China suspends oil price adjustment: Xinhuanet
October 10, 2022
China’s top economic planner said Monday that it would keep domestic gasoline and diesel prices unchanged due to the volatility of international oil prices. The international oil price has seen fluctuations since Sept. 21, with an average price change in the subsequent 10 working days of less than 50 yuan (about 7.04 U.S. dollars) per tonne. Therefore, the prices of gasoline and diesel fuel on the Chinese market will not be adjusted at this juncture, the National Development and Reform Commission said. Click here to read…
Chinese researchers launch language neuroimaging dataset: Xinhuanet
October 10, 2022
Chinese researchers have presented a synchronized multimodal neuroimaging dataset covering almost 10,000 Chinese words for studying brain language processing, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday. Click here to read…
China’s Mengtian space lab fueled up for upcoming launch: Xinhuanet
October 10, 2022
The Mengtian lab module, the second lab component of China’s under-construction space station, has been filled with fuel as planned at the launch site, the China Manned Space Agency said on Monday. The pre-launch operation was conducted on Sunday. Click here to read…
Tibet promotes IT-based education: Xinhuanet
October 10, 2022
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has been promoting educational informatization over the past decade, with its 100-Mbps broadband network now fully covering primary and middle schools, authorities said on Sunday. Click here to read…
Housing conditions significantly improved in Tibet: Xinhuanet
October 10, 2022
esidents in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region have seen their living conditions significantly improved over the past decade, as the region has spent heavily on enhancing local housing conditions in both urban and rural areas. Click here to read…
China sets up college to train veterans into qualified teachers: China Military
October 10, 2022
A veteran college was recently set up in Xiamen, south China’s Fujian Province, with the first training class launched as scheduled. The Xiamen Veteran College was co-founded by the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Veterans Affairs and the Jimei University, with the aims to train veterans into qualified teachers, and cultivate national defense lecturers for educating the youth. In addition, the college will also provide multi-level continuing education courses such as academic education and vocational training for veterans. Click here to read…
Congress set to present road map for future: China Daily
October 10, 2022
Amid the increasingly complex risks and challenges China is facing, the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will have the central task of presenting the Party’s road map for the next five years and beyond, a key period in realizing national rejuvenation. Click here to read…
New Omicron variant BF.7 sweeps to more provinces; experts warn it will dominate domestic flare-up: Global Times
October 10, 2022
New Omicron variant BF.7 has swept to more provinces in China on Monday, less a week after it was firstly identified in Northwest China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. On Monday, officials from Yantai, a city in North China’s Shandong Province, confirmed that locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases detected since October 4 were triggered by variant BF.7, which are highly homologous with those found in another province. One day earlier on Sunday, Shaoguan city in South China’s Guangdong Province also detected cases of BF.7 variant. Click here to read…
Website of media center for Party congress opens; key political event expected to inject stability to China, world: Global Times
October 10, 2022
As the world is closely looking to the big upcoming Chinese political event – the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) – with wide international press coverage, the website and social media accounts for the media center of the congress opened on Monday to facilitate the public’s access to information about the big event. Click here to read…
China celebrating national food security efforts: China Daily
October 11, 2022
National Grain Security Publicity Week in China kicked off online on Monday and will run through World Food Day, which falls on Sunday, according to the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration. Click here to read…
PLA remains powerful force for world peace: China Daily
October 11, 2022
The PLA is a well-known abbreviation, standing for the People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese military. It also stands for another characteristic of the armed forces: a “peace-loving army”.Click here to read…
China’s population has increased; employment remains stable over past decade: National Bureau of Statistics: Global Times
October 11, 2022
China’s population continued to expand and employment has remained stable over the past decade, with the population policy constantly adjusted and optimized and multiple measures taken to promote employment and to improve employment structure, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday. Click here to read…
China’s Communist Party leadership reshuffle: what to look for: Reuters
October 11, 2022
China’s ruling Communist Party will reshuffle its leadership when it holds a once-in-five-years Congress starting Oct 16, with Xi Jinping widely expected to stay on for a third term as general secretary, China’s senior-most position. Click here to read…
COVID cases rise in Shanghai, other Chinese cities; preventive steps strengthened: : Reuters
October 11, 2022
Chinese authorities have stepped up testing in Shanghai and other megacities as COVID infections rise again, as well as extending quarantine times and closing some public spaces where the virus could spread. Click here to read…
China urges ‘patience’ as COVID cases rebound ahead of key congress: : Reuters
October 11, 2022
China called for “patience” with its tough COVID policies and warned against any “war-weariness” as local cases soared to their highest since August, days ahead of a pivotal Communist Party congress. Click here to read…
Lockdown fears return in China as cases climb: Taipei Times
October 11, 2022
China is stepping up efforts to contain COVID-19 outbreaks ahead of the Chinese Communist Party National Congress, with cases climbing to the highest in almost two months and concerns about widening lockdowns rippling across Shanghai. Click here to read…
Decade of innovation sees invention patents soar: Qiushi
October 11, 2022
The rapid growth of patents and trademarks in the past decade demonstrates the vitality of the national innovation, Hu Wenhui, deputy head of the National Intellectual Property Administration told a news conference on Sunday. From 2012 to September, the administration granted 3.95 million patents, with an average annual increase each year of 13.8 percent, bringing the number of valid patents to over 4.08 million. Click here to read…
China sees leapfrog development of photovoltaic industry: Qiushi
October 11, 2022
China has become a dominant player in the global photovoltaic (PV) industry, huge progress from ten years ago when it had to import raw materials and core equipment from overseas and had few domestic clients. Click here to read…
Cold War mentality remains biggest threat to world peace, stability: Xinhuanet
October 11, 2022
The Cold War has been over for more than 30 years, but the Cold War mentality remains the biggest threat to peace and stability of the world, Li Song, the Chinese ambassador for disarmament affairs, said on Monday. Click here to read…
China opposes new U.S. export controls on semiconductor chips: Xinhuanet
October 11, 2022
China firmly opposes the new U.S. export controls on semiconductor chips to China, as it will severely hurt the normal trade between companies in the two countries and threaten the stability of global industrial and supply chains, said a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson on Monday. Click here to read…