BEIJING, August 1(ABC): A Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said on Monday that three bilateral meetings between Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in three months fully demonstrated the close ties between China and Pakistan. “You are rightly saying that. This fully demonstrates the close ties between China and Pakistan,” Zhao Lijian said during his regular …

BEIJING, August 1(ABC): China said on Monday that its military “not sit idly by” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. The latest warning was issued during a Chinese foreign ministry regular briefing. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian also said that because of Pelosi’s status as the “No. 3 official of the U.S. government”, a visit to Taiwan, which …

SHENZHEN, August 1(ABC): On a busy downtown street three delivery bikes suddenly dart over the pedestrian crossing ahead of the car. On the car’s dashboard they look like small 3D blue blocks from a 1990s video game. The steering wheel turns itself a notch and the vehicle slows to a gentle halt, while the safety driver looks on from the …

BEIJING, July 31(ABC): Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Sunday attended a reception to celebrate the 95th founding anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which falls on Aug. 1. The reception was held at the Great Hall of the People by the Ministry of National Defense. Xi, also Chinese president and …

BEIJING, July 31(ABC): China recorded a decline in passenger transport in urban areas in the first half of this year (H1), official data showed. In the January-June period, the number of passenger trips in 36 major cities stood at 20.7 billion, down 22.1 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Transport. The northern city of Shijiazhuang reversed the …

DALIAN, July 31(ABC): A new mail shipping route has been launched between Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, and Sydney in Australia, to meet the demand for international mail and cross-border e-commerce. On Thursday, a consignment of parcels left Shenyang for Liaoning’s port city of Dalian, from where it will be shipped to Sydney via sea, marking the launch …

BEIJING, July 31(ABC): China’s major dairy producers registered output growth in the first half of this year, official data showed. In the January-June period, major dairy producers saw their output rise 1 percent year on year to nearly 15.11 million tonnes, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In June alone, dairy production stood at 2.75 …

BEIJING, July 31(ABC): China’s local governments have issued over 4.02 trillion yuan (about 596.11 billion U.S. dollars) worth of bonds in the first half of this year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed. Of the total, the issuance of general bonds stood at 614.8 billion yuan, while the special bond issuance came in at nearly 3.41 trillion yuan in …

BEIJING, July 31(ABC): China will make great efforts to consolidate its economic recovery, particularly in the crucial third quarter, putting a priority on stabilising employment and prices, state media reported after a regular cabinet meeting. The world’s second-biggest economy narrowly missed a contraction in the second quarter, growing just 0.4% year-on-year, weighed down by Covid-19 lockdowns, a weak property sector …

BEIJING, Jul 30(ABC):China has allowed 23,000 enterprises to defer a total of 7.11 billion yuan (about 1.05 billion U.S. dollars) of housing provident fund contributions as of July 20, an official said on Friday. A supportive policy allowing the deferral of housing provident fund payments was rolled out in May and has helped enterprises and individuals tide over difficulties amid …

CHANGSHA, Jul 29(ABC): A total of 14 trade and economic cooperation projects and agreements worth nearly 170 million U.S. dollars were inked between China and various African countries on Thursday in central China’s Hunan Province. The deals, covering areas such as regional cooperation, strategic agreement, project financing, investment cooperation and trade procurement, were signed at the Promotion Conference for China …

BEIJING, Jul 29(ABC): The China-Switzerland Stock Connect program was officially launched on Thursday, China’s top securities regulator has said. Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), and Daniela Stoffel, state secretary of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, jointly announced the official launch of the program and delivered speeches. The China-Switzerland Stock Connect has opened a …

PHNOM PENH, July 29 (ABC): The China Development Bank, one of the country’s policy banks, has issued 12 billion yuan (about 1.78 billion U.S. dollars) of green bonds for the protection and restoration of the ecological system in the Yangtze River basin. The raised funds will be used to support green projects such as water pollution treatment, agricultural and rural …

TASHKENT, July 29(ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here on Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Wang said that faced with the current severe and complex international situation, China and Russia, as two major countries and permanent …

BEIJING, July 30 (ABC): Consul General of Pakistan in Shanghai, Hussain Haider said that China was the largest market for Pakistan’s gemstones and there is an immense potential for Pakistan to increase its exports of gemstones to China. “Pakistani companies need to understand the preferences and requirements of Chinese buyers to increase their presence in the Chinese market,” he said …

SANYA, July 30(ABC): China has collected 220,000 new agricultural germplasm resources since it launched a large-scale census in 2021, said a conference on the seed industry in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province. These resources include 110,000 crops, 60,000 poultry, and 50,000 aquatic germplasm resources, according to the ongoing 2022 China Seed Congress and Nanfan Agricultural Silicon Valley Forum. World-class national …

BEIJING, July 29(ABC): Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed further implementing the strategy of strengthening the armed forces by training competent personnel in the new era. Presiding over and addressing a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday, Xi also urged efforts to give …

BEIJING, July 29(ABC): If the United States challenges China’s red line, it will be met with resolute countermeasures, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday. The U.S. side must bear all consequences arising therefrom, Zhao said at a daily news briefing when answering a query on whether U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan …

BEIJING, July 29(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for efforts to detail measures to expand demand, promoting effective investment and increasing consumption. Chairing a State Council executive meeting, Li stressed the importance of guaranteeing good autumn grain production to achieve a bumper harvest this year. The premier also called for efforts to cope with natural disasters and ensure …

TASHKENT, July 29(ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here on Thursday with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), discussing bilateral relations and issues of mutual interests. Noting that China and Pakistan are true friends and good brothers who …

BEIJING, July 29(ABC): China’s green loans had maintained fast expansion from the end of June 2021 to the end of June 2022 as the country steps up green growth efforts, a central bank report showed Friday. Outstanding green loans in yuan and foreign currencies reached 19.55 trillion yuan (about 2.90 trillion U.S. dollars) by the end of June, jumping 40.4 …

URUMQI/HANGZHOU, July 29(ABC): After finishing the school year in east China’s Zhejiang Province in early June, over 200 students from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region some 5,000 kilometers away embarked on their homeward journeys. More than 20 teachers from the Changxing Vocational and Technical Education Center School also boarded the train. They were not only chaperoning the trip, but were also …

BEIJING, July 29 (ABC): A Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesperson said that the recently concluded China-Pakistan joint naval exercise off Shanghai had consolidated the traditional friendship between the two countries and the two militaries, and enhanced the ability of the two navies to jointly deal with maritime security threats. The China-Pakistan joint maritime exercise “Sea Guardians-2” was held from July 10 …

BEIJING, July 29(ABC): “China is ready to continue to do its utmost to provide help to local social development and livelihood improvement”, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on a regular press conference in response to a question regarding Balochistan receiving a new relief package from China against heavy rains, reported on Thursday. “I have noted that the monsoon …

WASHINGTON, July 28(ABC): President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone Thursday on mounting tensions over Taiwan, a festering trade dispute and their bid to keep the superpower rivalry in check. The White House said the phone call started at 8:33 am in Washington (1233 GMT). A statement would be issued after the call ended, a spokesman …

BEIJING, Jul 28(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 375.33 yuan (55.7 U.S. dollars) per gram, down 0.57 yuan from the previous trading day, while that for gold of 99.99 percent pure or above …

BEIJING, Jul 28(ABC): China’s pledge to increase crude palm oil (CPO) imports from Indonesia would significantly help boost the latter’s export values and raise the price of fresh fruit bunches (FFB), Indonesia’s coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment said on Wednesday. “Thank you very much for China’s commitment to add their CPO import volume from Indonesia. This will help …

BEIJING, July 27(ABC): China must focus on addressing the problem of “unbalanced and inadequate development” in the next five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping told senior leaders this week. State broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday cited him making the comments in a special two-day meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, in which he laid out his vision for the next five years …

BEIJING, July 27(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held talks with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Beijing. The two presidents had a comprehensive and in-depth exchange of views and reached a series of important common understandings on China-Indonesia relations and on international and regional issues of mutual interest. Expressing his delight that the two sides have decided on …

BEIJING, July 27(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday sent a message to Dinesh Gunawardena to congratulate him on taking office as Sri Lankan prime minister. In his message, Li said that China and Sri Lanka enjoy a profound traditional friendship, and are friendly neighbors and strategic cooperative partners. Since the establishment of their diplomatic ties 65 years ago, the …

BEIJING, July 27(ABC): Foreign enterprises have ridden the wave of China’s green transition over the past decade, as the country’s long-term pursuit of low-carbon and sustainable growth nurtures new business opportunities. From announcing “dual carbon” goals to advancing its national carbon market, China’s concrete efforts toward green development help energize related sectors, including the low-carbon transformation of traditional industries, new …

SHANGHAI, July 26(ABC): Crude oil futures closed higher Tuesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. The most active crude oil contract for September 2022 delivery was up 26.4 yuan (about 3.91 U.S. dollars) to close at 678.5 yuan a barrel. The total trading volume for 11 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 251,905 lots, …

BEIJING, July 26 (ABC): China’s manufacturing sector saw an increase in research and development (R&D) investment during the 2012-2021 period, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Tuesday. Investment in the sector’s R&D rose from 0.85 percent in 2012 to 1.54 percent in 2021, Wang Wei, an MIIT official, said at a press conference. In 2021, the R&D …

NANCHANG, July 26 (ABC): Over 100 exhibitors at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) attended a business cooperation activity in east China’s Jiangxi Province from Saturday to Tuesday. Co-organized by the Jiangxi provincial government and the Ministry of Commerce, the event launched activities to promote exchanges and cooperation in investment, trade and personnel between the guests and the province. A …

BEIJING, July 26(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold in-person talks in Beijing with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on Tuesday, in a rare visit to COVID-wary China by a foreign head of state. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to be the first foreign leader to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in person since the Beijing Winter Games in February, when he travels …

BEIJING, July 26(ABC): The inaugural Beijing Culture Forum kicked off in the Chinese capital on Monday, with the theme “Inheritance, Innovation and Mutual Learning.” Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the forum. Addressing …

SHANGHAI, July 25(ABC): China’s index of export container transport went up in June, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) rose 3.5 percent month on month to 3,228.37 in the period, said the exchange. The sub-reading for the Persian Gulf/Red Sea service led the growth with a month-on-month expansion of 16.9 percent, followed by …

BEIJING, July 26(ABC): China on Monday gave conditional approval to domestic firm Genuine Biotech’s Azvudine pill to treat certain adult patients with COVID-19, adding another oral treatment option against the coronavirus. The availability of effective COVID vaccines and treatments is crucial in laying the groundwork for China’s potential pivoting from its “dynamic COVID zero” policy, which aims to eliminate every …

BEIJING, July 25(ABC): On Monday at 10:03 a.m. (Beijing Time), the Shenzhou-14 astronauts opened the hatch door of Wentian, the first lab module of China’s space station, and entered the module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). It was the first time the Chinese astronauts had entered the lab module in orbit. The Wentian module, launched on Sunday …

BEIJING, July 25(ABC): China delivered sterner warnings to U.S. officials about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s possible visit to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, confirming a report by the Financial Times (FT). The FT report, published on Saturday, cited six people familiar with the Chinese warnings as saying they were significantly stronger than the threats that Beijing …