Pakistan to send an aircraft to airlift Covid-19 consignment ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said that China has pledged to gift Pakistan 500,000 doses of a novel Coronavirus vaccine within next week. “China offered Pakistan to send an airplane and airlift the vaccines to Islamabad. The vaccine (consignment) would be handed over to Pakistan by January …
BEIJING, China- (Xinhua) – China’s State Council on Wednesday convened a plenary meeting to discuss a draft government work report and the draft 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035. The two documents will be deliberated at the top legislature’s annual session in March. The meeting, presided over by …
ZHANGJIAKOU, China- (Xinhua) – President Xi Jinping has called on China to take advantage of technological innovations to develop winter sports in the country. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks on Tuesday during an inspection tour in Zhangjiakou, co-host city of Beijing 2022, to view preparation work for the Olympic and …
BEIJING – Pioneering China’s development as the leader of China’s ruling party, Xi Jinping has been steering the Communist Party of China (CPC) to enhance friendship, promote exchanges with foreign political parties, and work with political parties worldwide for the global good. Under the dual capacities of Chinese president and general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Xi has undertaken …
Three types of infrastructure to be key areas for bank, says top official BEIJING (China Daily) – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will increase financing for social infrastructure, green infrastructure and technology-enabled infrastructure, which have been identified by the multilateral development bank as key trends driving infrastructure investment in the coming years. COVID-19 has disrupted the global production chain and …
BEIJING (CGTN): Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the U.S. to keep its word on Taiwan and not to go further down the “wrong and dangerous path,” after U.S. officials held meetings with “Taiwan representatives.” The U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra on Monday hosted “Taiwan’s representative to the country” at the U.S. embassy, in the first publicly …
BRI to act as main instrument of providing support to developing nations
BEIJING, China (CGTN) – China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Wednesday. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his DRC counterpart, Marie Tumba Nzeza, signed the MoU after earlier talks in Kinshasa. The Chinese diplomat is on a …
BEIJING, January 4 (CGTN) – Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Monday signed a mobilisation order for the training of the armed forces, the first of its kind in 2021. The order stressed strengthening military training in real combat conditions and the …
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) – Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made new progress and demonstrated a strong resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi . He made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group. Wang said the year 2020 witnessed BRI …