Shanghai builds CIIE into constant trading platform
Shanghai is currently digging more potential of the China International Import Expo (CIIE), turning the 6-day event into an all-year-round trading platform. The first CIIE attracted 3,617 foreign exhibitors to Shanghai within only 6 days last November, and generated total trading value of $57.8 billion. To sustain the performance, Shanghai opened an import commodity exhibition […]
Overseas consumers choose more Chinese goods on AliExpress
40 million manicure products, 30 million makeup sets, 10 million pairs of tights, 10 million pairs of underpants, 8 million lipsticks, and a wig every two seconds — China’s fast-moving consumer goods have witnessed soaring sales on Alibaba’s online global retail platform AliExpress over the last year. With continuous exploration and development into overseas markets, […]
China, EU can work together in connectivity
Europe and China can and should work together to enhance connectivity between Asia and Europe. Implementing BRI and connectivity, therefore, requires Asia-Europe cooperation. The story of the Silk Road has intrigued me since childhood. The magic of faraway lands, traders bringing soft silk and exotic spices to countries across the long and winding road, the […]
Three Highlights in China’s new investment law
The “negative list” system, equal treatment of domestic and foreign investment as well as intensified protection of legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors have made up three biggest highlights of China’s newly-drafted foreign investment law, experts pointed out, in the belief that the rollout of the new law will help China optimize its business […]
Marathon continues to expand influence in China: report
Marathon is driving up development of relevant sports industries as it further expands influence in China, said a report issued by the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province on Mar. 11. China held a total of 1,581 marathons and relevant sport events (road races of over 800 participants and cross-country […]
Kubuqi a successful example of global desertification control
Thanks to decades of consistent efforts to fight desertification, Kubuqi Desert has become a masterpiece of China’s ecological construction and offers a solution for global desertification control. The desert in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region covers an area of 18,600 square kilometers. It was once the source of frequent sandstorms hitting Beijing and Tianjin. […]
Herdsmen contribute to eco-protection in China’s major-river headwaters
An innovative eco-monitoring system is contributing to the ecological protection of China’s Sanjiangyuan area, the home to the headstreams of Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang (Mekong) Rivers in Qinghai Province. Local herdsmen are recruited in the region to help protect and improve the environment by serving as eco-monitors, capturing substantial valuable images of wildlife. Tamdrin […]
Ecological construction prioritized during China’s Two Sessions
With the goal to increase domestic forest coverage to 23.04 percent by 2020, Chinese political delegates gathered in Beijing for China’s Two Sessions, the nation’s top political meetings, and pooled their wisdom to achieve the target of “Beautiful China”. China has made significant progress in ecological construction and civilization in the past four decades. […]
China to reinforce ecological and environmental protection: minister
China will be very persistent, never let loose of any links, and maintain a very strong strategic focus on ecological and environmental protection, said the country’s Ecology and Environment Minister Li Ganjie. Li made the remarks while taking questions from domestic and foreign journalists at a press conference for the second session of the 13th […]
China sees enhanced efforts in protection of national parks
China has drafted standards on national reserve protection and preliminarily established relevant organizations since it piloted the national park system three years ago, said Zhang Jianlong, head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration on the sidelines of two sessions on March 12. The country has witnessed enhanced efforts in the protection and restoration of […]
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