Tag: China
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China registers foreign trade growth for 14 consecutive months
China’s foreign trade maintained year-on-year growth for the 14th consecutive month in July, said the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Aug. 7.The country’s total export and import of goods stood at 21.34 trillion yuan ($3.3 trillion) in the first seven months of this year, up 24.5 percent from a year ago, or 22.3 percent…
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U.S. no longer has the position of strength for its arrogance and impertinence
As an important platform for promoting solidarity and cooperation among countries in East Asia, the East Asian cooperation mechanism is supposed to focus on development and pragmatic cooperation. Unfortunately, certain countries outside the region always attempt to seek geopolitical interests through this platform. At the recently-concluded foreign ministers’ meetings on East Asia cooperation, the U.S.…
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First negative list for trade in services manifests China’s determination to open its door wider
China’s Ministry of Commerce recently released a negative list for cross-border trade in services in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), south China’s island province Hainan. It is the first negative list for cross-border services trade in the country. The list set out 70 special management measures in 11 categories for overseas services providers. For…
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China quickens pace in building modern airport system
China is accelerating the building of a modern airport system that features a good layout and complete functions by transforming and expanding hub airports and building small and medium airports in remote areas. During the first half of this year, fixed-asset investment in China’s civil aviation industry amounted to 43.5 billion yuan ($6.72 billion), an…
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Technologies facilitate biodiversity protection in China
From DNA sequencing to biodiversity monitoring, and from artificial reproduction to species conservation, science and technology has contributed a major part to China’s biodiversity protection in recent years. China is a country with some of the richest biological resources in the world. It is also one of the first countries that have approved the Convention…
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Principal of rural primary school realizes students’ football dream
Over the past 10 years, Ma Anwu, principal of Zhonglianchuan Primary School in Yuzhong county, Lanzhou city, northwest China’s Gansu province, has established a football team at the school, led students to victory in many football games and broadened their horizons, bringing many changes to the rural school. Because of Ma’s persistence in incorporating football…
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China, Africa to strengthen cooperation in protecting world heritage
A five-year plan was preliminarily formed to boost capacity building for China and Africa regarding world heritage conservation and management at a side event of the ongoing 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that kicked off on July 16 in Fuzhou, capital of southeast…
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China unveils world’s first 600 km/h high-speed maglev train
A high-speed maglev system with a maximum speed of 600 km/h rolled off the assembly line in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong province on Tuesday.The train, independently developed and manufactured by China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), a Chinese supplier of rail transit equipment, is the world’s first 600 km/h maglev train, as well as the…
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China calls on APEC members to work for bright future of prosperity for all in Asia-Pacific
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to work for a bright future of prosperity for all in the Asia-Pacific while delivering a speech titled “Fighting COVID-19 and Leading Economic Recovery Through Solidarity and Cooperation” at the APEC Informal Economic Leaders’ Retreat via video link on July 16. Xi’s…
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China sets in motion national carbon emission trading market
China’s high-profile national carbon emission trading market commenced trading on July 16. Power generation industry will be the first among all industries to try the new trading system, and the market will only allow spot trading in carbon emissions quotas among key emitters of the power generation industry during its start-up stage, according to a…