BEIJING, Sep 18(ABC): The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) released a report on China’s food and nutrition development on Saturday. The report summed up the trends of China’s food and nutrition in recent decades, and presented a series of problems and suggestions. Since the reform and opening-up, China’s food production and supply have increased significantly, with its annual per …

BEIJING, Sep 18(ABC): China’s average contribution to global economic growth exceeded 30 percent during the 2013-2021 period, ranking first across the world, a recent report showed. In 2021 alone, China’s economic aggregate accounted for 18.5 percent of the world’s total after currency translation based on average annual exchange rates, the second largest in the world and up 7.2 percentage points …

BEIJING, Sep 17(ABC): China’s Shenzhou-14 astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Chen Dong successfully exited the space station lab module Wentian on Saturday to conduct extravehicular activities (EVAs), according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). At 1:35 p.m. (Beijing Time), Cai opened the hatch of Wentian’s airlock cabin. By 3:33 p.m., both Cai and Chen were outside, said the CMSA. During …

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sep 16(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Türkiye on Friday morning at Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand. Xi pointed out that in recent years, China-Türkiye relations have maintained a momentum of growth, with steady progress in practical cooperation and effective collaboration against the pandemic. Facts have shown that sound relations between China …

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sep 16(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday morning at Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand. Xi pointed out that China and Iran enjoy a longstanding friendship and that their relations have stood the test of a changing international landscape. To consolidate and grow the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries is …

SHENYANG, Sep 16(ABC): The remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea returned to China on Friday from the Republic of Korea (ROK). Escorted by two Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jets, a Y-20 military transport aircraft carrying the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers landed at the Taoxian international airport in …

BEIJING, Sep 16(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for resolute efforts to prevent major forest and grassland fires. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in an instruction on the country’s fire prevention and control work. Noting severe and complex fire prevention and …

BEIJING, Sep 16 (ABC):Many young Chinese have showcased their innovative business ideas during the ongoing national mass entrepreneurship and innovation week, which kicked off Thursday in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. Themed “Innovation drives vitality, entrepreneurship creates employment,” the event will continue until Sept. 21. From creative cultural products and novel mushroom growing techniques to aerial imaging technology, …

BEIJING, Sep 16 (ABC):Chinese researchers recently published an assessment of the mitigation of China’s carbon neutrality to global warming, noting that the country’s efforts can mitigate global warming by 0.48 and 0.40 degrees Celsius under intermediate and very high greenhouse gas emission scenarios. According to the study published in the journal Nature Communications, compared with the period from 1850 to …

Beijing, Sept 16 (ABC):A major fire broke out in a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, state media reported Friday, adding that the number of casualties was “currently unknown”. “Thick smoke is spewing from the site, and several dozen floors are burning ferociously,” state broadcaster CCTV reported. “Firefighters have begun work to extinguish the flames and conduct rescues …