China: Daily Scan, September 23, 2022

Chinese FM meets Russian counterpart: Xinhuanet
September 22, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here on Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th session of the UN General Assembly. Click here to read…

China says U.S. EV subsidy provisions “suspected of violating WTO rules”: Xinhuanet
September 22, 2022

The electric vehicle (EV) subsidy provisions in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act are discriminatory and suspected of violating the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. Click here to read…

Chinese premier calls on China, Japan to enhance economic cooperation: Xinhuanet
September 22, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday said China is ready to work with Japan to upgrade the all-round, wide-ranging and multi-level cooperation, noting that China welcomes the Japanese business community to continue seizing development opportunities and actively expand its presence in the Chinese market to achieve win-win results. Click here to read…

Former provincial legislator stands trial for bribery: Xinhuanet
September 22, 2022

Song Taiping, a former senior legislator in north China’s Hebei Province, stood trial for bribery on Thursday at the Intermediate People’s Court of Yuncheng City in the neighboring Shanxi Province. Click here to read…

Former senior provincial official given death sentence with reprieve: Xinhuanet
September 22, 2022

Wang Like, a former senior Party official in east China’s Jiangsu Province, was on Thursday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking and offering bribes, sheltering and conniving with mafia-like organizations, and forging identity documents. Click here to read…

China’s former senior official Fu Zhenghua sentenced to death with reprieve: Xinhuanet
September 22, 2022

Former senior official Fu Zhenghua on Thursday was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 117 million yuan (16.76 million U.S. dollars) and bending the law for personal gainsClick here to read…

China sends new naval fleet on Gulf of Aden escort mission: China Daily
September 22, 2022

The 42nd fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy set out from a military port in East China’s Shandong province on Wednesday to take over an escort mission from the 41st naval fleet in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. Click here to read…

China calls enhanced effort to fight climate change at UNGA: Global Times
September 22, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made four-point proposals in addressing the global climate change on Wednesday during the ongoing UN General Assembly (UNGA), stressing that countries should not abandon the efforts in energy restructuring because of the COVID-19 outbreak or the energy crisis, developed countries should achieve carbon neutrality significantly in advance, making room for developing countries. Click here to read…

China launches survey on marriage and childbearing as country tackles population problem: Global Times
September 22, 2022

China has launched a nationwide survey on marriage and fertility in an effort to “objectively and comprehensively” understand the challenges faced by people of marriage and child-bearing age and find solutions as the country has been tackling the population problem with a decline in marriage and fertility rate in recent years. Click here to read…

Microsoft, other US firms expand in China, defying decoupling push: Global Times
September 22, 2022

US technology giant Microsoft announced on Wednesday plans to expand recruitment and upgrade its campuses in China, following a series of recent moves and plans of major US businesses, including chipmaker Nvidia, to expand their presence in the Chinese market, despite the US decoupling push. Click here to read…

China sees vigorous development of its manufacturing industry over past 10 years: Qiushi
September 23, 2022

China’s value-added industrial output grew from 20.9 trillion yuan ($3.1 trillion) in 2012 to 37.3 trillion yuan in 2021, with an average annual growth rate of 6.3 percent. During the same period, manufacturing value-added output increased from 16.98 trillion yuan to 31.4 trillion yuan, accounting for nearly 30 percent of total global output. China has maintained the largest producer of over 40 percent of the world’s 500 major industrial goods. Click here to read…

Silk Road Economic Belt core area spurs Xinjiang development: Qiushi
September 23, 2022

At an exhibition booth of the ongoing China-Eurasian Expo, Tursun Mettursun and his brother earnestly promoted their self-made wool mattresses to clients. “This is the first time that I’m attending the expo. I hope to broaden my horizons and make more friends,” said Tursun Mettursun from Qira County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Click here to read…

Action plan to remediate Yangtze River: Qiushi
September 23, 2022

In a move to strengthen the conservation of the Yangtze River Basin, 17 central government bodies released a joint action plan on Monday, vowing a series of measures to reduce the discharge of pollutants into the river. Click here to read…

Judges agree to promote investment: China Daily
September 23, 2022

Chief justices from BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — have declared that they will promote the convenience of trade and investment by the rule of law and improve international judicial assistance by information-based means. Click here to read…

Former vice-minister of public security Sun Lijun sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve: China Daily
September 23, 2022

Sun Lijun, former vice-minister of public security, was given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes, manipulating the stock market and illegally keeping firearms, a court in Northeast China’s Jilin province ruled Friday. Click here to read…

China Council for Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification in Nepal inaugurated: Xinhuanet
September 23, 2022

The China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification in Nepal was inaugurated on Thursday in the Nepali capital. Jin Xiaodong, president of the Overseas Chinese Association of Nepal, said his association decided on such a move in response to the strong patriotism of overseas Chinese in Nepal. Click here to read…

Shanghai rolls out regulation to promote AI industry development: Xinhuanet
September 23, 2022

The local legislature in Shanghai on Thursday passed a regulation on boosting the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. The regulation, China’s first provincial-level one in the AI sector, is to go into effect on Oct. 1. AI is one of the three leading industries that Shanghai seeks to develop through the concentration of resources. Click here to read…

Chinese mainland reports 121 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
September 23, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 121 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, with Sichuan and Guizhou provinces reporting 43 cases each, according to the National Health Commission’s report on Friday. A total of 627 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…