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 …
A tantalizing aroma from bunches of red, round cherry tomatoes fills the air inside an intelligent greenhouse of a company in Kekedala city, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. These cherry tomatoes are cultivated using soilless techniques, with sensors installed throughout the greenhouse, said Tang Yue, executive director of Runtai Agricultural Technology Development Co., Ltd. Leveraging digital technologies and Xinjiang’s …
ISLAMABAD: The education ministry and Google announced a “strategic collaboration” to improve access to education and support the development of a digital ecosystem for learning, wa ith the agreement also aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children across the country. This was announced by Google for Education and the Ministry of Federal Education on Thursday during an event, according …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have signed 32 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to promote trade and investment between the two countries. The MoUs were signed during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China. He is leading a team of 100 businessmen to explore the potential for promoting bilateral trade and investment. An official announcement of the Commerce Ministry released on Wednesday said …
BEIJING: The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Tuesday released an image of the Chang’e-6 lunar probe, as well as a series of images taken by its lander on the far side of the moon. An image of the probe’s lander and ascender was taken by a movable camera brought to the moon by the probe. An image of the …
BEIJING: China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on Sunday on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state media reported — the latest leap for Beijing’s decades-old space programme. The Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, state news agency Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration. It …
BEIJING: China successfully launched a Pakistani multi-mission communication satellite using a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 8:12 p.m. Beijing Time (12:12 GMT) on Thursday. The satellite has successfully entered its predetermined orbit, marking a success for the launch mission. This mission marked the 524th flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.
BEIJING: China and the United States will hold the first intergovernmental meeting on artificial intelligence (AI) in Geneva, Switzerland on May 14 local time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Upon agreement, the two sides will exchange views on the technological risks of AI, global governance and other issues of concern. According to the ministry, the meeting is being …
hile 5G technology is being applied in various industries in China, 6G is also experiencing booming development in the country. It is expected that China will set standards for 6G technology around 2025, and realize the commercialization of the technology around 2030, said Wang Zhiqin, vice president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Beijing has seized on …
ISLAMABAD/BEIJING: In a historic first, a Pakistani satellite will orbit the moon as part of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission, which was launched from Hainan, China, on Friday. The mission, which aims to explore the moon’s “dark side”, will employ lunar research payloads from multiple countries, including Pakistan’s iCube Qamar satellite. The Institute of Space Technology (IST) on Tuesday said Pakistan’s “historic” …