Shanxi achieves victory, lifts over 3m people out of poverty

This Oct 13, 2019, photo shows photovoltaic power panels installed on roofs of residential houses in Pushang village of Jincheng City, north China's Shanxi Province. (CAO YANG / XINHUA) North China's Shanxi province has achieved a major victory in poverty reduction, with its entire impoverished population of 3.29 million people lifted out of absolute poverty […]

China’s first crashworthiness test for high-speed trains completed

Train No G902 from Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province to Beijing, capital of China, pulls out of the Harbin west railway station in Harbin, Jan 22, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) CHANGCHUN – Chinese train maker CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd has completed the country's first crashworthiness test for high-speed trains. CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles […]

China’s top political advisory body starts annual session

The fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2021. (XING GUANGLI / XINHUA) BEIJING – China's top political advisory body started its annual session Thursday afternoon in Beijing. President Xi Jinping and […]

Agenda of 4th session of 13th National People’s Congress

Agenda of 4th session of 13th National People’s Congress

BEIJING – The preparatory meeting of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) on Thursday adopted the following agenda of the session: – Deliberating on the report on the work of the government; – Reviewing the draft outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for national economic and social development and the […]

China hopes US will view bilateral ties rationally

This undated photo shows the national flags of China (right) and the United States at the Constitution Avenue in Washington, capital of the United States. (BAO DANDAN / XINHUA) BEIJING – China hopes that the United States will view China and China-US relations in an objective and rational manner, adopt a pragmatic policy toward China, […]

China releases high-resolution Mars images from Tianwen-1

This image taken by a medium-resolution camera installed in the Tianwen-1 probe captures the red planet's North Pole region. (PHOTO / CNSA VIA XINHUA) BEIJING – The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday published high-resolution images of Mars captured by the country's Tianwen-1 probe. These images include two panchromatic images and one color image, […]

Shorter session for top advisory body

The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, holds a news conference via video link on March 3, 2021, one day ahead of the opening of its annual session. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The annual session of China's top political advisory body will open on Thursday in Beijing and […]

Canada urged to reset relations with China

This picture taken on Dec 5, 2017, shows Canadian and Chinese flags taken prior to a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and China's President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. (FRED DUFOUR / POOL / AFP) Relations between Canada and China have hit rock bottom since Chinese telecom executive Meng […]

Legislators welcome first judicial interpretations of Civil Code

Legislators welcome first judicial interpretations of Civil Code

National legislators have welcomed the first batch of judicial interpretations of the Civil Code, regarding it as a strong step in promoting a fundamental and comprehensive civil law. The first batch involved seven interpretations of laws, including some related to property, labor disputes, marriage and family, and inheritance. They were released by the Supreme People's […]

Monba deputy pays back hometown with teaching

Kelsang Dekyi, a deputy to the National People's Congress. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Ethnic-Monba teacher Kelsang Dekyi understands deeply the importance of education, and she chooses to work in a remote place as an opportunity to devote her efforts to help her people in the Tibet autonomous region. "I grew up in a remote […]

Concerns over China vaccine diplomacy ‘narrow-minded’

Guo Weimin, spokesperson for the fourth session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee, speaks during a news conference via video link in Beijing on March 3, 2021. (ZHU XINGXIN/CHINADAILY.COM.CN) BEIJING – It is "narrow-minded" to perceive China's provision of COVID-19 vaccines and related assistance to other countries as a tool for gaining geopolitical influence, a spokesperson […]

China to solicit proposals for global usage of FAST telescope

This photo taken on Aug 27, 2019 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Southwest China's Guizhou province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China will solicit proposals worldwide for astronomical observations using FAST, the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope, from April 1 to May 15, Wu Xiangping, an academician of the Chinese Academy […]

Top political advisory body concludes standing committee session

Top political advisory body concludes standing committee session

BEIJING – China's top political advisory body, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on Wednesday concluded its standing committee session. READ MORE: Wang Yang stresses national spirit, cross-Straits solidarity For 2021, Wang Yang called for better leveraging the role of the CPPCC as a body dedicated to consultation, strengthening the ties […]

China’s top political advisory body to convene annual session

Guo Weimin, spokesperson for the fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, takes questions at a news conference on March 3, 2021. (XINHUA/PHOTO) BEIJING – China's top political advisory body will open its annual session on Thursday, returning to its traditional March schedule after last year's session was […]

Australia urged to ensure safety of Chinese citizens

Australia urged to ensure safety of Chinese citizens

BEIJING – China hopes that Australia can safeguard the safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in Australia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a press briefing in response to a relevant question. READ MORE: China: Australia's discrimination against Chinese firms must stop Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]

China’s commercial rocket SD-3 to make maiden flight in 2022

China's new carrier rocket Smart Dragon-1 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Aug 17, 2019. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3), the third member of China's Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family, will make its maiden flight in 2022, its developer said Wednesday. With a maximum diameter of […]

China tops in WIPO patent bids

A visitor inquires about IP protection at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Sept 8, 2020. (YANG YANG / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Chinese patent filings via the World Intellectual Property Organization continued to grow last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, showing strong perseverance in innovation, according to a WIPO report released on […]

Potential source of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays identified

Potential source of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays identified

BEIJING – The Tibet ASgamma experiment, a China-Japan joint research project, has detected that a supernova remnant may be the source of some ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that move through space at nearly the speed of light. It is believed that particles could be accelerated in PeVatron and reach a petaelectron […]