Tao Yong, director of the ophthalmology department of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, performs an eye operation. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) A man who injured four people in a knife attack at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital in January last year was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for intentional homicide and deprived of his […]
In this undated photo, ex-fisherman Shi Zhongfang (front) helps a relative move daily supplies ashore in Yuanjiang, Hunan province, in December, 2020, as they bid farewell to fishing in Dongting Lake. Shi is now a restaurateur serving authentic fisherman-style cuisine. (XUE YUGE / XINHUA) Pi Peiqi, 58, has fished Dongting Lake since he was a […]
This undated photo shows relict gulls flying in Shenmu, Shaanxi province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Wetlands in China have expanded steadily over the past five years, growing by 202,600 hectares and making a significant contribution to water quality and environmental protection, an official from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said on Tuesday. Between 2016 and […]
A staff member packs imported cherries in a supermarket in Beijing on Jan 17, 2021. (DENG WEI / FOR CHINA DAILY ) As fears about COVID-19 transmission via food products spread to fruits and popular snacks, experts said the risk of consumers being infected by the novel coronavirus from eating imported food is relatively minimal. […]
This photo shows people riding on a street in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei province, Feb 1, 2021, as life gradually returns to normal in the city. (MU YU / XINHUA) The Chinese mainland recorded 12 new locally transmitted confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the first day with less than 20 since Jan 8, according […]
Yang Jiechi (right), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, delivers a speech in an online dialogue with the National Committee on United States-China Relations, Feb 2, 2021. (PHOTO / FMPRC.GOV.CN) It is […]
BEIJING – China and Japan will hold the 12th round of high-level consultations on maritime affairs via video link on Wednesday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. The two sides held a meeting between delegation heads under the consultation mechanism on Jan. 20 Spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a press briefing that officials from foreign […]
Cars wait at a drive-up vaccination center at City College of San Francisco during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Feb 1, 2021. (PHOTO / AP) BEIJING – China on Tuesday called for more transparency from the US on the pandemic, expressing the hope that the Biden government will invite World Health Organization (WHO) experts […]
This undated file photo shows Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, speaking in an interview. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi on Tuesday […]
Workers disinfect the western square of Shijiazhuang Railway Station in Hebei province, on Sunday. (LIANG ZIDONG / XINHUA) This year's Spring Festival travel rush poses a new test for China's COVID-19 control efforts, especially in northeastern regions, which continue to see new locally transmitted cases. The Chinese mainland recorded 33 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases […]
This picture taken on March 29, 2018 shows the sun setting at the Qiandao lake in Zhejiang province. (JOHANNES EISELE / AFP) Renting out rooms in her nearly deserted farmhouses in a rural part of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, earned Wu Cuiyun more than 20,000 yuan (US$3,100) last year, supplementing her income from farming. She rented […]
The national drug bulk-buy program initiated in late 2018 is estimated to have saved patients 106 billion yuan (US$16.6 billion) by the end of last year, and the country is planning to implement the system on a regular basis, officials said on Friday. After three rounds of price negotiations with drug manufacturers and centralized procurement […]
A teacher (left) teaches a trainee at a reading room of the vocational education and training center in Hotan county of Hotan prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Oct 7, 2018. (HU HUHU / XINHUA) Officials from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region rebutted on Monday allegations of so-called forced labor and violation of human […]
Enforcement efforts aimed at ensuring orderly communication will be strengthened on all internet platforms, the Cyberspace Administration of China said on Sunday. In a statement summarizing comments made by its director, Zhuang Rongwen, during a video conference on Saturday, the administration said it will focus on rectifying prominent problems related to "self-media", including independently operated […]
In this undated photo, primary school students take photos of sailboats during an outdoor course in Qingdao, Shandong province, in March, 2018. (WANG HAIBIN / FOR CHINA DAILY) All primary and secondary school students in China will, in principle, be barred from bringing mobile phones to school, the Ministry of Education announced on Monday. The […]
This March 3, 2020 file photo shows a thermal power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. (PHOTO / IC) BEIJING – A set of interim rules for carbon emissions trading management in China came into effect on Monday, marking a key step in the establishment of a unified national emissions trading system (ETS) amid […]
This April 10, 2020, photo shows a sample of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine is seen at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, especially the developing ones, in a timely manner within its capacity and […]
In this Feb 19, 2014 file photo, visitors gather before the Great Fountain Ruins in the Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuan Ming Yuan, in Beijing.(AFP PHOTO CHINA OUT STR / AFP) BEIJING – China's capital Beijing has reported cases of H5N8 avian influenza in a park, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural […]
This undated shows flags of Canada and China. (PHOTO / IC) BEIJING – China has lodged solemn representations with the Canadian Embassy in China over the customization of malicious cultural shirts by its staff, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Monday. A Chinese shop manager who is engaged in the customization of cultural shirts recently […]
BEIJING – China hopes that all sides in Myanmar can appropriately handle their differences under the constitution and legal framework and safeguard political and social stability, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Monday. READ MORE: Myanmar's military says to hold new elections after emergency "We have noted what has happened in Myanmar and are in […]
