Employees work on the production line of a factory of SAIC Group in Shanghai on Tuesday, when the group resumed manufacturing during the day shift at its Lingang plant. Chen Xiao / For China Daily
Xi to make key speech at Boao Forum for Asia
President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 via video link on Thursday and deliver a keynote speech, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Wednesday.
Scientists urge vigilance against new subvariants
Scientists stressed the need to inoculate the vulnerable while urging vigilance against the newly discovered Omicron subvariants, and called for more research to understand their quick transmissibility and severity.
Academic database faces furor over fees
China's largest online academic database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, is under scrutiny after a library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said it would stop using the service due to its expensive subscription fee.
Solomons deal built on cooperation
The Solomon Islands' security cooperation with China is not directed at any other country or external alliance and the country deserves the respect of all partners for its sovereign decision, said Manasseh Sogavare, the prime minister of the Pacific nation.
Neighbors facilitate Shanghai's recovery
As Shanghai is on track to resume production after a 20-day citywide lockdown due to COVID-19, neighboring provinces in the Yangtze River Delta region have been helping with the resumption efforts by providing logistics support and facilitating cross-region transport of manufacturing materials.
E-shopping taps consumer ease, opportunities
Zhang Yunfan, a 32-year-old fashion magazine editor living in Tongzhou district, Beijing, has been frequently trawling mobile apps and filling her e-shopping carts with a range of products, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, beverages, seafood, cooking oil and other groceries since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Solicitude for Solomon Islands belied by years of indifference
The Solomon Islands, a long-neglected island country of 800,000 residents, was considered by the United States to be so out of the way and insignificant that it closed its embassy there in 1993.
In good and difficult times
As a civil engineer and businessman, I had the opportunity to get to know China for the first time in the 1990s, and as a result I have been able to see and learn first-hand about the huge economic, social, political and cultural transformations of this great nation.
Fantastic beasts cast a spell on China
It's a magical time for Harry Potter fans in China, as British novelist J.K. Rowling's wizards conjure up fascinating adventures once more, maybe even at a screen near you.
