XINING, July 25(ABC): Chinese scientists launched an expedition on Sunday in the headwater regions of the Yangtze and Lancang rivers in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, to investigate the regions’ water resources and ecological environment. The expedition will conduct scientific investigations into the water resources, river hydrology, water ecology, glaciers, soil erosion and permafrost of the regions, among other things, according …

BEIJING, July 25(ABC): China’s food industry saw stable expansion in terms of production and sales in the first half of the year (H1), data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed. The value-added industrial output of the agricultural and sideline food processing sector rose 3.3 percent year on year in the period, while that of the food manufacturing …

BEIJING, July 25(ABC): On Monday, China’s national observatory continued to issue an orange alert for high temperatures as intense heat waves linger in many regions of the country. During daylight hours on Monday, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Hubei, and parts of Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang are expected to experience temperatures of over 35 …

WEB DESK, July 25(ABC): China will fully respect privacy and protect personal information in using the digital yuan, state media quoted a senior central bank official as saying on Sunday, as Beijing encourages greater adoption of e-CNY. Limited anonymity is a key feature of the digital yuan, Mu Changchun, director-general of the central bank’s Digital Currency Research Institute said, noting …

BEIJING, July 24(ABC): China on Sunday launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s end. A live feed on state broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”) laboratory module launching on the back of China’s most powerful rocket, the Long …

BEIJING, July 23(ABC): Ten people were killed and seven injured Saturday after the collapse of a section of a mountain at a coal mine in China, state television channel CCTV reported. The accident took place around 11:15 am local time (0315 GMT) in the northwestern province of Gansu, said CCTV, adding that rescue operations are now over. Personnel were moving …

ISLAMABAD, Jul 23(ABC): The “China’s Grand Canal Overseas Tourism Promotion Season 2022” is officially launched and will continue until August 20. China Cultural Center in Pakistan will host the event online, where each day we will expose you to an intriguing program about China’s Grand Canal, including the promotion of local cultural and tourism projects, the screening of documentaries about …

CHIKANKATA, Jul 23(ABC): Zambia on Thursday signed with China two protocols on sanitary and phytosanitary export of soya bean meal and stevia leaves to the Asian country. The protocols were signed by Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Du Xiaohui and Zambia’s Minister of Agriculture Mtolo Phiri in the southern district of Chikankata in the presence of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema who …

BEIJING, Jul 23(ABC): China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have made “substantial progress” in the second phase of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said. The two sides have held nine rounds of formal negotiations so far, and recently reached a consensus on pushing forward follow-up negotiations, ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting told a …

BEIJING, Jul 23(ABC):Compared with the world’s major currencies, the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, has posted a stable performance in value against the rising U.S. dollar so far this year, an official said. “In terms of the multilateral exchange rate, the RMB exchange rate index appreciated by 0.1 percent, indicating that the RMB remained stable against a basket …