BEIJING, Jul 20(ABC): China is expected to see stable grain production this year, despite challenges including rare autumn floods last year, sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases and drastic fluctuations in the global farm produce market, an agricultural official said Wednesday. “China is witnessing a sound grain production situation this year,” Liu Lihua, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture and …

TIANJIN, July 20(ABC): An international flight carrying 73 passengers departed on Tuesday from north China’s Tianjin Municipality for Osaka, Japan. The air route was the first international route resumed by Tianjin Airlines and the first direct route from the Chinese mainland to the Kansai region of Japan after the outbreak of COVID-19, the company said. The resumption of flights between …

BEIJING, July 20(ABC): China on Tuesday launched an inspection of law-based governance at the municipal and county levels. The inspection will focus on law-based government administration so as to accelerate the construction of rule-of-law governments and consolidate the foundation of the rule of law at the grassroots level. Inspection teams will be sent to eight provinces including Shanxi, Liaoning, Jiangsu …

BEIJING, July 20(ABC): China’s government warned on Tuesday it would take “forceful measures” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Timessaid she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend time in Hawaii at the headquarters of U.S. Indo-Pacific command, …

BEIJING, July 19(ABC): China’s benchmark prices for spot interbank gold transactions were higher Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. The benchmark price for gold of 99.95 percent pure or above stood at 373.43 yuan (about 55.36 U.S. dollars) per gram, up 1.41 yuan from the previous trading day, while that for gold of 99.99 percent pure or …

BEIJING, Jul 19(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Monday called for efforts to boost industrial vitalization and innovation-driven development in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a written speech at the “Silk Road Academician Forum: Promote Innovation and High …

BEIJING, Jul 19 (ABC): China plans to build 600,000 5G base stations across the country this year, bringing the total number to over two million, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said. The country currently has 1.85 million 5G base stations, of which 300,000 were built in the second quarter of this year, said Wang Peng from the …

BEIJING, July 18(ABC): Beijing began issuing coupons worth a total of 100 million yuan (14.82 million U.S. dollars) on Monday to spur catering consumption, according to the municipal commerce bureau. Funded by the government and platform enterprises that provide catering services, the promotional campaign is expected to cover more than 70,000 restaurants, the bureau said. The first batch of restaurant …

CHENGDU, July 18 (ABC): Paleontologists have confirmed that marks noticed by a diner in the yard of a restaurant in southwest China’s Sichuan Province are dinosaur footprints dating back to the early Cretaceous period. On July 10, Ou Hongtao was dining in a restaurant in the city of Leshan and noticed some special dents on the ground in the yard …

BEIJING, July 18 (ABC): A Chinese observer has pointed out that it will take some time for China and India to figure out a solution of border issues that both sides can accept. The border issue, if unsettled, will always be a source of risk for the normal development of bilateral relations, Qian Feng, Director of the Research Department of …

BEIJING, July 18(ABC): The Chinese government has allocated 468 million yuan (about 69.5 million U.S. dollars) for the repair work of water conservancy projects damaged by floods and earthquakes. The fund has been allocated to 10 provincial-level regions such as south China’s Guangdong to boost efforts in flood prevention, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. Since the flood season …

PHNOM PENH, July 18(ABC): The value of imports and exports passing through the Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia reached 1.37 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2022, up 38 percent year on year, said an operator’s report on Monday. Situated in the southwestern coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, the SSEZ is the country’s largest industrial …

NINGBO, July 18(ABC): Seven people were confirmed dead after strong winds hit a dock in Ningbo City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, leaving a boat and gangway capsized, local authorities said on Monday. At around 12:33 p.m. Sunday, gusts of up to 117 kph struck the dock in the city’s Fenghua District. A total of 16 people fell into the water.

CHENGDU, July 17(ABC): Six people were killed and 12 were reported missing by 7 a.m. Sunday, after rainstorm-triggered mountain torrents hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local authorities have said. From 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, heavy rains pelted the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, affecting 13 townships and approximately 22,300 people, with precipitation of up to 110 millimeters. The …

BELGRADE, July 17(ABC): China’s Hainan Airlines launched direct flights from China to Serbia on Saturday, as a welcome ceremony was held at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. “We will be able to attract even more tourists and businessmen from China, which will bring China even closer to Serbia,” said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who attended the ceremony with several officials. …

URUMQI, July 17(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently inspected the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China and visited officials and the general public of different ethnic groups. Xi stressed efforts to resolutely implement the CPC Central Committee’s decisions, and fully …

LHASA, July 17(ABC): China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu has stressed the implementation of a systematic, coordinated and special protection approach in drafting a new law on the ecological protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 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 Standing …

BEIJING, July 17(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has underscored the importance of sticking to a green growth path prioritizing ecological protection and called for new achievements in promoting high-quality development. Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during visits to the city of …

CHENGDU, July 17(ABC): Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong has stressed workplace safety and flood relief during the flood season. Wang made the remarks during his inspection tour to southwest China’s Sichuan Province from Thursday to Friday. When visiting factories in the fields of gas, chemicals and environmental protection, he urged efforts to uncover hidden dangers and punish misconduct to deepen …

SHANGHAI, July 17(ABC): China’s national carbon market saw its total trading volume reach 194 million tonnes since its launch one year ago, according to the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange (SEEE) statistics on Saturday. Experts noted that the market, the world’s largest in terms of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions covered, is expected to include more enterprises from emission-intensive …

BEIJING, July 17(ABC): China’s financial sector GDP went up 5.9 percent in the second quarter from a year ago to 2.4249 trillion yuan (359.23 billion U.S. dollars), official data showed Saturday. The property sector GDP went down 7 percent in the second quarter year on year to 1.8605 trillion yuan, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. The GDP …

BEIJING, July 17(ABC): Sales of Chinese-brand passenger cars continued to rise rapidly in June, surging 43.1 percent year on year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows. A total of 994,000 Chinese-brand passenger cars were sold last month, accounting for 44.8 percent of the country’s total passenger-car sales in the period, according to the association. In the first …

BEIJING, July 16 (ABC): China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi sent a message of sympathy to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the ongoing floods in Pakistan. In his message, Wang Yi expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of life and property in several areas of Pakistan due to floods, reported. He expressed deep sympathy with …

URUMQI, July 16 (ABC): President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal. Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made …

NANNING, July 16(ABC): China on Friday urged the United States and the West to stop interfering in Middle East affairs and trying to transform the region according to their own standards. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks when holding talks with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad via video link. Calling for more cooperation, multilateralism and …

BEIJING, July 16(ABC): Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Wang Yang on Friday called for continued efforts to consolidate and improve ethnic unity and religious harmony, and rally people’s support and pool strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman …

BEIJING, July 16(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Friday called for efforts to develop the country’s rural industries into a solid foundation for rural vitalization and agricultural modernization. Hu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a teleconference in Beijing. In doing so, the country should help …

CHANGSHA, July 15 (ABC): Central China’s Hunan Province recorded robust foreign trade growth in the first half of 2022, said local customs. The province’s total import and export value hit 325.5 billion yuan (about 48.2 billion U.S. dollars) from January to June, up 25.2 percent year on year. Exports rose 37 percent to 238.6 billion yuan, while imports increased 1.3 …

BEIJING, July 15 (ABC): China’s power generation rose 0.7 percent year on year to reach 3.96 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first six months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. In June alone, power generation increased by 1.5 percent year on year to reach 709 billion kilowatt-hours, reversing the 3.3-percent decline in May. Specifically, thermal …

CHANGCHUN, July 15 (ABC): The 19th China (Changchun) International Automobile Expo kicked off Friday in Changchun, the capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province. Covering an area of 200,000 square meters, the expo has nine indoor exhibition halls and four outdoor exhibition areas. So far, a total of 155 domestic and overseas automobile brands and 128 enterprises have registered for the …

URUMQI, July 15 (ABC): Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited Turpan City on Thursday afternoon during an inspection tour in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xi visited Grape Valley, a local village, and Jiaohe Ruins to learn about the city’s efforts to develop distinctive industries, boost rural revitalization, and preserve and use …

BEIJING, July 14(ABC): China has reaped summer grain harvest with a 1-percent year-on-year growth in total output, the country’s statistics bureau said Thursday. China’s total grain output reached 147.39 million tonnes in this year’s summer harvest, up 1.434 million tonnes from last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The output of wheat, a staple crop, stood at …

BEIJING, July 14 (ABC): Navies of China and Pakistan concluded a four-day joint maritime exercise codenamed Sea Guardians-2 held in Shanghai. Operation planning, professional expertise exchanges, and cultural and sports competitions took place during the maneuvers, China.org.com reported. The two navies also held drills including attacking at maritime targets, anti-submarine operations, and anti-aircraft and anti-missile operations. The joint exercise aims …

BEIJING, Jul 14 (ABC): China is ready to extend cooperation to the international institutions to help Sri Lanka achieve sustainable development and overcome the current difficulties, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Thursday. “As a friendly neighbor and cooperation partner China sincerely hopes all sectors in Sri Lanka can bear in mind fundamental interest of the country and …

BEIJING, July 14(ABC): An unmanned offshore oil and gas platform has completed installation on the Enping oilfield in the eastern South China Sea, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has said. The platform was made by the CNOOC with standardized design and construction, the company said on Wednesday. It is the first of its kind by the company, and …

CHANGSHA, July 14 (ABC): Archaeologists have found a celadon kiln site dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) at a village in central China’s Hunan Province. The site was found in Yongxing Village in the city of Liling in April when a group of archaeologists conducted a survey of the Lushui basin. The ruins of the celadon kiln measure …

BEIJING, July 14 (ABC): China’s benchmark prices for spot interbank gold transactions were lower Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. The benchmark price for gold of 99.95 percent pure or above stood at 374.94 yuan (about 55.74 U.S. dollars) per gram, down 0.29 yuan from the previous trading day, while that for gold of 99.99 percent pure …

BEIJING, July 14(ABC): Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Zhang Ming had a meeting with Pierre Kraehenbuehl, Head of the Regional East Asia Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and discussed ICRC activities in various regions, including Afghanistan. Pierre Kraehenbuehl congratulated Zhang Ming on assuming office and praised the SCO’s achievements in the past 20 years. The …

BEIJING, July 13(ABC): A Chinese space tech company said on Wednesday it had signed a cooperation agreement with the country’s largest state-owned travel corporation, the latest sign that the arrival of a domestic “space tourism” industry is near. CAS Space signed a strategic cooperation agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based travel industry giant China Tourism Group, pledging to …

BEIJING, July 13 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Internet Conference for the inauguration of the international organization. Xi expressed the hope that the organization would contribute to global internet development and governance. The establishment of the organization is an important move echoing the informatization trend of the times, and it will …