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 […]
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest by young people calling for action on climate change in London, on April 12, 2019. (TIM IRELAND / XINHUA) China is a world leader in pioneering solutions to tackling climate change, particularly in terms of renewable energy, and the country has an important role to play in driving down […]
Photo taken on Nov 10, 2018 shows the aerial view of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. (BAI XUEFEI / XINHUA) After the government of Papua New Guinea signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese fishing company late last year to build a seafood processing plant on an island in the Torres Strait, it attracted […]
Customers visit a duty-free shop in Haikou, south China's Hainan province, Jan 31, 2021. (GUO CHENG / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 42 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 33 locally transmitted ones, the National Health Commission said Monday. Of the locally transmitted cases, 22 were reported in Heilongjiang, 10 in Jilin, […]
An international expert team from the World Health Organization has had exchanges with medical workers and early COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, Hubei province, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. The team has visited several places in Wuhan over the past few days, including Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine and Wuhan […]
