BEIJING, July 20 (ABC): The United States should immediately stop plundering Syria’s national resources, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Wednesday. Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a press conference when asked to comment on reports that U.S. occupation forces recently transferred oil stolen from Syria to the north of Iraq, with Syrian officials condemning the United States and …

BEIJING, Jul 20(ABC): China is expected to see stable grain production this year, despite challenges including rare autumn floods last year, sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases and drastic fluctuations in the global farm produce market, an agricultural official said Wednesday. “China is witnessing a sound grain production situation this year,” Liu Lihua, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture and …

TIANJIN, July 20(ABC): An international flight carrying 73 passengers departed on Tuesday from north China’s Tianjin Municipality for Osaka, Japan. The air route was the first international route resumed by Tianjin Airlines and the first direct route from the Chinese mainland to the Kansai region of Japan after the outbreak of COVID-19, the company said. The resumption of flights between …

BEIJING, July 20(ABC): China on Tuesday launched an inspection of law-based governance at the municipal and county levels. The inspection will focus on law-based government administration so as to accelerate the construction of rule-of-law governments and consolidate the foundation of the rule of law at the grassroots level. Inspection teams will be sent to eight provinces including Shanxi, Liaoning, Jiangsu …

BEIJING, July 20(ABC): China’s government warned on Tuesday it would take “forceful measures” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Timessaid she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend time in Hawaii at the headquarters of U.S. Indo-Pacific command, …

BEIJING, July 12 (ABC): Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has urged young people across the Taiwan Strait to jointly strive for the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. Xi made the remarks in a letter replying to young people from Taiwan who are attending the Straits Youth Forum held in Xiamen, Fujian Province from …

BEIJING, July 12(ABC): China has unveiled a plan outlining major targets for a national road network as part of the country’s efforts to sustain a modern economic system with an improved inter-area transport layout and increased traffic capacity. By 2035, the country aims to basically build a modern national road network that is extensive, fully functional, efficient, green, intelligent, and …

BEIJING, July 19(ABC): China’s benchmark prices for spot interbank gold transactions were higher Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. The benchmark price for gold of 99.95 percent pure or above stood at 373.43 yuan (about 55.36 U.S. dollars) per gram, up 1.41 yuan from the previous trading day, while that for gold of 99.99 percent pure or …

LANZHOU, July 12 (ABC): During the 28th China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair held in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, a new local energy automobile company signed a procurement and investment contract with a German carmaker. “This cooperation has paved our way to the EU new energy vehicle (NEV) market. I hope our NEVs will become known by …

BEIJING, Jul 19(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Monday called for efforts to boost industrial vitalization and innovation-driven development in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a written speech at the “Silk Road Academician Forum: Promote Innovation and High …