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The Chinese government presented a consignment of medical supplies on Wednesday to help Ghana's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

China is on track for impressive economic recovery from the COVID-19 shock thanks to the nation's effective efforts to contain the outbreak, experts said.

China's civil aviation regulator said on Friday that Japan Airlines, Lao Airlines, and Hainan Airlines are allowed to increase their number of international flights because of their effective COVID-19 control measures.

China on Wednesday donated an assortment of medical supplies to Uganda in what has turned out to be an annual norm as the two countries bolster ties in efforts to build a healthier community.

“Due to the global epidemic, it dawned on the world that all human beings are in a community with a shared future. No country can tackle this alone and no one can be an exception,” shared the President of CPAFFC, Lin Songtian, in his opening remarks, addi

China has been actively engaged with the international space community, providing services to global users, strengthening cooperation and contributing Chinese wisdom.

The representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in China on Saturday applauded the country for battling the COVID-19 outbreak, working with the global community, and sharing its experience.

A study based on satellite data showed that one quarter of the newly added green areas in the world between 2000 and 2017 was in China, making it the top country globally in terms of increasing the world’s green area.

China's green bond issuance saw steady growth in 2019, with more diversified issuers in the market, a recent report showed.

China is among the high performers in terms of financial inclusion in Asian economies, according to an index launched by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).

Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19, trains between China and Europe have been operating a "green channel" for the transportation of medical and raw materials.

China and Japan inked deals for 13 health industry projects totaling 50 billion yuan ($7.1 billion) in the coastal city of Tianjin on Tuesday, as part of the bilateral cooperation agreements signed by the two countries last year.

A China-Europe cargo train recently left Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, heading for Malaszewicze in Poland, reported China Economic Net Thursday.

The Maritime Silk Road Trade Index, between China and countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, posted stronger growth in April compared to March.

Beijing, 17 June 2020

The General Administration of Customs (GAC) of China announced recently that it will carry out trials of two new ways of supervision on cross-border e-commerce exports in Beijing Customs, Tianjin Customs, Nanjing Customs and other seven customs to further

Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister of Thailand, helped sell nearly 5,000 durians and 20,000 young coconuts from his country to Chinese consumers via a live broadcast on June 9.

The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), a major platform for the services trade in the country, will be held in early September in Beijing, local authorities said on Tuesday.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday presented a set of recommended actions for the international community to help ensure all people are connected, respected, and protected in the digital age.

During their 10th round of high-level strategic dialogue Tuesday, China and the European Union (EU) agreed to develop closer ties on a range of issues.

China's civil aviation regulator on Monday adjusted the arrangements for the first points of entry for international flights bound for Beijing.

The global economy is on track to shrink by 5.2 percent this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepest recession since the Second World War, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released Monday.

Economic ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed the importance of open markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for efforts against the epidemic's

China's civil aviation regulator on Thursday adjusted policies for international passenger flights, allowing more foreign carriers to resume flights to China on a once-a-week basis starting from June 8.

Preferential policies, including tailored taxation mechanisms, a special market access list and negative list offered to the Hainan free trade port will facilitate free trade, investment and cross-border capital flows in the island province, officials and

Attracted by both higher yields and preferential policies, overseas investors have continued to pour money in the Chinese bond market.

COVID-19 has reaffirmed the US dollar's dominant role in the international monetary system. The dollar is the most important safe-haven currency in times of market panic. And the Federal Reserve performs as the lender of last resort, first by lowering the

China's bond market has seen robust growth in the first half of this year as companies and local governments step up bond issuance, data showed.

Although the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak has struck at global economic and trade cooperation, trade and exchanges under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) still secured progress.

China would further shorten a negative list on market entry for foreign investors and release a new edition for 2020, said Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planner, at a press conferenc

Officials and businesspeople from China and Japan have expressed confidence in further enhancing bilateral economic ties despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with the signing of 20 cooperative projects valued at 3.5 billion yuan ($491 million) in Qingdao, Shand

Bernard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, is aware of the huge challenges ahead in the negotiations of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment between China and the European Union, but he sees encouraging signs even as COVID-19

China announced Wednesday eased rules on foreign exchange settlement and purchases amid efforts to support cross-border e-commerce and other new trade industries.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has launched the nomination process for its next president this week and the nominations will be accepted until June 18.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly via video link in Beijing, capital of China, May 18, 2020.

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) Algeria recently signed the contract with the Algerian government for the construction of the Ain Naadja distribution center, CSCECS said on its website.

Group of 20 (G20) trade and investment ministers vowed on Thursday to cooperate to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on trade and investment.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended a video meeting with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers on Wednesday.

At 2 pm on May 1, two planes from Seoul landed at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport.

Shanghai-based Baosteel and Australia's Rio Tinto have completed their first cross-border RMB settlement using blockchain technology, the former's parent company China Baowu Steel Group announced Tuesday.

A China-Europe freight train on Saturday left Dongguan, a manufacturing hub in south China's Guangdong Province, heading for Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.

The Administration of the Lin-gang Special Area, a new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) established several months ago, decided on May 6 to take a total of 19 measures to further facilitate the business environment in the area, re

China and Latin America have seen vibrant trade amid the pneumonia outbreak, with trade between the two sides totaling 477.2 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2020, according to data from the General Administration of Customs in China.

A new guideline urges that successful reforms implemented at the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone be promoted to the city's national-level economic development zones, according to the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce on Wednesday.

After more than six years since the establishment of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, over 100 institutional innovations have been launched, including "negative list" and "pre-establishment national treatment ", which have greatly helped

While deepening their cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which enjoy complementary trade and low logistical costs, have registered strong trade growth.

Amid further containment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China is powering ahead in returning to work and resuming business and production.

A customs agency was established in the city of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, on Thursday to promote the city's foreign trade, according to local authorities.

A regular air mail route has been launched between Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, and Tokyo, according to China Post Group Co.'s Henan branch.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng Wednesday in Beijing attended an online commencement of enabling projects for ExxonMobil Huizhou Project.

China's market-based benchmark lending rate lowered Monday, another sign that the country is determined to channel funds into the real economy via more flexible monetary policy, analysts said.

The China-Europe freight trains made a total of 1,941 trips in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, said an official with the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.

China has not and will not restrict exports of supplies needed to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Chinese commerce official said Thursday.

China has been moving its investment promotion and business exhibitions online to mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

China's foreign trade showed signs of stabilizing in March with export and import both beating bearish market expectations, official data showed Tuesday.

Members of Chinese medical team to assist Russia's ongoing efforts in the fight against COVID-19 arrive at Moscow, Russia, April 11, 2020.

China will advance resumption of work and production on the premise of effective epidemic containment in an active and orderly manner, according to a guideline released by the leading group of China's COVID-19 epidemic response.

World trade is expected to fall by between 13 percent and 32 percent in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Wednesday in its latest report.

Japanese media and experts have noted that people and logistics in China have begun to regain vitality, as the economy is showing signs of a speedy recovery from the temporary impact of COVID-19.

A China-Europe freight train, also the "China Post" CR Express 1st block train, bound for Lithuania is ready to depart from Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China, April 3, 2020.

China will seek further opening-up and upgrade of foreign trade and investment, the hardest-hit sectors amid the global pandemic of COVID-19, to offset its economic shock, according to Zhong Shan, the country's commerce minister.

China's trade promotion agencies have taken a string of measures to help enterprises in pilot free trade zones return to work, according to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).

The Group of 20 (G20) economies should work together to ensure stability in global industrial and supply chains, said Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan Monday.

Manufacturing enterprises have regained momentum as normal operations as well as production advance and the supply chain is gradually guaranteed.

The Group of 20 (G20) major economies on Thursday pledged to present a "united front" against the common threat posed by COVID-19, while vowing to inject over 5 trillion U.S. dollars to boost the global economy.

A China-Europe freight train left Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province Tuesday, carrying 84 TEUs of containers and bound for Minsk, capital of Belarus.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday night that in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic the urgency and significance of building a community with a shared future for mankind have become even greater.

A freight train loaded with 44 carriages of walnuts on Feb 20 departs Urumqi, capital city of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and will finally arrive at the Turkish port of Mersin through from the Khorgos Land Port in China.

Chinese enterprises have contributed materials and funds to the government of Rwanda to support the latter's efforts against the COVID-19, sources told Xinhua on Sunday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China stands ready to work with all other countries to step up international cooperation against the COVID-19 epidemic and safeguard global public health security.

The power supply project for the China-Laos railway has been fully carried out on Wednesday, which lays foundation for its scheduled operation in 2021.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Pakistani President Arif Alvi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2020.

The epidemic outbreak will have a certain impact on China’s imports and exports in the short term, but China's foreign trade will be able to withstand it and is expected to see a steady recovery, according to industry insiders.

Members of a Chinese aid team arrive at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, on Match 12, 2020.

Foreign companies are showing their confidence in the Chinese economy by actively applying online for the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) , scheduled to be held this November.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone talk with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, saying bilateral friendship will make new progress amid the fight against COVID-19.

As Botswana's ambassador to China, Mothusi Palai has visited many places in the country over the last three years, and come to understand the many various facets of Chinese society.

A leading group of China's COVID-19 response on Monday made arrangements for deepening international cooperation on epidemic prevention and control and pushing for substantial results in relevant work.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Chinese Consul General in Auckland Xu Erwen participate in the 2019 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day in Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 2, 2019.

Gao Baolu, a railway worker in an overcoat at Alashankou stood in bitter wind and directed a Duisburg-bound freight train to head off for the China-Kazakhstan border.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with visiting New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern here Monday, and the two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation and jointly safeguard rules-based multilateral trade system.

Witnessing increasing business for his bank in Gwadar port, a used-to-be remote fishing village in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, Shakeeb Yusuf said he made the right choice at the beginning as the robust business growth helped pave the wa

China and Luxembourg have signed memorandums of understanding on jointly building the Belt and Road cooperation, according to the website of China's National Development and Reform Commission.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on a regular press conference on Tuesday that China hopes Japan will take a more active role in co-building the Belt and Road.

After traveling about 10,000 km across the Eurasian continent in about 18 days, a freight train from central China's city of Wuhan arrived on a March morning at a rail terminal in Venissieux, south of the French city of Lyon, with its containers full of s

China Construction Seventh Engineering Division which bagged the contract of expanding a part of Nepal's longest East-West Highway, has started work on the project.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Prince Albert II, head of state of the Principality of Monaco, here Sunday on strengthening China-Monaco relations.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday that closer cooperation with China within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is in line with Italy's national interests.

Private enterprises are looking to play a bigger role in promoting China's Belt and Road Initiative to realize more benefits in foreign and domestic markets, according to industry experts.

Beijing and Islamabad vowed to deepen economic engagement with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a pioneering project of their cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative.

Anastasiya Sizikova, a young woman who lives in Germany's western city of Dusseldorf, could have hardly imagined a few years ago that her career and life would be so closely linked to China.

East China's Fujian province has been speeding up efforts to develop its free trade zone by introducing international-standard rules and fostering innovation in new industries, an NPC deputy said.

A China-Europe freight train carrying photovoltaic products like solar modules departed from Shangrao, a city in east China's Jiangxi Province, to Almaty, capital city of Kazakhstan, on Tuesday morning, reported the China News Service.

As part of China's opening-up drive in the new era, the Belt and Road Initiative has won broad international participation as a result of its open, inclusive, win-win nature.

The Chinese-built Tanzania-Zambia Railway or TaZaRa started operations in 1976 and has become an economic catalyst for eastern and southern African nations, which also turns into a symbol of friendship between the peoples of China and Africa.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in late April in Beijing and deliver a keynote speech, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday.

China expects to see wider opening-up as it pledges to do more to attract foreign investment and promote global cooperation at the ongoing annual "two sessions."

China is hastening efforts to optimize legislation related to foreign investment, in order to attract more overseas investment, better protect the legitimate rights and interests of involved investors, and provide them with more favorable business environ

Experts worldwide are following closely China's annual Two Sessions, a window to help them understand where the world's second largest economy is heading and what it means to the world.

France is willing to cooperate with China in concrete programs under the Belt and Road Initiative that conform to common standards of both countries, the French president's diplomatic advisor Philippe Etienne said on Friday.

When assigned the New Year task from the U.S. headquarters a decade ago, Yang Jin, president of T.Y.LIN International China Engineering and Consulting Co., Ltd (T.Y.Lin China), a top engineering services branch based in the municipality of Chongqing, cons

The first phase of Hengyi Industries' oil refinery and petrochemical plant at Brunei's Pulau Muara Besar (PMB) will be put into operation by the end of this year, Haji Mat Suny, the country's minister of energy, manpower and industry has said.

The Confucius Institute run by University College Dublin (UCD) in collaboration with its Chinese partner was awarded "Model Confucius Institute" on Tuesday at an unveiling ceremony in its new teaching building.

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Tuesday called for sound preparations for the second China International Import Expo scheduled for November.

China's top court said it would spend more effort in handling cases regarding the Belt and Road Initiative to offer better legal services for litigants from home and abroad.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Friday met and co-chaired a meeting of a high-level steering committee with Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, deputy prime minister and minister of defense.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during the annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 20, 2019.

China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) said that it is extremely "shocked" by the recent "groundless allegations" made public through media against the Sukkur-Multan Motorway project in Pakistan in which it had participated.

Chinese construction and engineering company, China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd. (CGGC), has signed a contract agreement with the Ethiopian government to take part in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Cooperation will intensify in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative as China presses ahead with developing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Facts have shown and will continue to prove that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative creates opportunities and benefits for all countries and serves the common interests of humanity, a senior Chinese official said here Saturday.

Over 90 percent of the tendered bridge and tunnel projects of the China-Laos railway will be completed by the end of 2019, the construction company has said.

The UNESCO-initiated Silk Roads Project can help bring progress to different countries and peoples, the project's president Jose Maria Chiquillo has said.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Tuesday stressed solid efforts to deliver a good start to this year's economic and social development.

China's state-owned enterprises directly under the central government (central SOEs) have played a key role in the Belt and Road construction. So far, over 80 central SOEs have participated in B&R construction, carrying out 3,116 projects along the ro

A full-loaded freight train rumbles to arrive at the international land port in the inland city of Lanzhou, capital of northwestern China's Gansu Province, to ensure fresh tropical delicacies can reach dinner tables before Spring Festival.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Thursday in Beijing, and they agreed to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership featuring mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and common development.

Bangladesh's "Vision 2021" road map, planning to join the middle-income countries, requires 24 billion U.S. dollars worth of investments in infrastructure per year, according to an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) report.

The China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank plans to launch local currency financing in some Asian countries later this year in a move to reduce cross-border investment risks caused by exchange-rate fluctuations.

Chinese researchers have conducted a comprehensive study evaluating the risks of biological invasions in countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd has reached an investment agreement with Volcan Compañía Minera SAA, a Peruvian polymetallic miner, to acquire 60 percent of its stake in Terminales Portuarios Chancay SA for $225 million.

China and France are willing to steadily promote the Sino-French comprehensive strategic partnership, visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen's visit to China concluded with fruitful results for bilateral ties and cooperation, officials and analysts said here on Thursday.

As soon as 25-year-old Jin Xiang landed a job at a Chinese steel factory in Thailand's eastern Chonburi Province, he knew he would be part of the growing factor in propelling the Belt and Road Initiative and Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

In the midst of a complex external environment, China's economy ended 2018 on firm footing, with better quality and improved structure.

A first ever China-Myanmar Border Economic Cooperation Zone will be developed along the Kunlong-Chinshwehaw border area in Shan state, the official Global New Light of Myanmar quoted a developer as reporting on Sunday.

To date, a total of 2,605 China-Europe freight trains have traveled through the Alataw Pass, a major rail port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking a year-on-year growth of 16.69 percent, local customs said Thursday.

A China-funded port city being constructed in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo has completed the reclamation of land from the sea and will soon be ready for the second phase, China's CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd. said on Wednesday.

Uganda's electricity generation agency on Monday said plans are underway to commission the Chinese constructed Isimba Hydropower Plant in the central part of the country along River Nile.

Passengers waiting to board a train from Nigeria's capital Abuja on Saturday were wowed when they were informed that the train service had been safely operating for 900 days.

The Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) exported products worth 372 million U.S. dollars in 2018, up 68 percent compared to one year earlier, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)'s statement on Friday.

Tourism exchanges have been increasing thanks to enhanced cooperation between China and countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, according to the latest green book on tourism released on Friday.

The launch of Pakistan's first blockchain technology-backed cross-border remittance service, which is supported by Alibaba Group's financial arm Ant Financial, sheds light on how China and Pakistan have upgraded their cooperation from traditional industri

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday exchanged congratulatory messages with Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh to mark the 40th anniversary of bilateral relations.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Transporton on Sunday conducted a test run along the newly constructed railway line between Matara and Beliatta in the south of the island country which will boost passenger traffic.

Construction of the China-Laos railway linking Vientiane, capital of Laos, and Southwest China's Yunnan province, has improved the lives of Lao people along the railway.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Thursday.

The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan has refuted misleading media reports that Pakistan has to pay $40 billion to China in the next 20 years, stating that Islamabad only needs to pay $6.017 billion to Beijing for relevant projects under the China-Pakistan Econ

President Xi Jinping delivered a New Year speech Monday evening, calling on the whole nation to strive for "an unprecedented and great cause" in the year 2019, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative entered its fifth year in 2018, offering fresh impetus to economic development and integration in the Asia-Pacific region, while bringing tangible benefits to the people along the route.

Ethiopia has earned 38 million U.S. dollars in export revenues from its flagship Chinese-built Hawassa industrial park in the last two years, an Ethiopian official said on Wednesday.

The nation will accelerate the development of pilot free trade zones and ports via policy innovation and adequately expand their size to advance all-round opening-up in 2019, said commerce officials.

Nepal has benefited from China's economic boom and will pay close attention to China's investment as relations with its neighboring countries are crucial to Nepal's overall economic development, said Nishchal N. Pandey, director of the Center for South As

A senior Chinese trade official on Saturday rebutted recent media reports that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has increased the debt of countries and regions along the routes, saying such accusations are "groundless" and that initiative

Deepening cooperation in the energy sector will inject new impetus into Belt and Road Initiative-related economies' development, after China and over 10 BRI countries and regions issued a joint declaration during the Belt and Road Energy Ministerial Confe

"There was hardly any road, all you could see were pineapples, pineapples, and more pineapples. We took a car, then a motorbike, and finally walked to get there," Weng Mingzhao, board chairman of Long Jiang Industrial Park Development Company in

China-Oman (Duqm) Industrial Park, a project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been playing "a critical role" in boosting Chinese-Omani cooperation, officials and experts said.

The Chinese-built Lower Sesan II hydroelectric power station was inaugurated here in far northeastern Cambodia on Monday after almost five years of construction.

Hainan province vows to vigorously pursue the construction of a free trade zone and implement new policies designed to improve the business environment and ease trade, a provincial official said on Friday.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 13, 2018.

President Xi Jinping hosts Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Moreno began a three-day visit to China on Tuesday.

President Xi Jinping reiterated on Wednesday that China will adhere to the path of multilateralism and open its door wider to the world.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier agreed Monday to further intensify the all-round strategic partnership between the two countries, to make bilateral cooperation yield more fruits that benefit both nations,

Loaded with 22 containers, a freight train carrying motorbikes and textiles arrives at the east station of Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at dusk and waits for customs clearance.

About 3.3 million people in Andhra Pradesh of India will have access to safe drinking water following the approval of a loan of 400 million U.S. dollars by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB).

Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks here on Tuesday with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

China and Portugal pledged Wednesday to jointly push forward the construction of the Belt and Road to strengthen Asia-Europe connectivity and boost global trade.

Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday reached extensive consensus with his Panamanian counterpart, Juan Carlos Varela, on further promoting bilateral relations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Group of 20 (G20) leaders concluded a fruitful summit Saturday, exchanging in-depth views on building consensus for fair and sustainable development.

Premier Li Keqiang and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Singapore on Monday.

China and Singapore are jointly exploring potentials for further cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with recent moves to deepen economic and trade relations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel here on Thursday, calling on the two countries to cherish their traditional friendship and write a new chapter in China-Cuba friendly cooperation.

Premier Li Keqiang and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev converse while witnessing the signing of several cooperation documents on Wednesday in Beijing.

The first phase of a crucial energy project in Pakistan is scheduled to be put into operation next year, benefiting 2 million local people, according to its building contractor, China Machinery Engineering Corp.

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the world's first import-themed national-level expo in Shanghai on Monday, calling it a "trail-blazing" move in the history of international trade development.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a banquet on Sunday evening in Shanghai to welcome distinguished guests from around the world, who will attend the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) opening Monday.

Volunteers for the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) pose for a photo with the mascot "Jinbao" outside the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 26, 2018.

The World Bank is "well positioned" to provide support for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, said World Bank Group (WBG) President Jim Yong Kim.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) meets with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Oct. 31, 2018.

On October 18, US Secretary of State John Pompeo said he had warned countries in Latin America such as Panama to be wary of doing business with China, as Chinese State-owned enterprises engaged in "predatory economic activity."

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to embark on his first trip to China on November 2 after he was elected to the position in late July and will deliver a keynote speech at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai.

The first Singapore-China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Forum was held here on Thursday, co-organized by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

President Xi Jinping has called for building the country's pilot free trade zones (FTZs) toward new heights of reform and opening-up in the new era.

On the coast 32 kilometers from Athens, the Greek capital, a forest of cranes at the Port of Piraeus is busy 24 hours a day loading and unloading thousands of containers transported between Asia and Europe.

China has released a plan to improve the business environment at customs to promote cross-border trade.

Deals for 65 production capacity cooperation projects, worth 142.7 billion yuan (about 20.6 billion U.S. dollars) in total, were signed at an international forum that concluded Saturday in central China's Hubei Province.

China and over 10 Belt and Road countries Thursday pledged to build a cooperative partnership on energy to inject new impetus to energy development of various countries.

Aerial photo taken on March 22, 2018 shows the Boao Forum for Asia International Conference Center in Boao Town of Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Norwegian King Harald V in Beijing Tuesday, and they agreed to inject new impetus into the development of bilateral relations, and write a new chapter of the traditional friendship between the two nati

The Palace Museum and Shimao Group are going to build a museum focused on the Maritime Silk Road in Quanzhou, Fujian province, where the ancient maritime route began.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday wrapped up his first visit to Tajikistan, forging closer ties with regional countries who jointly voiced firm support for free trade and multilateral economic cooperation.

In an effort to bolster regional cooperation and connectivity amid the growing trend of isolationism and protectionism, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang traveled to Tajikistan, the Netherlands and Belgium for visits and inter-governmental meetings.

With China now a major contributor to global growth, involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative could help strengthen links within ASEAN and South Asia and with China, said Standard Chartered Global Research in a report issued Wednesday.

Shanghai municipal government on Tuesday announced a negative list for services trade in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), an effort to further carry out China's opening-up policy and create a sound business environment for foreign investors.

Along the 32-kilometer coastline outside Athens, a forest of cranes at the Port of Piraeus is busy 24 hours a day loading and unloading thousands of containers that are transported between Asia and Europe.

China will enhance cooperation in cultural relics protection with countries and regions participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a guideline released by the general offices of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the

A supersized shield tunneling machine, developed by a Chinese firm for a high-speed rail project in Indonesia, rolled off the assembly line Saturday in east China's Jiangsu Province.

Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the London Stock Exchange, could barely conceal his excitement over an innovative project.

The General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced new measures Thursday to expedite cargo clearance and cut administrative charges as part of the efforts to facilitate foreign trade.

On Sept 10, 2018, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng sat down with Jamil Anderlini, the Asia Editor of the Financial Times, for an exclusive interview.

Saudi Arabia joined China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project with an investment of 10 billion U.S. dollars, Daily Pakistan reported recently.

On Tuesday morning, a train loaded with auto parts and paper products thundered out of a station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, heading for a port in southern China, where the goods will be further shipped across the sea to Southeast Asia.

China has pledged to open up further to foreign firms and strengthen protection of intellectual property rights (IPR).

Big data showed that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made solid progress in increasing connectivity among member countries and regions, and officials and experts noted that technological innovation will take the initiative to the nex

President Xi Jinping welcomed foreign leaders on Tuesday who are in China to attend the Summer Davos Forum, and he called for greater joint efforts in constructing the Belt and Road to better benefit their people.

A new air route was launched between Guangzhou City in south China's Guangdong Province and Tel Aviv, Israel's second-largest city.

Life took a surprising turn in early 2016 for Bounmy Phonmixay, a 21-year-old young woman in the central Lao town of Kasi, when a team of engineers arrived for a rail project near her home.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Beijing on Thursday, vowing to promote cooperation in various fields.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on countries in Northeast Asia to seize the historical opportunity and conform to the trend of the times to strengthen cooperation in the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia for a better future of the regio

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 11, 2018.

China has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Myanmar on the joint construction of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), which analysts said is a further sign of Myanmar's willingness to integrate and benefit from the Belt and Road (B&am

Romania hopes Constanta port to become an important hub on the Belt and Road, a Romanian official said on Monday.

China's trade with countries along the Belt and Road routes totaled 5.31 trillion yuan (about 776.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of the year, up 12 percent year on year, 2.9 percentage points faster than the average growth rate, accordi

Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the first phase of the roundtable meeting of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 30, 2018.

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, addresses the opening ceremony of the China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30

The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, the first cross-sea bridge in the Maldives, opened to traffic on Thursday evening.

Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong addresses the High-Level Conference on Intellectual Property for Countries along the Belt and Road and reads a congratulatory letter sent by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, capital of China.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor Francisco Popolizio Bardales in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 28, 2018. They held the 10th political consultation between the two countries' foreign min

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C, rear), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addresses a symposium marking the fifth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BR

China Railway Express, also known as the China-Europe freight train, completed its 10,000th trip on Sunday as it returned to Wuhan, Hubei province, after a two-week journey from Hamburg, Germany.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry holds a press conference on the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2018 Beijing Summit in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 22, 2018. Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of t

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng (R), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister Ulziisaikhan Enkhtuvshin in southwest China's Chongqing

Premier Li Keqiang held talks with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Beijing on Monday, saying China will work with Malaysia to promote neighborly friendship to a new high.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 20, 2018.

Chinese logistics giant COSCO Shipping, which acquired 51 percent of Spain's Noatum Port Holdings in a reported $228 million deal in November, is helping Spanish shipping grow with advanced know-how thanks to the vision of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chinese automobile enterprises are stepping up the pace of expanding presence in countries and regions along the Belt and Road by setting up R&D centers, building production bases or rolling out retailing outlets to enhance their global competitivenes

Workers cheer the launch of a transshipment link connecting China and Singapore at Chongqing on Sept 25, 2017. The link is part of the corridor comprising railway and sea lines that shorten cargo transport to the ASEAN region by 20 days.

China's aviation industry has expanded its cooperation platform to facilitate connectivity along the Belt and Road, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said Friday.

Bearings products on display during a matchmaking meeting for exhibitors and buyers in Shanghai on Wednesday, an event in preparation for the upcoming China International Import Expo in November.

China Southern Power Grid (CSG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) over feasibility study on cooperatively developing and building Laos' national power grid in the Lao capital Vientiane.

It's tourism season, and Bolat Huanale, from Kazakhstan, drives tourists in his white minibus across his country's border with China five times a day through the port of Horgos in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Turkey is gearing up for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) where its firms will be actively seeking new cooperation and trade opportunities in a global market increasingly affected by crippling U.S. protectionism.

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) has said that its outstanding loans for the Belt and Road Initiative rose 37 percent from a year ago by the end of June this year.

Benefiting from preferential trade policies and ever-closer trade collaboration, Thailand's durian exports to China have surged over the past decade. China is now Thailand's largest durian importer.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative. During these five years, cooperation under the initiative has been fruitful. China has signed Belt and Road cooperation agreements with over 80 countries and internatio

Malaysia stands ready to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday, and hailed the Initiative for providing common development and pros

A Chinese contractor of the extended Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on Wednesday announced that it has started laying tracks and rail sleepers as implementation of the mega infrastructure project gathers steam.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L), Brazilian President Michel Temer (1st R), Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (1st L) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a group photo during the Plenary Ses

China is now engaged in 13 free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the China-Japan-ROK FTA, the China-Norway FTA, the China-Israel FTA, the China-Panama FTA, and the China-Singapore FTA up

Hong Kong, China will contribute USD10 million to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Project Preparation Special Fund, according to AIIB President Jin Liqun and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

Aerial photo taken on May 8, 2018 shows the Chinese-built Maputo Cross-sea Bridge in Maputo, Mozambique.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Senegalese President Macky Sall hold talks in Dakar, Senegal, July 21, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, accompanied by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, head

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Senegalese President Macky Sall hold talks in Dakar, Senegal, July 21, 2018.

East China's Jiangxi Province had released a list of key projects to participate in the construction of Belt and Road in 2018.

China will tackle weak areas in its business environment to further improve the country's overall competence and consolidate its stable and positive economic performance, the State Council decided on Wednesday at an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li

President Xi Jinping meets with Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay in Beijing, July 16, 2018.

During the 20th bilateral summit between China and the European Union, and in the presence of Premier Li Keqiang, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Silk Road Fund and Europe

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the eighth ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum Tuesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Standing on the roadside in the scorching sunlight for hours, Akbar is waiting for water tankers with two big drums in his hands. It is a daily routine for the 15-year-old in Pakistan's southwest port city of Gwadar.

Chinese homes had once never heard of exotic products such as African shea butter, Spanish artichokes and Arabic herbs, but all this has changed thanks to increasing trade with Belt and Road countries.

China has newly identified 22 cities as venues for comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in an effort to boost cross-border e-commerce, promote opening-up and upgrade foreign trade, the State Council announced Friday.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) holds talks with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in Beijing, capital of China.

Myanmar is negotiating with a Chinese consortium to carry out a strategic deep-sea port in Kyaukphyu, western Rakhine state, as part of the planned special economic zone (SEZ) in the region, according to a report of the official Global New Light of Myanma

Situated on Saudi Arabia's western coast of the Red Sea, Yanbu is famous for its advanced petrochemical industry, featuring three major refineries lining up along the beautiful beach.

Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Pakistan has become attractive for investments in multiple sectors after the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to an official statement on Tuesday night.

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center) takes a group photo with foreign guests before the opening of the Forum on Belt and Road Legal Cooperation in Beijing on Monday.

Experts have said that for the China-proposed Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative to succeed in Thailand, different countries must work together to achieve common growth. In particular, China could cooperate with Japan on a number of projects such as high-

China and Sri Lanka are committed to pushing forward cooperation on the Hambantota port project and realizing the goal of making Sri Lanka the logistics center of the Indian Ocean, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday.

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli speaks during an exclusive interview with Xinhua prior to his visit to China at the Prime Minister's residence in Kathmandu June 18, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2018.

Cooperation between China and the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is going from strength to strength, head of the office Simonetta Di Pippo said Tuesday.

Georgia believes China's development is a rare and great opportunity for Georgia and the world at large, with Georgia being ready to further enhance cooperation in all fields, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has said.

Northeast China's Liaoning Province announced that it will place the participation of the Belt and Road (B&R) construction as one of its top priorities and establish a B&R comprehensive pilot area.

Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the 18th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Qingdao, June 10, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2018.

Chinese companies are expected to invest up to $10 billion in Peru in sectors including energy and mines, telecommunications, construction and financing over the next three years, an official said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) holds talks with Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2018.

The Belt and Road Initiative has already produced several tangible results, which will continue to boost revenue growth of both Chinese and foreign companies, while improving their ability to execute big-ticket projects, an executive of CITS American Expr

Economic opportunities along the Belt and Road are expected to increase this year as more Chinese firms step up overseas expansion, a report from global audit and consultancy firm Deloitte showed.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) shakes hands with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at the eighth China-EU High Level Strategic Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium, on June 1, 2018.

Atanas Maina (C), Managing Director of Kenya Railways Corporation, delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger train service in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 31, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, holds talks with his Laotian counterpart Bounnhang Vorachit in Beijing, capital of China, May 30, 2018.

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan rounds off a visit to Belarus on Tuesday with a stronger consensus on further cementing bilateral ties and deepening mutually beneficial practical cooperation.

In the eastern suburb of Minsk, capital city of Belarus, stands the China-Belarus industrial park, the largest foreign investment project in the country and an important cooperation project between China and Belarus under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday inaugurated the first section of the 392-km Multan-Sukkur Motorway, the largest transportation infrastructure project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Multan in the country's ea

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint press conference after their talks, at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2018.

China has made enormous progress during the past four decades since it announced the opening-up of its market to foreign investors, and both Chinese and UK firms will pursue further cooperation along the routes of the China-proposed Belt and Road (B&R

Spain's King Felipe VI (L) shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting in Madrid, Spain, on May 17, 2018.

China and the Sultanate of Oman have agreed to jointly promote the Belt and Road Initiative.

Taking over the rotating presidency, China will hold this year's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province in June.

Premier Li Keqiang and visiting Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago witness the signing of documents on cooperative initiatives in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2018.

The China-Europe freight train from Tangshan of China arrives at Antwerp Port, Belgium, May 12, 2018. A freight train service has been launched from a port in Tangshan of north China's Hebei Province to Belgium, a further line for freight between China an

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Tokyo, capital of Japan, for an official visit to Japan and the 7th China-Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) leaders' meeting, May 8, 2018.

Greek Prime Minister and the leader of the ruling Syriza party Alexis Tsipras told a senior Chinese official here that Greece sees the Belt and Road Initiative as a great development opportunity and would like to join hands with China for the development

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) complements the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative in facilitating trade and cooperation among different countries, a senior African Union (AU) official said here on Thursday.

A technical team is scheduled to conduct a pre-feasibility study on the proposed cross-border railway between China and Nepal.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo meet the press after their talks at the presidential palace in Bogor, Indonesia, May 7, 2018.

China proposed four steps that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) could take to further promote inclusive development in the Asia-Pacific region on May 5.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced Wednesday that its board of governors has adopted resolutions approving applications from Papua New Guinea and Kenya to join the bank, bringing its total approved membership to 86.

The Chinese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently held a meeting in Beijing to jointly promote implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit an exhibition of cultural relics at Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 27, 2018.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo jointly unveiled the university, which costs 12 million U.S. dollars in which 10 million dollars were the grant from the Chinese government and the rest were the fu

Amid escalating protectionism and isolationism in some advanced economies, China is opening its door to the world with easier trade policies and increased import orders.

Croatian highway operator Hrvatske Ceste (Croatia Roads) and the Chinese consortium led by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) signed a 2.08 billion kuna contract (340 million U.S. dollars) on Monday to construct the first phase of the Peljesac Bridg

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a decision to develop the island of Hainan into a pilot free trade zone on April 13.

Panama is considering building a railway to Costa Rica with China, a project that would require an initial investment of US$5 billion, said Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela on April 13.

China on Wednesday refuted a U.S. research group report on the Belt and Road Initiative, reiterating that the initiative aims to achieve win-win economic cooperation.

Since the official launch of seven pilot trade zones in Liaoning, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shaanxi on April 1, 2017

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday co-chaired the fourth high-level economic dialogue between China and Japan with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono here.

The Neelum-Jhelum project, one of the largest hydropower stations in Pakistan, will see its first turbine generator officially start supplying electricity to the national grid on Friday, said the Chinese contractor.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang holds a welcome ceremony for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China

China's central bank governor on Wednesday fleshed out measures and disclosed a timetable to further open up the financial sector, signaling fast progress in implementing the country's opening-up promises.

This year's Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is the first since China's commitment to building a community with a shared future for humanity was written into the country's Constitution last month.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang holds talks with Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 9, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China.

As the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) opens on Sunday, experts and entrepreneurs attending the annual event said they believe the forum will serve as an opportunity to increase mutual understanding and cooperation against the rising trend of protectionism

The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and Lao Ministry of Science and Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on intellectual property cooperation here on Monday.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Monday, with both sides expressing willingness to upgrade bilateral pragmatic cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcome ceremony for his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa (3rd, L) visits the Kariba Hydro South Extension Project in Kariba, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng (R), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva in Beijing, capital of China.

Cambodian Environment Minister Say Samal (R) shakes hands with Bai Chunli, president of the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), during a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 26, 2018.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with foreign delegates attending the China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 in Beijing, capital of China, March 26, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcome ceremony for visiting Cameroonian President Paul Biya before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China.

Participants pose for group photo during a meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 17, 2018. An agreement to launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was signed here Wed

Over the past five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited 57 countries and received more than 110 foreign heads of state.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged congratulations on their respective election win in a telephone conversation on Monday and pledged to further deepen relations between their two countries.

Green development is the only way to achieve a promising future in the cooperation and social development of countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, China's environmental protection minister said on Mar. 17.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Mar. 17, saying China and Germany should set an example of win-win cooperation.

In 2018, the country will put into practice a new development philosophy, seek high-quality growth, and build new images of Chinese foreign trade, in a bid to enhance its strength in trade, he promised.

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai (1st R) and guests pose for photos with the new KLIA Ekspres train at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, on March 13, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Ma Peihua attended the inauguration ceremony of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera here on Mar. 10.

China's national legislature will take steps to make a foreign investment law and do research on formulating a real estate tax law, according to a work report released on Mar. 11.

The construction of the Sino-Russian Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge is expected to be completed this year together with other cross-border infrastructure programs aimed at enhancing China's connectivity with Russia and central Europe and centra

Metha Wanapat, expert from Thailand, is given the confirmation letter for high-level foreign talents on March 1, which is the first issued by Yunnan Provincial Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs.

China's securities regulator said on Mar. 2 that it will allow domestic and overseas companies to issue bonds in the onshore stock exchanges to finance projects related with the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Belt and Road Initiative has yielded fruitful results during the past five years, Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) said here on Mar. 4.

The Government Work Report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on Monday reflected both the rosy and not-so-rosy sides of China's economic and social development.

Greek Shipping Minister Panayiotis Kouroumblis (front) speaks during a ceremony for the welcome of the maiden call of China's COSCO Shipping Taurus and the inauguration of the 3rd berth for 20,000 plus twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels at Piraeus

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for a group photo with Tonga's King Tupou VI (2nd L) and his wife Queen Nanasipau'u, in Beijing, capital of China, March 1, 2018. Xi held talks with Tonga's King Tupou VI on Thursd

Foreign headhunting companies see opportunity and innovation in newly announced policies in Beijing's recruitment market and say they expect the whole industry will benefit.

The first ever China International Import Expo, taking place in Shanghai in November, will be a good opportunity for Britain to show its products and services to new Chinese buyers, said the chairman of the China-Britain Business Council.

A bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao has moved a step closer to official opening, with a major tunnel project fully completed on Feb. 24.

China’s Shanghai free trade zone aims for new breakthroughs in five aspects this year, the Xinhua-run cs.com.cn reported on Feb. 23.

China's top securities regulator has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its Kazakhstan's counterpart to enhance cooperation on securities and futures regulation.

English language couplets have become a new and stylish way among Chinese young people to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival.

Workers make garments at a factory in the Sihanoukville SEZ in Cambodia. Backed by the Chinese and Cambodian governments, the SEZ was developed by Wuxi-based Hodo Group and Cambodia International Investment Development Group in 2007.

China Development Bank (CDB) and Standard Chartered Bank have signed a deal worth 10 billion yuan (about 1.6 billion U.S. dollars) on Belt and Road cooperation.

A China-aided pilot project of poverty reduction was launched here on Thursday, with a view to improving the infrastructure of villages and raising the level of public services and self-development capacity in Myanmar.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and visiting British Prime Minister Theresa May, meet the press after a China-Britain annual dialogue between heads of government, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 31, 2018.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo that China is willing to negotiate step by step free trade agreements with Uruguay and other countries in South America.

Liu He, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, gives a speech during the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World

The second ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum opened here Monday is an opportunity for the two sides to find common ground for their future development and seek connectivity on the China-propose

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on Latin American countries to actively participate in the Belt & Road Initiative and forge a trans-Pacific path of cooperation that links China and Latin America more closely.

Employees work at a factory purchased by Chinese machinery equipment manufacturer Liugong Machinery Co Ltd, in Stalowa Wola, Poland. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, Liugong's factory has created more employment opportunities for people in the town.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met here on Wednesday with parliamentary leaders of Nordic and Baltic countries, hoping for more high-level exchanges and deeper cooperation.

The State Council made arrangements to optimize the business environment to stimulate market vitality and social creativity, at an executive meeting Wednesday.

The central bank of Pakistan gave its green signal to use the Chinese yuan (CNY) for bilateral trade and investment activities, ensuring that imports, exports and financing transactions can be denominated in the Chinese currency.

The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by China in the autumn of 2013, was aimed to draw on the strength of each country to pursue a joint development through enhancing international cooperation and increasing the complementarity between national strategi

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks as he meets with Chinese diplomatic envoys to foreign countries in Beijing, capital of China.

China released its first green development index Tuesday, which ranks local government performances on ecological development and helps promote high-quality development.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C), Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (L) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, meet the press after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue, in Beijing, capital of China.

China will promote application and implementation of its national standards including 5G and smart city in the countries along the Belt and Road routes, according to an action plan recently released by the Standardization Administration of China.

China's top economic planner said Friday 86 countries and international organizations have signed 100 cooperation agreements with China under the Belt and Road Initiative.

China provided 7.3 million U.S. dollars from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund to Cambodia on Thursday for carrying out a variety of projects in the kingdom.

Chinese and Lao companies participating in a transnational railway project on Wednesday said they will abide by rules and a code of conduct to ensure the project will not be tainted by corruption.

While China's leading mobile-payment platforms, Alipay and WeChat Pay, are accelerating its expansion in global market in 2017, shrewd European businesses are also trying to adapt themselves as soon as possible to the new consuming habits of Chinese consu

Pakistan is considering a proposal to replace the US dollar with the yuan for trade with China, Pakistan's English-language daily newspaper Dawn reported on Tuesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano attend the closing ceremony of the eighth joint meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 18, 2017. Wang held talks with Alfano on Monday

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcome ceremony for President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (ROK) before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2017.

China's banking regulator Wednesday pledged to steadily advance opening up of the banking industry following the latest government move to widen foreign access to the financial sector.

When observing the Sino-foreign exchanges, it can be seen that pandas, China’s national treasure, have played a significant role in helping bring the two sides closer together and building China’s international image.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for group photos with Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (2nd L) and his wife at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Friday that China is ready to work with fellow members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to build a community of shared future in the region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Nov. 30, 2017 that Chinese diplomacy in the new era is to promote the construction of a new type of international relations and a community of shared future.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi promised more efforts to build the cross-border economic corridor during their meeting in Sochi on Nov. 30, 2017.

A huge colored map of the Silk Road from a royal court of the mid-Ming Dynasty was officially welcomed home at the Forbidden City in Beijing on Thursday.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s trip to Hungary has yielded fruitful results and injected new vitality to China-CEEC relations.Li arrived in Budapest on Nov. 26 for an official visit to Hungary and for the sixth meeting of heads of government of China and 16

Work to modernize and reconstruct the Belgrade-Stara Pazova segment of Belgrade-Budapest Railway started on Tuesday. The 34.5 km-long segment, the railway's first part to start construction, is expected to be completed in three years.

Middle-class lifestyle is poised to become more accessible for Chinese consumers with lower prices of imported consumer goods from avocados and whisky to cashmere clothing and ski sets.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday proposed five initiatives to further advance 16+1 cooperation while addressing the sixth meeting of heads of government of China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries in Budapest, Hungary.

The Xiang Ou Express Budapest-Changsha return freight train carrying Central European cargo containers to Changsha, China, was launched from here for the first time on Monday.

The process of building links between China and Central and Eastern European countries is kicking into high gear due to efforts of top leaders of the region and China.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday arrived in Hungary for an official visit to the country and the sixth meeting of heads of government of China and 16 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) in Budapest.

China and Djibouti on Nov.23,2017 agreed to establish strategic partnership to strengthen all-round cooperation. Xi said,China welcomes Djibouti to participate in the Belt and Road construction.

The first China Cultural Center in Bulgaria was inaugurated here on Nov. 23, 2017,located in the downtown of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital city, and includes exhibition halls, a library and rooms for teaching Chinese language, calligraphy, music, martial arts

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said，China is "pleased to see" Japan's enthusiasm for the Belt and Road Initiative,the Belt and Road Initiative is an international public product offered by China to promote development and cooperat

The first China-invested wind power station in Africa, Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Wind Power Project, started operation on Nov. 17, Xinhua News Agency reported last Friday.

Frankfurt-based China Europe International Exchange announced on Monday that it will launch a new share market in 2018 to help Chinese companies raise funds for expansion in Europe and economies involved in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

The third Shanxi International Cultural Festival on Ancient Towns along the Belt and Road was held in Taiyuan on Nov 19.The festival aimed to promote Shanxi's reputation as an ideal tourism destination and develop tourism into a pillar industry for the pr

The China-South Asia Expo kicked off in Nepal's capital on Thursday with the aim to expand and enhance regional trade.This is the first time this expo is being held outside China as it used to be organized only in China's Kunming.

Egypt launched Tuesday the largest trade fair for Chinese investors, as Chinese companies in Egypt showcased their products and services to local consumers.

Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw (R) meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Nay Pyi Taw Nov. 19, 2017.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela on Nov. 17, 2017. saying bilateral relations have "turned over a new leaf" with the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on joint construction of the Belt and Road.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit, also general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, attend the foundation-layin

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday that China is willing to join regional countries in writing a new chapter for East Asian cooperation，he and other leaders attended the 12th East Asia Summit poseand for a group photo before the meeting in Manila, Ph

Chinese construction giant China Gezhouba Group Corp. (CGGC), the main builder of the Three Gorges project, said Tuesday a CGGC-led consortium has signed a contract with the Nigerian government to build a hydropower project valued at 5.792 billion U.S. do

China and Laos on Monday agreed to build a community of shared future with strategic importance during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the Southeast Asian country.

China proposes the formulation of a vision for strategic partnership between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) toward the year 2030 to upgrade cooperation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday.

China and Vietnam agreed here Sunday to deepen their comprehensive strategic cooperation under new circumstances.Xi is on a state visit to the Southeast Asian country. Before flying to Hanoi, he just concluded a busy two-day stay in Vietnam's central city

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, on Saturday witnessed the signing of a bilateral deal on upgrading the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.

The Lao language version of a book on Lancang-Mekong cooperation "Sharing the River" was officially launched here on Friday,and the book is based on three cooperation pillars of Lancang-Mekong mechanism.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday stressed China's commitment to developing and deepening relations with Russia during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

China and Russia signed nearly 20 deals here Wednesday in areas including investment, energy and space exploration. The deals came after the 22nd regular meeting between the heads of government of China and Russia held in the Great Hall of the People, Be

Dow Chemical, the world's second largest chemical company, has hinged its growth prospects in China to the country's Belt and Road Initiative.

Members of the Chinese scientific expedition team pose for photos onboard China's ice breaker Xuelong, July 31, 2017. The Xuelong icebreaker crossed the Arctic Circle and entered the Arctic Ocean on Monday. China's ice breaker, the Xuelong, which means &q

Trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road amounted to 786 billion U.S. dollars in the first three quarters, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.

The City of London has started talks with multinational development banks about joining the Belt and Road Investor Alliance, a platform established to encourage further green investment into the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

A newly built railway line connecting Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia was inaugurated on Monday in Azerbaijan's capital city of Baku.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 30, 2017. After the meeting, the two sides exchanged letters of approval for a mutual legal assistance treaty.

China-ASEAN Science and Technology Industry Cooperation Committee was inaugurated during the China-ASEAN Science and Technology Industry and Business Cooperation Forum on Oct 26 in Beijing.

Xi Jinping stressed in his report to the 19th CPC National Congress that the country will take the building of the Belt and Road Initiative as a priority, lay equal emphasis on bring-in and going-global, follow the principles of wide consultation, joint c

China's pursuit of modernization is aimed at establishing total harmony between human beings and nature, said General Secretary Xi Jinping in his holistic report at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has caught worldwide attention, not only because of China's influence in the world economy, but more importantly, the Party's insatiable yearn for institutional innovation, as General Secretary Xi

As one of the major aspects of further opening-up, the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone has attracted a large number of international industry leaders to set up operations there, providing substantial help to their development in the country.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China approved an amendment to the Party Constitution which enshrines Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will help strengthen cooperation between France and China, says the French ambassador.

In his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Wednesday, General Secretary Xi Jinping said that China will always try to be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a guardian of the international

Xi Jinping delivers a report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on behalf of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 18, 2017. The CPC opened the 19th Nation

With the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China around the corner, 32 leaders of media organizations from 27 countries along the Belt and Road routes have been invited to visit China. They will not only cover the meeting, but also discuss

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (3rd R) speaks during a high-level seminar on the Belt and Road Initiative in Washington D.C.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on Oct.11 published a work report on Chief Executive Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's first 100 days in office.

Oxford University history professor Peter Frankopan says historians should be brave: "Otherwise, there is no point of writing history."

The Belt and Road Initiative has boosted cooperation, trade and corporate competitiveness between China and countries along the route, according to a government report released in Beijing on Thursday.

Hunan has implemented an innovation-led and opening-up strategy in recent years and stepped up international cooperation, local officials said.

Construction of the long-awaited bridge across the Heilongjiang River, or the Amur River in Russia, started in 2016 after 28 years of negotiation between China and Russia.

Africa is new frontier for oil and gas exploration, presenting China with new opportunities, challenges

China's dock-less bike-sharing company ofo provide d more than 1,000 bikes in Phuket's key locations in late September and offered a 1-month free trial without deposit fee.

The closing ceremony of The Fifth Global Economic Development Forum

Tianfu International Fund Town of China in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, is one of the newly-established financial centers in the city.

The financial cooperation association of China and Mongolia has been set up in Hohhot on September 26.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem during their meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 22, 2017.

Chinese and Dutch delegates wait for the departure of the 202nd freight train on the Chengdu-Tilburg direct railway link in Tilburg, the Netherlands, Sept. 22, 2017.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang delivers a keynote speech during the opening ceremony of the 2017 Euro-Asia Economic Forum in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 21, 2017.

Europe's largest aerospace company Airbus SE opens its first overseas completion and delivery center for wide-body aircraft in Tianjin, North China, on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reports.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) holds a welcome ceremony for Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong before their talks in Beijing, capital of China.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L), Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela (C) and Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Panama's vice president and foreign minister, attend a signing ceremony in Panama City, on Sept. 17, 2017

Two Bangladeshi and two Chinese firms have signed two joint venture pacts to build over 100-kilometer rail lines and required infrastructure in the country's southeast Cox's Bazar district bordering Myanmar.

China Development Bank (CDB), the largest Chinese bank for foreign investment and financing cooperation, on Sunday signed two deals to provide loans to Egypt's two major financial institutions SAIBANK and Banque Misr.

File photo taken on Dec. 16, 2007 shows a cargo vessel sailing in Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Lianyungang Port, whose construction began in early 1930s, is now one of the important outlets from east China to the Pa

The World Tourism Alliance, which China proposed, was set up on September 11 during the 22nd General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It marks China's rise in the world tourism industry.

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli (8th L) attends the unveiling ceremony for the opening of the 14th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit with foreign dignitaries and guests, in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuan

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (3rd L), Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli (2nd L) cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in Thessaloniki, Greece on Sept. 9, 2017. China is an honored country th

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 7, 2017.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 4, 2017. Enrique Pena Nieto came to Xiamen to attend the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries scheduled for Se

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Guinean President Alpha Conde in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 5, 2017. Conde came to Xiamen to attend the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 5, 2017. Sisi came to Xiamen to attend the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 4, 2017. Prayut is in Xiamen to attend the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries scheduled for Sept. 5.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 4, 2017. Zuma is in Xiamen to attend the ninth BRICS summit scheduled for Sept. 3-5.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 3, 2017. Putin is in Xiamen to attend the ninth BRICS

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and visiting Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution co-chair the third meeting of the high-level economic dialogue between China and Indonesia in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 22, 2017.

China and Singapore hold their first joint legal and judcial roundtable in Beijing on August 21.

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli meets with Sudan's First Vice-President and Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh in Khartoum, Sudan, Aug. 25, 2017.

Chinese and foreign guests attend the opening ceremony of a China-Northeast Asia Expo held in previous years in Changchun, Jilin province

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli Friday met with Saudi Arabian Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih in Beijing, agreeing to advance industrial capacity and investment cooperation.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Friday met with the new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying that China will continue to support the UN health agency.

The number of countries, regions, and international organizations that have signed cooperation agreements with China on the joint development of the Belt and Road Initiative has reached 69, the country's top economic planner said Thursday.

The 688-kilometer East Coast Rail Link project undertaken by the China Communications Construction Company Limited in Malaysia has started construction in Pahang State last week, and is estimated to be completed in seven years.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and Nepali Deputy Prime Minister Bijay Kumar Gachhadar agreed on Tuesday to make joint efforts to further advance pragmatic cooperation between the two countries.

Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain met with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang here on Monday on consolidating friendly ties between the two countries.

China-manufactured buses of Yangon Bus Service (YBS) drive in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 11, 2017.

Head of Egyptian Transport Association (ETA) Mohammed Shehata said on Sunday that China can be a main player in developing Egypt's railway system.

A mega railway to be built by China was officially launched on Wednesday in the Malaysian city of Kuantan, a milestone for China-Malaysia ties as China pushed forward the Belt and Road Initiative

The world's first panda-shaped solar station in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, was officially put into operation on Thursday after a two-month dry run.

Chinese and Swiss customs approved the mutual authentication of Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) by both countries, which will streamline trade, media reported on Thursday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marked the 50th anniversary on Tuesday with its members pledging to strengthen integration and promote global engagement for future decades to come.

In northern and central Laos, mountains seem to reign the area where population is scarce.

One of the largest inland provincial regions in Northern China, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is at the forefront of China's opening up because of its implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative since 2013.

The first high speed train in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region set off from Hohhot east station on Thursday, heading east to Ulanqab in a speed of 250 km/h.

China and ASEAN nations on Sunday expressed satisfaction with the achievements made in their strategic partnership during the last 15 years and agreed to further enhance cooperation.

Guo Yongcai, a retired forestry worker at Arshaan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, moved from his shanty hut to a newly built apartment last year as the local government presses forward with renovations to the community.

The Belt and Road (B&R) Exhibition opened in Bucharest on July 14, 2017, on the sidelines of the 2017 China-CEE Countries Political Parties Dialogue held in the Romanian capital.

China and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 1 to diversify service trade to upgrade their commerce structure from commodity and goods exchanges.

Folk artist Feng Shiping, from Handan city of Hebei province, has created a series of paper-cuts in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

Premier Li Keqiang vowed to support trade liberalization and facilitate investment, when he met former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on July 26 in Beijing.

An increasing number of innovation-driven Chinese companies testing the waters abroad are spurring "rapid growth" in international patent applications filed via the Patent Cooperation Treaty in China, according to the State Intellectual Property

A new prospect for China-Indonesia relations is expected to be explored under the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on July 26.

The Belt and Road Initiative will play a key role in the cooperation between China and the Philippines, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on July 25.

Sri Lankan cabinet has approved agreement with China on Hambantota Port, describing it as "a win-win situation for both countries."

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on July 24 that Thailand-China railway project is conducive to the long-term development of Thailand and meets the interests of the Thai people.

China called on July 24 for greater efforts to strengthen Asian financial cooperation and to safeguard regional financial stability under a newly created organization.

The first Chinese Sichuan Food Festival held in Celakovice, a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic last Friday, introduced locals to Oriental cuisine and facilitated people-to-people and cultural exchanges between both countries.

A delegation of China's Silk Road Fund was in Bishkek on July 20 for a meeting to discuss establishing a cooperation fund between Kyrgyzstan and China within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

China will strengthen cooperation with Tunisia under the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao said on July 20, 2017.

President Xi Jinping said on July 18 that China stands ready to work with Palestine on Belt and Road construction.

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in far northwestern China has just become a bit closer to the capital, as three sections of a new expressway along risky terrain opened to traffic on July 15.

In Chinese President Xi Jinping's written interview with Russian media ahead of his departure for the July 3-4 state visit to Russia, Xi said that the two sides may make joint efforts to develop and utilize maritime passageways, particularly the Northern

A-Long, a Shenzhen-based online illustrator, is fond of China's national treasure - the giant panda.