Xi’s upcoming visits show high importance China attaches to SCO, relations with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming attendance to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan show the high importance China attaches to the SCO and relations with the two countries, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. Click here to read…
Full text of Xi’s signed article on Uzbek media: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled “Working Together for a Brighter Future of China-Uzbekistan Relations” was published Tuesday on Uzbek media ahead of his state visit to the Central Asian country. Click here to read…
China set to launch mass entrepreneurship, innovation week: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
China will hold a national mass entrepreneurship and innovation week from Sept. 15 to 21, according to the city government of Hefei in east China’s Anhui Province, the main venue of this year’s event. Click here to read…
China to release additional pork reserve to maintain price stability: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
China will release additional pork into the market from central reserves this week to ensure pork supplies and maintain stability in prices, the country’s top economic planner said Tuesday. This will be the second batch of pork released from the country’s central reserves this year, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Click here to read…
Former chairman of China Life Insurance arrested for bribery: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
Wang Bin, former Party chief and chairman of China Life Insurance (Group) Company, has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes and concealing overseas savings, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) said in a statement on Tuesday. Click here to read…
China upgrades emergency response for typhoon, floods: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
China raised its emergency response to Level III on Tuesday as typhoon Muifa approaches the country’s eastern coastal area. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters upgraded the emergency response level and took relevant measures. Click here to read…
Xi’s visit to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan set to chart new blueprint for bilateral ties: Global Times
September 13, 2022
For his first visits abroad since the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Experts said such visits not only demonstrate that China attaches great importance on Central Asia and the SCO, but also show how China’s cooperation with the two Central Asian countries sets a paragon for Beijing’s relations with Central Asian nations in wide-ranging areas such as economic collaboration, fighting terrorism and upholding regional stability and peace. Click here to read…
New enact to improve workers’ rights at internet platforms: Global Times
September 13, 2022
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) along with four other departments on Friday came out with an administrative guidance for 11 major internet platforms including Meituan, Ele.me and Didi, urging them to better protect workers, according to an official statement on Tuesday, in a fresh push to improve internet-enabled workplace. Click here to read…
How China became big business for Twitter: Reuters
September 13, 2022
Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site, helping make the country the platform’s fastest-growing overseas ad market and one of its largest non-U.S. revenue sources. Click here to read…
Poverty threat unlikely to derail China’s push for common prosperity: South China Morning Post
September 13, 2022
As harvest season approached at the end of August, Zhou Peifang – not her real name – grew increasingly desperate. Zhou, 42, is a single mother of two whose household includes her elderly parents, who are farmers in the mountainous area of Bazhong in China’s Sichuan province. A severe drought has killed almost any hope of a good harvest – whether it is rice, corn, sweet potato or soybean. Click here to read…
Chinese mainland reports 196 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
September 14, 2022
The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 196 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 127 in Sichuan and 18 in Beijing, according to the National Health Commission’s report Wednesday. A total of 762 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…
Three key provinces promote rural revitalization: Qiushi
September 14, 2022
Banking and insurance regulators in Guizhou, Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces guided financial institutions to consolidate their achievements in poverty alleviation and promote rural revitalization through financial services, said regulatory officials. Click here to read…
China sees water body rejuvenation thanks to river chiefs: Qiushi
September 14, 2022
Thanks to a system of appointing officials as river chiefs to coordinate water body conservation efforts, China has seen historical changes to the water environment with many rivers and lakes rejuvenated, said Li Guoying, minister of water resources. Click here to read…
China-proposed initiatives focus on global development, security: Qiushi
September 14, 2022
From Wednesday to Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, and pay state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Click here to read…
Xi’s visits to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan to promote regional cooperation, advance bilateral ties: Qiushi
September 14, 2022
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, politicians and scholars from the two countries said Tuesday that they expect the trip to promote regional cooperation and bring bilateral ties to a higher level. Click here to read…
China conducts first flight test for domestically developed reusable liquid rocket engine: Global Times
September 14, 2022
China’s aerospace technology researchers announced Tuesday that for the first time the country has conducted a verification flight test on a domestically developed reusable liquid oxygen kerosene engine. The successful maiden flight test marks a major breakthrough in engine reusability development, the Global Times learned from the developers. Click here to read…
China delivers another breakthrough in supersized container shipbuilding: Global Times
September 14, 2022
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp, on Tuesday delivered a supersized container ship, 12 days ahead of schedule, in another breakthrough for the country’s ultra-large container shipbuilding. Click here to read…
SCO to further promote global security, stability, prosperity: People’s Daily
September 14, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the city of Samarkand, and pay state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Sept. 14 to 16. Click here to read…
IMF’s Georgieva says China, other big creditors must work to prevent debt ‘explosion’: Reuters
September 14, 2022
China and other big creditors have a responsibility to prevent the debt problems facing emerging market and low-income countries from exploding, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. Click here to read…
Xi looks to promote PRC’s strategic role: Taipei Times
September 14, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping is using his first trip abroad since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to promote Beijing’s strategic ambitions at a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders of a Central Asian security groupClick here to read…