Storage tanks hold treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, as seen on April 13, 2021. (PHOTO / KYODO NEWS VIA AP) China urged the International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday not to endorse Japan's plan to discharge polluted radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power […]
The second World Press Briefing for the 19th Asian Games is held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on Wednesday. (PHOTO / VCG) The second World Press Briefing for the 19th Asian Games got underway in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on Wednesday with officials from the Olympic Council of Asia, or OCA, praising the organizers for ensuring the […]
Two new laws — one on external relations and the other on building a barrier-free living environment — were adopted by the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress on Wednesday when it wrapped up its latest three-day session. The Law on Foreign Relations was passed by the Standing Committee of the NPC, China's […]
Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, attends a regular news conference, Beijing, June 28, 2023. (SCREENGRAB / CCTV NEWS APP) The United States always prioritizes its own interests, and Taiwan will not be an exception, a Chinese mainland spokeswoman said on Wednesday after the US again intensified its involvement in Taiwan's […]
A photo shows the entrance to the Gokarla Tunnel, a key section of the Lhasa-Tsethang Highway, in the Tibet autonomous region. (SCREENGRAB / CCTV NEWS APP) After seven years of construction, work on the world's longest high-altitude road tunnel was completed on Wednesday in the Tibet autonomous region. Connecting Dechen township of Dagze district of […]
In this file photo taken on June 1, 2018, tourists arrive at an immigration inspection checkpoint at Fenghuang International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong on Wednesday urged those in attendance at the ASEAN Plus Three High-Level Forum on […]
Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng (right) meets with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera, who is to attend the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, in Changsha, central China's Hunan province, June 28, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) CHANGSHA – Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng on Wednesday met in Changsha, Hunan province, with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera and Tanzania's Zanzibar […]
Experts caution about blindly choosing 'trendy' disciplines as industries fluctuate Teachers cheer on a student who is about to take the gaokao, or national college entrance exam, at Beijing Chenjinglun High School on Wednesday, the first day of the exam. (PHOTO / XINHUA) As high school graduates begin to consider which universities and majors they […]
President sends congratulations as friends of China gather at Kuliang forum Guo Gonghong, a native of Kuliang, shows a photograph of his father, Guo Maolu, and Elizabeth Gardner during her 1992 visit to Kuliang, at the forum on people-to-people friendship between China and the United States in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Wednesday. (HU MEIDONG / […]
Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds a welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister of New Zealand Chris Hipkins in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China and New Zealand have agreed to scale up bilateral trade and bolster […]
BEIJING — Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), presented certificates of order to promote two military officers to the rank of general at a ceremony on Wednesday. The ceremony was held by the CMC in Beijing. General is the highest rank for officers in active service in China. Xi extended his congratulations […]
Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the opening of the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, in north China's Tianjin Municipality, June 27, 2023. (WANG YE / XINHUA) BEIJING — Chinese Premier Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message on Monday to Petteri Orpo on his taking office as Finland's […]
Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the opening of the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, in north China's Tianjin Municipality, June 27, 2023. (WANG YE / XINHUA) BEIJING — Chinese Premier Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message on Monday to Petteri Orpo on his taking office as Finland's […]
President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 27, 2023. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY) President Xi Jinping reaffirmed on Tuesday Beijing's commitment to high-level opening-up, advancing Belt and Road cooperation and upholding true multilateralism, during separate meetings with […]
Huang Runqiu, China's ecology and environment minister and also president of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), delivers a speech at the first side event of the China Pavilion of the second phase of COP15 in Montreal, Canada, Dec 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) […]
Revision seeks to ban discharge of radioactive wastewater into ocean Chinese lawmakers are deliberating on a draft revision to the Marine Environment Protection Law with a new provision banning the discharge of radioactive wastewater, as part of efforts to intensify the management of pollutants that enter the ocean. The draft was submitted to the ongoing […]
Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks at a meeting on "The Values of Human Fraternity in Promoting and Sustaining Peace" at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 14, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called for efforts to break the cycle of violence […]
A majority of young Arab respondents in a recent survey consider China to be an ally of their respective countries, showing their increasingly favorable sentiments toward Beijing. According to an annual survey, conducted by Dubai-based public relations firm Asda'a BCW from March 27 to April 12, 80 percent of respondents viewed China as an ally, […]
Participants enter the venue of the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, in north China's Tianjin municipality, June 27, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday that China has the confidence and capability to achieve steady economic growth, and he called on countries to look […]
This photo shows the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Senior Chinese lawmakers met on Tuesday during the country's ongoing legislative session. The meeting of the Council of Chairpersons of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee was presided over by Zhao Leji, chairman of the […]
