BEIJING, Aug 31(ABC): Chinese researchers have recently developed a nanomaterial that targets the spike protein of corona-virus SARS-CoV-2 variants, including Delta and Omicron, and promotes viral elimination. The research published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology revealed an ultrathin two-dimensional compound nanosheet made of Cuprum, Indium, Phosphorus and Sulfur (CIPS) as a new agent combating SARS-CoV-2 infection. The researchers from the …

BEIJING, Aug 31(ABC): China on Wednesday praised Mikhail Gorbachev for his part in improving ties between Beijing and Moscow in the 1980s and 1990s, following the death of the Soviet Union’s last leader. “Mikhail Gorbachev made positive contributions to the normalisation of Sino-Soviet relations,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference, adding: “We mourn his death …

BEIJING, Aug 31(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will on Thursday attend the opening ceremony of the Taiyuan Energy Low Carbon Development Forum 2022 via video link and deliver a keynote speech, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced Wednesday.

BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): President Xi Jinping met with representatives of model civil servants who are in Beijing to attend a national award ceremony on Tuesday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended his greetings and congratulations to the representatives from across the country. He encouraged them to …

BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): China has remained the largest trading partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 13 consecutive years, a commerce official said Monday. Trade between China and the ASEAN reached 544.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of this year. It is up 13.1 percent year on year, accounting for 15 percent of the …

BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): China on Monday refuted a Xinjiang-related report released by the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), in which it smeared China of creating and spreading disinformation about Xinjiang. The report is confounding right and wrong and deflecting blames, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily news briefing when asked to comment on the report, …

BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday called for efforts to help market entities thrive and to spur market vitality as well as social creativity. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a teleconference on deepening reforms to streamline administrative approval, …

BEIJING, Aug 29(ABC): Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong on Monday urged constant efforts to improve food safety to ensure people’s health and safety. “Food safety is directly related to people’s livelihoods, industrial development, public security and social stability,” Wang, also deputy head of the State Council’s food safety committee, said at a major event of China Food Safety Publicity Week, …

CHANGCHUN, Aug 29(ABC): China’s independently-developed Y-20 transport aircraft will be showcased at an international airshow in Europe for the first time, said a Chinese air force spokesperson Monday. The Y-20 transport aircraft have flown to various destinations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania over recent years, delivering COVID-19 vaccines overseas to combat the pandemic, and bringing humanitarian aid to countries …

URUMQI, Aug 29(ABC): At the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, a delegation of diplomatic envoys of developing countries from Asia and Africa to the UN Office in Geneva visited northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Aug. 24 to 27. After speaking face-to-face with graduates from vocational education and training centers, Islamic clerics and people of all ethnic groups, …