The Chinese government released a white paper on Tuesday to introduce the theoretical base, practice and development of a global community of shared future, as by presenting China's vision of the course of human development, it counters the hegemonic thinking of certain countries that seek supremacy.
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, tourists from all over the world have been dressing in traditional Uygur costumes, dancing to folk music, gobbling down the kebab, and snapping up local specialties in the thousand-year-old Kashi Old Town in Kashi Prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
In recent years, the cooperation mode between China and ASEAN in the field of EVs has been transitioning from exporting complete vehicles to capacity cooperation. Several Chinese car companies have achieved localized production in the ASEAN region through direct investment in factories or mergers.
Despite constant claims from Western media that the Chinese-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is unwelcomed by the people of recipient countries and has caused conflict over environmental and employment issues, a recent fieldtrip by the Global Times to three Southeast Asian countries revealed a very different reality on the ground.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday took a test ride on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The test ride came as Li kicked off an official visit to Indonesia this week, where he is also attending the 26th China-ASEAN Summit, the 26th ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said at the 26th China-ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday that as long as China and ASEAN countries keep to the right path, whatever storms may come, their cooperation will be as firm as ever and they can press ahead against all odds, and analysts said that China-ASEAN ties remain close and will continue to develop to withstand the impacts of any external interference that attempts to instigate tensions and conflicts.
After enduring a bumpy 3.5-hour-long highway ride and a bout of traffic congestion, we finally arrived in Indonesian famous tourism city Bandung by car, which was only 130 kilometers from the capital Jakarta, during a fieldtrip to the Tegalluar Station, the last point on the Jakarta-Bandung HSR in July.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision and provides solutions for the reformation of the global governance system and other challenges. Reflecting on the development of the BRI over the last decade, there has been no shortage of evidence demonstrating its success. Standing at this monumental juncture, the Global Times is publishing a series of articles to help readers understand the fruitful journey of the BRI in the past 10 years from multiple perspectives, and how the initiative will proceed in the future. This is the sixth installment in the series, examining how the Kuantan Port in Malaysia has risen to be an important trade hub because of BRI.
Editor's Note: Relations between China and the ASEAN have continued to improve since the establishment of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations in 1991. Over the last 30 years, the China-ASEAN relationship has achieved remarkable development and brought about tangible benefits for more than 2 billion people in 11 countries. China and the ASEAN have pursued the right path of long-standing good-neighborliness and friendship, and common development and prosperity. Recently, Global Times reporters Hu Yuwei, Zhao Juecheng, and Li Xuanmin (GT) interviewed the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn (Kao), and Chinese Ambassador to the ASEAN, Hou Yanqi (Hou), in Indonesia, to get more insights from them on the future pathway of China-ASEAN political and economic relations.
Editor's Note: Relations between China and the ASEAN have continued to improve since the establishment of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations in 1991. Over the last 30 years, the China-ASEAN relationship has achieved remarkable development and brought about tangible benefits for more than 2 billion people in 11 countries. China and the ASEAN have pursued the right path of long-standing good-neighborliness and friendship, and common development and prosperity. Recently, Global Times reporters Hu Yuwei, Zhao Juecheng, and Li Xuanmin (GT) interviewed the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn (Kao), and Chinese Ambassador to the ASEAN, Hou Yanqi (Hou), in Indonesia, to get more insights from them on the future pathway of China-ASEAN political and economic relations. The two diplomats highlighted China's important role as one of the key partners of the ASEAN that supports its community-building efforts. They expressed their belief that the bilateral cooperation enjoys a profound foundation, covers broad areas, and will continue to yield fruitful results.
"In Malaysia, For Malaysia" is a phrase printed on the business card of Hu Jiulin, the chief technology officer of Alliance Steel, the largest steel plant in the country, also one of the first Chinese companies to establish a plant within the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP), located on the east coast of Malaysia.
China and South Africa, two member states of the BRICS bloc, have witnessed their economic ties get closer and bilateral trade follow a steady growth track in recent years despite the COVID-19 pandemic. With their strategic partnership deepening, bilateral cooperation in diverse areas has displayed vitality and resilience, setting a template for cooperation among the nations of the Global South and injecting impetus into the world's economic recovery.
More than 2,000 years ago, fleets of cargo-laden merchant ships set sail from China through the ancient Maritime Silk Road, which opened the path for centuries of trade and cultural exchanges between China and Indonesia.
When Chinese President Xi Jinping first proposed the initiative of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in 2013, it was framed as a broad vision to expand regional cooperation between China and Southeast Asian countries. By visiting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in July, Global Times reporters followed Xi's footsteps and visions to find out how BRI projects have enhanced regional connectivity, deepened trade and economic relations, promoted political trust and expanded people-to-people exchanges among member countries.
Praphaphan Thaingamsin, a 20-something Thai college graduate, has been immersed in a hit Chinese fantasy costume drama Till the End of The Moon recently, breathlessly waiting for new episodes to be released online every night.
Editor's Note: Over 2,000 years ago, when the world was separated by high mountains and vast oceans, Chinese ancestors opened a transcontinental passage connecting Asia, Europe and Africa, known as the Silk Road, and created sea routes linking the East with the West, namely, the maritime Silk Road. The ancient silk routes embody the spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit. In the autumn of 2013, when mankind faced daunting challenges posed by deficits of peace, development and governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road – the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), carrying on the Silk Road spirit and offering the world Chinese wisdom. Ten years on, from every angle, the BRI has achieved remarkable success. To illustrate how the BRI vision has become a reality over the past decade, Global Times reporters visited a variety of countries and regions in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the South Pacific, where they witnessed first-hand the success of the BRI and how it has improved life in those countries and regions. Their stories will be published in a special series, which aims to provide a clear picture of the BRI in the past decade. This is the first installment, which focuses on how the BRI has been helping to usher in a new era of development in Southeast Asia over the past decade.
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday issued a report on the US' fulfillment of its WTO obligations for the first time, slamming Washington for “destroying the multilateral trade mechanism, exercising unilateralist bullying, manipulating double standards in industrial policy and disrupting global industrial and supply chain.”
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday, the second day of his Southeast Asian trip with stops also in Malaysia and Cambodia. The trip eyes deepening China-Southeast Asia cooperation amid external disturbances that are attempting to shake ASEAN's balancing strategy, according to analysts.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision for global development and offers solutions to the reform of the global governance system and multi-faceted challenges. Against this backdrop, the Global Times is publishing a series of interviews with renowned scholars, think tanks and financial institutions, sharing their insights and understanding of how this initiative has earned global recognition and growing esteem. This is the 11th installment in the series.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision for development and offers solutions for the reform of the global governance system and multi-faceted challenges. Against this backdrop, the Global Times is publishing a series of interviews with renowned scholars, think tank experts and analysts at financial institutions, sharing their insights and understanding of how this initiative has earned global recognition and growing esteem. This is the 10th installment in the series.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision for global development and offers solutions to the reform of the global governance system and multi-faceted challenges. Against this backdrop, the Global Times is publishing a series of interviews with renowned scholars, think tanks, and financial institutions, sharing their insights and understanding of how this initiative has earned global recognition and growing esteem. This is the ninth installment in the series.
The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) is now undergoing intensive joint commissioning and testing, involving the operation of the electric multiple unit (EMU) trains and the comprehensive inspection train (CIT).
A Chinese space company has successfully launched the country's first flat-panel communication satellite with a flexible solar array into orbit on Sunday. The satellite Lingxi-03, developed by Galaxy Space, was launched using a Long March-2D carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province.
China will mull providing more supportive measures for the private economy in recent days, including policy documents on facilitating the development of the private economy and driving private investment, as well as a new version of a negative list for private investors, the country's top economic planner said on Thursday, as part of a concrete, multi-pronged package built upon a top-design policy guideline issued on Wednesday night.
China's 5.5-percent first-half GDP growth is the fastest among major economies, with relatively high valuation and quality. The country has the confidence, the conditions, and the ability to achieve full-year economic and social development target, Fu Linghui, a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said on Monday.
Recently, Global Times reporter Li Xuanmin (GT) conducted an interview with Wirun Phichaiwongphakdee (Wirun), director of the Thailand-China Research Center of the Belt and Road Initiative and Researcher at the Thailand-China Strategic Research Center at the National Research Institute of Thailand. The interview focuses on the BRI and how the initiative has been facilitating trade and infrastructure connectivity in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). According to him, the China-proposed BRI has not only become a genuine driver of regional growth, but also provides a unique path of prosperity for ASEAN economies based on win-win cooperation.
China's cyberspace authority listed a total of 41 deep synthesis service algorithms developed by Chinese internet companies on Tuesday. Observers said the move will help draw up the legal framework for generative artificial intelligence (AI), a highly competitive high-tech sector which is experiencing fast-lane development in China.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision of global development and offers solutions to the reform of the global governance system and multi-faceted challenges. Against this backdrop, the Global Times is publishing a series of interviews with renowned scholars, think tanks and financial institutions, sharing their insights and understanding of how this initiative has earned global recognition and growing esteem. This is the eighth installment in the series. Recently, Global Times reporter Li Xuanmin (GT) conducted an interview with Helga Zepp-LaRouche (HZL), founder of Germany-based Schiller Institute, a political and economic think tank. The interview focuses on the BRI and Europe's policies toward China, including the two D-words (decoupling and de-risking), which, she said, are basically the same and illustrate implicitly the intention of the US and its allies to contain China's economic rise.
The export volume of Brazilian cotton to China is expected to overtake that of the US in the next few years, and the trading of the bulk commodity could be settled in yuan as “a way to the future,” Marcelo Duarte Monteiro, director of International Relations at the Brazilian Cotton Growers Association, told the Global Times on Friday.
China's three major economic indexes saw stable growth in May, with industrial output rising 3.5 percent year-on-year and social retail sales expanding 12.7 percent year-on-year, which observers said showed that a moderate recovery was underway despite multiple downward pressures ranging from a complex global geopolitical situation, weakening demand to the spillover effect of US monetary policy shockwaves.
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced on Monday he would visit China in late June with a trade delegation, the first prime ministerial visit to China since the pandemic, at a post-Cabinet press conference.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision and provides solutions to the reform of the global governance system and multifaceted challenges. Against this backdrop, the Global Times is publishing a series of interviews with renowned scholars, think tanks, and financial institutions, sharing their insights and understanding of how the initiative has earned global recognition and reshaped global development. This is the sixth installment in the series. In 2019, China and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on BRI, and Italy is also the first and only G7 country to join the initiative. In recent days, discussions on Italy's participation on BRI have been afoot, with the Italian government reportedly signaling that it is reconsidering whether to renew the MoU. Against the backdrop, the Global Times reporter Li Xuanmin (GT) conducted an interview with Prodi Giorgio (G), associate professor of Applied Economics at Ferrara University and visiting senior fellow of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at the Peking University, who shared his views on the development of BRI, while giving practial suggestions on how the initiatve could be better carried out in Italy as well as Europe. According to Giorgio, BRI has been the most important international initiative in the last decade both in terms of political and economic investments.
Six years after China announced the construction of the Xiong'an New Area, the site that "started from scratch" from a blueprint has become a reality, as a high-level modern metropolis has been building up, which is "nothing short of a miracle," Chinese President Xi Jinping said during an inspection to the area on Wednesday, at a time when the "dream city" has just celebrated its sixth anniversary of its establishment.
The world's first interventional brain-computer interface (BCI) experiment in non-human primates was successfully completed in Beijing on Thursday. It carries important significance in promoting brain science field research and signaled that China's BCI technology - a sector at the forefront of a white-hot technology war between China and the US - has jumped to internationally leading levels, industry insiders said.
China's consumption has been firing on all cylinders during the just-ended May Day holidays, ranging fromtourism, box office, transportation, entertainment to catering sectors. This year's five-day holidaysare believed to have beaten the 2019 pre-epidemic level in terms of both trips made and revenue generated to become what industry insiders celebratedas the "most prosperous," giving a huge boost to GDP.
Hong Kong enterprises in the food, watch and jewelry, fashion as well as healthcare and personal care products sectors have been actively participating in the third China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan Province, which kicked off on Monday and lasts until Saturday.
With flashing lights and dynamic music, the yacht club of the third China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) was unveiled Tuesday night in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province, with a total of 25 yacht-makers including Ferretti, Princess Yachts, and Azimut showcasing luxurious vessels that priced between 1 million yuan to over 100 million yuan.
With the presentation of a variety of premium consumer products ranging from cosmetics, fashion and food to luxury bags and wine, the French pavilion has arguably become one of the busiest spots during the ongoing third China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE).
The visit of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to China will boost bilateral agricultural trade, according to representatives of companies from countries that are attending the ongoing consumption exhibition in South China's Hainan Province.
Hainan, a tropical island in South China, has come under the limelight once again, especially in terms of consumption upgrade momentum.
On the heels of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit China from April 5 to 7, and they are likely to be followed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in mid-April, as China's busy diplomatic agenda continues.
The global oil price spiked on Monday as investors jotted over a surprising production cut announced by Saudi Arabia and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its non-OPEC allies, including Russia, that translates to over 1 million barrels per day (bdp).
China and Singapore have completed"substantive negotiations" on the upgrade of bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which will improve market access for each other's businessesand provide for more transparent and higher-level economic rules. The announcement comes a day after both sides agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to an "All-Round High-Quality Future-Oriented Partnership" during Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to China.
Last week, a special rail express train loaded with a consignment of 50 new energy vehicle (NEVs) departed from Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and arrived at a train station in Qinzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region after a 31-hour journey.
China will resume outbound group tours for Chinese citizens to another 40 countries including Nepal, Vietnam, Iran, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Brazil starting from March 15, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Friday. It is the second batch of destinations in China's pilot program for out-bound group tours, after the country resumed cross-border group tours to the first batch of 20 countries and regions on February 6.
China's national legislature on Friday approved a plan on reforming the institutions of the State Council, China's cabinet. With the institution reform, China would gradually establish a more unified, open market system with orderly competition, laying the institutional foundation for the country's ongoing push to build a unified national market, which is deemed key in accelerating the dual circulation development pattern, deputies and members said at the ongoing two sessions.
Zhang Huichen, a cherry farmer in her 30s in Zhanggezhuang Township, East China's Shandong Province, is adjusting the temperature and humidity of a cherry greenhouse through her smartphone on Monday. With a press in the button, the aster cloth slowly scrolls down, shielding her cherry plants from the scorching midday sun.
Global mining firm BHP has signed contracts with Shandong ports, which account for roughly one fourth of China's annual iron ore throughput, on settling the spot trade of iron ore yuan this year, the Global Times learned. As such, all the global four major iron ore producers are now cooperating with the Chinese ports to settle spot trade in yuan.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision and provides solutions for the reformation of the global governance system and other multifaceted challenges. Reflecting on the development of the BRI over the last decade, there has been no shortage of evidence demonstrating its success, a momentum that relentless Western crackdowns and smears were unable to curtail.
On a chilly Wednesday morning, hundreds of trucks loaded with multi-colored containers queue in front of a 363-meter-long ship docked at a terminal at the Qingdao port, East China's Shandong Province, forming a line that stretches for more than 200 meters.
Trade connectivity between China and Southeast Asian economies has been maintaining steady growth momentum in 2023, about a year after the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, with fresh port data mirroring a deeply integrated industrial chain among Asian countries and an increasing pivotal role China plays in facilitating an orderly global supply chain.
Australian cotton exports to China have resumed in recent days, following the arrival of Australian coking coal in a southern Chinese port in early February, the Global Times learned, amid multiple improving signs in bilateral economic relations. Industry insiders and observers urged the Australian side to seize the momentum, take more substantive moves to repair Chinese traders' confidence and inject more positivity into bilateral cooperation.
On Friday, the Russia-Ukraine military conflict dragged on to its one year mark with no positive sign of a truce in sight. With the conflict not only profoundly changing geopolitics in the European continent and the world, but also redefining countries' notions on security, the majority of the international community is calling on all parties to press the stop button and urging some countries to stop adding fuel to the fire before a heavier impact is brought to the global economy and development.
A 30-something Hong Kong resident surnamed Zhang has been caught in a crypto heat in recent months.
Hong Kong has launched a consultation on the proposals for operators of virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs), and it is "seeking views particularly on whether to allow licensed platform operators to serve retail investors," the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said in a statement sent to the Global Times on Tuesday.
China on Friday announced a detailed mechanism and regulations for a registration-based IPO system across the A-share market. The new rules are effective immediately, signaling the official implementation of the across-the-board registration-based IPOs system that observers hail as a milestone in the development of China's capital market reform.
China has concluded free trade agreement (FTA) negotiation with Ecuador on Thursday, and the two sides will continue following works involving legal document review, translation, and implement domestic procedures needed by each country to sign the FTA as soon as possible, according to a statement on the website of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday.
Searches for trips to Maldives have doubled on major Chinese travel platforms on Friday, after the visa-waiver agreement between China and Maldives officially took effect the same day, the Global Times learned. It's a vivid display of the steady recovery of once the world's largest outbound travel market - fueled by Chinese tourists' pent-up enthusiasm and rising consumption power.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global cooperation platform that demonstrates China's vision and provides solutions to the reform of the global governance system and multifaceted challenges. Against this backdrop, the Global Times is publishing a series of interviews with renowned scholars, think tanks, and financial institutions, sharing their insights and understanding of how the initiative has earned global recognition and reshaped global development. This is the first installment in the series.
China will strive to shore up food security and mull more targeted moves to prevent a large-scale return to impoverishment in the countryside, Chinese officials said on Tuesday, as the world's second largest economy vowed an all-out effort to bolster farmers and make it a "strong agricultural nation."
China expressed strong opposition and dissatisfaction toward a bill passed by the US Congress concerning the airship incident, which is purely a political manipulation by the US, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
Once known as the “golden fault zone” along the southeastern coast of China, Ningde, East China's Fujian Province, has grown from an economic laggard to become a modern and rich city leading the world in lithium-ion battery manufacturing by riding on the boom of China's electric vehicle (EV) industry amid the country's push for greener mobility.
China on Thursday released a white paper on its green development in the new era, elaborating on how the country has stayed firmly committed to green development, proactively participated in global climate governance and spearheaded international cooperation.
China's GDP expanded 3 percent year-on-year to 121 trillion yuan ($17.93 trillion) in 2022, maintaining a stable expansion as the world's second-largest economy navigated uncharted waters and surmounted headwinds - ranging from the coronavirus and geopolitical tensions to interest rate hikes and waning overseas demand - with an overwhelming fighting spirit..
Standing on this monumental juncture, the Global Times is publishing a series of articles to help readers understand the fruitful journey of the BRI over the last decade from multiple perspectives, and how the initiative will positively commence over the year. This is the first installment in the series, examining the impressive development of the China-Europe freight train.
The phase one of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters, a China-aided project, was completed on Wednesday, with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang - who's on a seven-day visit to Africa - and Moussa Faki Mahamat, African Union Commission chairperson, attending the ceremony.
Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant in Central China's Henan Province, the largest manufacturing base for Apple's iPhone, has rapidly recovered and it achieved about 90 percent of its anticipated peak capacity in December, Foxconn confirmed to the Global Times on Tuesday.
The US added three dozen Chinese high-tech companies to a trade blacklist that bars them from accessing US technologies and components, in what experts called a "last-ditch" effort after many cards previously played by the Biden administration did not achieve the expected effects in hobbling China's semiconductor industry.
The EU is willing to be a reliable and predictable partner for cooperation with China, and strengthen top-level exchanges and foster cooperation through direct dialogue so the two sides could better face global challenges, President of the European Council Charles Michel said in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The relations between China and the UK are at a crossroads after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced in his first foreign policy speech on Monday that the "golden era" of UK-China relations is over. Calls for a potential decoupling with China are on the rise among British politicians, which is particular evident in the high-tech sectors such as semiconductors and nuclear power. The Global Times (GT) recently conducted in an interview with Lord Neil Davidson (Lord Davidson), Shadow Treasury Minister for the Labour Party of the UK and member of the House of Lords, who shared his insights on the China-UK relations, UK's policy direction toward China and the development of China-propsed Belt and Road Initiative within the European bloc.
The Netherlands will defend its economic interests when it comes to the sales of chip equipment to China, a senior Dutch official said, sending a strong signal that the European country - home to world-leading chip company ASML - will not cave in to the US coercion despite the latter's stepped-up pressure.
Some requests of Blizzard Entertainment in renewing its license contract are "unacceptable," as it involves critical cooperation agreement concerning sustainable operation and the core interests of Chinese players and market, Netease CEO William Ding Lei said, in response to the ending of the two gaming giants' 14-year licensing agreement.
Chinese new-energy vehicles (NEV) companies have been spearheading into Southeast Asia (SEA) at an unprecedented speed since the beginning of the year, from exporting NEVs, setting up assembling factories to providing localized services. In a vehicle market historically dominated by Japanese automakers, things could be quite different now, as Chinese entrants are reshaping the competitive landscape with a variety of affordable, high-tech EV models.
Chinese new-energy vehicle (NEV) company BYD announced on Wednesday that it has produced and delivered 3 million NEVs, making it one of the first automakers in the world to hit this sales milestone, which speaks volume for China's auto manufacturing prowess and the country's accelerated push toward a greener economy.
With a highly-anticipated meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali on Wednesday, the two countries' vision to build a community with a shared future is set to embark on a speedy ride, heading toward a new era of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation between China and Indonesia - also an important node where Xi in 2013 proposed the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
At Pailin province in western Cambodia, local farmers have come to their busiest time of the year as the harvest time of longan has just begun in October and can last until May next year. Different from any other time, Pailin, the country's major production base for longan, has secured big orders against the backdrop of a new deal inked between China and Cambodia on October 27, marking the official debut of Cambodian longan export to China, its largest market for agricultural products, after banana and mango.
Editor's Note: Over the past 10 years, China has implemented a more active opening-up strategy, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has offered a popular platform for international cooperation. The joint construction of BRI spans different regions, development stages, and civilizations. China has signed over 200 Belt and Road cooperation documents with more than 140 countries, and more than 30 international organizations. In contrast with the growing voices for decoupling and unilateralism created by the US, the BRI, which advocates global cooperation and prosperity under a shared future, has provided a platform to boost living standards and foster unity, and has gained unprecedented recognition and has been embraced by countries around the world. As the initiative is set to welcome its 10-year anniversary next year, by reaching out to several industry experts and representatives, Global Times reporters tried to find what has made the initiative stronger and more popular worldwide, despite challenges.
For a world that is navigating its way through the fogs of escalating geopolitical tensions, runaway inflation, a raging COVID-19 pandemic, and potentially ruinous recession, the monumental opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), a twice-in-a-decade political gathering that opened in Beijing on Sunday, is set to disperse these mists and light up the road ahead.
With a waiver allowing alloy of Chinese origins to continue to be used on F-35 fighter jets, the US military has exposed its dependence on Chinese rare-earth products, and China can opt to limit the export of such strategic resources to safeguard its national security, analysts said on Sunday.
Ahead of the US Federal Reserve's upcoming meeting this week, during which market observers generally believe that a fifth interest rate hike this year will be announced, discussions flared up again as to how the strengthening dollar is boomeranging on the US and throwing the world into fears of recession.
President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with other countries to build a global industrial and supply chain system that is secure, stable, smooth, efficient, open, inclusive and mutually beneficial, according to a congratulatory letter the top leader sent to an international forum on supply chain stability on Monday.
A cooperation agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway construction project could reportedly be signed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held from Thursday to Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, marking new groundbreaking moment in the development of the long-anticipated rail line after nearly 20 years of negotiation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday began official visit to Kazakhstan - the country in which the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed back to 2013, and Uzbekistan, and will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
Half a year ago, the metaverse was a novel concept that few Chinese people knew. But now, sensations surrounding the virtual technology have been reverberating across the country, which peaked in recent days with the debuts of a host of metaverse-themed experience halls - crowded with tech-savvy visitors as well as passionate technocrats and entrepreneurs - at virtually every global event hosted in China.
Digital trade has become a growing area of cooperation between China and countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), companies and representatives at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) have said.
The peace-loving character and independent thinking that characterized entrepreneurs such as Inamori shed light on today's issues, as China-Japan ties are at a crossroads due to Tokyo's series of provocative moves, analysts said.
Foreign business representatives and industry groups welcomed a simplified cross-border travel process for personnel exchanges as the Chinese government has ramped up efforts to make it easier for business people and students to enter China.
As Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and South Korea, scholars and entrepreneurs have expressed high hopes that the Yoon Suk-yeol government - building on the momentum of "flourishing business ties" - will join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which they believe will be synergized with South Korea's economic blueprint in creating a cross-continental Eurasian logistics network, while facilitating deeper integration of high-tech industrial chains, paving the way for the two neighbors' joint exploration of third markets.
Last year, buying prime real estate in the metaverse was a luxury for a 28-year-old investor surnamed Huang, as the craze over the novel and revolutionary technology prompted a host of investors with deep pocket ranging from tech titans, celebrities to entrepreneurs to jump in, shedding limelight on the booming market and making headlines with record-high transaction price.
Taiwan's economy will be further impacted due to the geo-political tension provoked by the US and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' secessionist policy to unwisely undermine the island's trade ties with the Chinese mainland, said analysts on Tuesday, as the latest data showed that the island's export orders saw a surprise decline in July.
Near the bustling Djibouti port, one of the most important ports in Africa, sits a several-square-meter-large Luban Workshop, a Chinese-aided skill and vocational training project. The Luban Workshop is also the African country's first institute of vocational education designated to improve the professional skills of the local workforce.
Vocational education has great significance for promoting employment and entrepreneurship, boosting economic and social development, and China actively pushes forward the high-quality development of vocational education, and supports exchanges and cooperation in vocational education with other countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory letter to the World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference on Friday, the first such event of its kind, which is being held in North China's Tianjin Municipality.
On July 4, the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Bagan, Myanmar, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar's Foreign Minister U WunnaMaungLwin co-chaired the meeting. At the meeting, Wang said, the LMC, as the first new sub-regional cooperation mechanism with the participation of the six countries in a basin, has developed rapidly and achieved remarkable results since its launch six years ago, setting a example of regional cooperation.
The intertwined resonance of economic hardship, political turmoil and social crisis has brought Sri Lanka's national governance to the brink of paralysis, with an uncertain start for the new government. However, the international community's concerns about the knock-on effects of the collapse of the country is accompanied by some countries' distorted incitements of ill-timed attempts at geopolitical game playing and the unfounded questioning by some media outlets of China's role.
Sri Lanka has not reached any initial agreement with the IMF on debt relief, and its largest creditors -the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank - are urged to come up with a package that would speed up its debt restructuring process, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to China Palitha Kohona told the Global Times in an exclusive interview on Friday, while also calling for more assistance from partners after the debt-ridden country claimed bankruptcy and imposed a state of emergency amid escalating protests and persisting shortage of daily necessities.
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), aiming at building a new platform for international cooperation and creating new momentum for shared development. Since then, the BRI has opened a path for high-quality development and common prosperity for countries along the route, becoming a real global platform serving over half of the world's population.
On July 1, the bustling Victoria Harbor will be illuminated with glittering lights, decorating every corner of the metropolis. Across the port stands Hong Kong's iconic modern skyscraper international financial center, where market trading operates 24/7. Looking down from the Lion Rock Hill, the Sham Chun River, which borders Shenzhen on the mainland, is flowing, and Hongkongers are in a joyful mood to mark a special day with eager anticipation for a brighter future.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will open a new campus in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, and has recently gained approval from the Ministry of Education (MOE). The move is expected to better integrate quality educational resources of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Chinese mainland, ahead of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
China's top legislative body voted on Friday to adopt amendments to the country's Anti-Monopoly Law, and the new law will take effect on August 1, a revision which has closed certain loopholes in existing regulation in terms of abusing market dominant position while drawing a clearer “bottom line”for private firms on illicit acts that threaten fair market competition.
With the 14th BRICS Summit to be held on Thursday, business representatives from the bloc of emerging markets have high hopes for the multilateral mechanism to play a significant role in strengthening cooperation not only among its members, particularly trade with Russia and China-India trade, but also the broader developing world amid growing global uncertainties and challenges.
Shanghai's economy contracted in May as the fallout of coronavirus epidemic continued to weigh on the city, but the decline of certain key economic indicators slowed down to a large extent, indicating that the key financial and trading center has "endured its darkest hour" and is steadily moving toward a recovery that could pave way for a strong rebound in June and the second-half of 2022.
As China's mid-year 618 shopping festival approaches, more Chinese firms who have suffered under the strain of the coronavirus and other economic headwinds, have been jumping on the livestreaming bandwagon to promote product sales, looking to shore up their virus-hit businesses and tapping into the consumer market of the world's second-largest economy -- which is on the path to a rapid reboot.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Wednesday issued two variety certification standards at the national level for genetically modified (GM) crops, including soybeans and corn, in what industry observers said a significant step in China's legalization of GM crops as the country seeks to further bolster its food security.
Chinese enterprises' humanitarian aid to South Pacific island nation Tonga in the face of natural disasters and the pandemic has demonstrated the genuine friendship between China and South Pacific countries and given the world an example of building a community with a shared future for mankind, Chinese businesses said, amid Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's ongoing visit to the region.
China and Fiji have a huge potential for pragmatic cooperation in a wide range of areas, including climate change, agriculture and infrastructure, despite geopolitical attempts by certain countries to undermine China-Fiji ties, Chinese businesses and experts said, after Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited the country over the weekend.
For the vast South Pacific countries with abundant tropical resources but lack talent and technology to leverage these resources, external support in the sector is the most efficient way for nations in the region to see timely economic benefits - an effort China has been engaging for years and is now becoming one of pillars for cooperation with some nations in the region.
China will support the sound and sustainable development of the digital economy and support digital enterprises to list in domestic and overseas capital markets, senior Chinese officials said at a closely watched meeting convened by the country's top political advisory body on Tuesday, offering a major boost for internet companies that are facing a complex development environment.
China's stance on US' punitive tariffs is always clear: the duties imposed on Chinese goods should be removed to bring bilateral economic relations to normalcy. Also, eliminating the tariffs will help ameliorate inflation in the US, said analysts.
Chinese businesses in Pakistan are operating without disruption, though they are ramping up precautions to ensure the safety of personnel and projects in accordance with official guidelines, after a terrorist attack in Karachi killed three Chinese nationals on Tuesday afternoon.
China has released the first nationwide official document focusing on its youth, recording achievements in the country's youth development in the new era and reflecting its spirit. The official document was issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) under the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s leadership.
China's GDP grew by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2022, topping market expectations and maintaining a stable growth even as the March economy was faced with "unprecedented downward headwinds since the first quarter of 2020" due to COVID-19 flare-ups, supply chain snags and external uncertainties arising from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
China's GDP grows 4.8% in Q1, beats market expectations
China's rare-earth exports in the first quarter of 2022 rose 6.5 percent year-on-year to 12,680 tons, slowing down from the 10.9-percent growth recorded in the first two months of the year, customs data showed on Wednesday.
With global food prices skyrocketing, the protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict is causing serious risks for global food security. The importance of agricultural safety in China is being elevated to an unprecedented level, with seed security in particular, known as agricultural “chips,” also topping the priorities.
China's Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs (MOA) and the Ministry of Finance have issued a notice in recent days, requiring local authorities to mull over an "all-out effort" to guarantee the harvest of summer wheat and expand the plantation of soybeans "by all means," said a statement on the website of the MOA on Friday.
The capacity of rare-earth companies in Ganzhou, East China's Jiangxi Province - one of China's biggest rare-earth manufacturing bases - has been cut by at least 25 percent compared with last year, after major border gates for rare-earth minerals to ship from Myanmar to China shut down again at the beginning of the year, which has largely affected raw material supply, the Global Times learned.
The intensifying crackdown by the US government toward Chinese companies listed in the US, with Chinese social media giant Weibo Corp being the latest target of such policies, will further deter Chinese mainland companies from seeking IPOs in the US that used to be a paradise for global fundraising, Chinese experts said on Thursday.
In what Chinese industry insiders compared to as a "fireside chats," China's top financial affairs watchdog pledged to bolster steady economic growth and capital markets in a meeting convened on Wednesday. The meeting had sent a fresh signal that the world's second-largest economy will not pull punches in shoring up its economy for the year despite the downward pressure.
Nordic business groups in China are seeing many opportunities in a wide range of areas such as green development, healthcare and energy, as they pay close attention to China's social and economic development priorities being revealed and discussed at the ongoing two sessions.
China will take multiple measures this year to increase the output of soybeans and other oilseeds, such as improving subsidies for farmers, actively guiding farmers in Northeast China - a main production base - to plant more soybeans, and promoting soybean-corn intercropping technology, agricultural officials said on Wednesday, after this year's No.1 central document prioritized ensuring food security.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has provided “fantastic opportunities” for northern European countries such as Finland, Denmark and Iceland – some of which are regarded as home to a range of incredible winter sports – to enhance winter sports communication with China and broaden the scope of bilateral cooperation, business representatives and officials told the Global Times.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the largest-ever demonstration of the use of hydrogen-powered vehicles in the history of the games, marks an industrial breakthrough and scaled application of China's hydrogen industry from one to 100, and is set to open a new chapter of development of the hydrogen industry chain in the capital city, Chinese officials said.
With Gu Ailing's historic gold winning in the Beijing 2022 Olympics' women's freestyle ski competition and Su Yiming's silver medal in the men's slopestyle final, a dry ski slope training field in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province using China's homegrown "needle mushroom" dry ski technology - which played an indispensable role in their training regime - has come under the spotlight.
The ongoing Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, one of the world's largest sporting galas, has become a vivid display of China's digital economy market on meteoric expansion, from the debuts of digital yuan payments and the wide application of 5G, cloud and artificial technology that empowers the sporting gala, to the long-anticipated release of officially licensed non-fungible token (NFT) digital pins involving multiple designs of Bing Dwen Dwen, the panda mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Could the Chinese economy sail through the year 2022? The world's second-largest economy is well positioned to land at a growth rate above 5 percent this year, and the country is on trajectory to become a high-income country no later than the end of 2023, prominent Chinese economists said, sending an upbeat note for China to prelude a head start in 2022 while quashing a reverberating dim view of the prospects of the Chinese economy.
China on Monday posted an 8.1 percent GDP growth in 2021, defying market expectations and further cementing the world's second-largest economy's leading position in the global economy's recovery from the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, as major growth drivers, particularly exports, saw remarkable improvements in the face of mounting global challenges.
China's GDP has expanded at 8.1 percent in 2021, growing the fastest in nearly a decade and landing well above the government's annual target of achieving a growth rate above 6 percent.
China's economic cooperation with Latin America is pragmatic, and Chinese coronavirus vaccine has played a key role in their strategies to combat the epidemic, Jimena Jaen Baltodano, charge d' affaires of the Costa Rican Embassy in China, told the Global Times, against the backdrop of China's growing mutually beneficial economic ties with the region.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has achieved 98 percent of its sustainable commitment as of September 30, 2021, with carbon emissions during the games set to be neutralized, a report released by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games said on Thursday, debunking Western media's stepped-up hype over the claimed environmental cost of the event and the alleged difficulty to verify commitment.
A Chinese diplomat in Germany has urged the new German government to play an active role in the EU, abide by the one-China principle and not play the “Taiwan card” or send wrong signals to “Taiwan independence” secessionist forces, as Lithuania aims to hold hostage the EU's position on the Taiwan question with claims of “economic coercion.”
China on Monday unveiled a nationwide negative list for 2021 – in a move that observers called “a signature and phased step in high-level opening-up of the economy” – that drastically reduced barriers for foreign investment for five years in a row, with a full scrapping of restrictions on foreign ownership in passenger cars and a further easing in foreign investment in the production of key communications equipment.
Chinese companies have signed deals to build 1,000 schools in Iraq, a long-stalled construction project, as part of moves to help reconstruct the war-torn Mideast country, local sources confirmed with the Global Times, after the US announced it would formally end its combat mission in Iraq.
Myanmar has accepted the Chinese yuan as an official settlement currency for border trade with China, in a move that aims to address its shortage of US dollars and other foreign currencies, as the Southeast Asian country faces economic challenges amid political instability, sources close to the matter told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Myanmar resumed exporting rare earths to China after the reopening of China-Myanmar border gates in late November, sources told the Global Times, and analysts said that rare-earth prices are likely to ease in China as a result, although price rises are likely in the longer term because of China's focus on carbon emission cuts.
The operation of the long-awaited China-Laos railway should be a significant boost not only to Laos' economy by enhancing its tourism and trade with China, but also to the economy of the entire Lancang-Mekong region, which includes Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand, by securing an important transport junction in the region, experts said.
EU companies will do business with the island of Taiwan on the premise of “sticking to the one-China principle,” and will not cross the line of engaging in a “state-to-state” type of dialogue, head of the main European business group in China told the Global Times on Thursday.
A famous Chinese sightseeing spot Zhangjiajie, where Hollywood blockbuster Avatar was shot, which unveiled what it claimed to be "the world's first scenic spot metaverse research and development (R&D) center" with aspirations to build the world of Avatar, has generated huge discussions in recent days on social media platforms about whether such an establishment is merely capitalizing on the hype and whether tourism authorities have the ability to actually make breakthroughs in one of the most cutting-edge areas of the tech sector.
Business communities in China and the US have expressed their excitement over the first virtual face-to-face meeting between the two countries' top leaders, as they hope the world's two largest economies can move forward on more sectors that could bring trade ties back on track. Nevertheless, industry players from the two countries urged Washington to do more, from removing unreasonable tariffs to stopping its bullying of Chinese firms so that the two could conduct follow-up negotiations as soon as possible.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden have started a virtual meeting on Tuesday morning, where senior economic officials from both sides are also attending, suggesting that trade and economic topics will likely be covered at the closely watched meeting.
Local GDP growth paces in Chinese provinces showed a mixed performance in the first three quarters of 2021, with eight of the 23 provincial level economies that have released quarterly GDP figures expanding at speeds above the national average of 9.8 percent, though a series of challenges, including new COVID-19 outbreaks and heavy rains, constrained economic activities.
During my recent trip to Aksu, a cotton production base in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, I was made jaw drop all the time. Driving across the road, the autumn view of Xinjiang was splendid, but I had my mouth widely opened not because of that, rather for the wealth of local cotton farmers, which could be compared to the rolling hills in Xinjiang that far exceeded my expectation.
At an endless cotton field located at the southern hills of the Tianshan Mountains in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, workers from China's cotton industry association were busily inspecting the field, screening quality for fresh picked cotton and processing product certification.
With white cotton blossoming in the fields and fluttering in the air like snowflakes, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's largest cotton production base that accounts for over 85 percent of the nation's output, is embracing another bumper cotton harvest season this month.
On a bright and clear Friday afternoon, a total of 14 cotton-picking machines were lining up at a 1,500-mu (100 hectares）cotton fields in Shaya county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With a brisk whistle and folk songs being played, the 14 pickers started roaring and moving forward at the same time - marking the start of a month-long bumper harvest season of Xinjiang's pure, white cotton that thousands of locals sing and dance to celebrate.
Meituan was fined 3.442b yuan ($533.5m), or 3% of its 2020 domestic revenue, for monopolist practices by China's top market regulator. It was also ordered to give a full refund of exclusive cooperation deposits worth 1.289b yuan to contracted merchants.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday stressed that the city has returned to a right track under the national security law and will “thrive and flourish” under the “one country, two systems,” in the final policy address of her tenure that also outlined several major projects and policy initiatives to tackle national security and livelihood issues.
Over the past two days, Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou's return from Canada has ignited the latest surge of national pride, with the Chinese people welcoming her back home with massive and spontaneous celebrations both online and offline. Many people also took the incident of Meng as a symbolic turning point in the years-long geopolitical wrestling between China and the US, calling her return a hard-fought victory for the country and its people against the Western hegemony.
As Taliban take steps to stabilize the situation and pursue international recognition, Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms are employing different investment strategies in the war-torn country, with the former exercising extreme caution in carrying out new projects and the latter eager to tap into a market where "a thousand things wait to be done."
As China marches toward its second centennial goal, the focus of promoting people's well-being and happiness has shifted from pure high economic growth to boosting common prosperity, an essential requirement of socialism and a key feature of Chinese-style modernization, which is a target that could be achieved only in China where socialism with Chinese characteristics provides a key advantage, experts said.
China's economic growth slowed down in July, with several key indicators, including retail sales and industrial production, falling short of market expectations, underscoring the multiple constraints the economy faces – ranging from the sudden Delta variant outbreak and floods, to a spike in bulk commodity prices and flattening overseas demand.
China's economy growth slowed down in July, but a number of key economic indicators improved and maintained steady expansion, verifying the resilience of the world's second largest economy in face of challenges, ranging from the abrupt Delta variant outbreak, serious flooding in parts of the country, and a spike in bulk commodity prices.
Operations at the Meishan wharf of at the Ningbo Zhoushan Port port in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, were suspended starting on Wednesday, with cargo ships originally bound for the port being redirected to neighboring ports, the Global Times learned, after an employee of the Meishan wharf tested positive for the coronavirus – the first case at a Chinese port in three months.
When Lu Xiaowei started her career in Zhangjiang, a 17-square-kilometer farmland in Shanghai's Pudong New Area in 1993, there was little more than a deserted reed marsh, with no roads and little traffic.
A Chinese start-up has started testing “micro invasive” brain-computer interface (BCI) in pigs, and it also plans to test the technology on monkeys in the next phase of experiment, making itself one of Chinese leaders in the test and application of the new emerging technology, the Global Times learned.
Shanghai's Pudong New Area aims to attract more than 200 global institutional investors and five new legal person investment institutions this year, a government official in Pudong disclosed, as the country tries to model the area into an essential node of global financial resource allocation -- part of a blueprint to develop Pudong as China's socialist modernization pioneer zone in the coming years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region from Wednesday to Friday for the 70th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation, the first time in the history of the Party and the country, the Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
Cloudwalk Technology, known as one of China' four artificial intelligent (AI) “dragons”, is set to become China's first AI unicorn to go public at home, a milestone for China's burgeoning AI industry amid heated technology race between the world's two largest economies, rising public concern about data security and US government' increasingly hostile attitude toward Chinese companies listing in the US.
The upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, which is scheduled to open on Friday, is not just a major sports event for athletes but also an important stage for countries to show their strength in various aspects.
China's post-COVID-19 comeback continues to gain steam as its economy posted growth in all sectors in the second quarter and GDP expanded 12.7 percent in the first half of the year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
China's GDP expanded 7.9 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021, continuing a streak of robust growth mainly thanks to the government's successful containment of the COVID-19 outbreak throughout the country, which sets the basis for a steady revival of domestic consumption and manufacturing activity.
Despite falling exports, the textile and spinning products from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region cotton are gaining vogue among Chinese consumers in recent months amid rising patriotism - triggered by some Western countries' relentless attacks against Xinjiang policies and boycotts by several fashion brands.
The China Cotton Association (CCA), along with other industry organizations, officially launched the Cotton China Sustainable Development Program on Thursday, aiming to build a homegrown independent sustainable standard and certification system to counter the West's dominance that has posed serious threat on China's cotton industry.
A railway project connecting Nigeria's city of Lagos, Africa's largest city, to the country's industrial base Ibadan, has been officially put into service on Thursday, making it the first modern double-track standard railway in the West Africa region.
A reported US potential move to impose tariffs on rare-earth magnets from China would only have a limited impact on the latter, as US manufacturers of smartphones, vehicles, TVs, industrial robots and other products have no other choice. China supplies over 85 percent of the global market and dominates some complicated technologies for making rare-earth magnets, industry insiders said.
China is progressing in developing 6G technology, which is expected to be commercially available around 2030, with the future 6G business showing immersive, intelligent and universal trends, according to a white paper released by an industry group on Sunday.
Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance Co, a subsidiary of Ant Group, was approved by the local banking and insurance regulator in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday to open. The new fintech company will operate small loan companies' consumer credit businesses.
A bureau under China's state-owned assets supervisor on Sunday released a recommendation list of 178 technology innovations of centrally administrated state-owned enterprises (SOEs), highlighting breakthroughs in such sectors as semiconductors, server operating systems, core electronic components, key materials and advanced manufacturing.
Many Chinese bitcoin mines are considering moving out of China after the regulators re-emphasize plans to outlaw bitcoin-related payment services, although some mines in Southwest China's Sichuan Province are still operating as usual, industry insiders told the Global Times.
Chen Xiaofang, a 26-year-old fresh college graduate, has placed an order online for a piece of a long gown, embroidered with flowers and bead or Hanfu – an ancient garment traditionally worn by the Han ethnic group – amid a trend that the Chinese traditional costume is making a comeback.
New Zealand has been charting “a very positive and clear path” in relation to China, in stark contrast to Australia's hostile actions, which could result in major gains for New Zealand products and services in the Chinese market as Australia stands to lose, according to Chinese and New Zealand trade representatives.
While Western media has been hyping how China's growing gray population will bring a looming economic crisis to the Communist Party of China, the fact that China's population dividend will pick up and sustain its rosy economic expansion may disappoint them.
China's imports from Australia rose by 49.3 percent to $14.865 billion in April, accelerating from the 20.9-percent import growth rate recorded in the first three months as the price of iron ore – a major item China buys in bulk from Australia – surged to a record high. But as China pushes diversification efforts, analysts said a trade decoupling between the two countries is imminent amid icy bilateral relations.
China's top economic planner announced on Thursday that it is suspending indefinitely all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, marking the first time that a diplomatic mechanism between the two countries was frozen on the heels of downward spiraling bilateral relations.
Chinese research teams are striving to build self-developed chips for brain-computer interface (BCI), a critical bioscience sector that could collect and analyze human brains' electronic signals, paving way for a breakthrough in this next-generation technology in industry, aerospace and medicine, whose markets are valued at trillions of dollars.
China's GDP during the first three months of 2021 is projected to grow at approximately 20 percent from last year, with major economic indicators all expected to expand at more than 20 percent, picking up a stellar economic rebounding since the second half of 2020, and the growth was buoyed by a low base, soaring overseas demand and reviving consumption at home.
China's foreign trade volume surged by 29.2 percent year-on-year to reach 8.47 trillion yuan ($1.29 trillion) in the first quarter of 2021, getting off a robust start for the year despite the world is still grappling with the cloud of a global coronavirus outbreak resurgence.
China's Q1 trade surges 29.2% from last year. Exports rise 38.7%, imports gain 19.3%: customs data
With the massive rollout of coronavirus vaccine, China and the US are in a race to scale up production to secure enough doses as quickly as possible. While supplies of key vaccine components, chemical ingredients and raw materials do not seem to pose a challenge for China, the US could run into hurdles in accessing the complex mRNA raw materials such as antiviral agents, industry observers noted.
China's six state-owned banks, which have already been participating in the distribution of digital yuan, and have begun accepting public applications from Chinese citizens on opening their own trial digital renminbi wallets, as part of a move that would pave way for the digital currency's nationwide application.
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China for his two-day visit on Monday, two days after the China-US meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, Chinese experts said it's totally normal for the two like-minded partners to coordinate crucial information, but it doesn't mean the two major powers are forming an anti-US alliance because this would be unnecessary and outdated.
Some Chinese rare-earth companies and their downstream firms are finding that their raw materials could not be shipped smoothly from Myanmar, a key supplier of medium and heavy rare earths for China, amid political upheaval in the Southeast Asian nation, although mining operations remain unaffected, several sources at those companies told the Global Times on Sunday.
China's economy emerged from the shadows of the coronavirus and recovered strongly in the first two months of 2021, with key indicators showing growth rates of more than 30 percent, thanks to last year's low base and a steady acceleration of manufacturing that was buoyed by domestic and overseas demand.
China's economy has shed the clouds of the coronavirus and picked up its recovery in the first two months of 2021, with key economic indicators improving at a sizable growth rate of more than 30 percent, thanks to last year's low base and a steady acceleration of manufacturing which is fired up by domestic and overseas demand.
Some Western media outlets' move to interpret LinkedIn's independent decision to pause new sign-ups in China as the Chinese government's “punishment” of Microsoft over its claimed accusation against Beijing for a recent hack attack is a typical act to politicize internet security issues and it is aimed at smearing China, industry observers said.
China's pledge to raise fundamental research funding to 8 percent of total research and development (R&D) spending during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) will be a much-needed shot in the arm for the country's technology industry, and it shows Beijing's determination to achieve self-reliance in stranglehold sectors amid a spiraling technology war with Washington.
China will revise the anti-monopoly law, the company law and the corporate bankruptcy law to build a modern economic system and promote technological innovation, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, said in a work report on Monday.
China's plan to build a global rapid logistics circle for goods by 2035, which would allow goods to be delivered to neighboring countries and major international cities within two- three days, will likely boost China's trade with major economies in the EU and Asia, observers said.
The recent moves by the Joe Biden administration to curb China's economic and tech rise mirrors a "mentality collapse" among US political elites, who - having identified relations with China as one of "fierce competition" - are now sparing no efforts in the "final China push" to consolidate its edge as an early starter in the world economy.
China hopes the US side will remove unreasonable tariffs on Chinese goods, lift its unilateral sanctions on Chinese companies and research and educational institutes, and abandon its irrational suppression of China's technological progress, among other policy adjustments needed to create the necessary conditions for bilateral cooperation, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.
Talking about driving the global economic recovery at the upcoming G7 Summit without China, or even stressing the "China challenge" at the meeting, will be like "navigating in the sea without a compass," giving the bloc's diminishing contribution to the world economy and China's increasing role as a global engine in the post-virus era, analysts said.
After US President Joe Biden warned of "extreme competition" with China, while also making clear that he would not pursue the same path his predecessor Donald Trump took, many in China's technological arena took that as a clear sign that the US government's crackdown on Chinese technology companies would continue, if not further escalate.
The Myanmar military on Monday announced that new elections will be held after the end of a one-year state of emergency, and it will return the state power to the new government. The military said that during the state of emergency, the Union Election Commission will be reformed and the parliamentary elections results will be reviewed.
China on Tuesday called on the new administration of US President Joe Biden to reverse what officials called the "wrong policies" toward China under former president Donald Trump, and instead take a positive and constructive approach to pull bilateral ties back to the right path, in a direct response to what analysts said was rather negative signals from the new US administration of repeating similar grievances and ill intentions that were a hallmark of the previous government.
China and the US should resume and improve their mechanism of communications to build up mutual trust as the Biden administration has been inaugurated, and the two governments ought to return to the negotiation table to discuss removing existing tariffs step by step, former Chinese and US officials said.
Unlike previous Spring Festival travel rush periods, this year's travel season (January 28-March 8) will see much less cross-provincial and cross-city travel, with airfares and hotel prices in many tourist cities plunging after many parts of China issued notices urging people to stay in their working cities for the incoming Chinese New Year amid the epidemic.
Three Chinese telecom operators – China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – whose shares have been suspended from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since January 11 following a Trump executive order – demanded on Wednesday (US time) that NYSE review their delisting.
The Chinese economy ended what has been a year of unprecedented challenges for mankind brought about by a deadly virus on an astonishingly high note, with growth in the final quarter of 2020 returning to pre-pandemic levels, lifting the country to several milestones of national pride. China became the only major economy to record growth last year with a 2.3 percent growth and its GDP climbed over the 100 trillion yuan mark for the first time ever, official data showed on Friday.
China's economy was firing on all cylinders in the final quarter of 2020, as solid domestic investment, buoyant home consumption and surging exports helped lift economic growth to 6.5 percent.
China's GDP is expected to expand above 2 percent in 2020, as the only major economy to grow in positive territory while other economies are still being hammered by the global pandemic outbreak, analysts said.
European companies are increasingly concerned about the impact of US-China economic decoupling – facilitated by the trade and tech war launched by the Trump administration against China – on their supply chain, telecom equipment supplies, as well as market access, some of which could inflict considerable damages on their investment in China in post-virus era, a business report showed on Thursday.
