In 1963, when Cheng Xiangwen was assigned to work as a seed cultivation technician at a farm in Henan province's Xunxian county, corn production in the area was just above 750 kilograms per hectare. Even though the farmers worked hard, they could not harvest enough corn, a food staple, to feed their families due to […]
A trapped miner is lifted from a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong province, on Jan 24, 2021. (CHEN HAO / XINHUA) JINAN – Eleven miners were rescued on Sunday after being trapped underground for two weeks due to a blast in a gold mine in east China's Shandong province. Rescuers lifted two […]
People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk at a pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 80 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 65 locally transmitted ones and 15 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission […]
HONG KONG – The Chinese Embassy in the United States on Saturday refuted a media report that said Beijing was pushing for a high-level meeting to ease tensions with the US. It is hoped that the media outlet carrying this report will respect the facts and cover China-US relations in an objective and responsible way. Chinese Embassy […]
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a child at a COVID-19 testing site in Qiaoxi district of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei province, Jan 20, 2021. (MU YU / XINHUA) SHIJIAZHUANG – Shijiazhuang, a megacity in north China's Hebei province, completed three rounds of citywide nucleic acid testing in 17 days to […]
A medical worker (center) disinfects medical waste at a testing site in Xicheng district, Beijing, capital of China, Jan 22, 2021. (REN CHAO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 107 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 90 locally transmitted cases and 17 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets with President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 6, 2018. (YAN YAN / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory message to Faustin-Archange Touadera on his re-election as president of […]
Premier Li Keqiang (center), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, presides over a symposium attended by experts, scholars and entrepreneurs in Beijing, Jan 21, 2021. The symposium solicited opinions on a draft government work report and the draft 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, July 2, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] HONG KONG – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been awarded the title of “Man of the Year 2020” by Pakistan Observer based in […]
BEIJING – China's decision to impose sanctions on relevant US individuals was entirely justified and necessary, and fully demonstrated Chinese government's firm resolution to safeguard the national interests, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Friday. Hua made the remarks at a daily news briefing in response to remarks by Michael McCaul, a ranking member […]
BEIJING – The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, concluded its 25th session Friday in Beijing. Lawmakers adopted the revised Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention, the revised Administrative Penalty Law and the coast guard law at the closing meeting. President Xi Jinping signed presidential orders to promulgate the Law […]
A man wearing a face mask walks along the waterfront as city's skyline lights up in the background, in Macao, on Jan 30, 2020. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) HONG KONG – The Macao Special Administrative Region reported its first coronavirus case since June Friday. The 43-year-old woman is the SAR's 47th recorded patient. The last […]
A staff member sterilizes a bag of supplies to be delivered in Beijing's Daxing district on Jan 20, 2021. (PENG ZIYANG / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 103 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 94 locally transmitted ones and nine arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday. Of […]
Medical workers explain to visitors at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center's section in Xuhui district stopped offering outpatient services on Jan 21, 2021. (PHOTO BY GAO ERQIANG / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Shanghai residents can still look forward to a calm and safe Spring Festival despite new COVID-19 cases in the city, said an expert leading pandemic control […]
Train crew members take photos before boarding the high-speed train linking Beijing and Harbin, capital city of northeastern province of Heilongjiang, Jan 22, 2021. (PHOTO BY SUN LIJUN / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) The last leg of a high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Shenyang, Changchun and Harbin-the capital cities of China's three northeastern provinces-will open on Friday, enhancing […]
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 ) BEIJING – China on Friday launched a new high-speed railway service that connects Beijing with Harbin, capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. […]
This aerial photo taken on Jan 19, 2021 shows rescuers working at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia city, East China's Shandong province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Clearing the main shaft to rescue 22 gold miners who have been trapped underground since Jan 10 in Qixia, Shandong province, is expected to take at […]
A volunteer sprays disinfectants at a courtyard in Luxin village in Shijiazhuang city, North China's Hebei province on Jan 14, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The central government has strengthened COVID-19 prevention work for next month's Spring Festival, with management of rural areas given more importance due to recent outbreaks in the countryside. Since Jan 4, […]
The second phase of the polycrystalline silicon production base under construction in Leshan, Sichuan province, is built by Shanxi Construction Investment Group. (YANG YANCHAO / FOR CHINA DAILY) A polycrystalline silicon production base is near completion in Leshan, Sichuan province, and is expected to give the city a reputation of being a green Silicon Valley […]
In this Dec 6, 2020 file photo released by the Indonesian presidential palace, an experimental coronavirus vaccine made by Chinese company Sinovac waits to be loaded onto an Indonesian plane at Beijing International Airport, in Beijing, China. (PHOTO / INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE VIA AP) BEIJING – Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd is ramping up […]
