BEIJING: China and Uzbekistan upgraded their relations to an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era during talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Wednesday. “Both sides should take the opportunity of developing the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era to build a solid foundation for the China-Uzbekistan community with a …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative Liu Guozhong attended the 3rd South Summit held Sunday in the Ugandan capital of Kampala and delivered a speech, calling for the advancement of South-South cooperation and reform of the global governance system. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Group of 77, and over the past six decades, …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative, Liu Guozhong, attended the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit on Friday and Saturday in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and delivered a speech highlighting the movement’s important role in promoting the cause of world peace and human progress. The NAM, born at the climax of the national liberation movements in Asia, Africa and Latin …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China is willing to work with the European Union (EU) to promote steady progress in China-EU relations in the new year. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Beijing on Friday. De Croo arrived in China on Thursday and attended the inauguration of the new Belgian …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib jointly inaugurated the new Belgian embassy in Beijing on Thursday. The ceremony was attended by visiting Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, extended his congratulations on behalf of the Chinese …

BEIJING: China on Thursday successfully launched the world’s most powerful solid propellant rocket. Developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company Orienspace, the medium-lift rocket named Gravity-1(YL-1) successfully sent three Yunyao-1 meteorological satellites into orbit in its maiden flight from waters off the coast of Haiyang City, east China’s Shandong Province at 1:30 p.m. (Beijing Time). The Gravity-1 has a total height …

BEIJING: As two responsible major countries, China and Russia should strengthen strategic communication, build more strategic consensuses and carry out more strategic cooperation on the future of mankind and the world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. Wang made the remarks in a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during which they exchanged New Year greetings. …

HANOI: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hanoi on his first trip as China’s leader to Vietnam in six years, the two countries signed 37 cooperation deals in what can be seen as a triumph of Vietnam’s “Bamboo diplomacy” as both China and the United States vie for influence. After China’s push, Vietnam agreed to “support the initiative of building of …

BEIJING: Over the years, China and Vietnam have witnessed frequent high-level exchanges and breakthroughs in practical cooperation, which have benefited the two peoples and facilitated regional as well as global peace and development. The comradely and brotherly bonds between the two countries are in the spotlight again as Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday inspected the command office for the East China Sea area of the China Coast Guard under the People’s Armed Police Force. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed improving the capability of protecting maritime rights and carrying out maritime law …