Haixun 06 is commissioned in Pingtan, Fujian province, on July 11, 2022. The ship's task includes law enforcement and monitoring maritime traffic. (PHOTO / XINHUA) A joint patrol operation has been launched in the central and northern parts of the Taiwan Straits, the Maritime Safety Administration of coastal Fujian province announced on Wednesday. The joint […]
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on April 5, 2023 for a three-day state visit. (PHOTO / XINHUA) At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon for a state visit to China through Friday. Macron will also visit Guangzhou, […]
Volunteers pay tribute to the deceased on behalf of the bereaved at a graveyard in Feixi County, east China's Anhui province, April 2, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Zhao Jun (pseudonym) picks a flower and takes a handful of soil home from the cemetery where his grandmother is buried every Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping […]
BEIJING – Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday talked over phone with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, saying that China and Vietnam should continue to take concrete actions in promoting stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific. Li said that China and Vietnam are a community with a shared future of strategic significance and share a […]
Wang Yi, then Chinese foreign minister and current Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, answers questions on China's foreign policy and foreign relations at a press conference for the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, Mar 8, 2017. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – […]
An elderly man sweeps a tomb at the Babaoshan People's Cemetery in Beijing, a day before the annual Tomb-Sweeping festival, also known as Qingming Festival, on April 4, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) YINCHUAN – The annual Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional occasion on which Chinese people remember the dead. The […]
BEIJING — Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng on Tuesday met with Indonesia's Coordinator for Cooperation with China and Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. Noting this year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the China-Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership, Han said China is ready to take this opportunity to strengthen strategic […]
BEIJING – China firmly opposes the US arrangement for Tsai Ing-wen's "transit" trip to the United States and a meeting between her and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the third highest-ranking official of the US government, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily news briefing, noting that […]
Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, speaks during a visit to Wuhan University in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, March 30, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Strengthening exchanges is crucial to promoting peaceful development across the Taiwan Straits, a former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party said on Monday in Chongqing. Ma Ying-jeou […]
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a regular news conference on April 3, 2023, in Beijing. (PHOTO / FMPRC.GOV.CN) BEIJING – China urged Japan to be prudent on tightening export controls over semiconductor manufacturing equipment and avoid creating new complex factors to bilateral ties, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Monday. A few […]
President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 25, 2019. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The upcoming visits to China by the leaders of France and the European Union are expected to usher in new opportunities to resume and spur substantive collaboration in more sectors […]
People read books and relax at a community bookstore in Fuyang district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in July. The bookstore is part of a trial of the 15-minute community life circles in the area. (PHOTO / XINHUA) More cities to give residents easy access to goods, services within 15 minutes of home China has heightened its […]
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a regular news conference on March 29, 2023, in Beijing. (PHOTO / FMPRC.GOV.CN) BEIJING – Relevant US congressman needs to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques and avoid undermining the China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, a Foreign Ministry […]
Researcher urges better protection of rights for people with 'new forms of jobs' Construction workers have lunch at the construction site in Guiyang city, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Data from a recent survey showed that a growing number of people in China are working in the gig economy, a fact […]
Residents wearing masks walk on a street in Beijing, Jan 3, 2023. (PHOTO / IC) Chinese health experts suggest relaxing mandatory mask wearing in public except for elderly care centers and other high-risk facilities as the global COVID-19 pandemic is nearing an end and domestic flu infections are declining. After three years of fighting the […]
President Xi Jinping has welcomed more artists from Arab states to visit China, saying that he hopes they can use their creations to promote cultural exchanges between China and the Arab world and help more Arab people learn about China. In his reply to a letter from over 50 well-known Arab artists, who have visited […]
Zhongshan is at the forefront of economic development in Guangdong province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) A major city at the heart of the Pearl River Delta region, Zhongshan is at the forefront of economic development in South China's Guangdong province. "With the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge due to open next year across the Pearl River, the […]
Three siblings from Taiwan, Lin Yen-chen (left), Lin Pei-ying (middle) and Lin Kuan-ting, show a photo of their late grandfather Lin Wen-fang at Peking University in Beijing. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Thanks to a copy of their family tree belonging to their late grandfather, Lin Yen-chen, a young man from Taiwan, and his brother […]
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a working conference on the education campaign on the study and implementation of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in Beijing on April […]
Martin Jacques, senior fellow at Cambridge University. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Martin Jacques, a senior fellow at Cambridge University, said that China now contributes more to global growth than any other country. He added it has taken the baton from the United States and become the leader of the global economy. “If you subtract […]
