Xi calls for efforts to build modern infrastructure system: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for all-out efforts to strengthen infrastructure construction in the the country’s building of a modern infrastructure system. Click here to read…
China strives to push for peace and development in stormy times: Xinhuanet
April 27, 2022
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is one shock too many for the world economy struggling to get back on its feet from the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising energy prices have pushed inflation in many countries to the highest levels in decades. Food insecurity is deepening across the Middle East and Africa that heavily rely on imports from Russia and Ukraine. Nations that should have stood together in such trying times are drifting apart, impacted by power politics, unilateralism and protectionism. Click here to read…
China urges U.S. to immediately lift illegal freeze on Afghan assets: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
The United States is simply not qualified to talk about democracy and human rights. What the United States should do is immediately lift its illegal freeze on the assets of the Afghan central bank, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. Click here to read…
Chinese self-driving company licensed to provide taxi service: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
Pony.ai, a self-driving start-up in the southern city of Guangzhou, has become the first entity of its kind in China to receive a taxi license. Beginning in May, the license allows the company to operate 100 autonomous vehicles as taxis in the city’s Nansha District over an area of more than 800 square km, the company said. Click here to read…
China’s central bank to promote steady, healthy development of financial market: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
China’s central bank will promote the steady and healthy development of the financial market and foster a sound monetary and financial environment. The People’s Bank of China made the remarks Tuesday in response to recent financial market fluctuations which are mainly driven by investor expectations and sentiment. Click here to read…
China’s highway network reaches 5.28 mln km: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
The total length of China’s highway network has reached 5.28 million km, an official said on Tuesday. Zhou Rongfeng, an official with the Ministry of Transport, underscored the importance of strengthening highway maintenance and management as the highway is among the most widely used means of transportation, with the most extensive coverage and the largest number of passengers. Click here to read…
Ex-vice minister of culture, tourism jailed for 15 yrs for bribery: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
Li Jinzao, former vice culture and tourism minister of China, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for taking bribes. Li was found to have taken bribes worth about 65.5 million yuan (nearly 10 million U.S. dollars) by taking advantage of his various former positions to benefit relevant units and individuals in qualification examination and approval, platform construction, project contracting and personnel promotion between 1996 and 2020. Click here to read…
China’s Guangzhou cuts community transmission of COVID-19: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
The southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou Tuesday announced that it has cut off COVID-19 transmission chains in communities, as no new community infections have been reported for 11 consecutive days. Click here to read…
China unveils standard to strengthen safety in urban housing projects: Xinhuanet
April 26, 2022
China has unveiled a standard on major hidden dangers in the urban housing projects to ensure workplace safety and prevent major accidents. The major hidden dangers in the housing sector include highly hazardous problems that may cause death, injury, or major economic loss during the construction process, according to the standard issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Click here to read…
Shanghai new COVID-19 cases: 1,606 confirmed, 11,956 asymptomatic: Xinhuanet
April 27, 2022
China’s Shanghai reported 1,606 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 11,956 local asymptomatic carriers on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday. Click here to read…
China’s cross-border e-commerce gains growth momentum, bolsters consumption: Quishi
April 27, 2022
China’s cross-border e-commerce has gained momentum amid the COVID-19 epidemic, providing broader market opportunities and driving domestic consumption growth. Click here to read…
Chinese military slams US warship’s transit through Taiwan Strait: China Military
April 27, 2022
“The US has been frequently carrying out provocative acts to send wrong signals to “Taiwan Independence” forces, deliberately undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. China is firmly opposed to this,” said Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), in a written statement on Wednesday. Click here to read…
Turkmen president meets with Chinese defense minister: China Military
April 26, 2022
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe in Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan on Tuesday. Click here to read…
Premier: Officials should stay clean and disciplined: China Daily
April 26, 2022
Premier Li Keqiang has urged government officials to always keep the public interest in mind, be insightful and help solve difficulties facing the people with concrete actions. He made the remarks at a State Council meeting on clean governance on Monday, saying it is the duty of government authorities to exercise their rights with integrity as these rights are bestowed by the people. Click here to read…
Open day highlights protection of IPR: China Daily
April 27, 2022
China is encouraging more people to participate in the undertakings of intellectual property and strengthen IPR protection to create a vibrant environment for innovation. The China National Intellectual Property Administration held an online open day on Tuesday, the 22nd World Intellectual Property Day, allowing interested people to learn about the development of IPR in the country. Click here to read…
Beijing takes swift action to control outbreak: China Daily
April 27, 2022
Beijing’s health authority found two independent transmission chains in the latest round of the COVID-19 outbreak since Friday based on an investigation and gene sequencing, and the number of new cases was expected to rise, a senior official said on Tuesday. Click here to read…
Hong Kong to start application for employment support scheme this week: China Daily
April 26, 2022
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced on Monday that the application for the 2022 Employment Support Scheme will start on Friday. Law Chi-kwong, secretary for labor and welfare of the HKSAR government, announced during a press conference that the application for the 2022 ESS will be open from April 29 till May 12, with a view to granting financial assistance to the first batch of successful applicants in early May. Click here to read…
Beijing suspends sports events, courses: China Daily
April 26, 2022
Beijing has suspended all sports events as well as sports training courses and after-school activities because of the current COVID-19 situation, according to a statement released by the city’s Sports Bureau on Tuesday. Click here to read…
Chinese cities issue notices encouraging people to avoid May Day travel: Global Times
April 26, 2022
Ahead of the five-day May Day holidays in May, transportation authorities in Central Chinas Henan Province announced an extension of the anti-epidemic policy, under which the health code of travelers who come to Henan, which is home to over 100 million people, will immediately turn yellow – an indication of peoples health status that shows they may have been to unsafe places and could be asked to stay home for seven days. Click here to read…
Blood of Chinese people cannot be shed in vain: FM condemns terrorist attack that killed 3 Chinese in Pakistan: Global Times
April 26, 2022
Three Chinese nationals and a local man were killed after what appeared to be a targeted suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan outside the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute on Tuesday afternoon local time. Click here to read…
Pakistan PM writes message of commitment at Chinese Embassy, swears to punish terrorists that killed 3 Chinese in attack: Global Times
April 27, 2022
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon to express his condolences to the victims of a terrorist attack and wrote a message, vowing to do whatever it takes to bring the perpetrators to justice, according to a release from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan. Click here to read…
PLA shadows US destroyer transiting Taiwan Straits, condemns provocative move: Global Times
April 27, 2022
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command announced on Wednesday that its forces shadowed a US destroyer when the latter made a transit through the Taiwan Straits on Tuesday, slamming the US move as a provocation that intentionally sabotaged peace and stability in the region. Click here to read…
Chinese ports work to secure global supply chain despite lingering snags: Global Times
April 26, 2022
Chinese ports, especially those located in the Yangtze River Delta, are staying resilient in operations to ensure the stability of the global supply chain while easing logistics disruptions caused by regional epidemic prevention needs. Click here to read…
NE China speeds up work resumption as epidemic abates: People’s Daily
April 27, 2022
Work has gradually resumed in the three northeast Chinese provinces following a resurgence of COVID-19 infections since March. Jilin Province, which has seen over 60,000 cases reported in the latest outbreak, previously imposed measures such as traffic control and closed management in the cities of Changchun and Jilin to effectively curb the transmission of COVID-19. Click here to read…
China’s DJI halts Russia, Ukraine sales to prevent use of its drones in combat: Reuters
April 27, 2022
Drone giant DJI Technology Co said it will temporarily suspend business in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used in combat, making it the first major Chinese firm to cite the conflict in halting sales in Russia. Click here to read…
China lockdowns drag on earnings of chipmakers, industrials: Reuters
April 27, 2022
Industrial conglomerates GE (GE.N) and 3M (MMM.N), and chipmakers Texas Instruments (TXN.O) and SK Hynix (000660.KS) cautioned that China’s COVID-19 led stringent curbs were further disrupting battered supply chains and hurting their revenue. Click here to read…
Fed up with COVID lockdown, bankers, fund managers looking to leave Shanghai: Reuters
April 26, 2022
Finance sector professionals in Shanghai are preparing to move back to Hong Kong and other offshore centres after spending only a few years in the Chinese city as a harsh COVID-19 lockdown has hurt their business prospects and upended daily lives. Click here to read…
Beijing to test 20 mln for COVID in bid to avert Shanghai lockdown misery: Reuters
April 27, 2022
Three-quarters of Beijing’s 22 million people lined up for COVID-19 tests on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital raced to stamp out a nascent outbreak and avert the debilitating city-wide lockdown that has shrouded Shanghai for a month. Click here to read…
China demands results from Pakistan in deadly Confucius Institute van blast investigation: South China Morning Post
April 27, 2022
China has demanded a thorough investigation into the van explosion in Karachi that left three of its nationals dead and vowed their blood would not be shed in vain. The separatist Baloch Liberation Army’s suicide squad Majeed Brigade claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack, which killed the director of the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, as well as a lecturer and a volunteer. The Pakistani driver also died, while a Chinese teacher was injured. In a statement on Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry strongly condemned the attack and vowed to crack down on terror groups. “The mastermind behind this incident will surely pay the price.” Click here to read…