Students from Norway who were on a field trip to South Africa wait to be tested for COVID-19 before boarding a flight at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport on Monday. The World Health Organization has urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concern over the new Omicron variant.Jerome Delay/ap
Actions save lives, boost prosperity
Editor's note: China Daily presents a series of reports illustrating how the Global Development Initiative, proposed by President Xi Jinping, will help countries around the world to shore up robust, green and more balanced growth amid unprecedented challenges. This is the third installment of the series.
City helps shield the nation from outbreaks
Donations totaling more than 2.5 billion yuan ($392 million) and materials worth 37.3 million yuan had been received in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, by the middle of last month as local efforts to combat COVID-19 nationwide were boosted.
China, Russia urged to boost relationship
Premier Li Keqiang stressed on Tuesday the need for China and Russia to better leverage their comparative strengths, further widen market access to each other and jointly promote trade and investment facilitation.
Ride-hailing drivers' rights get protection
A guideline designed to better protect the rights of drivers working for ride-hailing services was issued by eight ministry-level departments, including the Ministry of Transport and the Cyberspace Administration of China, on Tuesday.
Big plans for e-commerce growth
China will prioritize quality over quantity in growing e-commerce as the sector matures and devises new indexes for its development to enable it to play a notable role in catalyzing high-quality growth during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), experts and industrial insiders said.
Cold War mentality motivates moving of US military needle
The US military announced on Monday that it is planning to reinforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia as a result of the "global posture review" commissioned early this year by the Joe Biden administration.
Closer Sino-African partnership for win-win results
The two-day Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which concluded on Tuesday, reviewed the FOCAC's achievements since its establishment in 2000 and vowed to take China-Africa cooperation to a higher level in accordance with the theme of the conference, "Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era".
FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR RAIL MARVEL
Editor's Note: The China-Laos Railway, due to open this week, is a docking project between the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy to convert itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub. It will bring new opportunities and provide huge momentum in strengthening Laos' economy. The train route will connect the Chinese city of Kunming to the Lao capital Vientiane, with grand plans for high-speed rail to ultimately snake down through Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore.
Factories brighten recovery hopes
More pro-growth policies are likely to kick in and consolidate China's economic recovery that has gained a firmer footing in November, with manufacturing activities returning to expansion territory, experts said on Tuesday.
Raising glasses
Editor's note: Implementation of the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement is expected to expand the reach of quality products from both sides. This series looks at goods poised to tap into East-West markets.
A delicate thread from history
Hao Naiqiang is living like a recluse at the foot of a mountain in the countryside near Taihu Lake, of Suzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province.
Messi's enduring brilliance edges the chasing pack
Many fans are questioning whether Lionel Messi really deserved to win his latest Ballon d'Or prize ahead of other worthy candidates, but the Argentine has been rewarded for continuing to be so good for so long.
