Mobile surgery helping patients see more clearly

Mobile surgery helping patients see more clearly

One of four retrofitted trains, Lifeline Express treating cataracts in Xinjiang For five years, 72-year-old retiree Abliz Bawdun has endured reading newspapers and tending to the apricot trees in his backyard through a thick fog that has obscured the left half of his field of vision. His problem was cataracts, a common condition where milky […]

Institutions instructed to vet tutors

Institutions instructed to vet tutors

Companies should ensure applicants have no sex crime history, ministry says Tutoring institutions must ensure that background checks for sex crimes are conducted on candidates before they are hired, according to a new notice issued by the Ministry of Education. According to the notice, all employees, including tutors and researchers, must undergo background checks. Tutoring […]

Harmonious coexistence a common task

China to make further orderly progress on carbon reduction goals, global forum told This photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows the opening ceremony of Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2023 in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Promoting harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature is a common responsibility of all […]

Xi urges Jiangsu to lead advance of Chinese modernization

President Xi Jinping visits the exhibition center of the Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, July 5, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) NANJING – Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed, while on a fact-finding mission to […]

China voices concerns over sanctions in talks with Yellen

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng meets with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China expressed its concerns over the US sanctions against the country during US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit in Beijing. Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Saturday met with Yellen in Beijing. Noting that […]

Beijng sees increasing number of tourists as summer vacation starts

As summer vacation kicks off, Beijing is seeing an increasing number of tourists. Tourists coming from different parts of the nation go for sightseeing in various attractions in Beijing. Historic spots, including the Yuanmingyuan Park and the Palace Museum, attracted visitors who wanted to explore their cultural heritage. Tourists visit the Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, […]

Sino-European joint space mission enters flight model phase

This illustration released by the European Space Agency on its official website shows the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), a collaborative science mission between the CAS and the European Space Agency to build a deeper understanding of the Sun-Earth link by observing the dynamic interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. BEIJING […]

Lead advancement of Chinese modernization, Xi tells Jiangsu

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Purple Mountain Laboratories in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, July 6, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) NANJING – President Xi Jinping has called on east China's Jiangsu Province to take the lead and set an example in advancing Chinese modernization. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central […]

China mulls new rules to address cyber violence, bullying

Pupils of Caochang Street Primary School watch billboards on cyber security in Qiaoxi district of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei province, Sept 14, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China is mulling a new regulation to address cyber violence and bullying content, which requires online service providers to monitor relevant content and take timely […]

At least 2 dead as heatwave continues in north China

People visit the Qianmen street under scorching heat in Beijing, capital of China, July 6, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SHIJIAZHUANG- North China's Hebei province on Friday renewed a red alert for high temperatures, the highest in China's alert system, as at least two people have died due to heatwaves. The provincial weather station renewed the […]

China bans food products imports from Fukushima, Japan

This photo shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Futabacho, Futabagun of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 6, 2023. (ZHANG XIAOYU / XINHUA) BEIJING — China will ban imports of food products from Fukushima and nine other prefectures in Japan, in order to prevent contaminated food from entering the country and protect Chinese consumers, the […]

Chinese Premier urges raising growth confidence

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (second from right), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, holds a symposium on the economic situation, listening to opinions and suggestions from experts and scholars on the country's economy and work, in Beijing, capital of China, July […]

Xi hails legacy, key role of UK ‘icebreakers’

Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng (on stage) attends an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the "Icebreaking Mission" in China-UK trade, where he reads out a congratulatory letter sent by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the event, in Beijing, capital of China, July 6, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) In 1953, a group of British entrepreneurs, led […]

Chinese envoy urges early end to political stalemate in Haiti

Zhang Jun (front center), 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 – China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Thursday urged for a […]

Xi inspects Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province

Xi Jinping (second from left), general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects the city of Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on July 6, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) NANJING – Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu province, […]

China, WIPO celebrate 50th anniversary of ties in Geneva

This file photo shows the staff promoting intellectual property rights at a sock market in Zhuji, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 26, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) GENEVA – A series of activities marking the 50th anniversary of cooperation between China and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was held Thursday in Geneva. "In the […]

Xi greets Sierra Leone president on reelection

Julius Maada Bio speaks to journalists after casting his vote at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone, June 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) President Xi Jinping congratulated Julius Maada Bio on his reelection as president of the Republic of Sierra Leone. In a congratulatory message sent to Bio on Tuesday, Xi said China and […]

Speech affirms commitment to peace

Speech affirms commitment to peace

SCO remarks a reiteration of Beijing's adherence to multilateralism: Experts President Xi Jinping's speech at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization virtual summit is a powerful reiteration of China's commitment to peace, multipolarity, multilateralism and the principles of the United Nations Charter, global experts have said. In his Tuesday address, Xi emphasized the importance of member states […]