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China: Daily Scan, December 27, 2022

Xi stresses protection of people’s safety, health: Xinhuanet
December 26, 2022

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, demanded more targeted efforts to carry out patriotic health campaigns and concrete actions to protect people’s safety and health. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instruction concerning the 70th anniversary of the patriotic health campaigns. Click here to read…

China issues guideline on supporting veterans in starting businesses: Xinhuanet
December 26, 2022

Chinese authorities have unveiled a guideline to support demobilized military personnel in starting businesses and engaging in innovation. Financial support, such as increased guaranteed loans, will be tilted toward business startups run by ex-service members, according to the document issued by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs in collaboration with 20 other departments. Click here to read…

China urges smooth transition of COVID-19 response in holiday preparations: Xinhuanet
December 26, 2022

Chinese authorities have stressed the need to ensure a smooth transition of COVID-19 response phases in a circular on the work related to the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays. The circular from the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council underscored putting the people and human life above all else and adopting a science-based approach and targeted measures. Click here to read…

China goes all out to increase output of medical supplies: Xinhuanet
December 26, 2022

China is moving to ensure production of key medical supplies in urgent need as the country optimized its COVID-19 response. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and relevant departments have established emergency collaboration mechanisms with local authorities, to help pharmaceutical enterprises expand capacity and ensure supply of key medicines for COVID-19 control. Click here to read…

Faster railway links Chengdu with Kunming: China Daily
December 26, 2022

A new railway line in China’s southwestern region will open on Monday, slashing travel time between the region’s two major cities Chengdu and Kunming, capitals of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, the national railway operator China State Railway Group said on Saturday. Click here to read…

China National Knowledge Infrastructure fined for monopolistic behavior: China Daily
December 26, 2022

The State Administration for Market Regulation, China’s top market regulator, imposed a fine of 87.6 million yuan ($12.58 million) on China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the country’s largest online academic database, for monopolistic behaviors on Monday. Click here to read…

China congratulates Prachanda on becoming Nepal’s new PM, hopes to deepen bilateral ties: Global Times
December 26, 2022

China has congratulated Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), also known as Prachanda, on his appointment as the new prime minister of Nepal, and is willing to continue working with the Nepalese government to deepen bilateral ties, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Click here to read…

Health officials call for appropriate precautions to deal with possible risks in early stage of COVID-19 downgrading adjustment: Global Times
December 27, 2022

Health officials called for taking precautions to deal with possible risks posed in early stage of the adjustment of downgrading COVID-19 from Class A to Class B, including surging COVID-19 infections and patients seeking medical treatment. Click here to read…

Chinese localities make bold moves to stabilize economy: People’s Daily
December 26, 2022

As China further optimizes its COVID-19 response, multiple localities across the country have recently made bold and sweeping moves to stabilize the economy and promote development, boosting the resumption of work, production, and business activities. Click here to read…

China’s economy brims with vitality thanks to reform and opening-up: People’s Daily
December 26, 2022

No matter how the world changes, China’s faith in and its commitment to reform and opening-up will not waver. This is the solemn commitment President Xi Jinping made at the opening ceremony of this year’s Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference. Click here to read…

China to reopen borders on Jan. 8, exit from “zero-COVID” policy: Kyodo
December 27, 2022

China said Monday it will reopen borders and abandon quarantine measures that have been in place to stem the spread of coronavirus infections on Jan. 8, in a full departure from its strict “zero-COVID” policy that involved lockdowns and isolation measures at designated facilities. Click here to read…

Taiwan detects 78 Chinese craft in a day: Taipei Times
December 27, 2022

A total of 71 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels were detected around Taiwan from 6am on Sunday to 6am yesterday, the Ministry of National Defense said.
It was the most Chinese military craft detected within a 24-hour period so far this year. Click here to read…

China’s industrial profits slump on COVID fallout, next year seen improving: Reuters
December 27, 2022

Profits at China’s industrial firms contracted further in the January-November period as strict COVID 19-related curbs disrupted factory activity and supply chains, but analysts foresaw brighter long-term economic prospects after a U-turn in COVID policy. Click here to read…

Chinese make travel plans as COVID rules ease further: Reuters
December 27, 2022

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections further strained the health system and roiled the economy. Zero-tolerance measures – from shuttered borders to frequent lockdowns – have battered China’s economy since early 2020, fuelling last month the mainland’s biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012. Click here to read…

China revises 2021 GDP growth: Xinhuanet
December 27, 2022

China’s statistics authority on Tuesday revised the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2021 to 8.4 percent in its final verification. The figure was up 0.3 percentage points from the preliminary calculation, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Click here to read…

China to manage COVID-19 with measures against Class B infectious diseases: Xinhuanet
December 27, 2022

China will manage COVID-19 with measures against Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases, in a major shift of its epidemic response policies. China has renamed the Chinese term for COVID-19 from “novel coronavirus pneumonia” to “novel coronavirus infection,” said a statement released by the National Health Commission on Monday. Click here to read…

Top legislature releases work plan for 2023: China Daily
December 27, 2022

A set of 37 legislative proposals has been planned for review and discussion next year, an official from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, said on Monday. Click here to read…

Quarantine to end for inbound overseas travelers: China Daily
December 27, 2022

International travelers will no longer need to quarantine upon arrival in China starting Jan 8, according to the country’s latest policy on epidemic control. Inbound passengers will only be required to present a negative nucleic acid test result for COVID-19 obtained within 48 hours of boarding, according to the policy change, which was announced by the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on Tuesday. Click here to read…

Shanghai clinics dealing with surge in infections: China Daily
December 27, 2022

Ruan Sheng, an ambulance driver at the South Branch Center of Shanghai Medical Emergency Center, has run an average of 20 trips each day for the last week with his teammates, Doctor Li Zhu and Wang Xiaodong, a paramedic. Click here to read…

Health officials call for appropriate precautions to deal with possible risks in early stage of COVID-19 downgrading adjustment: Global Times
December 27, 2022

Health officials called for taking precautions to deal with possible risks posed in early stage of the adjustment of downgrading COVID-19 from Class A to Class B, including surging COVID-19 infections and patients seeking medical treatment. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, December 23, 2022

China’s newest commodity exchange launches industrial silicon futures: Xinhuanet
December 22, 2022

The Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX), the youngest of China’s five major futures bourses, launched industrial silicon futures on Thursday, aiming to pursue green development and help promote the opening-up of the country’s market. Click here to read…

Land-sea trade corridor facilitates sugar import from India: Xinhuanet
December 22, 2022

A rail-sea intermodal train, carrying 265 tonnes of raw sugar from India, on Wednesday arrived in Lanzhou New Area, northwest China’s Gansu Province. It is the first time raw sugar from India has entered Gansu through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. Worth 150,000 U.S. dollars, the sugar, in 10 containers, will be processed and eventually used as an additive in food ingredients. Click here to read…

New platforms launched to enhance SCO health cooperation: Xinhuanet
December 22, 2022

A series of medical and health platforms were launched under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Thursday to provide members of the group with better health services. Click here to read…

Former senior Henan official stands trial for bribery: Xinhuanet

December 22, 2022

Gan Rongkun, a former senior official in central China’s Henan Province, stood trial for bribery on Thursday at the Intermediate People’s Court of Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province. Click here to read…

Joint Press Release of the 17th Round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting: China Military
December 22, 2022

The 17th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side on 20th December 2022. Building on the progress made after the last meeting on 17th July 2022, the two sides exchanged views on the resolution of the relevant issues along the LAC in the Western Sector in an open and constructive manner. They had a frank and in-depth discussion, keeping in line with the guidance provided by the State Leaders to work for the resolution of the remaining issues at the earliest which would help in restoration of peace and tranquility along the LAC in the Western Sector and enable progress in bilateral relations. Click here to read…

Zhejiang offers additional support for medical workers: China Daily
December 22, 2022

Zhejiang province will make an effort to improve the working conditions, salaries and benefits for medical personnel, a notice released by provincial authorities said on Wednesday. Click here to read…

Multiple regions in China call for donations due to shortage of blood stock: Global Times
December 22, 2022

Multiple regions from the north to the south across China have recently called on more residents to actively donate blood under strict personal protection guidelines as they face a shortage of blood caused by many factors including the epidemic impact and prolonged cold weather, which have led to a sharp drop in blood donations. Click here to read…

China calls for collaboration of city hospitals and rural clinics to cope with COVID surge: Global Times
December 22, 2022

As the COVID-19 outbreak in China gradually sweeps into rural areas where medical systems are relatively weaker, governments and medical experts are calling for coordinated collaboration between big hospitals and grassroots medical institutes. They ask the latter to upgrade their capacity of treating patients as the grassroots hospitals are facing shortages of medicine and medical staff. Click here to read…

China sanctions two US individuals over illegal US sanctions on Xizang region: Global Times
December 23, 2022

Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday announced sanctions on Yu Maochun, known as Miles Yu in the US, and Todd Stein as countermeasures to the illegal US sanctions of two Chinese officials on so-called human rights issues related to China’s Xizang region. Click here to read…

China urges caution as UN Security Council adopts first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years: Global Times
December 22, 2022

China’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Zhang Jun stressed that the UN Security Council must always act with extra caution while making explanatory statement after abstaining from voting on the council’s first-ever resolution on Myanmar on Wednesday, which demanded an end to violence and urged the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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PLA Navy’s carrier Liaoning ramps up aircraft sortie training in West Pacific: Global Times
December 22, 2022

The aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly hosted about 130 aircraft sorties in four days after it entered the West Pacific for far sea drills last week, more than twice as intensive as the exercises held in the same region in May, displaying the carrier’s high level of combat readiness, analysts said on Thursday. Click here to read…

China, India agree to work out mutually acceptable resolution of remaining issues in LAC Western Sector: Global Times
December 22, 2022

China and India have agreed to work out a mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues in the Western Sector along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the earliest by staying in close contact and maintaining dialogue through military and diplomatic channels. Click here to read…

Tencent rolls out mini program to help with drug sharing amid shortages: Global Times
December 22, 2022

Chinese tech giant Tencent rolled out a new mini program on its WeChat platform aimed at helping people share their surplus medicine as the recent Omicron infection flare-ups have pushed up demand for analgesics and antipyretics. Click here to read…

China’s Ministry of Finance allocates over 5b yuan of natural disaster relief funds amid cold waves: Global Times
December 22, 2022

China’s Ministry of Finance, together with the Ministry of Emergency Management, allocated 5.48 billion yuan ($784.6 million) of central natural disaster relief funds to ensure a safe and warm winter for people affected by natural disasters, according to an announcement by the ministry on Thursday. Click here to read…

State Council appoints, removes officials: People’s Daily
December 22, 2022

The State Council, China’s cabinet, announced the appointment and removal of officials Wednesday. Wang Jiayi was appointed vice minister of education, replacing Zheng Fuzhi.
Zheng was also removed from his post of the National Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Education. Click here to read…

Top Shanghai pandemic expert slammed as ‘irresponsible’ for saying Covid is on its way out of China: South China Morning Post
December 22, 2022

Noted Shanghai infectious diseases expert Zhang Wenhong’s optimistic forecast that the Covid-19 pandemic would soon end in China has been slammed as ill-founded and “irresponsible” by one of the country’s senior scientists. “Yesterday, a doctor made some irresponsible comments,” noted neurobiologist Rao Yi said in a post on WeChat, a social media platform. “The fact is nobody can say with certainty today in which direction the Covid pandemic would go,” Rao wrote on Sunday. “Nobody can rule out the possibility that the virus will be with us forever, or that an explosion of cases will happen thrice a year with varying degrees of severity.” Click here to read…

BioNTech-Fosun mRNA COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Beijing, available for German nationals living in China: Global Times
December 23, 2022

About 11,500 doses of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine co-developed by German-based BioNTech and China’s Fosun Pharma have arrived in Beijing and are expected to be made available in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang and Chengdu to provide vaccination for German nationals living in China, news site Thepaper reported on Thursday. Click here to read…

China’s first domestically produced S-300C helicopter delivered: People’s Daily
December 23, 2022

China’s first domestically produced S-300C helicopter was successfully delivered to a customer on Tuesday, National Business Daily reported on Thursday. As one of the most popular training machines in the world, S-300C is mainly used in pilot training and low altitude tourism. Click here to read…

China shoots to fifth place in robot density rankings: People’s Daily
December 23, 2022

China’s massive investment in industrial robotics has put the country higher in global rankings in terms of robot density, surpassing the United States for the first time and marking a significant improvement in the country’s industrial automation level, an industry report said. Click here to read…

Senate committee asks automakers about supply chain links to China: Kyodo
December 23, 2022

A Senate committee on Thursday asked major automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. about whether their supply chains have links with China’s Xinjiang region, in the latest U.S. effort to tackle the issue of forced labor. Click here to read…

China likely seeing 1m cases, 5,000 deaths per day: Taipei Times
December 23, 2022

China is likely experiencing 1 million new COVID-19 cases and 5,000 deaths from the virus every day, as it grapples with what is expected to be the biggest outbreak of the disease the world has ever seen, a new analysis showed. However, the situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion people. The number of daily cases might rise to 3.7 million next month, UK-based Airfinity Ltd said. Click here to read…

Japan to investigate secret Chinese police stations: Taipei Times
December 23, 2022

Japanese authorities are investigating a report from a human rights group that China has set up police offices in Japan, a top government spokesperson said yesterday, following similar checks by European countries, the US and Canada. Click here to read…

Amid China’s coronavirus crisis, Beijing draws doctors and staff from provinces to ease overwhelmed hospitals: South China Morning Post
December 23, 2022

China has sent hundreds of healthcare workers, some specialising in critical care, to the capital Beijing to ease the burden at heavily strained hospitals amid a tsunami of infections.
At least 500 doctors and nurses from Shandong province in eastern China and dozens from neighbouring Jiangsu have been sent to hospitals across the city – despite manpower shortages in their home hospitals – to help battle the worst Covid-19 wave Beijing has seen in the past three years. Click here to read…

Morgues overwhelmed: why China’s new Covid crisis is all of its own making: South China Morning Post
December 23, 2022

Inside an overcrowded Beijing hospital struggling with Covid surge in China. Since Beijing’s sudden U-turn on ending the zero-Covid policy more than two weeks ago, Chinese officials and state media have struggled to put a positive spin on the decision. They have argued that the draconian coronavirus controls – which have isolated the country from the rest of the world over the past three years – won the population of 1.4 billion valuable, life-saving time. They have also tried to reshape public perception of the virus – until last month labelled serious and deadly in the official narrative to justify zero-Covid – by stressing that the latest Omicron variants may be highly contagious but the symptoms they cause are mild. Click here to read…

Top Shanghai pandemic expert slammed as ‘irresponsible’ for saying Covid is on its way out of China: South China Morning Post
December 22, 2022

Noted Shanghai infectious diseases expert Zhang Wenhong’s optimistic forecast that the Covid-19 pandemic would soon end in China has been slammed as ill-founded and “irresponsible” by one of the country’s senior scientists. “Yesterday, a doctor made some irresponsible comments,” noted neurobiologist Rao Yi said in a post on WeChat, a social media platform. “The fact is nobody can say with certainty today in which direction the Covid pandemic would go,” Rao wrote on Sunday. “Nobody can rule out the possibility that the virus will be with us forever, or that an explosion of cases will happen thrice a year with varying degrees of severity.” Click here to read…

Xinjiang opens first high plateau airport: Xinhuanet
December 23, 2022

A passenger aircraft on Friday morning arrived in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking the inauguration of the region’s first high plateau airport. Click here to read…

Shanghai residents pool medical resources: China Daily
December 23, 2022

Several district governments in Shanghai have been encouraging residents to share their surplus medication with neighbors in light of the temporary shortage of fever medicine in the city. Click here to read…

China hospital data absent from WHO’s latest COVID reports, raising concern: Reuters
December 23, 2022

The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak. Click here to read…

Blinken cites need for all countries including China to share COVID information: Reuters
December 23, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday emphasized the need for all countries, including China, to share information on their experiences with COVID-19, at a time when some experts have started raising questions about Beijing’s official hospitalization and casualty figures. Click here to read…

China lacked a ‘zero COVID’ exit plan. Its people are paying the price: Reuters
December 23, 2022

At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7.

Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are in short supply, like cough medicines and pain killers. Medics are overloaded; infected staff continue to work because of a scarcity of personnel. Click here to read…

China’s stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections: Reuters
December 23, 2022

China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country’s health system even as they downplay the disease’s severity and continue to report no new deaths. Click here to read…

China sanctions two US individuals over illegal US sanctions on Xizang region: Global Times
December 23, 2022

Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday announced sanctions on Yu Maochun, known as Miles Yu in the US, and Todd Stein as countermeasures to the illegal US sanctions of two Chinese officials on so-called human rights issues related to China’s Xizang region. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, November 23, 2022

Chinese scientists develop self-propelled robots to clean up microplastics: Xinhuanet
November 22, 2022

A group of Chinese scientists has developed a kind of micro-robot powered by ion exchanges to remove microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) from water, according to Jinan University, one of its developers. Click here to read…

Hainan issues opinions on tax policy: China Daily
November 22, 2022

Hainan will strive to make good use of the preferential tax policies of the Hainan Free Trade Port, according to a new document released by the General Office of the People’s Government of Hainan Province on Tuesday. Click here to read…

Core components of China-made world’s largest ‘artificial sun’ accomplished, new breakthrough in core technology: Global Times
November 22, 2022

Manufacturing of the core components of the next-generation “artificial sun,” the full-size prototype of the enhanced-heat-flux (EHF) first wall (FW) panel, has been completed in China with its core indexes being significantly better than its design requirements and meeting the conditions for mass manufacturing, marking a new breakthrough by China in the scientific research of the core technology of EHF FW, the Global Times learned from its research team on Tuesday. Click here to read…

China’s top political advisor calls for boosted efficiency in performance of duties: Xinhuanet
November 23, 2022

China’s top political advisor Wang Yang on Tuesday called for efforts to improve the work evaluation system for political advisors so as to boost the efficiency of the performance of their duties. Wang, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, made the remarks while presiding over a meeting of the Chairpersons’ Council of the CPPCC National Committee. Click here to read…

China’s new civil servants take career training, constitution oath: Xinhuanet
November 23, 2022

Approximately 195,000 newly-recruited Chinese civil servants have pledged allegiance to the Constitution and completed national training sessions. Held by the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee from Nov. 17 to Nov. 21, the training sessions highlighted the implementation of the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, and reinforced the political, theoretical, conduct and integrity training. Click here to read…

China-supported ICT project completed in Bangladesh: Xinhuanet
November 23, 2022

The Bangladeshi government, in collaboration with the Chinese government and companies, implemented the country’s ICT (Information and Communication Technology) project which brought thousands of government offices across the country under nationwide connectivityClick here to read…

Chinese technology brand Honor launches operating system: Xinhuanet
November 23, 2022

Honor, a leading provider of smart devices in China, on Tuesday launched its MagicOS 7.0 operating system, which might be compatible with HarmonyOS and iOS in the future. MagicOS 7.0 consists of four core technologies — MagicRing, Magic Live, Turbo X and MagicGuard, realizing the interconnection of different chip platforms and operating systems. Click here to read…

Chinese mainland reports 2,641 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
November 23, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 2,641 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Altogether 26,242 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…

Shanghai to build national climate observatory: Xinhuanet
November 23, 2022

Shanghai will build a national climate observatory by 2025, according to a report in the China Science Daily newspaper on Wednesday. The construction of the climate observatory was approved by the China Meteorological Administration. It will feature a multi-layered climate observation system for megacities to provide a continuous, all-weather and high-resolution climate service. Click here to read…

Policy promotes private pensions: China Daily
November 23, 2022

In a new guideline focusing on the management of private pensions, the Chinese government has outlined plans to develop a multitiered, sustainable social security system to benefit its aging population. Click here to read…

Yinchuan authorities apologize for police officers’ ‘inappropriate manner’ in anti-epidemic work: Global Times
November 23, 2022

Authorities in Yinchuan, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region issued a statement on Tuesday night, apologizing for the inappropriate manner that some police officers showed in anti-epidemic work, which has triggered heated discussion online in recent days. Click here to read…

Core components of China-made world’s largest ‘artificial sun’ accomplished, new breakthrough in core technology: Global Times
November 22, 2022

Manufacturing of the core components of the next-generation “artificial sun,” the full-size prototype of the enhanced-heat-flux (EHF) first wall (FW) panel, has been completed in China with its core indexes being significantly better than its design requirements and meeting the conditions for mass manufacturing, marking a new breakthrough by China in the scientific research of the core technology of EHF FW, the Global Times learned from its research team on Tuesday. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, November 14, 2022

Xi Jinping presides over meeting of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee on COVID-19 prevention and control: Xinhuanet
November 11, 2022

The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on November 10 to hear a report on COVID-19 prevention and control and laid out 20 measures to further improve work in this regard. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech. Click here to read…

Chinese president appoints new ambassadors: Xinhuanet
November 11, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed four new ambassadors in accordance with a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, according to a statement from China’s top legislature on Friday. Ma Qiang has been appointed ambassador to South Sudan, replacing Hua Ning. Wang Xining has been appointed ambassador to Chad, replacing Li Jinjin. Click here to read…

Xi to attend G20 Summit, APEC Economic Leaders’ meeting and visit Thailand: Xinhuanet
November 11, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Bali, Indonesia, from November 14 to 17, at the invitation of President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the announcement here on Friday. He will attend the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, as well as visit Thailand from November 17 to 19, at the invitation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of the Kingdom of Thailand, Hua said. Click here to read…

China unveils ‘drone killer’ laser weapon at Airshow China, can shoot down target at low cost: Global Times
November 11, 2022

A laser weapon used against drones attracted wide attention at this year’s Airshow China. Dubbed the killer of UAVs, the weapon can launch effective strikes on low, slow and small (LSS) targets, which refer to those that fly below an altitude of one kilometer, at speeds of around 200 kilometers per hour and have a radar cross-section smaller than one square meter. Click here to read…

Chinese premier meets Japanese, S. Korean, Philippine leaders: Xinhuanet
November 12, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday held talks here with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos during the leaders’ meetings on East Asia cooperation. Click here to read…

Full text: China-ASEAN Joint Statement on Strengthening Common and Sustainable Development: Xinhuanet
November 12, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday attended the 25th China-ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, during which a joint statement on China-ASEAN cooperation has been released. Click here to read…

China debuts container-type missile launch system; weapon can ‘effectively improve defense capabilities of coastal countries’: Global Times
November 12, 2022

China’s leading missile developer exhibited a container-type sea defense combat system at the ongoing Airshow China in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, which could effectively improve the defense capabilities of coastal countries for its outstanding mobility and capability to disguise itself. Click here to read…

BMW to invest 10 bln yuan in battery production project in China: Xinhuanet
November 14, 2022

BMW Group’s joint venture in China, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA), will invest 10 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion U.S. dollars) into a new battery production project in northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Click here to read…

China’s WJ-700 UAS debuts at Airshow with more powerful technologies: Global Times
November 13, 2022

As China’s first high altitude, high speed and long endurance armed reconnaissance UAV system that had made maiden flight, WJ-700 UAV is exhibited at this year’s Airshow China, attracting wide attention with newly equipped high technologies including the country’s first domestic one-ton thrust turbofan engine featuring high performance and high reliability and the use of a large number of carbon fiber composite materials. Click here to read…

Multiple provinces across China further detail implementation of optimized anti-COVID measures: Global Times
November 13, 2022

Multiple provincial-level regions across China have further deployed, researched, optimized and detailed the implementation of anti-epidemic measures following the roll-out of 20 measures to optimize COVID-19 response on Friday, the country’s latest move in scientific and precise epidemic control and prevention work to fight the COVID-19 epidemic amid a global resurgence. Click here to read…

300 China-made EV unveiled at G20 Summit in Indonesia as official vehicles: Global Times
November 13, 2022

300 China-made new-energy vehicles from Chinese car maker SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile were unveiled at the G20 Summit in Indonesia as official vehicles, demonstrating the strength of intelligent manufacturing in China. Air ev, a new energy model under SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile was appointed as the official vehicle of the G20 Summit to provide high-quality travel service for the G20 summit delegation and organizing committee, the company said in a statement told the Global Times on Sunday. Click here to read…

Airshow China displays advanced technology, shared market: People’s Daily
November 14, 2022

China’s first homemade large jetliner, the C919, soared into the sky, its two roaring engines sending out a wave of sound. This impressive outing was the aircraft’s public appearance at Airshow China 2022. The six-day event, also known as the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, concluded Sunday in Zhuhai, a port city in south China’s Guangdong Province. Click here to read…

China plan to restore sector liquidity boosts property stocks, bonds: Reuters
November 14, 2022

Chinese property stocks and bonds soared on Monday as the market cheered an extensive package outlined by Chinese regulators to shore up financing in the embattled real estate sector, with the sub-index surging close to a two-month high in morning trading. The package, which sources say lays out multiple liquidity-boosting measures, was hailed by analysts as a “turning point” with one even describing it as the equivalent of “soaking rain after a long drought”.Click here to read…

China regulators order more financing support for property firms: Reuters
November 14, 2022

Chinese regulators have told financial institutions to extend more support to property developers to shore up the country’s struggling real estate sector, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Sunday. A notice to the institutions from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) outlined 16 steps to support the industry, including loan repayment extensions, in a major push to ease the deep liquidity crunch which has plagued the property sector since mid-2020. Click here to read…

BMW to invest 10 bln yuan in battery production project in China: Xinhuanet
November 14, 2022

BMW Group’s joint venture in China, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA), will invest 10 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion U.S. dollars) into a new battery production project in northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Click here to read…

Xi encourages young aviation workers to promote self-reliance, high-quality development of industry: China Military
November 14, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday wrote back to young workers and engineers of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), encouraging them to promote self-reliance and strength in aviation science and technology and high-quality development of the industry. Click here to read…

More Party regulations to tighten up discipline: China Daily
November 14, 2022

The Communist Party of China believes that its commitment to continuously improve conduct and enforce discipline is a major reason it has won the full support of the people. In a report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, the Party said that it will take steps to improve conduct and enforce discipline, reflecting its firm determination to ensure full, rigorous Party governance. Click here to read…

New CPC chiefs named for Beijing and Fujian: China Daily
November 14, 2022

Yin Li, former Party chief of Fujian province, has been appointed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as Party chief of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, replacing Cai Qi, according to a report from Xinhua News Agency. The 60-year-old is also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Click here to read…

Chongqing at ‘critical point’ in virus control: China Daily
November 14, 2022

Chongqing, a megacity of 32 million people in Southwest China, is facing a “severe and complicated “epidemic situation and is at a critical point with its number of infections rising rapidly in recent days, senior officials said at a news conference on Saturday evening. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, November 9, 2022

Intelligent marine equipment shines in Airshow China, helps safeguard China’s maritime security: Global Times
November 7, 2022

Various types of marine equipment, especially intelligent unmanned high-speed vessels, which are playing an important role in safeguarding the country’s maritime security and scientific research, are one of the highlights of this year’s Airshow China, scheduled to be held from November 8 to 13. Click here to read…

International Military Flight Training Conference 2022 kicks off in Zhuhai, China: China Military
November 7, 2022

International Military Flight Training Conference 2022 was held in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, on November 7. Twenty eight Chinese and foreign representatives delivered speeches, either onsite or via video link, on the theme of “talent, innovation, collaboration and development”, exchanging ideas, approaches, and methods of leveraging scientific and technological innovation to foster air force defense construction, training reform and personnel training. Click here to read…

China rolls out regulations on concluding treaties: Xinhuanet
November 7, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree outlining a set of regulations, which will come into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, on the conclusion of treaties, according to an official statement released Monday. Click here to read…

Former senior political advisor of Liaoning sentenced to death with reprieve: Xinhuanet
November 8, 2022

A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced Liu Guoqiang, a former senior political advisor of northeastern Liaoning Province, to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes. Liu, a former vice-chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was convicted of taking bribes worth over 352 million yuan (48 million U.S. dollars) by the Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court. Click here to read…

Xi inspects CMC joint operations command center, stressing troop training, combat preparedness: Xinhuanet
November 8, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday inspected the joint operations command center of the Central Military Commission (CMC), demonstrating the stance of the new CMC on implementing the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and enhancing troop training and combat preparedness. Click here to read…

Chinese FM meets with UNGA president: Xinhuanet
November 8, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met via video link with Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Click here to read…

China to further promote green growth in building materials: Xinhuanet
November 8, 2022

China has released a plan to advance low-carbon development in the building materials sector, a large producer of industrial carbon emissions, vowing to secure a carbon peak target in the industry by 2030. Click here to read…

Researchers develop green, efficient electric rare earth mining technology: Xinhuanet
November 8, 2022

Mining rare earth has long been considered a dirty business, as it can lead to water and soil pollution, but a new technology developed by Chinese scientists may reverse the trend, offering a greener alternative for the industry. Click here to read…

China approves 3 new national manufacturing innovation centers: Qiushi

November 8, 2022

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced Monday that it approved the establishment of three new national manufacturing innovation centers. The innovation centers, backed by research or tech firms in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Sichuan provinces, will focus on graphene, virtual reality, and ultra-high-definition video industries, respectively, said the ministry. Click here to read…

Former Liaoning official sentenced for bribery: China Daily
November 8, 2022

Liu Guoqiang, former vice-chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was sentenced to death on Tuesday with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth about 352 million yuan ($54.2 million). Click here to read…

New drones of Wing Loong family debut at Airshow China: Global Times
November 8, 2022

A number of new drones of the Wing Loong family, including the Wing Loong 1E, Wing Loong 3 and Wing Loong 10A, made their debuts at Airshow China, fully demonstrating the comprehensive strength of China’s aviation industry in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Click here to read…

China holds high-profile display of advanced warplanes, weapons at airshow, ‘deters Taiwan secessionists, external interference forces’: Global Times
November 8, 2022

When the six-day Airshow China 2022 kicked off on Tuesday in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, spectators were greatly amazed by the country’s most advanced J-20 fighter jets’ outstanding flight performances with challenging maneuvers of tactical significance in a very humid weather, as well as their landing before the general public for the first time, which experts said, together with flight performances of the YU-20 aerial tanker and the J-16 heavy fighter jet among others, constituted a confident and high-profile move that not only showed the capabilities of the aircraft, but also served as a deterrence to “Taiwan independence” secessionist and external interference forces. Click here to read…

Over 90 pct of responders in Macao support amendment to law on safeguarding national security: People’s Daily
November 8, 2022

About 93 percent of about 111,000 pieces of advice received in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) were in favor of the amendment to its law on safeguarding national security, showed a report released on Monday by the Macao SAR government. Click here to read…

More overseas students return in China’s grassroots work: People’s Daily
November 8, 2022

While over 1 million returning overseas students took innovative careers and launched start-ups in their motherland in 2021, grassroots work in civil services and communities has become a new choice for more and more such returnees. Click here to read…

China’s security increasingly unstable, uncertain: Reuters
November 8, 2022

China will comprehensively strengthen its military training and preparation for any war, state broadcaster CCTV quoted China’s President Xi Jinping as saying on Tuesday. China’s security has been increasingly unstable and uncertain, Xi was quoted as saying. Click here to read…

Shanghai bourse kicks off week-long conference to woo global investors: Reuters
November 9, 2022

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) kicks off on Wednesday a week-long global conference to promote China’s capital markets, according to an official agenda, the latest in a flurry of activities by regulators to woo international investors. Click here to read…

China canceled Michel’s speech at expo opening: Taipei Times
November 9, 2022

Chinese authorities behind a major trade expo in Shanghai pulled an opening ceremony address by European Council President Charles Michel that was set to criticize Russia’s “illegal war” in Ukraine and call for reduced trade dependency on China, diplomats said. Click here to read…

COVID-19: China’s COVID-19 epicenter shifts to Guangzhou as outbreak widens: Taipei Times
November 9, 2022

New COVID-19 cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed yesterday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China’s latest COVID-19 epicenter and testing the city’s ability to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown. Click here to read…

Senior municipal legislator under probe: Xinhuanet
November 9, 2022

A senior legislator in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, has been put under investigation for suspected severe violations of Party discipline and laws, an official statement said Wednesday. Fu Zhongwei, director of the standing committee of the Shenyang municipal people’s congress, is being investigated by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, according to the statement. Click here to read…

Chinese plane maker COMAC gets 300 new orders for C919 jet: Xinhuanet
November 9, 2022

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) said it has received 300 new orders for C919 jet at the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China. Click here to read…

Chinese mainland reports 1,294 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
November 9, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 1,294 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Altogether 6,882 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…

New policy to aid entrepreneurs: China Daily
November 9, 2022

China has unveiled a new pro-growth regulation for self-employed business owners, including policies that provide greater support in terms of taxation, finance and the protection of intellectual rights, in a bid to inject fresh impetus into individual and small, family-run businesses. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, October 28, 2022

Xi stresses studying, understanding, implementing guiding principles of key Party congress: Xinhuanet
October 26, 2022

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Tuesday stressed fully studying, understanding and implementing the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the CPC to strive for new successes in building a modern socialist country in all respects. Click here to read…

China’s top procuratorate orders arrest of former bank chief: Xinhuanet
October 26, 2022

China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate has ordered the arrest of Tian Huiyu, former president of China Merchants Bank (CMB), for suspected bribe-taking, abuse of power, and trade on undisclosed information. The case was transferred to procuratorial authorities for prosecution following the conclusion of an investigation by the National Commission of Supervision. Click here to read…

Pakistani PM to visit China: Xinhuanet
October 26, 2022

At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will pay an official visit to China from Nov. 1, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Wednesday. Click here to read…

Full text of Constitution of Communist Party of China: Xinhuanet
October 26, 2022

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted the revised Constitution of the CPC on Oct. 22. Please find the document in the attachment.

Full text of Constitution of Communist Party of China Click here to read…

Xi Jinping chairs meeting of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee: Global Times
October 26, 2022

The Political Bureau of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee made arrangements for studying, publicizing and implementing the spirit of the Party’s 20th National Congress at a meeting held on October 25. Also deliberated at the meeting were regulations by the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee on strengthening and safeguarding the Party Central Committee’s centralized, unified leadership and its detailed rules for implementing the eight-point decision on work conduct. Click here to read…

Xi leads CPC leadership to old revolutionary base: Xinhuanet
October 27, 2022

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau on Thursday to visit Yan’an, an old revolutionary base in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Click here to read…

China’s draft law on barrier-free environment up for debate: Xinhuanet
October 27, 2022

A draft law on the building of a barrier-free environment, the first of its kind in China, was tabled before lawmakers for the first deliberation on Thursday. The draft law, which is being deliberated at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, specifies the beneficiaries as “members of society in need of barrier-free environments.” Click here to read…

China to accelerate building carbon emission calculation system: Xinhuanet
October 27, 2022

China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said Thursday that it would expedite the construction of a unified and standardized national system to calculate carbon emissions. Focusing on sectors, companies and key products in the calculation, the ministry and relevant departments will also formulate a list of greenhouse gases, said Li Gao, a ministry official, at a press conference. Click here to read…

Former executive of Sinograin indicted: Xinhuanet
October 27, 2022

Xu Baoyi, former deputy general manager of China Grain Reserves Group (Sinograin), has been indicted on charges of bribery, dereliction of duty by personnel of state-owned enterprises, and insider trading, said the procuratorate authorities. Xu’s case has been filed with the Datong Intermediate People’s Court in north China’s Shanxi Province. Click here to read…

China’s top legislature starts standing committee session: China Daily
October 27, 2022

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, started its 37th session in Beijing on Wednesday. Li Zhanshu, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the session’s first plenary meeting and delivered a speech. Click here to read…

Harbin asking for ideas on birth policies: China Daily
October 27, 2022

Until Oct 31, residents may submit opinions and suggestions on a plan for optimizing birth policies and promoting long-term balanced population development in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, the city’s government said on Tuesday. Under the plan, which was drafted by the city’s health commission, families with a second and third child will receive a monthly subsidy for each child until the age of 3. Click here to read…

Chinese local govts endeavor to address public concerns amid widening COVID outbreak: Global Times
October 27, 2022

Winter comes, not only bringing cold air across China, but also sparking a new wave of COVID-19 flare-ups in multiple provinces and regions with more than 1,000 new cases reported on Thursday nationwide for a third straight day, which triggered affected areas to double down on measures in an attempt to bring the outbreaks under control as soon as possible. Click here to read…

PLA Navy’s newly commissioned frigate Ziyang makes training debut: Global Times
October 27, 2022

The Type 054A frigate Ziyang of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently made its training debut, with observers saying on Wednesday that the newly commissioned warship will enhance the PLA Navy’s capabilities. Click here to read…

China to revise women’s protection law for first time in decades: Reuters
October 27, 2022

Legislation aimed at giving women in China more protection against gender discrimination and sexual harassment at work was submitted to China’s parliament on Thursday after a third revision and extensive public input. The revised legislation comes as activists have expressed concern about increasing government rhetoric on the value traditional women’s roles and what some see as setbacks for women’s rights and more restrictive attitudes towards abortion. Click here to read…

Analysis: Xi’s new generals offer cohesion over possible Taiwan plans: Reuters
October 27, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s new generals may have been selected for their political loyalty to him, but those ties could serve at least one vital military purpose in any Taiwan invasion plan: ensuring cohesion and decisiveness. Click here to read…

Ten ways China has changed under Xi Jinping: Reuters
October 27, 2022

Xi Jinping emerged from the 20th Communist Party Congress with a precedent-breaking third leadership term and a Politburo Standing Committee made up entirely of loyalists, cementing his place as China’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Under Xi’s decade in power, China has undergone profound change, both domestically and within the global context. Click here to read…

Economical, intensive use of water resources highlighted in draft law revision: Xinhuanet
October 28, 2022

Chinese lawmakers are mulling a draft law revision to strengthen the economical and intensive use of water resources in the Yellow River, the “mother river” of the Chinese nation. The draft revision to the law, which was submitted Thursday to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, specifies that the water resources of the Yellow River basin should be used in a carefully calculated and strictly budgeted manner. Click here to read…

CPC reshuffles Shanghai Party chief: Xinhuanet
October 28, 2022

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has decided that Li Qiang no longer serves as the secretary of the Party’s Shanghai Municipal Committee. Chen Jining has been appointed to the position. Click here to read…

Central Military Commission holds executive meeting on studying Party congress guiding principles: XinhuanetClick here to read…
October 28, 2022

The Central Military Commission (CMC) on Thursday held an executive meeting on studying and implementing the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Click here to read…

Chinese FM holds phone talks with Russian counterpart: Xinhuanet
October 28, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday held a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, right after the 20th CPC National Congress, which reflected the high-level mutual trust and firm mutual support between China and Russia, said Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee. Click here to read…

AIIB president highlights multilateral cooperation in global governance: Xinhuanet
October 28, 2022

Seven years into its operations, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has upheld multilateralism, achieved rapid development and actively responded to various global challenges. Click here to read…

Chinese mainland reports 214 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
October 28, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 214 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Friday. Altogether 1,123 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…

Guizhou province ramps up computing construction to boost digital economy: Qiushi
October 28, 2022

Southwest China’s Guizhou province is taking steps to accelerate the construction of data centers, computing infrastructure and national computing hub, as part of its broader drive to improve efficiency in the use of computing resources and inject fresh impetus into the country’s digital economy. Click here to read…

Zooming into CPC Constitution’s latest revision process: Qiushi
October 28, 2022

The resolution on an amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was adopted at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress on Oct. 22. The approval was announced by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Click here to read…

Xi stresses striving in unity to fulfill goals set by Party congress: Qiushi
October 28, 2022

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday stressed promoting the great founding spirit of the Party and the spirit of Yan’an, and striving in unity to fulfill the goals and tasks set by the 20th CPC National Congress. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, October 14, 2022

(CPC Congress) CPC Central Committee holds meeting to seek opinions from non-CPC personages on major report: Xinhuanet
October 13, 2022

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Aug. 31 to seek opinions and suggestions from non-CPC personages on the draft report to the 20th CPC National Congress. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and made an important speech. Click here to read…

(CPC Congress) Communique of the Seventh Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: Xinhuanet
October 13, 2022

The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded its seventh plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday with a communique issued. The following is the full text of the communique:

Communique of the Seventh Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaClick here to read…

China to ensure implementation of rent exemption policies for market entities: Xinhuanet
October 13, 2022

China will intensify its implementation of premises rent reductions or exemptions for small and micro-sized firms and self-employed businesses in the services sector, the state-assets regulator has said. All rent relief policies and measures should be implemented effectively, according to a circular released by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Click here to read…

China Development Bank issues bonds to support green infrastructure: Xinhuanet
October 13, 2022

China Development Bank, one of the country’s policy banks, has issued 12 billion yuan (about 1.69 billion U.S. dollars) of green bonds to boost the green transformation of infrastructure. Click here to read…

China’s J-20 stealth fighter jets drive away foreign aircraft in combat patrols over East China Sea: Global Times
October 13, 2022

J-20 stealth fighter jets of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently carried out a series of combat patrols over the East China Sea, driving away foreign aircraft which were flying close to China’s territorial airspace in the process, with experts saying on Thursday that with advanced warplanes like the J-20 and others, China is well-equipped to deal with close-in reconnaissance provocations by foreign militaries. Click here to read…

China’s chip association urges US to rectify its wrongdoings, disruptive and discriminative policies: Global Times
October 13, 2022

China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) said on Thursday that it opposes the US’ arbitrary move on its chip technology ban against China with regard to new export control measures announced by the US Department of Commerce last week. Click here to read…

China’s 20th Communist Party Congress: who could be in Xi’s new team?: Reuters
October 13, 2022

China’s Xi Jinping is widely expected to clinch a third five-year leadership at the upcoming congress of the ruling Communist Party, a mandate that would secure his stature as the country’s most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong. Click here to read…

When Chinese protesters came up against Xi’s security machine: Reuters
October 13, 2022

Jack Yao, a Chinese Communist Party member, never wanted to be an activist. Having escaped rural poverty and joined Beijing’s middle classes through decades of study and work, he saw himself as a patriotic poster child of the party’s successful rule. Yet the 43-year-old’s life has been upended since he and thousands of other people abruptly lost access to their savings in a banking fraud scandal that erupted in April, which centred on a string of rural lenders in Henan and Anhui provinces. Click here to read…

Rare political protest banners removed in Chinese capital: Reuters
October 13, 2022

Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday, just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress. The banners bore several slogans, including a call for President Xi Jinping’s ouster and an end to strict COVID-19 policies, according to numerous images and videos circulated on Twitter, which is blocked in China. Click here to read…

Chinese mainland reports 249 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
October 14, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 249 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 56 in Inner Mongolia and 53 in Guangdong, according to the National Health Commission’s report Friday. A total of 1,010 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…

Consumption market tipped to expand: China Daily
October 14, 2022

Despite facing downward pressures and uncertainties at home and abroad, China’s consumer market is expected to gain growth momentum in coming months, according to experts. This impetus will be fueled by better containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a package of stimulus measures taking effect gradually to spur consumption, the experts said. Click here to read…

Shanghai logs 49 new COVID-19 infections: China Daily
October 14, 2022

Shanghai reported two new local confirmed COVID-19 cases and 47 asymptomatic infections on Thursday, according to the city’s health commission. Among them, two asymptomatic infections were found outside quarantined populations. Another 20 buildings and neighborhoods were added to the city’s list of medium-risk zones. Click here to read…

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CPC Central Committee meets with non-CPC personages on major report; united front key to securing national rejuvenation: Global Times
October 14, 2022

The united front is important for the Communist Party of China (CPC) to unite all non-CPC personages within and outside China to gather the wisdom and strength of all Chinese people to realize the great rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, said analysts, as the Xinhua News Agency reported three days ahead of the 20th CPC National Congress that the Party’s Central Committee had a crucial meeting with non-CPC personages. Click here to read…

38 problematic mobile apps revealed for infringing upon users’ rights: Global Times
October 14, 2022

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released on Thursday a notification about problems with dozens of mobile applications that infringe upon users’ rights. A total of 38 mobile applications were identified with problems such as pushing pop-up information that violates regulations or coercively, frequently, and excessively asking for permission from users. Click here to read…

2,500 reporters, including 750 foreign journalists apply to attend the 20th CPC National Congress: Global Times
October 14, 2022

About 2,500 journalists, including 750 foreign reporters have applied to attend the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the press center of the congress will organize various activities for reporters to facilitate access to information about the big event in China, according to information from the press center. Click here to read…

Xi gets chance to tighten economic hold at congress: Taipei Times
October 14, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is on the verge of installing more allies who share his vision of tighter control over entrepreneurs and a more dominant role in the economy for the Chinese Communist Party at a congress that starts this weekend. Click here to read…

China: Daily Scan, October 11, 2022

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…

China: Daily Scan, September 27, 2022

Xi writes foreword for literature collection on rejuvenation: Xinhuanet
September 26, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping has written a foreword, titled “Forging Ahead on the Journey to National Rejuvenation,” for works of literature collected in the Revitalization Library, which will soon be published. Click here to read…

China offers 9 bln USD to businesses to maintain jobs: Xinhuanet
September 26, 2022

China has stepped up efforts to save jobs this year, with some 64.63 billion yuan (9.19 billion U.S. dollars) having already been offered to businesses this year. Unemployment insurance refunds totaling 44.84 billion yuan were given to some 7.21 million enterprises, or more than half of all employers covered by the social security net, in the first eight months of the year, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Click here to read…

China’s insurance asset management association registers massive product value: Xinhuanet

September 26, 2022

The value of products registered by the Insurance Asset Management Association of China, an organization for the country’s insurance asset management industry, totaled 684.84 billion yuan (about 97.42 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of the year. Click here to read…

China’s top political advisory body to meet in late October: China Daily
September 26, 2022

The Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, will convene its 24th meeting from Oct 31 to Nov 2. Click here to read…

Details of Party Congress delegates expounded, 33.6% from frontlines of work and production: Global Times
September 26, 2022

After all delegates to attend the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) were selected, officials introduced in detail the characteristics of the delegation, with 33.6 percent of Party members working at the frontlines of work and production, more female representatives and more delegates from ethnic minority groups. Half of them hold postgraduate degrees, and they are from a wide range of walks of life. Click here to read…

China’s next-gen solar-powered drone expected to make debut soon: Global Times
September 26, 2022

China is expected to unveil its next-generation, solar-powered large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with very long endurance soon, which will have a larger wingspan than its predecessors that allows it to carry larger payloads for missions including reconnaissance, monitoring and communications relay in near-space, said Chinese experts familiar with the matter on Monday. Click here to read…

North Korea, China resume cross-border freight train operation after COVID closures: Reuters
September 26, 2022

Cross-border freight train operations between North Korea and China has resumed, Beijing said on Monday, ending a five-month suspension to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed reports out of South Korea that China and North Korea had decided to resume cross-border freight train traffic that had been suspended in April due to the pandemic. Click here to read…

Countdown to China’s Communist Party congress enters final stages with release of delegate list: South China Morning Post
September 26, 2022

Preparations for the Chinese Communist Party’s national congress next month are in their final stages, with the release of the names of more than 2,000 delegates to the event.
“Each electoral unit across the country convened a party congress or party representative meeting and elected 2,296 delegates to the 20th party congress,” state broadcaster CCTV said on Sunday. The congress will get under way on October 16 and is expected to mark the start of President Xi Jinping’s third term as the party’s leader. Click here to read…

Police in C.China’s Hunan crack money laundering case via cryptocurrency, 40 billion yuan involved: Global Times
September 27, 2022

The public security department of Hengyang county under Hengyang city, Central China’s Hunan Province announced recently that a 40-billion-yuan (($5.58 billion) money laundering case involving cryptocurrency had been cracked, which was linked to over 300 telecom fraud schemes, the National Business Daily reported on Tuesday. Click here to read…

More policy tweaks likely to settle realty: People’s Daily
September 27, 2022

China may signal more policy adjustments to stabilize the real estate market as a regulatory official recently noted that “bubble signs and the financialization trend in China’s real estate sector have been substantially reversed”, experts said. Click here to read…

China joins hands with rest of world to advance international process of firearms control: People’s Daily
September 27, 2022

China has decided to launch its domestic procedure to ratify the UN Firearms Protocol, announced the country at the general debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 24. Click here to read…

China playing prominent role in coping with global challenges: People’s Daily
September 27, 2022

Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China has made remarkable achievements, becoming the world’s second largest economy, the largest trading nation, as well as a major trading partner for over 120 countries and regions. It is an important engine driving global growth. Its success is inspiring many developing countries. Click here to read…

China’s industrial profit declines accelerate as demand weakens: Reuters
September 27, 2022

Profits at China’s industrial firms shrank at a faster pace in January-August, as strict COVID restrictions and a deepening property slump weighed on domestic demand, adding to uncertainties about the faltering economy. Click here to read…

COVID-19: Chinese commentator urges virus experts to speak out: Reuters
September 27, 2022

Prominent Chinese commentator Hu Xijin on Sunday said that as China ponders its COVID-19 policies, epidemic experts need to speak out and China ought to conduct comprehensive research and make any studies transparent to the public. Click here to read…

‘Painful lessons’: call for China’s Communist Party to avoid ‘strategic mistakes’: South China Morning Post
September 27, 2022

The Communist Party cannot afford to make “strategic mistakes” as it did during the Cultural Revolution, the former executive vice-president of the Central Party School has said. He Yiting made the remark in an article published in Study Times, the school’s official publication, on Monday. He also said the party needed a “grand strategy” to lead the nation through the current turbulent and challenging times. Click here to read…

Countdown to China’s Communist Party congress enters final stages with release of delegate list: South China Morning Post
September 26, 2022

Preparations for the Chinese Communist Party’s national congress next month are in their final stages, with the release of the names of more than 2,000 delegates to the event.
“Each electoral unit across the country convened a party congress or party representative meeting and elected 2,296 delegates to the 20th party congress,” state broadcaster CCTV said on Sunday. The congress will get under way on October 16 and is expected to mark the start of President Xi Jinping’s third term as the party’s leader. Click here to read…

Former senior provincial legislator arrested for bribery: Xinhuanet
September 27, 2022

China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) announced its decision to arrest Li Jiexiang, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Qinghai Provincial People’s Congress, for suspected bribe-taking. Click here to read…

China discloses more evidence of cyber attacks by U.S. security agency: Xinhuanet
September 27, 2022

China on Tuesday released a new investigation report in which it said further evidence has been found to show the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is behind “thousands of cyber attacks” on a Chinese university. Click here to read…

Researchers develop digital mask to facilitate anonymous diagnosis, privacy protection: Xinhuanet
September 27, 2022

Chinese researchers have developed a digital mask to make anonymity when seeing a doctor come true and save patients’ facial privacy, according to a research article recently published in the journal, Nature Medicine. Click here to read…

Chinese mainland reports 173 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
September 27, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 173 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 58 were in Sichuan and 44 were in Guizhou, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. Altogether 636 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read…

Nearly 70 countries say no to interference in China’s internal affairs: China Military
September 27, 2022

Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet related issues are China’s internal affairs, and there should be no politicization of human rights and double standards, or interference in China’s internal affairs under the pretext of human rights, a group of countries stressed Monday at the on-going 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council. Click here to read…

Shanghai establishes virus research institution to deepen sharing mechanism; virologist Guan Yi appointed as chief: Global Times
September 27, 2022

The Shanghai Virus Research Institution was officially established in Shanghai on Monday, with internationally renowned virologist Guan Yi appointed as the first chief of the institute. The new institute is intended to deepen the cooperation and sharing mechanism in the field of virology research. Click here to read…

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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…