President Xi Jinping addresses the 13th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing on Thursday.Huang Jingwen/yue Yuewei/xinhua
Xi urges solidarity amid virus
China will donate an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries this year on top of its $100 million donation to the COVAX global vaccine initiative to contribute further to global anti-pandemic cooperation, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
Offspring pay touching tributes to parents claimed by attacks
Some 3,000 children lost a parent in the attacks on the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City on 9/11. They were babies, toddlers and some yet to be born.
Xi calls on teachers to be role models
On the eve of China's 37th Teachers' Day, which falls on Friday, President Xi Jinping extended festive congratulations and sincere wishes to teachers across the country.
Rural residents get access to safe water
In the past five years, China has managed to ensure safe drinking water for its rural residents, Water Resources Minister Li Guoying said on Thursday.
Vitality of BRICS stems from its answering call of the times
When Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill coined the term BRIC in 2001 predicting that the world's fastest-growing emerging market economies－Brazil, Russia, India and China－would come to dominate the global economy by 2050, they accounted for about 15 percent of the global GDP. In 2010, South Africa was added to the group to form BRICS, and the five countries' combined share of the global economy is now about 24 percent.
Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021-2025)
Editor's Note: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China on Thursday released the country's fourth human rights action plan "Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021-2025)." Full text below:
US plays dangerous game in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria－The presence of United States forces in Syria since 2014 has done nothing to help end a civil war and only increased instability in the country, political experts said.
Afghans keen to swap fear for optimism
ISLAMABAD－The Torkham border point between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has seen many people moving in both directions since the Afghan Taliban's takeover of Kabul last month.
Qianhai and Hengqin set to spur Bay Area
The central authorities' new development plans for Qianhai, a special cooperation zone in Shenzhen city, and Hengqin, an island in Zhuhai city, both in the southern Guangdong province, are set to inject strong impetus into the next stage of high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, officials said on Thursday.
Rooftop solar helping nation meet green goals
Rooftop solar installations are likely to play a more important role in cutting carbon emissions in China, as the government has been ramping up its push for distributed solar facilities nationwide, setting out a rooftop photovoltaic mandate as part of a wider vision to make renewable energy a key cornerstone of the country's path to a green economy.
Hangzhou Asian Games getting ready to race out of the blocks
Sept 10 marks the one-year countdown to the opening of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, which will be held from Sept 10-25, 2022 in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province.
The age of contribution
Pink bob haircut, green T-shirt with tiger and floral prints, orange cargo pants－curator and art critic Victoria Lu cut an appropriately dazzling figure at the third edition of Luminous Festival.
Zhou eyes fresh start Down Under
With his domestic club career stalled by a contract dispute, Zhou Qi is taking his talent Down Under in the hope of eventually returning to the NBA.
Taiyuan hosts international forum on renewable energy
Taiyuan, the capital city of North China's Shanxi province, became a focus of the world energy industry earlier this month while hosting a high-profile energy forum.
