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Opening up under Dual Circulation

China’s mega-scale market has become a significant engine of the world economy. The contribution rate of its economic growth to the world has averaged more than 30 percent during the past seven years, ranking first in the world. According to Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the Chinese economy has always been a momentous driving force for global growth, and its sound and steady development is of great importance to the world.

Songling Snow Village: A Living Traditional Chinese Painting

TUCKED away in the depths of a mountain gorge in China’s northeastern region lies a quaint picturesque village called Songling Snow Village. Different from other villages in Northeast China that have developed ice and snow tourism, Songling Snow Village has maintained its original environment with a much less commercial flavor. For those who desire to have the authentic experience of life in Northeast China, Songling Snow Village is an ideal place.

Shenzhen: A New Starting Point Towards Greater Prosperity

THE year 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The last four decades saw the transformation of Shenzhen from a fishing village to a metropolis of innovation.

Museum Development Witnesses Moderate Prosperity

COMPARED with large state-owned museums housing rich collections, changes in private museums and industrial museums can better reflect social changes. The remarkable increase in China’s manufacturing capacity and the great abundance of materials both verified Chinese people’s advances on the road to a well-off society.

Metro Train Lahore, a Gift from China

SOUTH Asia’s first electric train is up and running in Lahore, Pakistan, bringing hi-tech rail travel to the city of more than 12 million people.

TCM Helping Combat COVID-19

BEIJING Tong Ren Tang is a time-honored brand in China’s traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry. Committed to making itself a global brand for years, in 2019, it became one of China’s first batch of national export bases to provide TCM services.

The Most Fragile Art: Eggshell Painting

TO most people, an eggshell is something that gets tossed into the garbage can. But to Zhao Wei, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of eggshell painting, it provides a canvas on which to create mini-masterpieces. Over the years, with innovative ideas and exquisite craftsmanship, Zhao has resurrected the ancient art of eggshell painting and developed a growing following.

Kazakh Attire: An Integral Part of a Nomadic Lifestyle

An ancient, nomadic, ethnic minority people living at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China, Kazakhs have a dress style that features exotic patterns and colors. Their distinctive artistic and cultural characteristics reflect an aesthetic that forms an integral part of traditional costume culture in China.

Discover and Paint China — A Belgian Painter in China

PHILIPPE Herman Dequesne, a Belgian painter who lives and works in Paris, was born in Brussels in 1954. After graduating with a degree in architecture, he worked for 15 years in an architectural firm until 1996 when he quit his job to take up painting.

Promising Chinese Market Allures Foreign Businesses

AN impressive number of multinational corporation leaders have been giving their approval of China’s market performance this year.

The Forbidden City: A 600-Year-Old Cultural Feast

THE year 2020 marks the 600th anniversary of the completion of the Forbidden City and is the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Palace Museum. The Palace Museum, in addition to being the epitome of ancient Chinese urban construction and palace building design, is a material carrier of the tradition of Chinese rituals and music and their long history. From the Forbidden City, a symbol of royal power, to the Palace Museum, which is open to the public, what is the past and present story of this place?

Riding the Green Wave in China

Witnessing a lifetime of environmental change in just 15 years.

Lugu Lake: Mesmerizing Panoramic Views of the Last Matriarchal Society

SITTING like a precious jewel inlaid in the mysterious frontier of the Sichuan-Yunnan region lies the breathtaking Lugu Lake.

Conserving Biodiversity under the UN Framework

AT the beginning of this year, people around the globe had a multitude of reasons to expect 2020 to be a super year for biodiversity and action on climate change emergencies.

Joint Efforts in Poverty Eradication

M S. Beate Trankmann, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in China, has a diverse career with the UNDP since the late 1990s, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

China-Europe Agriculture Enjoys Booming Cooperation

FROM Bulgarian yogurt to Greek olive oil, Polish milk, Czech beers, and Hungarian wine, more and more farm produce from countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is being served on Chinese tables.

For Every Child, Every Right

CHINA is home to the world’s second largest child population. The welfare of the country’s children has improved markedly over the past 40 years.

Chinese Police Help Keep the World Safer

THE year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN), the 20th anniversary of Chinese police’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations, and the fifth anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s attendance at the UN Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping.

China and the UN: Working Together for Peaceful Development and Cooperation

THE most universal, representative, and authoritative intergovernmental organization, the United Nations (UN) has performed a crucial function in maintaining world peace and security, preventing and deterring wars, and promoting economic development, especially the economic growth of developing nations.

The Final Race Against Extreme Poverty

UPON completing the poverty eradication task at the end of this year, China will achieve the poverty alleviation goal set in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule, which is of great significance to both China and the world. “No country in the world has ever lifted so many people out of poverty in such a short period of time,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said on March 6 at a symposium on winning the tough battle against poverty.

Eradicating Absolute Poverty, China Can Make It

THIS year is the final stretch in China’s anti-poverty campaign, which intends to lift all rural residents still languishing in poverty in the country above the currently set poverty

Targeted Poverty Alleviation in Liangshan Bears Tangible Results

LIANGSHAN Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province brims with fruit harvests during the months of autumn. In the apple industry demonstration park, located in Huay-ang Village of the prefecture’s Yuexi County, more than 27,000 apple seedlings just planted last year on the stretch of 34.6 acres have all borne fruits.

From Shepherd to Online Celebrity

HAVING a poor education, Mouse Labo, a young shepherd of the Yi ethnic group, was resigned to living in the mountainous cliff village for life, never imagining he and his family would ever move into a new modern community at the foot of the mountain. His story of transitioning from rural life living in the clouds to an industrious online celebrity and tour guide is an example of how poverty reduction and innovation is changing China’s countryside and improving people’s livelihoods.

Empowering High-Quality Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region

CHINESE President Xi Jinping has encouraged local talented personnel, technology experts, advanced manufacturing businesses, and those involved in complete industrial chains in the Yangtze River Delta region, to explore new development paths amidst shrinking global demand. Xi was speaking at a symposium on advancing integrated development held in late August.

Education Comes First in Poverty Alleviation

IT’s a misty morning in late August at the remote Jiebanada Village. Six-year-old Jineng Xiaofei is already up, washing and having breakfast. As the sun rises and burns off the mist, his mother checks that he’s ready, and the two of them walk hand in hand to the village kindergarten.

Defending Biodiversity: A 10-Year Fishing Ban on the Yangtze River

“A total of 332 aquatic reserves of the Yangtze River basin have been completely closed to fishing since January 1 this year, and a 10-year ban will extend to natural waterways of the river and its major tributaries by January 1, 2021,” said Yu Kangzhen, vice-minister of agriculture and rural affairs, at a news conference on July 15. He then continued by saying, “Since 2019, provinces and municipalities along the river have withdrawn nearly 80,000 fishing boats and resettled 10,000 fishermen from the fishing industry.

Women Shine in Liangshan's Poverty Alleviation Campaign

CHINA is concerned with helping ensure that all of its citizens have sufficient food and clothing, safe housing, and access to compulsory education and basic healthcare services as part of its poverty alleviation campaign. It is crucial that impoverished people are motivated and actively engaged in the undertaking.

China National Convention Center Successfully Hosts CIFTIS

THE 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) successfully concluded on September 9. The China National Convention Center was not only the main venue for the opening ceremony, summits, exhibition tour, forums, supporting exhibitions, and other activities of the event, but also guaranteed the smooth operation of 70,000 square meters of temporary outdoor venues under the coordination of the organizing committee.

A Dream of Millennia Is Coming True

ACHIEVING the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the dream of the Chinese people since modern times. The Communist Party of China (CPC), upon its establishment in 1921, took on the historical mission of realizing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The construction of a new China and the establishment of a socialist system after the new democratic revolution have accomplished the most wide-ranging and penetrating social transformations in the country, and as a result, it lay the fundamental prerequisites and institutional infrastructure for achieving the rebound of the Chinese nation and for its people to pursue a better life, thus initiating the great journey of China towards a modern, strong, and prosperous country.

U.S. Provocations Can't Buck Peaceful Cooperation in the South China Sea

THE U.S. provocations around the South China Sea have recently intensified.