Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at the navy headquarters of the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on April 11, 2023. China will provide new opportunities for global development with new accomplishments in […]
This undated file photo shows the flag of the Macao Special Administrative Region. (PHOTO / VCG) MACAO – Macao had a total of 38 very hot days, meaning days with maximum temperature at or above 33 degrees Celsius, in 2022, which were 6.7 days more than the climatological normal from 1991 to 2020, the special […]
Trucks line up to pass the Ganqmod Port in the Inner Mongolian autonomous region on Feb 9. (LI YUNPING / XINHUA) BEIJING — Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with a delegation led by Enkhbaatar Nyamaa, member of the party board and the secretary […]
Foreign Minister Qin Gang (center) greets a participant at the Foreign Ministry’s Lanting Forum, in Beijing, on Feb 21, 2023. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang will attend the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum on Chinese Modernization and the World in Shanghai on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced. The event will […]
In this May 26, 2019 file photo, a staff member of a hospital fills prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine for patients. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China has introduced a roadmap designed to promote traditional Chinese medicine culture, said a health official at a press conference Thursday. China aims for more high-quality TCM cultural products […]
In this undated photo, welders from Anhui No 1 Electric Power Construction Co work on a power plant project on the island of Pulau Muara Besar in Brunei. (XU WEI / CHINA DAILY) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — A series of people-to-people exchange programs to enhance mutual understanding between China and Brunei will be arranged this […]
Ambulances and fire trucks park outside of the Beijing Changfeng Hospital in Fengtai district of Beijing, on April 18, 2023. (WU XIAOHUI / CHINA DAILY) The death toll from the fire at a private Beijing hospital rose to 29 on Wednesday morning, as the authorities detained 12 people and planned a thorough citywide safety inspection […]
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a regular news briefing in Beijing, April 19, 2023. (PHOTO / FMPRC.GOV.CN) The world does not need a "Group of One" dictating to the rest of it, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin warned on Wednesday in denouncing a G7 statement that grossly interfered with China's internal affairs. Speaking […]
This photo taken on April 18, 2023 shows Beijing Changfeng Hospital where a fire broke out in Fengtai District of Beijing, capital of China. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China's Ministry of Emergency Management on Wednesday ordered relevant departments to immediately launch inspections to discover safety loopholes at various locations and facilities. The National Fire […]
President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a photograph with Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and his wife, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 19, 2023. (FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY) President Xi Jinping and Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba agreed to elevate bilateral […]
Visitors look at a drone displayed at an exhibition in Beijing, on April 14, 2023. (PHOTO / VCG) China has expressed strong opposition to the dissemination of false information by the US and certain Western media outlets, aimed at discrediting its companies and alleging that Chinese drones are being exported for use in the Russia-Ukraine […]
The leader of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) on Tuesday emphasized China's achievements in global development and reiterated its commitment to narrowing the North-South gap and supporting developing countries. "What we are facing are increasing geopolitical conflicts, intensified major power competition, a slowdown in North-South cooperation, and an expanding development gap," Luo Zhaohui, […]
A general view showing a partial solar eclipse in Jakarta on Apr 20, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) The first solar eclipse this year will take place around Thursday noon, and people in parts of Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan provinces can see partial eclipse around 12:30 pm, according to the Beijing Planetarium. This eclipse will […]
Passengers are free to decide whether or not to wear masks on the subway in Beijing on Sunday. (ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY) Public transportation systems in many cities like Beijing and Guangzhou have fine-tuned requirements for passengers to wear masks after the latest update by the country's top COVID-19 intervention mechanism. "We need to […]
Experts underline improving seniors' immunization as society rapidly ages An elderly man receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Oct 14, 2022. (PHOTO / VCG) With China's swelling elderly population, health experts have called for developing vaccines to tackle diseases primarily affecting seniors and devising innovative methods to expand vaccine acceptance among […]
This undated photo shows a view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. (PHOTO / VCG) Chinese modernization will bring more opportunities to countries and regions around the world, a senior official said on Wednesday. Wang Gang, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Chinese modernization and […]
A worker at the freight yard in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, loads a container onto a train bound for Vientiane, capital of Laos, on April 5. (YANG ZHENG / FOR CHINA DAILY) The China-Laos Railway has seen a significant increase in freight transportation this year, becoming an important logistics corridor between China and Southeast […]
The fruitful visit to Russia of State Councilor and Defense Minister Li Shangfu has "deeply demonstrated the deepened mutual trust and independent military cooperation between the two countries", a spokesman said on Wednesday. Li made the visit from Sunday to Wednesday at the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. He met with Russian President […]
This undated file photo shows Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium in Chengdu. (PHOTO / XINHUA) After four years of preparation, Chengdu is ready to host a safe and splendid International University Sports Federation Summer World University Games, the organizing committee said on Wednesday, starting the 100-day countdown. A store for official games merchandise was inaugurated at […]
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, meets with Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, wife of President of the Gabonese Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba, in Beijing on April 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, met with Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, wife of President of the Gabonese Republic Ali […]
