WUHAN, August 6(ABC): The Three Gorges Project Museum fully opened to the public for the first time on Friday in Yichang City, central China’s Hubei Province. The museum, about 1 km away from the Three Gorges Dam, covers a total area of 150,000 square meters. It has a building area of 21,000 square meters and an indoor exhibition area of …

BEIJING, August 6(ABC): China has increased lending support for the private sector, according to its top banking and insurance regulator. Outstanding loans to private enterprises by banking financial institutions stood at 58.2 trillion yuan (8.64 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of June, up 11.4 percent from a year ago, according to the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. New …

BEIJING, August 6(ABC): China’s bulk commodity market saw slower growth in July compared with the previous month, industrial data showed. The China Bulk Merchandise Index, a gauge of domestic bulk commodity market growth, stood above the boom-or-bust line of 100 percent at 101.3 percent last month, down 0.2 percentage points from that in June, according to the China Federation of …

BEIJING, August 6(ABC): China said Friday it was ending cooperation with the United States on key issues including climate change — a move Washington decried as “fundamentally irresponsible” as relations between the two superpowers nosedive over Taiwan. The damaging rift, which carries significant geostrategic risk, was triggered by Chinese fury over a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to …

PHNOM PENH, August 6(ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here Friday with Brunei’s Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Haji Erywan on the sidelines of the meetings of foreign ministers on East Asia cooperation. Noting that China-Brunei relations have maintained steady development momentum, Wang said the two countries have always respected, understood and supported each other despite …

TAIPEI, August 4(ABC): China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island. China’s military confirmed multiple firings of conventional missiles in waters off Taiwan as part of planned exercises in …

BEIJING, August 4(ABC): China’s national observatory on Thursday continued to issue a yellow alert for high temperatures as a scorching heatwave lingers in a vast area of the country. During daylight hours on Thursday, parts of Shaanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Guangxi are expected to experience temperatures …

BEIJING, August 4(ABC): China’s ports posted smooth operation in July with steady throughput growths, industrial data showed Thursday. The total throughput of ports monitored by the China Ports & Harbours Association rose 8.4 percent year on year in July, with that for foreign trade climbing 6.3 percent. In July, the container throughput of eight coastal container hub ports increased by …

BEIJING, August 4(ABC): The State Grid Corporation of China (State Grid) said on Thursday that it will start constructing a new batch of ultra-high voltage (UHV) projects in the second half of the year. With a total investment of more than 150 billion yuan (about 22 billion U.S. dollars), these projects are expected to further leverage the role of power …

BEIJING, Aug 04 (ABC): China has conducted a series of naval-air joint drills around the Taiwan island in response to what has been seen as a reckless and provocative visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the country’s Taiwan region. The drills featured the Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force and Joint Logistic Support Force …