By Yin Bo The Spring Festival is the grandest traditional festival of the Chinese nation. In the long agrarian civilization, the ancient Chinese people marked a year from the sowing of seeds to the harvest of grains, and this agricultural cycle has set the rhythm of people’s lives – growing crops in spring, seeing them…
By Ding Yiting, People’s Daily In the city of Shannan, located on a plateau at an elevation of 4,994 to 5,100 meters in southwest China’s Xizang autonomous region, nearly 80,000 solar panels were glistening under the sunlight. This solar farm was connected to the grid and started generating electricity on Dec. 30, 2023. It is…
By Yang Junfeng In the frozen mountains, heavy-duty drones are commissioned to clear the ice off high-voltage lines in the sky. Across vast stretches of cotton fields, agricultural drones are deployed methodically to gather real-time data on soil and crops, aiding farmers in precision farming. Amidst the chaos of a fire, firefighting drones spray high-pressure…
By Su Di Chinese President Xi Jinping visited primary-level officials and residents in Tianjin ahead of the Spring Festival. He said that everyone should have confidence in the coming year and live a better life. Xi’s sincere words and care inspired hundreds of millions of people to embrace a better tomorrow in the new journey…
Dear friends, Two years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation in Ukraine in order to stop the war, which Western countries instigated against us ten years ago. On this occasion, let me provide a briefing of the main events that led to the current situation and left us…
By Wang Wenzheng China’s Ministry of Commerce and nine other government departments recently rolled out a guideline to improve the development of the processing trade. The guideline puts forward 12 measures across six categories, outlining a blueprint for creating a “2.0 version” of China’s processing trade. Compared to general trade, the processing trade sector imports…
By Ye Zi As the night descended, Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, a cultural and creative block in Jingdezhen, east China’s Jiangxi province, buzzed with a constant flow of people. Visitors were captivated by a dazzling collection of delicate ceramic handicrafts. Wu Anran, a young designer, is no stranger to this scene. A decade ago, she…
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily The United States’ domineering and coercive practices in technology are continuing escalating. The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced an investigation into the semiconductor supply chain and national defense industrial base in the name of reducing national security risks, to assess the extent of their reliance on Chinese chips. It…
By He Yin, People’s Daily The BRICS group officially welcomed Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Ethiopia as new members on Jan.1 this year, doubling its membership from 5 to 10. This expansion has added weight to the global influence of BRICS, and the greater BRICS cooperation is expected to play a…
By He Yin, People’s Daily In his 2024 New Year message, Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed the remarkable achievements China has made, encouraging the Chinese people to forge ahead with resolve and tenacity, steadfastly advance Chinese modernization, build a community with a shared future for mankind, and make the world a better place for all….
