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China will issue this year's fourth batch of ultra-long special treasury bonds on July 24, the Ministry of Finance said Wednesday. 7月17日，财政部办公厅表示，中国将于7月24日发行今年的第四批超长期特别国债。 The bonds worth 55 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) will be issued with a term of 30 years and an interest rate depending on competitive bidding. 本期国债竞争性招标面值总额550亿元，不进行甲...

People watch a Peking Opera performance by Zheng Xiao during the launch ceremony for Beijing theme city promotion activities at the 34th Hong Kong Book Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on July 17, 2024. 2024年7月17日，第34届香港书展在香港会议展览中心开幕，北京首次作为主题城市参展。书展上，观众们还能欣赏北京京剧院国家一级演员、梅派传人、著名京剧表演艺术家梅葆玖入室...

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization at its third plenary session held here from Monday to Thursday. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee presided over the meeting. General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping delivered important addresses, accordi...

Structural reforms to boost technological innovation and drive industrial upgrading will be among the key priorities of China's policymakers to foster new quality productive forces and promote high-quality development over the next few years, said economists and entrepreneurs. 经济学家和企业家表示，为促进技术创新和推动产业升级进行的结构性改革，是未来中国培育新质生产力、推动高质量发展的优先事项之一...

Shanghai has launched a comprehensive action plan to revolutionize elderly care services and address the challenges posed by its rapidly aging population. 近日，上海制定了《上海市推进养老科技创新发展行动方案（2024-2027年）》（以下简称《行动方案》），旨在推动养老服务变革，应对人口快速老龄化带来的挑战。 According to the plan, the city aims to harness cutting-edge technology to enhance the quality of...

As hospitals have begun providing a variety of sanfu moxibustion services — a traditional Chinese medicine treatment applied during the hottest days of summer to boost immunity against winter chills — officials and experts stressed that the therapy is only recommended for people with certain respiratory conditions and weak immunity and is not suitable for everybody. 随着夏季酷暑的深入，...

The Ministry of Water Resources has warned of an even more grim and complicated flood control situation in the coming 30 days, as the country approaches a critical annual period for flood management. 水利部表示，我国进入“七下八上”防汛关键期（7月16日至8月15日），未来30天的防洪形势将更加严峻。 The country has faced a challenging water management situation so far this year, marked by extreme droughts...

China has expanded the implementation of its 144-hour visa-free transit policy to three more entry ports, bringing the total number of such ports to 37, the National Immigration Administration announced on Monday. 7月15日，国家移民管理局宣布，新增3个入境口岸实施144小时免签证过境政，目前我国已有37个口岸实施该政策。 The entry process for foreign nationals has also been streamlined to facilitate thei...

The Three Gorges Dam has opened its flood discharge gates for the first time this year, with the aim of alleviating flood control concerns upstream of the world's largest hydropower project as the rain shifts westward along the Yangtze River. 三峡大坝今年首次开启泄洪闸门，目的是随着雨水沿长江向西转移，缓解全球最大水电项目上游的防洪危机。 The speed of discharge from two sluice gates of the dam in Y...

China's new round of financial reform is expected to focus on improving the financial system's ability to better support the country's modernization drive, with a priority on  bolstering  technological innovation and the broader real economy, said financial experts and executives. Also expected to be high on the agenda of the  unfolding  reform are intensifying financial regula...

China's gross domestic product expanded by 5 percent to 61.68 trillion yuan in the first half of 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 6 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2024, said the bureau. China's retail sales increased 3.7 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2024, the NBS said. Sou...

Former US president Donald Trump said in a social media post that he was shot in his right ear at today's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. 美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒的竞选集会上右耳中弹。 He writes on his Truth Social site that he, “knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Mu...

Letters of admission from various Chinese universities and colleges have been unveiled one after another. Many netizens praised that "this year'sletter of admission is already the next level". Chinese-style romanticismishidden in the admission letters. The 2024 undergraduate admission letter from Fudan University features a cover made from fabric crafted using the nat...

Non-Chinese permanent residents of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions applying for a new card-style Chinese mainland travel permit have welcomed its potential to facilitate business and leisure travel while calling for clearer and more detailed guidance during the application process. When applications opened on Wednesday, a flood of non-Chinese permanent residents lined up at...

A consumer selects tomatoes at a supermarket in Linyi city, East China's Shandong province on June 12. 6月12日，一名消费者在山东临沂的一家超市挑选西红柿。 China's consumer prices increased modestly in June while factory-gate prices saw a slowdown in annual declines, official data showed on Wednesday. 7月10日的官方数据显示，中国6月份居民消费价格指数（CPI）小幅上涨，而工业生产者出厂价格指数（PPI）的...

Tanker trucks in China are in the spotlight after a Beijing News report exposed how they are transporting edible oil and chemicals alternatively without proper cleaning in between. Soon after emptying some coal-based oils and other chemicals, the drivers directly load edible soybean oil into their tanks for the next trip, thus increasing the risks of food contamination. 新京报刊发的调查报道《罐车...

Flood control and rescue efforts at Dongting Lake in Hunan province reached a crucial phase late on Monday night, with a breached dike sealed at around 10:30 pm. 7月8日深夜，洞庭湖的抗洪救灾工作进入关键阶段，晚10时30分左右，湖南华容团洲垸洞庭湖决口完成封堵。 The breach, 226 meters wide, occurred at around 5:48 pm on Friday at a dike in Tuanzhou, a township in Huarong county in the city of Yueyang,...

President Xi Jinping said on Monday that a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis and an early  ceasefire  are in the best interest of all parties, and urged the international community to create conditions for direct dialogue and negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Xi made the remarks during a meeting in Beijing with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who arrived in the Chi...

China's optimized visa-free policy, together with several other measures aimed at enhancing international exchanges, has substantially increased the number of foreign travelers arriving in Beijing. 中国新增的免签政策，以及其他加强国际交流的措施使得外国旅客前往北京旅游数量大幅增长。 In the first half of the year, the number of foreign visitors entering the Chinese capital reached 1.02 million, a ye...

The dike breach along Dongting Lake in a township in Hunan province is expected to be sealed off by noon on Tuesday, according to local authorities. 据湖南省人民政府称，岳阳市华容县团洲垸洞庭湖一线堤防预计将在7月9日12时前完成封堵。 As of 3 pm on Sunday, a gap of 87.3 meters had been plugged, with first responders continuing to make efforts to repair the 220-meter breach in the dike in Tu...

The Labour Party, headed by Keir Starmer, has won an outright majority in the lower house of the British parliament, according to a tally of seats by broadcaster Sky News. 根据广播公司天空电视台的席位统计，由基尔·斯塔默领导的工党在英国议会下议院赢得了绝对多数。 With 467 of parliament's 650 seats declared, the Labour has won 326, Sky News said early Friday. 7月5日早些时候，天空电视台称，在议会650个...

President Xi Jinping stressed on Thursday the necessity for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to bolster unity and cooperation, saying that the grouping must safeguard its security baseline, defend the right to development and build up its unity. 7月4日，习近平主席强调了上海合作组织加强团结与合作的必要性，并表示该组织必须守住安全底线，捍卫发展权利，增强团结。 In a speech delivered at the 24th...

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“We used to drive Mercedes or BMW, but now we prefer Li Auto and BYD,” a local Kazakh told China Daily reporter Peng Yixuan. With more Chinese car companies investing in Kazakhstan, locals favor Chinese new-energy cars for their attractive price and design.

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