Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, chats with residents in Zhujiagou village in Huludao, Liaoning province, on Wednesday, ahead of Spring Festival, the most important festival for the Chinese people, which falls on Jan 29 this year. Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learned about local post-disaster reconstruction and people's daily livelihoods during the visit to the village. Huludao experienced record flooding caused by heavy rainfall in August, affecting more than 188,700 people and destroying over 5,400 houses.Xinhua
30 years on, WTO continues to drive growth
When Hexagon AB, a Swedish company for metrology and geo-analytics, first entered the Chinese market in 1993, all its coordinate measuring machines — devices used to gauge the precise geometrical characteristics of objects — had to be imported from Europe.
China completes testing of Fukushima seawater
China's research institutions have recently completed the testing and analysis of seawater samples collected near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and no abnormalities were detected in the concentration of hazardous elements such as tritium, cesium-137 and strontium-90, according to the China Atomic Energy Authority.
Xinjiang set record for grain output in 2024
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been transformed from having terrain dominated by desert into being a "granary on the frontier", officials said, citing efforts to improve saline-alkali soil and increase high-standard farmland to bolster national food security.
Fish out of water
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Paris changing fast as tourists replace locals
In some parts of central Paris, the sound of children playing in courtyards has grown rare, replaced by the steady rumble of rolling suitcases on cobbled streets.
Florentia Village to expand in China market
Florentia Village, a luxury outlet operator based in Italy, is enhancing its footprint in China through strategic partnerships, digital transformation and physical expansion, according to Jacopo De Vena, managing director of Florentia Village and RDM Asia.
Beijing underscores need for countries to keep to the right path for inclusive development
In his address to the World Economic Forum Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that the problems facing the world are intricate and complex, and that no country can solve them alone or just to their own advantage. There must be global action, a global response and global cooperation, he stressed.
Three-way split
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China embraces winter's chill
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