Senior CPC official visits South Africa

This undated photo shows Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY) JOHANNESBURG – Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led a CPC delegation to attend the BRICS Political Parties Plus Dialogue and paid a visit to […]

Xi urges to protect farmland, improve quality

A man tends crops grown around the solar panels of the Tianjiao Green Power project in Ordos, which is capable of generating 900 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed efforts to effectively strengthen farmland protection and fully improve farmland quality to expand agricultural […]

Oman pins hope on travel sector, Chinese tourists

Tourists stand in front of the Royal Opera on Dec 23, 2014 in the Omani capital Muscat. (PHOTO / AFP) In a quest to enhance tourism’s contribution to the country’s GDP over the next decade, Oman is looking to China – the world’s largest source of market for outbound travel. The pivot to tourism is […]

Mainland firmly opposes Lai Ching-te’s ‘transit’ trip to US

This undated photo shows the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, China's Taiwan. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday expressed firm opposition to Lai Ching-te's act of seeking "Taiwan independence" by soliciting US support under the pretext of his so-called "transit" trip to the United States. Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the […]

PLA naval task force wraps up visit to West Africa

The 43rd Chinese naval escort task force starts its visit to the Republic of the Congo on July 14, 2023. (PHOTO / MOD.GOV.CN) The 43rd Chinese naval escort task force ended its visit to the Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, completing a visit to five West African countries, according to a report in the […]

Xi, Kissinger meet at historic site

President Xi Jinping meets with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 20, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Thursday. Xi noted that Dr Kissinger […]

China’s Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches four new satellites

Satellites belonging to the Tianmu-1 meteorological constellation are launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 20, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) JIUQUAN – China successfully launched a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket to send four new satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at […]

UNWTO official: China is a world leader in rural tourism

Tourists take photos outside the traditional Tujia houses which are surrounded by blossoms in Chenjiapo Village of Yongshun county, central China's Hunan province, on March 31, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) MADRID – China is now a world leader in the field of rural tourism, and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is looking forward to the […]

Diplomat: US needs Kissinger-style wisdom

Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Beijing, July 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi hailed on […]

Threads and needles link China, US

Post-pandemic, textile exporters take part in big numbers at NYC trade fair People take part in the 24th China Textile and Apparel Trade Show that opened on Tuesday at the Javits Center in New York. (MINLU ZHANG / CHINA DAILY) As she placed small Chinese and US flags in front of the camera, Sina Lee, […]

Experts hail steps toward energy security

Commitment to low-carbon path seen as serving nation's long-term interests The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) As China actively responds to climate change by following the green and low-carbon development path depicted by President Xi Jinping, curbing coal consumption in a phased manner will […]

Wang Yi to attend BRICS meeting, visit four countries

Wang Yi to attend BRICS meeting, visit four countries

BEIJING – Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, will attend the 13th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security in Johannesburg, South Africa from July 24 to 25, and visit Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Türkiye before and after the meeting, a Chinese […]

Xi, Cambodian king exchange congratulations on 65 yrs of ties

In this photo dated to May 14, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, who is in China to attend the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday exchanged […]

Senior Chinese diplomat meets with Henry Kissinger

In the file photo dated Sept 19, 2022, then Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) meets with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in New York, the United States. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING — Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China […]

China willing to ‘safeguard prosperity’ with Singapore

China willing to ‘safeguard prosperity’ with Singapore

SINGAPORE – Lee Hsien Loong, secretary-general of Singapore's People's Action Party (PAP) and the country's prime minister, on Wednesday met with Yuan Jiajun, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee. Yuan said China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with […]

Xi stresses key tasks on environment

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a national conference on ecological and environmental protection in Beijing, capital of China. The conference was held from July 17 to 18 in Beijing. (PHOTO / XINHUA) President […]

China: Beware of risk of Ukraine crisis going out of control

Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian position on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, June 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) UNITED NATIONS – A Chinese envoy has warned against the risk of the Ukraine crisis going out of control. Since its outbreak, the Ukraine crisis has increasingly shown signs of protraction, expansion, and complexity with ever […]

Former provincial legislator given life sentence for bribery

Former provincial legislator given life sentence for bribery

SHIJIAZHUANG – A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced Sun Guoxiang, a former senior legislator of northeast China's Liaoning province, to life in prison for bribery. Sun is deprived of political rights for life, and had all of his personal property confiscated and illegal gains from bribery recovered and turned over to the state treasury, the […]

New hypersonic wind tunnel ‘most advanced in world’

Facility to first focus on developing gliding aircraft, multistage launch vehicles A photo shows a segment of the JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel. (SCREENGRAB / CCTV NEWS APP) Recent video coverage by China Media Group has revealed more details about the JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel, which recently passed quality testing and is considered "the most advanced […]