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Tucked away in the rugged landscape of the Taihang Mountains in northeastern Shanxi province, the hamlet of Chehe in Lingqiu county has blossomed into a thriving village by embracing the principles of organic agriculture.
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The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) opened on Wednesday in Beijing, providing an important platform for countries to showcase their service industries and professional expertise. Barbados Ambassador to China Hallam Henry told China News Service that the fair offers Barbados a unique opportunity to promote its tourism, services, and cultural assets while pursuing deeper economic cooperation with China.
Chinese banks ramped up support for technology financing in the first half, with State-owned commercial lenders taking the lead and showing the early results of channeling financial resources into innovative enterprises.
China is moving to enhance the coordination between its fiscal and financial policies to increase investment support for a broader range of public services, said Finance Minister Lan Fo'an during the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
Chinese railway builders start laying tracks on Sept 8 along the Xi'an-Shiyan High-Speed Railway route, expanding the country's high-speed rail network.CREC4 builders said that a total of 512 km of track will be laid in both directions, with the Shaanxi section covering 337 km and the Hubei section reaching 175 km.
By giving full play to its advantages as a transportation hub and pioneering various institutional innovations, the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone has played an important role in stabilizing foreign trade over the past few years.
China is committed to advancing the opening-up of its service market in an orderly manner, and is willing to work with all parties to promote openness, innovation and cooperation in global trade in services, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
And the construction of a unified national market has advanced, curbing disorderly competition and promoting orderly capacity adjustments in key industries, which in turn has stabilized prices," Dong said.
As the Guest Country of Honor, the United Kingdom brought more than 100 well-known companies, including AstraZeneca and Haleon, marking the largest-ever UK participation at CIFIT and setting a new record for the fair by a single country. The event coincided with the visit of Peter Kyle, the UK’s newly appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade, who is in Beijing to attend the first meeting of the UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Commission in seven years. What signals do these intensive moves by the UK convey? To find out, China News Service spoke with Peter Wilson CMG, British Ambassador to China.
The country's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, fell by 0.4 percent year-on-year in August, while consumer prices were unchanged in July, according to the NBS.
Welcoming the progress made in the latest ranking, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the city's largest political party, praised the significant edge that Hong Kong enjoys in global talent competition.
Lawmakers in China are reviewing a draft revision to the country's Foreign Trade Law, which seeks to elevate multiple reform measures into national legislation in response to a rapidly evolving global trading landscape and ongoing domestic economic reforms.
China has become the fifth largest importer of Ethiopian coffee, which is a testament to the discerning taste of Chinese consumers and the strong, collaborative spirit between the two countries, Ethiopian Ambassador to China Tefera Derbew Yimam said.
China's manufacturing sector is expected to add 8 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion) in value during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–25), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Tuesday.
The Anshun-Panzhou section of Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, being partially built by China Railway No 4 Engineering Group, progresses steadily in Guizhou province.To alleviate congestion and adapt to regional economic development, Guizhou decided to expand the Anshun-Panzhou section of the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, with the expansion commencing in March 2023, he said.
Twenty eight years ago, John Gjestrum, a Norwegian who was a board member of the International Committee of Museology, traveled to Liuzhi special district in Guizhou province to plant a tree that marked the start of the Sino-Norwegian Friendship Trees.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has dismissed Wang Teng, general manager of its China Marketing Department, for serious violations of company rules, including leaking confidential information and engaging in activities that involved conflicts of interest, according to a report by The Paper.
Among China's top 500 trading companies by volume in the first eight months, private enterprises accounted for 219, an increase of 20 compared with last year."We will continue to invest in research and development to deliver more competitive products tailored to the needs of the Southeast Asian market," said Chai Jianlu, president of Ningbo Weiyun.
BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to the 25th China International Fair for Investment and Trade.
Shanghai and Xizang have achieved their first green electricity transaction, transferring 7.85 million kWh of clean energy in a deal facilitated by the Beijing Power Exchange Center. The agreement was announced during the 60th anniversary of the Xizang Autonomous Region's establishment.
China has decided to impose anti-circumvention measures on certain optical fiber imports originating in the U.S., effective from Thursday, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.
Key exports from Laos to China include fruits, beer, cassava, rubber and minerals, with the range of products transported expanding from just over 10 to more than 3,000 varieties.
There are nearly 200 departure tax refund stores in Jinjiang district currently, 42 percent higher than at the beginning of this year, and accounting for 40 percent of tax refund stores in Chengdu.
China's subsidized personal consumption loan policy came into effect on Monday, with multiple banks racing to roll out the measures as part of the government's broader push to spur domestic spending.
China unveiled its land-, sea-, and air-based strategic forces as the nuclear triad for the first time in Wednesday's V-Day military parade.The triad included JingLei-1 air-based long-range missile, JuLang-3 submarine-launched intercontinental missile, DongFeng-61 land-based intercontinental missile, and new type DongFeng-31 land-based intercontinental missile. The weapons are China's strategic "ace" power to safeguard the country's sovereignty and nation's dignity. ■
Singapore's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key early indicator of manufacturing activity, rose by 0.1 point from July to reach 50 in August, according to the latest report released Tuesday night by the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. A PMI reading above 50 signals expansion in the manufacturing sector, while a reading below 50 indicates contraction.The latest figure, following a brief dip the previous month, suggests a "limbo" state, said OCBC Bank chief economist Selena Ling.
President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh hold a trilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept 2, 2025.
China National Offshore Oil Corp's breakthrough in offshore heavy oil thermal recovery has unlocked access to a vast reserve of previously inaccessible heavy oil, bolstering China's energy security and reducing its reliance on imports, said industry experts.
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