BEIJING, Aug 20(ABC): China’s major power generation enterprises saw a surge of investment in solar power projects in the first seven months of this year, official data showed. The investment skyrocketed 304 percent from a year ago to 77.3 billion yuan (about 11.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-July period, said the National Energy Administration. These companies’ investment in power …

BEIJING, Aug 20 (ABC): China’s road freight volume fell 4.5 percent year on year in the first seven months of the year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed. About 20.98 billion tonnes of road cargo was transported during this period, according to the ministry. In July alone, China’s road freight volume was almost 3.27 billion tonnes, the ministry said. …

WUHAN, Aug 20(ABC): Central China’s Hubei Province has advanced its high-quality development with innovation-driven growth over the past decade, according to a press briefing held on Friday. Over the past 10 years, Hubei’s GDP has more than doubled from 2.26 trillion yuan (about 333 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012 to over 5 trillion yuan in 2021, said Wang Menghui, Party …

BEIJING, Aug 20(ABC): From January to July, the average concentration of the air pollutant PM 2.5 in Beijing was 29 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 21.6 percent, according to a statement of the Beijing Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau on Friday. In the first seven months of the year, the respective concentrations of PM 10, nitrogen dioxide and …

BEIJING, August 19(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference. In his letter, Xi pointed out that vocational education is closely linked with economic and social development, and has great significance for promoting employment and entrepreneurship, boosting economic and social development, and improving people’s well-being. China, he said, …

BEIJING, August 19(ABC): China on Friday released a plan to accelerate the construction of a system to calculate carbon emissions. By 2023, the country should ensure the clear division of responsibilities and smooth coordination among all relevant departments, and preliminarily establish a unified and standardized calculation system, according to the plan jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission, …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (ABC): The number of 5G mobile users in China had reached 475 million by the end of July, the China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Friday. The figure registered a net increase of 120 million users compared with the end of 2021, an MIIT official said. As of the end of July, the country …

BEIJING, Aug 19(ABC): Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Wang Wenbin on Friday urged the India to normalize relations and consensus development between the leadership of two countries for a stable and healthy development. Both the countries have the wisdom and ability to understand each other better, he said during his regular briefing when asked to comment on Indian External Affairs Minister …

BEIJING, Aug 19 (ABC): Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque on Friday inaugurated a QR code-based registration system to further facilitate Pakistani community members across China. Addressing the audience, Ambassador Haque said that the government and the embassy had been making efforts to further improve facilities for the Pakistani Diaspora in China. He said that the newly inaugurated system …

BEIJING, Aug 19(ABC): A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures. The mercury has soared beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Sichuan province this week, fuelling massive demand for air conditioning and drying up reservoirs …