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By Dong Siyu, People’s Daily The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) kicked off in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 2 and will run until Dec. 13. It marked the first time that China showcased its achievements in desertification control, particularly through the Three-North Shelter Forest Program…

By Aerdake, People’s Daily The Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China, has been completely encircled by a green belt stretching 3,046 kilometers on Nov. 28, according to the Xinjiang regional forestry and grassland bureau. Covering 337,600 square km with a circumference of 3,046 km, the Taklimakan Desert lies between the Tianshan and the Kunlun…

By Fang Min, People’s Daily Trucks loaded with scrapped vehicles pulled into a dismantling workshop of Henan Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. in Luoyang,, central China’s Henan province. Inside the workshop, scrapped vehicles would be completely repurposed. In the bustling workshop, machines operated at full capacity, accompanied by the rhythmic clanking of tools. Components such as…

By Liu Shiyao, People’s Daily A couple of months ago, China launched two new satellites for the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan province. The two satellites, the 59th and 60th in the family of BeiDou, were the second group of medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites…

By Wang Guan, Yan Bingjie At the bustling Qianmen Gate in Beijing, a major attraction for foreign tourists renowned for its rich cultural heritage, a foreign exchange goods duty-free shop of Sinopharm China National Service Cooperation (Sinopharm CNSC) will soon be transformed into a downtown duty-free shop. Downtown duty-free shops refer to those approved by…

By He Yin, People’s Daily On December 3, local time, the first meeting of the Group of Friends for International Cooperation on Capacity-building of Artificial Intelligence (hereinafter referred to as “the Group of Friends”) was co-chaired by China and Zambia at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, marking the official establishment of the…

By He Yin, People’s Daily On December 4, Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The announcement was made during the 19th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of…

By Ren Ping, People’s Daily After the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its third plenary session a few months ago, global observers are focusing on two landmark moves made by China as it opens its doors wider. Zero-tariff treatment – Starting from Dec. 1, China gives all the least…

By He Yin, People’s Daily China has given all the least developed countries (LDCs) with which it has diplomatic relations zero-tariff treatment for 100 percent tariff lines, starting from Dec. 1. It marks China’s significant move to expand unilateral opening up and share development opportunities with the world, representing the country’s firm determination to promote…

By Ren Hongbin The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. The international political and economic landscape is in the midst of profound and complex changes, with frequent outbreaks of regional conflicts and disturbances, intensified major-country competition, and backlash against globalization. Against this backdrop, the restructuring of global industrial and supply chains…