma-chhen Range in the Sanjiangyuan region on the plateau, said …

BEIJING, Oct 2(ABC): China’s meteorological authority on Sunday issued a blue alert for a cold wave, the first in the second half of 2022, forecasting big temperature drops and gales in vast regions of the country. From Sunday to Thursday, temperatures are expected to plunge by 8 to 12 degrees Celsius in most of central and east China, according to …

BEIJING, Oct 2(ABC): Chinese embassies and missions have held events to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), during which foreign officials and experts expressed their good wishes for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and eyed further cooperation. Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva Tatiana …

XI’AN, Oct 2(ABC): A new batch of relics, including thousands of bronze coins, have been unearthed from the remains of a mint dating back more than 2,000 years in Xi’an, the capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Apart from the coins of different face values and shapes, more than 100 ash pits, three house ruins, 11 kiln ruins, 18 wells, …

BEIJING, Oct 01 (ABC): The speakers representing international organizations and the Chinese think tanks at an event expressed their sympathies with the flood victims in Pakistan and expressed the resolve to cooperate with the government for proactive climate action and reconstruction. The event “In Solidarity with Pakistan” was jointly organized by Pakistan Embassy, Beijing and Center for China and Globalization …

BEIJING, Oct 1(ABC): China’s State Council held a reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. China’s National Day falls on Oct. 1. The reception was attended by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang …

BEIJING, Oct 1(ABC): China is marking Martyrs’ Day to remember its revolutionary martyrs and those who sacrificed their lives for national causes. Events are being held across the country. Here in the capital, President Xi Jinping and senior officials have laid flowers and paid tribute at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at Tian’anmen Square. Zhao Yunfei reports. A solemn …

BEIJING, Oct 1(ABC): China will provide convenient conditions and quality services for foreign talent to work in China and give more support to their research environment and innovation platform, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday. Li made the remarks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing when meeting with foreign experts who had received the Friendship Award in …

BEIJING, Oct 1(ABC): A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Friday urged the United States to handle affairs related to Taiwan cautiously and stop supporting Taiwan in a bid to contain China. Zhu Fenglian, the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson, made the statement in response to the remarks made by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in her recent visits to Japan …

HARBIN, Oct 1(ABC): Construction of a high-speed railway through a permafrost zone in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province linking the provincial capital of Harbin and Yichun City, which is also in the province, gained new impetus on Thursday. According to China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd., which is in charge of the project, the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway is China’s northernmost …

BEIJING, Oct 1(ABC): For Jeffrey Lou, president and chairman of BASF Greater China, the inauguration early this month of the first plants of BASF’s Verbund site in China, its largest overseas investment to date, was a hugely exciting moment. “With a total investment of 10 billion euros (about 9.8 billion U.S. dollars), the Zhanjiang Verbund site will be BASF’s third-largest …

BEIJING, Sep 29(ABC): Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday said evidence proved that the United States is the greatest threat to global cyber security, calling for joint effort against US infringement on cyber sovereignty and international rules. Wang made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on a new investigation report on the cyber attacks …

BEIJING, Sep 27(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolence to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over a school shooting incident in the country. In his message, Xi said he was shocked to learn of the shooting in the Russian city of Izhevsk. On behalf of the Chinese government and people and in his own name, …

BEIJING, Sep 27(ABC): China on Tuesday released a new investigation report in which it said further evidence has been found to show the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is behind “thousands of cyber attacks” on a Chinese university. With the technical support from a number of European and Southeast Asian countries, Chinese experts were able to retrace the technical features, …

TAIYUAN, Sep 27(ABC): China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6 rocket carrying three satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 7:50 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and sent the Shiyan-16A, Shiyan-16B and Shiyan-17 satellites into the preset orbit. Shiyan means “experiment” in Chinese. The Shiyan satellite trio will provide …

BEIJING, Sep 27(ABC): China has stepped up efforts to save jobs this year, with some 64.63 billion yuan (9.19 billion U.S. dollars) having already been offered to businesses this year. Unemployment insurance refunds totaling 44.84 billion yuan were given to some 7.21 million enterprises, or more than half of all employers covered by the social security net, in the first …

BEIJING, Sep 27(ABC): China has achieved initial success in new infrastructure construction, which has greatly facilitated the country’s social and economic development over the past decade, officials said Monday. Zhang Zhihua, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said China has quickened its steps in upgrading information infrastructure as well as advancing infrastructure integration and innovation. The …

BEIJING, Sep 27(ABC): China’s bond market is playing a growing role in serving the real economy, data from the country’s central bank shows. By the end of August, the balance of various bonds in China totaled 142.3 trillion yuan (about 20.24 trillion U.S. dollars), the second-highest globally, according to the People’s Bank of China. The country’s direct financing scale has …

ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (ABC):Several countries including China, Pakistan, Chile, Cuba, Indonesia and Serbia have jointly proposed the ‘Initiative of International Cooperation on Resilient and Stable Industrial and Supply Chains’, with support by Republic of Argentina. The initiative aims at strengthening the resilience and stability of global industrial and supply chains which will surely help support economic recovery of all countries, …

GUANGZHOU, Sep 26(ABC): The construction of the permanent venue for the Greater Bay Area Science Forum began on Saturday in Nansha District of south China’s Guangzhou City. With an above-ground floor area of approximately 110,000 square meters, the architectural complex will consist of multiple facilities, including a conference center, a sci-tech innovation center and apartment buildings. The permanent venue is …

BEIJING, Sep 26 (ABC):China on Sunday launched a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket to place two satellites in space. The pair of satellites, Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15, were lifted at 6:55 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered the preset orbit. The Shiyan-14 will mainly be used to conduct scientific experiments and …

BEIJING, Sep 26(ABC): Faced with a prolonged drought in parts of southern China, government officials and residents are making efforts to ensure sufficient drinking water and grain production. China’s national observatory confirmed that severe drought has swept through the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including most parts of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, and southern Anhui and southeastern …

BEIJING, Sep 26(ABC): China has achieved initial success in new infrastructure construction, which has greatly facilitated the country’s social and economic development over the past decade, officials said Monday. Zhang Zhihua, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission, said China has quickened its steps in upgrading information infrastructure as well as advancing infrastructure integration and innovation. The length …

BEIJING, Sep 26(ABC): A total of 2,296 delegates were elected to attend the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), an official statement said. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the delegates were elected in accordance with the Party Constitution, the CPC Central Committee’s requirements, adopting …

BEIJING, Sept 26 (ABC): Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) donated relief and rehabilitation assistance worth RMB 125 million for the flood victims of Pakistan at a special ceremony held here. Sharing his grief and condolences with the bereaved families, President of CPAFFC, Lin Songtian said that in the wake of devastating floods, the government and people …

BEIJING, Sep 24(ABC): The 80-day flood season in the mainstream of the Tarim River, China’s longest inland river, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has ended, the Ministry of Water Resources said Saturday. The highest water level measured at hydrological stations along the river had dipped below the warning level at 8 p.m. Thursday, the ministry said. Since May, …

XINING, Sep 24(ABC): Qinghai Lake, China’s largest inland saltwater lake, has seen an increasing number of migratory water birds, according to nature reserve authorities. During the migratory bird monitoring and patrol operations conducted from Sept. 16 to 21, the monitoring staff spotted 39 species of water birds totaling over 233,000 in number, increasing nearly 32 percent from the same period …

BEIJING, Sep 23(ABC): China had discovered a total of 173 kinds of mineral resources by the end of 2021, according to a report released by the Ministry of Natural Resources. These mineral resources include 13 types of energy minerals, 59 kinds of metallic minerals, 95 kinds of nonmetallic minerals and six kinds of water and gases. Among these, China saw …

HANGZHOU, Sep 24(ABC): At the crack of dawn on an autumn day, Lin Fang, 55, started harvesting water bamboo shoots, a seasonal vegetable. Located at an altitude of 1,000 meters, Lin’s hometown Daji Township is in Jingning She Autonomous County, east China’s Zhejiang Province. Due to its remote location, the county had suffered poverty for a long time. However, life …

NEW YORK, Sep 23(ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that China-U.S. relations have been severely impacted currently, and the lessons from which should be learned by the U.S. side. Wang made the remarks during their talks at the site of the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of …

BEIJING, Sep 23(ABC): President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the China News Service (CNS) on its 70th founding anniversary, stressing the importance of innovating the discourse system and improving the capacity for international communication. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, underscored the need …

ATHENS, Sep 23(ABC): Hundreds were in attendance at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of China-Greece diplomatic relations on Thursday evening at the Zappeion Hall in central Athens. During the event, also held in celebration of the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, 37 Greeks were recognized for their contributions to developing China-Greece relations. “China …

BEIJING, Sep 23(ABC): In the eyes of multiple foreign envoys, China’s sci-tech breakthroughs and green shift regarding infrastructure construction are creating opportunities for closer cooperation. While touring the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) on Wednesday, representatives from over 70 foreign embassies and international organizations learned about the evolution of China’s construction industry as well as cutting-edge technologies in this …

BEIJING, Sep 23 (ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended on Thursday the United Nations (UN) Security Council foreign ministers meeting on Ukraine at the UN headquarters in New York. Noting that China’s stance on the Ukraine issue is consistent and clear, Wang said the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be safeguarded, the purposes …