BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Thursday at a reception in Beijing. Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech at the gathering at the Great Hall of …
BEIJING: Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, held a phone conversation with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on Tuesday. China has always regarded South Korea as an important partner, Wang said, expressing hope that South Korea will promote the return of relations between the two …
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met with visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Espen Barth Eide in Beijing, with the two sides vowing to safeguard multilateralism and free trade. Noting Eide is the first European foreign minister to visit China in 2024, Wang, who is also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of …
BEIJING: China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the world’s first in-orbit artificial intelligence (AI) commercial hypersatellite on Saturday from waters off the coast of Yangjiang City in south China’s Guangdong Province. A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a group of nine satellites, including the AI commercial hypersatellite and a distant …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday inspected troops stationed in north China’s Tianjin Municipality ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), extended festive greetings to service personnel of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the …
BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged efforts to accelerate the development of new productive forces and firmly promote high-quality development. Xi made the remarks on Wednesday while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He stressed that high-quality development is an unyielding …
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) holds the potential to assist Pakistan in revitalising its economy and setting the stage for sustainable development. Following the successful completion of the first phase, CPEC has now entered its second phase. The long-term document of CPEC outlines industrialisation and agricultural cooperation as driving forces during this stage – fortunately, these align with Pakistan’s current …
BEIJING: China’s acceptance of the appointment of the new Afghan ambassador to China by the interim government is a normal diplomatic arrangement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday, noting that the international community should strengthen communication with the country to jointly help promote its reconstruction and development. The remarks were made by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin during a …
BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday that China will work with France to foster a more solid and vibrant comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and to jointly contribute wisdom and strength to world peace, security, prosperity and progress. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks during a daily press briefing in response to a related query. Noting …
BEIJING: China’s role in upholding multilateralism and promoting peace and sustainable development has been praised by Dennis Francis, president of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), who is paying a visit to China from January 27 to 31 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist …