President Xi Jinping is greeted by local residents on Wednesday morning at an international small-commodities market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. During his inspection tour in Yiwu, which also took Xi to Lizu village, he learned about the development of distinctive local industries and the efforts made in promoting rural vitalization, foreign trade and high-quality development. In the afternoon, Xi inspected the city of Shaoxing in the province.Li Xueren/Xinhua
Xi steers path for a strong sports nation
President Xi Jinping will attend Saturday's opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.
Li stresses innovation-driven growth
Premier Li Qiang stressed on Thursday the importance of specialized, high-end and innovation-driven enterprises in securing China's high-quality economic growth, and urged them to play a greater role in stabilizing industrial and supply chains.
China seeks to further grow BRI agricultural exchanges
China is seeking to expand agricultural exchanges and trade ties with its partners under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, which a senior official said was aimed at stabilizing the global food supply and promoting sustainable development.
Program reveals Shanxi through international eyes
Rees Tyrrel is back again. After his successful first season of a show called Deep in Shanxi with Rees in September 2022, his second season went online in August and has become a hit on social media once again.
Roundtable highlights civilization exchanges
Beijing, with its long history and profound cultural heritage, serves as a powerful testament to the continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peaceful nature of Chinese civilization, a top Chinese leader said in his congratulatory letter to the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum held last week.
US' attacks on Chinese tech development a double-edged sword that harms itself
In his remarks at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden once again stressed that the United States seeks to responsibly manage the competition with China so "it does not tip into conflict" and claimed that it pursues "de-risking, not decoupling with China".
ROK should work to improve ties with China
The Russia-Ukraine conflict, apart from creating more challenges for the world, seems to have signaled the end of the unipolar global order centered on the United States and the emergence of a new international order marked by intensifying strategic competition between the US and China, which prompts strengthening of security and economic cooperation between China and Russia.
Development at center of global agenda
China advocates putting development at the core of the global agenda while building an open world economy devoid of decoupling and disruption of supply chains, Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng said at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
Experts: China prudent about rate cuts
China may turn more prudent about aggregate monetary easing measures such as interest rate cuts in the short term amid the continued strength of the US dollar, but beef up structural monetary support, experts said on Thursday.
LNG deals ramp up amid green transition
China has been stepping up its natural gas purchases as well as facilitating construction in recent years, as part of efforts to ensure sufficient energy supply amid its green transition, said industry experts.
Decoding the land of pharaohs
The words of the poet Percy Shelly ring out across this ancient land, "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Retail therapy, with empathy
Shanghai has over the past two decades witnessed significant development and changes to its charity sector, as evidenced by the growing number of charity stores that have been popping up across the city.
SHAKING UP THE BATTING ORDER
With the sport's continental powers set to jostle for gold, an unheralded Mongolian women's team has stolen the show as cricket returns to the Asiad.
