President Xi Jinping waves goodbye to the crowd as he boards a plane to depart from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for Beijing, concluding his state visits to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia.Feng Yongbin/China Daily
Visits show China is reliable partner
President Xi Jinping arrived in Beijing on Friday afternoon as he wrapped up his first overseas trip of this year in which he made state visits to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia.
Rural industries improving in quality, efficiency and revenues
With rural industries creating more job opportunities, farmers' incomes in China continued to rise in the first quarter of the year, a senior official with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday.
Intl fair vital platform for foreign capital
China is stepping up efforts to attract foreign capital and deepen two-way investment cooperation, underscoring the nation's firm commitment to high-level opening-up and the vast potential of its market amid rising global protectionism and economic uncertainty, officials said.
Imperative to preserve pillar of heritage
The world has witnessed the heartbreaking fragility of cultural heritage in recent years, as disasters and conflicts have erased millenniums of history. Wildfires and earthquakes have destroyed temples and monuments, and wars and armed conflicts have turned iconic landmarks into rubble.
Policy steps key to tackling tariffs impact
Facing headwinds from the United States' sweeping tariffs, Chinese policymakers should take both short-term policy steps as well as long-term reform measures to expand domestic demand, tackle issues faced by enterprises and boost confidence among consumers and investors, economists from government-backed think tanks said on Friday.
Trilateral talks on peace for Ukraine held
PARIS — France hosted a trilateral meeting on Ukraine on Thursday, marking the first time the United States, Ukraine and Europe sat together at the negotiation table since US President Donald Trump assumed office in January. Meanwhile, Kyiv said a pact signed with Washington was the first step toward a minerals deal.
Bringing Henan's music scene to the hilt
Some 20 years ago at Beijing's Poly Theatre, tenor Dai Yuqiang starred as Alfredo Germont in La Traviata alongside soprano Yao Hong as Violetta Valery.
Vase offers a glimpse of intrigue
Lian Mian has seen his fair share of porcelain. Yet, when the art history professor from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, stepped into the quiet halls of the Regional Ethnographic Museum of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 2023, a Chinese porcelain vase dating back to 1954 caught him off guard.
