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By He Yin, People’s Daily This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It is critical for achieving the goals set in the 14th Five-Year Plan. The “two sessions” this year, the annual meetings of China’s national legislature and top political advisory body, has received broad attention from…
By Liu Wenxin, People’s Daily Government departments under China’s State Council handled 12,480 suggestions and proposals submitted by deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in 2023, a spokesperson for the State Council Information Office said recently. In particular, the departments…
By Cheng Yuanzhou, People’s Daily After meals were packed, weighed, and mounted to drones, these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) took off under unified control, and arrived at office buildings across an overpass in just two minutes. They autonomously delivered the meals and returned. The delivery drone fleet has become a spectacle in a commercial area…
By Liu Zhonghua, People’s Daily A side event of the 55th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council was held on March 12 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. The event was co-hosted by the Chinese Permanent…
By Xu Peiyu Jujube farmer Ding Taiping in Xiawa township, Binzhou, east China’s Shandong province recently made some new friends – students of a “science and technology backyard” (STB) program that studies the cultivation of jujubes from China Agricultural University. “I’ve been growing jujubes for many years, but this is the first time I’ve interacted…
By Shen Jingran, People’s Daily Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality is a city built on mountains. The unique landform is an integral feature of this “mountain city” that delights both locals and tourists. However, it also means inconvenience for the 892,400 people with disabilities in the city. In recent years, Chongqing has been continuously promoting the…
By Liu Fawei In Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province, a pattern resembling a heart and five pentagrams formed by mangroves with different heights stretches on the sea beside a bridge in Xiatanwei. Viewed from above, the sight is quite spectacular. This masterpiece is a proud creation of Lu Changyi, a professor at Xiamen University, and…
By Liu Shiyao, People’s Daily At the beginning of 2024, a carrier rocket developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company OrienSpace blasted off from waters off the coast of Haiyang in east China’s Shandong province, sending three satellites into the planned orbit. The Gravity-1 commercial carrier rocket is the world’s largest solid-propellant launch vehicle. Through technological…
By Zhu Jinyi On the early morning of March 5, cruise ship Adora Magic City carrying over 4,200 passengers and the MS Westerdam carrying over 2,000 passengers arrived at the Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal, joining their peers Piano Land and Blue Dream Star. On the first day of 2024, the Adora Magic City, China’s…
By Li Hongxing, People’s Daily If there were no fast logistics or delivery couriers, consumption in mountainous areas would be quite different. Li Xingying’s home is located deep in the Gaoligong Mountains in southwest China’s Yunnan province. Many years ago, she went to high school in another place in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture. When her…
