TAIYUAN, Aug 24(ABC): China on Wednesday launched a Long March-2D rocket placing a satellite into space. Coded Beijing-3B, the satellite was lifted at 11:01 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered the preset orbit. It will mainly be used to provide remote sensing services in the fields of land …

BEIJING, Aug 24(ABC): China on Wednesday activated a Level-IV emergency response to possible geological disasters triggered by Typhoon Ma-on, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Typhoon Ma-on, the ninth typhoon of the year, is expected to make landfall on the coast of Guangdong Province during the daytime on Thursday, bringing torrential rains to southern parts of the country. Affected …

BEIJING, Aug 23(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of sympathy to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over the latter’s COVID-19 infection. In his message, Xi said that upon learning of Kishida’s infection with the coronavirus, he would like to extend his sincere sympathy to the prime minister, and wish him a speedy recovery. Noting that this …

BEIJING, Aug 23(ABC): China is comprehensively advancing negotiations on joining the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), the Ministry of Commerce said Monday. The announcement follows the recent establishment of the work team for China’s accession to the world’s first regional agreement on digital economy. Last November, China filed an application to join DEPA, a new type of trade partnership agreement …

BEIJING, Aug 23(ABC): The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday refuted U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’ wrongful remarks concerning the Taiwan region, noting his remarks confound right with wrong, and once again show the distorted and hegemonic logic of the United States. On August 19, Burns said in his interview with CNN that China overreacted to U.S. House Speaker Nancy …

CHONGQING, Aug 23(ABC): The Smart China Expo 2022 opened Monday in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, attracting over 500 exhibitors from home and abroad to showcase their latest intelligent technology achievements. Themed “Smart Technology: Empowering Economy, Enriching Life,” the three-day expo will hold a series of activities, including 20 forums, over 120 release activities on new products and technologies, and ten …

BEIJING, Aug 23(ABC): China’s State Council will dispatch 19 inspection teams across the country to ensure that tasks set in the government work report are undertaken and policies aimed at stabilizing the economy are being effectively implemented. The priorities include work on maintaining growth, operations of market entities, employment stability, ensuring people’s livelihoods, and stability of industrial and supply chains, …

NANCHANG, Aug 23(ABC): Three kilometers of piping winds through the mountains, carrying water up to the hillside Dougang village. Nie Xiaolong, standing with his hands on his hips near the end of the pipe, felt relieved seeing water diverted into his paddies. Not long ago, Nie, 42, was worried about the 200 hectares of crops he manages in Ruichang City, …

BEIJING, Aug 22 (ABC): As part of the preparations for the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Council, the security council secretaries of the SCO held a friendly and constructive meeting to discuss the situation in the area of ensuring security and stability within the organization. The 17th Meeting of Security Council Secretaries of the SCO …

BEIJING, Aug 20(ABC): China’s major power generation enterprises saw a surge of investment in solar power projects in the first seven months of this year, official data showed. The investment skyrocketed 304 percent from a year ago to 77.3 billion yuan (about 11.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-July period, said the National Energy Administration. These companies’ investment in power …

BEIJING, Aug 20 (ABC): China’s road freight volume fell 4.5 percent year on year in the first seven months of the year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed. About 20.98 billion tonnes of road cargo was transported during this period, according to the ministry. In July alone, China’s road freight volume was almost 3.27 billion tonnes, the ministry said. …

WUHAN, Aug 20(ABC): Central China’s Hubei Province has advanced its high-quality development with innovation-driven growth over the past decade, according to a press briefing held on Friday. Over the past 10 years, Hubei’s GDP has more than doubled from 2.26 trillion yuan (about 333 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012 to over 5 trillion yuan in 2021, said Wang Menghui, Party …

BEIJING, Aug 20(ABC): From January to July, the average concentration of the air pollutant PM 2.5 in Beijing was 29 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 21.6 percent, according to a statement of the Beijing Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau on Friday. In the first seven months of the year, the respective concentrations of PM 10, nitrogen dioxide and …

BEIJING, August 19(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference. In his letter, Xi pointed out that vocational education is closely linked with economic and social development, and has great significance for promoting employment and entrepreneurship, boosting economic and social development, and improving people’s well-being. China, he said, …

BEIJING, August 19(ABC): China on Friday released a plan to accelerate the construction of a system to calculate carbon emissions. By 2023, the country should ensure the clear division of responsibilities and smooth coordination among all relevant departments, and preliminarily establish a unified and standardized calculation system, according to the plan jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission, …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (ABC): The number of 5G mobile users in China had reached 475 million by the end of July, the China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Friday. The figure registered a net increase of 120 million users compared with the end of 2021, an MIIT official said. As of the end of July, the country …

BEIJING, Aug 19(ABC): Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Wang Wenbin on Friday urged the India to normalize relations and consensus development between the leadership of two countries for a stable and healthy development. Both the countries have the wisdom and ability to understand each other better, he said during his regular briefing when asked to comment on Indian External Affairs Minister …

BEIJING, Aug 19 (ABC): Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque on Friday inaugurated a QR code-based registration system to further facilitate Pakistani community members across China. Addressing the audience, Ambassador Haque said that the government and the embassy had been making efforts to further improve facilities for the Pakistani Diaspora in China. He said that the newly inaugurated system …

BEIJING, Aug 19(ABC): A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures. The mercury has soared beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Sichuan province this week, fuelling massive demand for air conditioning and drying up reservoirs …

TOKYO, Aug 18 (ABC): Japan’s national security adviser met China’s top diplomat for seven hours of talks that covered topics including Taiwan and the war in Ukraine, a Japanese government official said Thursday. Accepting an invitation from China, Takeo Akiba travelled to the city of Tianjin, southeast of Beijing, to meet Yang Jiechi on Wednesday afternoon, the official told. Chinese …

BEIJING, Aug 18(ABC): Sixteen people were killed and many left missing in flash flooding in northwest China, state media reported Thursday, as the country battles extreme weather that has shuttered factories and caused rolling power cuts. The deluge comes during a summer of soaring temperatures and torrential rains in China, with multiple cities clocking their hottest days on record and …

BEIJING, Aug 17 (ABC): Consul General of Pakistan in Shanghai Hussain Haider visited Wuxi city in China’s Jiangsu province and called on Zhao Jianjun, the Mayor of Wuxi Municipal People’s Government. The two sides agreed on the need to strengthen the bilateral trade, investment and people-to-people cooperation through enhanced dissemination of information, and facilitating greater interaction between public sector departments …

BEIJING, Aug 17 (ABC): China on Wednesday urged the United States to draw lessons from history, honor the three China-U.S. joint communiques and strictly observe the one-China principle. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on the 40th anniversary of the August 17 Communique, one of the three China-U.S. …

BEIJING, Aug 17 (ABC): More than five million people in southwest China were facing rolling power cuts Wednesday as a heatwave creates an electricity supply crunch that has forced factories to stop work. Temperatures across Sichuan province have surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in recent days, causing demand for air conditioning to spike. The region also relies heavily on …

BEIJING, Aug 17 (ABC): The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday appreciated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his words uttered on multiple occasions on Pak-China bilateral relations and the China-Pakistan Economic Cooperation (CPEC). “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke highly of China-Pakistan relations and CPEC on multiple occasions. He is very committed to the practical cooperation between our two countries. China appreciates …

BEIJING, August 17(ABC): A nuclear reactor in southern China has been reconnected to the electricity grid more than a year after it was shut down to repair damage, its operator said. Part of Taishan nuclear power plant in Guangdong province was taken offline last July after Chinese authorities reported minor fuel rod damage and a build-up of radioactive gases at …

BEIJING, August 17(ABC): The comprehensive intensity of the regional heatwaves that have hit China since June 13 is the strongest since 1961 when the country started to keep complete meteorological records. As of Aug. 15, China had seen 64 days of regional heatwaves, topping the previous record of 62 days in 2013, according to the National Climate Center. China also …

SHENZHEN, August 16(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called for efforts in the country’s economic powerhouses to take their due responsibilities in consolidating economic recovery. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in Shenzhen while presiding over a symposium on the economic situation. …

BEIJING, August 16(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolence to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi over a massive church fire in the country. In his message, Xi said he was shocked to learn of the church fire, which caused heavy casualties. On behalf of the Chinese government and people and in his own name, Xi expressed …

BEIJING, August 16(ABC): China’s system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) has grown with the times, demonstrating distinctive strengths, a senior official said on Tuesday. The system, a new model of political party system formed in China, has become all the more clear in terms of the top-level design, said Chen Xu, …

BEIJING, August 16(ABC): A series of drought relief measures have been taken in parts of China, including southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and central China’s Hubei Province, that have been hit by back-to-back heatwaves. Affected by the hot weather, the average precipitation since July this year in Chongqing is about half of that for the same period of previous years. Some …

BEIJING, August 16(ABC): A spokesperson of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Tuesday announced sanctions on “Taiwan independence” diehards on a Chinese mainland’s list. In order to safeguard the peaceful development of the cross-Strait relations and the immediate interests of the people on both sides of the Strait, and resolutely punish “Taiwan independence” …

BEIJING, August 16(ABC): China will optimize the policy environment conducive to the country’s continuous economic recovery, a senior official with the country’s top economic planner said on Tuesday. “At present, there are still some prominent contradictions and problems in China’s economic operation,” Yuan Da, director of the Department of National Economy of the National Development and Reform Commission, told a …

BEIJING, Aug 15 (ABC): China’s service sector continued to recover in July, an official said Monday. Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a press conference that the services production index grew 0.6 percent year on year last month. Modern service industries witnessed good growth momentum, Fu said. Information transmission, software and information technology services and …

BEIJING, Aug 15 (ABC): An advanced seminar entitled ‘Geomatics Technology for Pakistan’ sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China is ongoing online to help improve Pakistani scientists and officers’ expertise in geomatics. A total of 19 Pakistani experts and officers from the Society of Engineering, National Institute of Computer Sciences, University of AJ & K Muzaffarabad, etc. attended this …

BEIJING, Aug 15 (APP): Consul General of Pakistan in Shanghai, Hussain Haider has said there was a plan to establish long-term relations between Pakistani mango exporters and Chinese mango importers. The Consul General highlighted that in an interview with China Economic Net (CEN) after the great success of the 2022 Pakistan Mango Festival and Pakistan Promotion Conference held on August …

BEIJING, August 15(ABC): China said Monday it had organised fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States lawmakers were set to meet the island’s leader just weeks after a similar trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heightened fears of conflict. The unannounced two-day trip came after Beijing sent warships, missiles and jets into the waters and …

BEIJING, August 14(ABC): China on Sunday congratulated Pakistan on its diamond jubilee, 75th anniversary of Independence Day and wished Pakistan for every success and its road to peace and prosperity. Happy Birthday Pakistan, May I wish Pakistan every success and its road to peace and prosperity, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian tweeted here on China government official account. China’s …

BEIJING, August 14(ABC): An impressive flag hoisting ceremony was held at Pakistan Embassy here on Sunday to commemorate Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day. The event began with the recitation from the Holy Quran, followed by Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque raising of the national flag. On this occasion messages by the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan were also …

BEIJING, August 13(ABC): The Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), a rural policy bank, extended 14.9 billion yuan (about 2.21 billion U.S. dollars) in funds as of Friday to support infrastructure. The fund, established on July 20, has been funneled to 68 projects, mainly in sectors such as water conservancy, water transport and cold-chain logistics, effectively ensuring the capital requirement …