SHANGHAI, June 18 (ABC): Huge clouds of black smoke billowed over Shanghai from multiple fires at a chemical plant Saturday that left at least one dead, according to state media and eyewitness video obtained by an agency. The fire at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. plant in outlying Jinshan district broke out around 4:00 am, but was brought under control …

BEIJING, Jun 18 (ABC): China has established the world’s largest monitoring network for disease and health risk factors, the National Health Commission said Friday. Noting China has improved its disease prevention and control system over the past 10 years, the commission said the country has seen a significant drop in the infection and death rate of many diseases. The fight …

BEIJING, Jun 18 (ABC): China’s electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, recorded stable growth in the first five months, official data has shown. Total power use went up 2.5 percent year on year in the January-May period to 3.35 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh), according to the National Energy Administration. Power consumed by the primary industry increased by 9.8 percent …

BEIJING, Jun 18 (ABC): China has restored over half of its manageable desertified land over the past decade, making great strides in addressing desertification, according to the country’s forestry authority. In total, 18.8 million hectares of desertified land have been harnessed and 1.77 million hectares have been sealed off for protection over the past decade, according to the National Forestry …

BEIJING, June 17 (ABC): China plans to build eight new national atmosphere background watch stations by the end of 2025 to strengthen greenhouse gas observation, according to the country’s meteorological authority. The stations are set up to monitor dozens of elements, including greenhouse gases, reactive gas ozone, aerosols and solar radiation. Scientists usually select station sites far away from human …

BEIJING, June 17 (ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng Thursday called for thorough reasoning and well-informed decision-making to advance the construction of China’s major projects. Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while chairing a symposium at the China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (CIECC). …

BEIJING, June 17 (ABC): China is confident to keep its foreign trade running within a reasonable range for the whole year, making more contributions to the economic fundamentals, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. The country’s total imports and exports went up 9.6 percent year on year last month on top of April’s 0.1-percent expansion, gaining recovery momentum. “The …

BEIJING, June 17 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing on June 23, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced here Friday. Spokesperson Hua Chunying said the Summit will be held in virtual format under the theme of “Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development.” Hua said President Xi will …

BEIJING, June 17 (ABC): China’s national observatory on Friday renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures, as heatwaves hit parts of the country. During daylight hours on Friday, parts of Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and Xinjiang are expected to see temperatures of 37 to 40 degrees Celsius, the National Meteorological Center said. Temperatures …

SHANGHAI, June 17 (ABC): China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first designed and built entirely in the country, marking a major military advance for the Asian superpower. The announcement comes as tensions between China and the United States have ramped up significantly in recent weeks over Beijing’s sabre-rattling towards self-ruled Taiwan, which it views as a breakaway …

BEIJING, June 17(ABC): President Xi Jinping on Wednesday assured Vladimir Putin of China s support on Russian “sovereignty and security” — leading Washington to warn Beijing it risked ending up “on the wrong side of history”. China has refused to condemn Moscow s massive military assault on Ukraine and has been accused of providing diplomatic cover for Russia by blasting Western …

URUMQI, June 16 (ABC): The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has delivered more than 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China over a period of more than 12 years, according to PipeChina West Pipeline Company.    The pipeline helped replace the use of 532 million tonnes of coal during this period, equivalent to the reduction of 8.8 million tonnes …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China’s service outsourcing industry notched a steady expansion during the January-May period, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed. Chinese firms inked service outsourcing contracts worth about 726.6 billion yuan (about 108.29 billion U.S. dollars) in the first five months, up 11.9 percent year on year. The executed contract value came in at 466.3 billion yuan …

BEIJING, Jun 16 (ABC): China’s stamp tax revenue rose 13.7 percent year on year to 216.5 billion yuan (about 32.27 billion U.S. dollars) in the first five months of this year, official data showed on Thursday. During this period, stock trading stamp tax revenue went up 15 percent from a year ago to 141.3 billion yuan, according to the Ministry …

BEIJING, Jun 16 (ABC): China is accelerating the revision of the industry catalog that encourages foreign investment, as part of efforts to expand high-level opening-up, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday. The MOC and the National Development and Reform Commission are coordinating with other government departments to expand the catalog, with a focus on manufacturing and productive services …

BEIJING, Jun 16 (ABC): China’s fiscal revenue declined 10.1% during the first five months of this year, compared to the same period of last year, according to the Finance Ministry, the country’s state-owned news agency Xinhua reported Thursday. The fiscal revenue totaled around 8.67 trillion yuan ($1.29 trillion) in the January-March period of 2022. The central and local governments amassed …

DAR ES SALAAM, June 16 (ABC):  A prompt reply by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, to a letter from all participants of the Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa Leading Cadres Workshop 2022 is an inspiration to southern African youth cadres. Nawanda Yahya, head of the participants from Tanzania, said that being …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): The number of online payment users in China amounted to 904 million at the end of 2021, a report said. The figure accounted for 87.6 percent of the country’s total netizens and was up by nearly 50 million from a year ago, according to the Payment & Clearing Association of China. China’s cashless and cardless trend …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China’s central bank on Thursday conducted 10 billion yuan (1.49 billion U.S. dollars) of reverse repos to maintain liquidity in the banking system. The interest rate for the seven-day reverse repos was set at 2.1 percent, according to the People’s Bank of China. The move aims to keep liquidity in the banking system reasonably stable, the …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China will support private investment and take forward projects that deliver multiple effects as part of the efforts to better spur effective investment, consumption and employment, according to a decision made at the State Council’s Executive Meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting highlighted the imperative to keep to the overall thinking and …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu Wednesday held talks with Manzoor Nadir, speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, via video link. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said that political mutual trust is a solid foundation and a significant guarantee for the healthy and stable …

JINAN, June 16 (ABC): China has made great achievements in carbon reduction, with its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2021 plunging by 50.3 percent from 2005, an official said Wednesday. Last year, the share of coal in China’s total energy-consumption mix dropped to 56 percent from 72.4 percent in 2005, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Zhao …

LONDON, June 15(ABC): Russia said on Wednesday that the West had “shot itself in the head” by trying to limit energy imports from the oil and gas fields of Siberia due to the Ukraine conflict, in sharp contrast to China which has increased deliveries of energy. The war in Ukraine — and the West’s attempt to isolate Russia as punishment …

WEB DESK, June 14(ABC): China’s economy and society are at increasing risk from climate change and the country needs to improve adaptation mechanisms and monitoring capabilities at every level of government, according to a new policy document. “Climate change has already brought serious adverse impacts to China’s natural ecological system, and has continued to spread and penetrate into economy and …

WEB DESK, June 14(ABC): A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday hoped that India would “properly resolve” the situation that has emerged as a result of Bhartia Janata Party (BJP) leaders making blasphemous remarks, hurting the sentiments of Muslims in India and around the world. “We have noted relevant reports and hope that the relevant situation can be properly resolved,” …

BEIJING, June 14 (ABC): Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate a set of trial outlines on military operations other than war. The outlines aim to protect people’s lives and property, safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interest, and safeguard world peace and regional stability. The outlines, comprising 59 articles in six chapters, …

BEIJING, June 14 (ABC): Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 17.3 percent year on year to 564.2 billion yuan in the first five months of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. In U.S. dollar terms, the inflow went up 22.6 percent year on year to 87.77 billion U.S. dollars. The service industry …

BEIJING, June 14 (ABC): A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday urged the United States to match its words with action, including not seeking confrontation or conflict, not seeking a new Cold War, and not seeking an Asian NATO or a region split into hostile blocs, and to stop saying or doing things that could create division and confrontation. Spokesperson …

BEIJING, June 14 (ABC): Over 6.5 million master’s and more than 600,000 doctorate degrees have been awarded in China over the past decade, according to the Ministry of Education. China has made continuous efforts to improve the composition of disciplines and majors concerning its postgraduate education, the ministry said at a press conference Tuesday. This achievement has provided a strong …

BEIJING, June 14(ABC): Foreign investors continued to increase their investments in Chinese equities and bonds, casting a vote of confidence in the country’s long-term development. By June 10, the Chinese A-share market had seen net inflows of foreign capital for the last ten consecutive trading days, the longest period of net inflows so far this year, according to market tracker …

BEIJING, June 14 (ABC): China accounted for 30 percent of the global manufacturing output in 2021, marking an increase from 22.5 percent in 2012 as the industry grew bigger and stronger, data from the industry regulator showed Tuesday. The manufacturing value-added output had expanded from 16.98 trillion yuan (about 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2012 to 31.4 trillion yuan in …

NANNING, June 12 (ABC): Over 1.44 million residents in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been affected by torrential rains and rain-induced disasters such as floods and mudslides since early June, according to local authorities. Four rounds of heavy rainfall during the flood season this year have wreaked havoc in 103 counties of the region, damaging 51,800 hectares of …

BEIJING, Jun. 12 (INP): Pakistani ambassador to China Moin ul Haque and General Manager Hu of Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center, China agreed to deepen cooperation in art & culture, movie, and other areas. According to China Economics Net (CEN) Moin ul Haque along with officers of the Pakistani Embassy in Beijing visited Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center …

HONG KONG, June 12 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory letter to Ta Kung Pao, one of the oldest Chinese language newspapers based in Hong Kong, on the 120th anniversary of its founding. In the letter, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, urged …

SINGAPORE, June 12 (ABC): China strongly objected to remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday at the ongoing 19th Shangri-La Dialogue regarding the South China Sea and Taiwan, calling them unfounded declarations and false accusations against China. Austin’s accusation that China’s “unprofessional and frequent interceptions” of other countries’ airplanes in the air space of the South …

BEIJING, June 12 (ABC): China’s countryside will see better sewage treatment capacities as the country pushes forward its rural vitalization strategy and improves the rural living environment. It plans to ensure that 40 percent of domestic sewage in rural areas is treated by 2025, up from 28 percent in 2020, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The high …

BEIJING, June 12 (ABC): A total of 40 Chinese mobile game developers found their places in the top 100 global game publishers’ revenue list in May, according to the mobile app data analysis firm Sensor Tower. These Chinese companies raked in a total of 2.3 billion U.S. dollars last month, accounting for 43 percent of the revenue generated by the …

BEIJING, June 12 (ABC): China’s logistics sector, reeling from the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, is eyeing a stepped-up rebound as the government’s supportive policies gradually take effect and more favorable policies follow. The logistics performance index, which tracks business volume, new orders, employment, inventory turnovers, and equipment utility rates in the sector, came in at 49.3 percent last month, up 5.5 …

BEIJING, June 12 (ABC): Despite headwinds from the COVID-19 epidemic and mounting global economic uncertainties, the healthy development of the private sector in China has continuously enhanced the resilience and vitality of its economy, becoming an important endogenous force for China’s economic growth. Private enterprises have reported faster growth, with imports and exports rising 11.8 percent to 7.86 trillion yuan …

  CHENGDU, June 11 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made an inspection tour of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Xi stressed resolute implementation of the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee, carrying forward the great founding spirit of the Party, …