Clockwise from top left: The mega container ship OOCL Piraeus docks in Piraeus, Greece's largest port, in July. The last rotor of the Suki Kinari Hydropower Project, a flagship project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, is hoisted on June 10. A floral arrangement for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is seen near Beijing's National Convention Center on Saturday. Attendants on a train car of the China-Laos Railway present a performance for passengers in April. Workers bolster tracks for a section of the Chinese-built Hungary-Serbia Railway in Kunszentmiklos, Hungary, in May. PHOTOS BY XINHUA
BRI brings world closer together
When President Xi Jinping presented his vision 10 years ago for the Silk Road Economic Belt, few might have imagined the global implications of the policy address, delivered to faculty and students at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan.
Top economist foresees dynamic development
China will not follow in the footsteps of Japan of the 1990s and fall into a so-called balance sheet recession period characterized by income being used to pay off debt rather than on spending, according to a top economist.
An animated performance
"I haven't left my house in five years. Now, here I am, on the stage of the Beijing Music Festival and I am a little bit nervous," says Liu Sola, a renowned Chinese composer, whose symphonic dance, titled The Legend of Monkey King, was performed by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Liu Sola and Friends Band, under the baton of conductor Zhang Jiemin, on Oct 5 in Beijing.
New start for BRI contributing to world's common development and prosperity
The message of the Belt and Road Initiative, since it was launched 10 years ago, has always been about improving infrastructure connectivity and achieving common development. The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, being held in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday, carries the same message of pursuing common development.
BRIght FUTURE
In 2013, two years before member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, China launched the Belt and Road Initiative. China has carried out development cooperation and contributed to policy, infrastructure, trade, financial and people-to-people connectivity, creating space and opportunities to promote high-quality Belt and Road partnerships. This is summed up as follows in the white paper by China's State Council Information Office under the title of "A Global Community of Shared Future: China's Proposals and Actions" published in September 2023.
Shanghai eyes glory in gene therapy biz
Shanghai's municipal government said on Monday it aims to promote gene therapy in a big way.
Shanghai serves up a treat
With a new champion crowned, venue renovations lauded and record revenues achieved, the Rolex Shanghai Masters returned from a four-year pandemic hiatus to resounding acclaim last week.
