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 …

CHENGDU, Sep 23 (ABC): Hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers celebrated the fifth harvest festival on Friday, as the country expects a bumper harvest despite COVID-19 and extreme weather. After overcoming the impact of last year’s rare autumn floods in the north, late sowing of winter wheat, the sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases, and severe heat and drought in some …

BEIJING, Sep 22(ABC): Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has extended festive greetings and sincere regards on behalf of the CPC Central Committee to farmers and people working on agricultural and rural fronts ahead of the fifth Chinese farmers’ harvest festival. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed …

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22(ABC): A Chinese envoy on Wednesday rejected accusations by the United States, Britain and the European Union that China commits human rights abuses against its ethnic minorities. China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun called the accusations unfounded. Speaking at a high-level meeting to mark the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on …

BEIJING, Sep 22(ABC): The electric vehicle (EV) subsidy provisions in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act are discriminatory and suspected of violating the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. The relevant provisions, granting tax credits for EVs on the condition of final assembly in North America, discriminate against other similar imported products and are …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (ABC):The number of 5G base stations in China registered stable growth amid the country’s efforts to advance the construction of its 5G network in recent years, official data shows. China had over 2.1 million 5G base stations by the end of August, accounting for 19.8 percent of its mobile base stations, up 5.5 percentage points from the …

BEIJING, Sep 22(ABC): China will stay committed to achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality amid recent setbacks in global carbon reduction efforts as some countries fell back on coal plants to tide over an energy crunch, an official said Thursday. “Low-carbon transformation is no walk in the park,” Liu Dechun, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission, told …

BEIJING, Sep 22(ABC): Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), or the “China Sky Eye,” an international group filmed, for the first time, the magnetic ebb and flow nearby of a fast radio burst from out of the Milky Way. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are the brightest, highly-dispersed millisecond-duration astronomical transients in radio bands with yet unknown origins. Chinese …

BEIJING, Sep 22 (ABC): China will uphold a “fair” position on the Ukrainian conflict, promoting talks and peace between the warring parties, the country’s top diplomat said. “It is hoped that all parties will not give up dialogue efforts and insist on resolving security concerns through peace talks,” Wang Yi, China’s Foreign Minister, told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on …

BEIJING, Sep 20(ABC):  A compilation of discourses by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on socialist cultural and ethical advancement has been published by the Central Party Literature Press and released nationwide. Compiled by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC …

NEW YORK, Sep 20(ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met with representatives from the National Committee on United States-China Relations, the U.S.-China Business Council and the United States Chamber of Commerce. Wang said that the world today is far from peace, as the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to end, and the Ukraine crisis was once …

BEIJING, Sep 20(ABC): Media registration for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) will begin on Wednesday, announced the organizers. Registration will be open until Oct. 10, and media personnel can register online through the CIIE website or its app. For the prevention and control of COVID-19, the fair mainly invites Chinese mainland journalists, mainland-stationed journalists of foreign media, and …

BEIJING, Sep 20(ABC): Senior Chinese leader Wang Yang Tuesday met with members of the newly-elected leadership of the China Islamic Association. Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, called for full implementation of the …

BEIJING, Sep 20(ABC): Huang Kunming, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official, on Tuesday called for efforts to open new horizons for ideological and political work in the new era. Huang, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks while addressing a …

BEIJING, Sep 20(ABC):  The international media has closely followed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attendance to the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Wednesday to Friday. The global media believed that the trip is a landmark leading to a full-restart of China’s diplomacy of …

BEIJING, Sep 20(ABC): China’s government issued draft rules aimed at making it easier for some foreigners to enter China for visits to tourism sites along the Chinese border. Travel groups organised by tour agencies in border areas in China can choose their port of entry and exit “flexibly”, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a statement on Monday, …

Beijing, Sept 19 (ABC):Beijing on Monday said President Joe Biden’s latest comments that the United States would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion “severely violate” Washington’s policy towards the island. “The US remarks… severely violate the important commitment the US made not to support Taiwan independence, and send a seriously erroneous signal to Taiwanese separatist independence forces,” foreign ministry spokesperson …

BEIJING, Sep 18(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping just concluded his two-nation trip on late Friday after wrapping up attendance to the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In a packed three-day schedule, Xi intensively attended nearly 30 events, featuring multilateral and bilateral agendas, and …

SHENYANG, Sep 18(ABC): Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, resounded with wailing air-raid sirens and vehicle horns on Sunday, the 91st anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the start of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China. As the three-minute sirens howled in the city, pedestrians stood in silent tribute and vehicles honked. Since 1995, Shenyang has sounded the …

BEIJING, Sep 18(ABC): Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, will travel to China for the 17th round of China-Russia strategic security consultation and the 7th meeting of the China-Russia law-enforcement and security cooperation mechanism from September 18 to 19, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Sunday. Patrushev’s visit is at the invitation of Yang …

GUIYANG, Sep 18(ABC): Twenty-seven people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus turned on its side in southwest China’s Guizhou Province early Sunday morning, local police said. The bus with 47 people on board was running on a highway section in Sandu Shui Autonomous County when the accident happened, the county’s public security bureau said.