Table tennis players Wang Chuqin (right) and Sun Yingsha (left) celebrate with coach Xiao Zhan on Tuesday after beating Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4-2 to win the mixed doubles final at the Paris Olympics.Liu Xu/Xinhua
Key economic tasks set out by leadership
A key meeting of the Communist Party of China pledged on Tuesday to step up macroeconomic support in the second half of this year, with greater focus on expanding domestic demand, cultivating emerging sectors and widening opening-up in a bid to meet the nation's annual growth target for 2024.
Nepal to expand agricultural exports to region
The export of clean agricultural products from Nepal to the Xizang autonomous region is expected to take off, benefiting thousands of rural farmers, a Nepalese official told a recent forum.
Sino-African relations to be strengthened
Leaders of China and countries in Africa will gather in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in September, a key gathering widely expected to enhance solidarity and cooperation between the two sides.
Xinjiang aims to develop into intl aviation hub
To build the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region into an international civil aviation hub for Eurasia and promote the high-quality development of its civil aviation sector, the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the regional government have released a comprehensive guideline.
Tariff hike fears send importers scrambling
Footwear retailers and other importers in the United States may have to put on their running shoes in a rush to bring in goods before tariffs on China get raised again.
Officials: Data push will boost digital economy
China's emphasis on building basic systems for data and bolstering the development and application of data will strongly boost the high-quality development of the country's digital economy and unleash the value of massive data resources, said officials and experts.
Medical LMs evolve, touch more lives
At Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University in Beijing, a radiologist is processing a case of head and neck computerized tomography angiography with the help of an artificial intelligence diagnostic doctor system, which takes only about 3 minutes to confirm the diagnosis.
Fanning a resurgence in a cool identity
Nearly three decades have passed, but 57-year-old Xu Jiadong still remembers the day when he first went into a bamboo forest with his father to "handpick the ones that he would later use to make the ribs of folding fans".
Aid-Xizang Program spurs decades of development
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Aid-Xizang Program. The program was proposed by the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the third Central Conference on Tibet in July 1994, which called for dispatching groups of personnel from regions at various levels in China to Xizang to provide needed support on a regular basis.
Biggest regional risk factor is US destroying trust and cooperation
Historical complexities used to be the single most important factor in the way of claimant countries resolving their territorial disputes in the East and South China seas. That is no longer the case, as actors from beyond the region, led and orchestrated by the United States, have stepped deeper into the troubled waters, and it is the US that has now become the most prominent factor in the growing frictions between China and its neighbors.
Balancing an inflated membership
At the beginning of 2024, BRICS underwent a historic expansion.
Guangxi offers sanctuary for white dolphins
Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world.
Olympic wins offer golden opportunity for HK fencing
HONG KONG — Twelve-year-old Hong Kong fencing beginner Lloyd found a new role model over the weekend — "Sword Queen" Vivian Kong Man-wai, who clawed back a 7-1 deficit in the women's epee final to win Olympic gold in Paris.
