BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai on Saturday. Themed “Low Carbon: A New Mission for Global Innovation,” the forum kicked off Saturday and will continue until Tuesday. Low-carbon development is crucial for the green future of the world, while innovation is the engine for such development, Li said …

LANZHOU, Aug 29(ABC): China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu has stressed protecting the Yellow River in accordance with the law, and using the river to benefit the people. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, made the remarks during …

BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): Huang Kunming, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official, stressed the importance of advanced culture and embracing the the spirit of the times in cyberspace at the China Internet Civilization Conference, which opened on Sunday in north China’s Tianjin. It is imperative that we promote excellence and virtues in cyberspace to pool the strength of more …

BEIJING, Aug 28(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently replied to a letter from the families of the survivors of the “Lisbon Maru.” In the letter, Xi encouraged them to continue to actively commit to the China-Britain friendship and looked forward to more British friends making contributions to bilateral relations. In October 1942, “Lisbon Maru,” a cargo vessel, requisitioned by …

URUMQI, Aug 28(ABC): Over the past decade, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has made continuous advances in social development and improvement of people’s livelihoods, according to a press conference on Saturday. In 2021, Xinjiang’s GDP reached nearly 1.6 trillion yuan (about 232.8 billion U.S. dollars), doubling the figure in 2012, said Ma Xingrui, secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous …

BEIJING, Aug 28(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai on Saturday. Themed “Low Carbon: A New Mission for Global Innovation,” the forum kicked off Saturday and will continue until Tuesday. Low-carbon development is crucial for the green future of the world, while innovation is the engine for such development, Li said …

BEIJING, Aug 28(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter Saturday to the 2022 World New Energy Vehicle Congress, held in Beijing and Hainan both online and offline. China is a major automobile producer and consumer, Li said in the letter, noting that the country’s new energy vehicle (NEV) industry has in recent years developed in full swing, with …

BEIJING, Aug 28(ABC): A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Saturday expressed firm opposition to the visits by some U.S. Congress members to China’s Taiwan region in so-called “unofficial” capacities. These acts have seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, in response to …

BEIJING, Aug 27 (ABC): China’s Ministry of Finance on Friday earmarked 10 billion yuan (about 1.46 billion U.S. dollars) central reserve funds to support drought relief and the production of autumn grain. Some 6.5 billion yuan of the funds will be used for water conservancy and drought relief to ensure the supply of drinking water for the people and water …

CHENGDU, Aug 27 (ABC): The 2022 World Conference on Clean Energy Equipment opened Saturday in the city of Deyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The three-day event will showcase new technologies, achievements and products in clean energy equipment and related fields around the world, featuring the core technologies in the utilization of hydro, wind, bioenergy, tidal energy and solar energies, as …

GHANA, Aug 27(ABC): The Chinese language will soon be integrated into the country’s educational curriculum, a senior Ghanaian official said here Friday. Divine Yao Ayidzoe, the chief director for the Ministry of Education, made the remarks at a public lecture organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) located in Cape Coast, the capital of Ghana’s …

BEIJING, Aug 27 (ABC): Geologists from China and Myanmar have found new seismic evidence to support a model that explains how the Indian subcontinent drifted northward anomalously fast and collided with Asia in ancient times. The study, published on Saturday in the journal Science Advances, reveals that closure of the Neo-Tethys Ocean in the Mesozoic Era and the subsequent formation …

NANNING, Aug 27 (ABC): The China-ASEAN environmental cooperation forum 2022 will be held from Sept. 15 to 16 in Nanning City, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As one of the high-level forums of the 19th China-ASEAN Expo, slated to be held from Sept. 16 to 19, this forum aims to deepen exchanges and cooperation in green and …

BEIJING, Aug 26 (ABC): The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers’ Meeting held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan outlined further steps to enhance defence and security cooperation among the member states,said SCO Secretariat here on Friday. . According to a joint communique issued after the meeting, as usual, the ministers came together in a friendly and constructive atmosphere to engage in …

WADA, Aug 26 (ABC): World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Witold Banka gave thumbs-up to China’s contribution in the regional anti-doping movement at the second CHINADA international Anti-Doping Symposium organized by China’s anti-doping authority CHINADA here on Thursday. Themed “Innovation for Clean Sport,” the two-day symposium focused on scientific developments in the anti-doping fight. “I want to thank China for running …

BEIJING, Aug 26 (ABC): The China International Import Expo (CIIE) is not only an annual economic and trade fair, but also an event that boosts China’s high-quality economic development, promotes wider opening-up and helps achieve mutual benefits and win-win results, according to experts. A symposium on the fifth anniversary of the CIIE was held in Beijing on Thursday, gathering officials, …

BEIJING, Aug 26 (ABC): China’s customs authority will launch a new edition of its health declaration card, in which some requirements for travelers are removed to streamline customs procedures and enhance clearance efficiency. The ninth edition of the People’s Republic of China Outbound/Entry Health Declaration Card, which takes effect on Aug. 31, will scrap requirements for outbound and inbound travelers …

BEIJING, Aug 26 (ABC): China successfully completed the test of a self-developed, reusable, sub-orbital vehicle on Friday. The vehicle was launched “vertically” from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the developer of the vehicle. The vehicle was lifted off after inspection and maintenance. It was its …

BEIJING, Aug 26(ABC): China’s early rice output saw a 0.4-percent increase this year as government support policies paid off, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The output reached 28.12 million tonnes, up 106,000 tonnes from the level in 2021, according to the NBS. Since the beginning of this year, the government has taken multiple measures to stabilize double-cropping …

BEIJING, Aug 26(ABC): China will step up safety regulations throughout the industrial chain of electric bicycles (e-bicycles) to reduce accidents. More efforts will be made to improve e-bicycle quality during production, strengthen law enforcement in its circulation and sales, standardize safety management for its daily use, and promote safety control in its dismantling and recycling, according to a plan released …

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 …