China’s travel market is gearing up for another surge in tourism and consumption during the Mid-Autumn Festival which runs from September 15 to 17 this year. The festival travel trend is dominated by short-distance trips and cultural tours. Destinations within a two-hour drive or three-hour high-speed rail trip are popular. Ten most popular domestic destinations include Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, …
President Xi Jinping emphasized continuous efforts to uphold, improve and run the system of people’s congresses, China’s fundamental political system, to good effect at a meeting held here on Saturday to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the National People’s Congress (NPC). Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central …
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei on Tuesday unveiled the world’s first triple-fold smartphone, called the Mate XT, which users can fold in three ways like an accordion screen door. The product launch came hours after its U.S. competitor Apple revealed the iPhone 16 smartphone series. Both products will ship starting September 20. The Huawei phone had received more than 3 million …
Working as a primary school teacher in Taishitun Township in Beijing, Diao Rongchun has remained deeply committed to education in mountainous areas. Adhering to the concept of “tolerance, gentleness, cultivation and education,” Diao employs a teaching method based on interaction, mutual appreciation and mutual promotion, paying close attention to the growth of every student. To that end, she has traveled …
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on China and Spain to build long-term and stable bilateral relations with strategic determination and push ties to a higher level during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing. During the meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Xi said China and Spain celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of …
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Beijing on Monday, saying that China is willing to work with Norway to promote the continuous development of friendly cooperation. Xi asked Store to convey his greetings to King Harald V. He said since the two countries established diplomatic ties 70 years ago, the two peoples have …
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met with U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta here on Friday. Wang, Chinese foreign minister and also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, noted that this year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and …
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of at least 1 million jobs. China was ready to step up cooperation with Africa in industry, agriculture, infrastructure, trade and investment, Xi told delegates from more than …
In the early morning at a flower farm in Kenya, freshly harvested roses, with dewdrops clinging to their petals, were ready to be shipped. In 48 hours, they would be put onto the shelves of the Hunan Gaoqiao Grand Market, Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province half a world away. At the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on …
China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi said the recent assassination of Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was an act that “seriously violates” basic norms governing international relations and may directly jeopardize the process of ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. Wang, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and China’s foreign minister, made the remarks while speaking …