By Fan Jiayuan, Sun Longfei, People’s Daily With flags flying high, the melodious sound of the reed pipes, the resounding beats of drums and gongs, cheerleaders dancing and singing, and a packed stadium, the 2024 season of the Village Super League, or “Cun Chao” in Chinese, kicked off on Jan. 6, 2024 in Rongjiang county,…
By Luo Shanshan, People’s Daily Foreign trade is an important engine driving economic growth and a crucial link between domestic and international economic circulations. China’s 2023 Central Economic Work Conference recently emphasized the need to foster new drivers of foreign trade. And how will China do this in 2024? Foreign trade involves both domestic and…
By Kou Jiangze, Yao Xueqing, Li Maoying, People’s Daily Early in the morning, Shen Wei arrived at the Gehu Lake, upstream of the Taihu Lake in east China’s Jiangsu province, with a toolbox, to conduct routine water quality and aquatic organism monitoring. Meanwhile, Shen’s colleagues were sampling water from the lake with a water collector…
By Li Xinping, People’s Daily High-speed trains have greatly facilitated the transport for the Chinese people. To produce a Fuxing high-speed train, it takes joint efforts from more than 2,100 enterprises. The over 40,000 components needed to assemble a set of bullet trains are produced by suppliers from some 20 provinces, which forms a complex…
By Han Xin, People’s Daily In recent years, with the rapid development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, and big data, autonomous driving has been increasingly applied in the transportation sector in China. From being tested in closed test fields and on designated roads, it is now being piloted and employed in…
By Zhang Jinruo, Cao Shiyun, Fan Fan, People’s Daily Recently, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) celebrated the second anniversary of its entry into force. As a milestone achievement in the economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region, the RCEP serves as a vivid example of regional countries sharing development opportunities. Over the past two years,…
By Jiang Shengyang, Yan Ke, People’s Daily The tide was rising in the Yundang Lake in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province. As the floodgate opened, the water flew and fish swam upstream. The egrets descended from the sky and hovered above the lake, ready to dive and catch their prey. Peng Zhiwei, who was waiting…
By Liu Yi, People’s Daily Tall transmission towers are favorite nesting sites for many bird species, but birds nesting on these towers can easily cause line tripping and threaten their own safety. To address this issue, power grid workers have been actively exploring solutions. Instead of simply expelling birds from the towers, they are now…
By Zhao Yongping, Yan Ke, Wang Yinxin, People’s Daily Xiamen, capital of southeast China’s Fujian province, with its many “green accolades” such as the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honor Award, International Garden City, and national-level ecological city, is a garden city that is beautiful and ecologically friendly. The city’s Yundang Lake, with its picturesque scenery, is…
By Ding Yiting, Yao Xueqing, You Yi China is one of the countries with the richest avian resources in the world and serves as a crucial pathway for the transboundary migration of migratory birds. With the largest power system globally, China boasts a transmission network spanning over 2.26 million kilometers of 35 kilovolts and above….
