CHENGDU, July 17(ABC): Six people were killed and 12 were reported missing by 7 a.m. Sunday, after rainstorm-triggered mountain torrents hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local authorities have said. From 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, heavy rains pelted the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, affecting 13 townships and approximately 22,300 people, with precipitation of up to 110 millimeters. The …

BELGRADE, July 17(ABC): China’s Hainan Airlines launched direct flights from China to Serbia on Saturday, as a welcome ceremony was held at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. “We will be able to attract even more tourists and businessmen from China, which will bring China even closer to Serbia,” said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who attended the ceremony with several officials. …

BALI, July 8(ABC): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Bali Thursday to discuss Moscow s invasion of Ukraine ahead of a G20 ministerial meeting overshadowed by the war. The pair were pictured holding a bilateral meeting on the Indonesian resort island as the world s top economies gather to discuss the most pressing global issues on …

URUMQI, July 17(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently inspected the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China and visited officials and the general public of different ethnic groups. Xi stressed efforts to resolutely implement the CPC Central Committee’s decisions, and fully …

LHASA, July 17(ABC): China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu has stressed the implementation of a systematic, coordinated and special protection approach in drafting a new law on the ecological protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing …

BEIJING, July 17(ABC): Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has underscored the importance of sticking to a green growth path prioritizing ecological protection and called for new achievements in promoting high-quality development. Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during visits to the city of …

CHENGDU, July 17(ABC): Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong has stressed workplace safety and flood relief during the flood season. Wang made the remarks during his inspection tour to southwest China’s Sichuan Province from Thursday to Friday. When visiting factories in the fields of gas, chemicals and environmental protection, he urged efforts to uncover hidden dangers and punish misconduct to deepen …

SHANGHAI, July 17(ABC): China’s national carbon market saw its total trading volume reach 194 million tonnes since its launch one year ago, according to the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange (SEEE) statistics on Saturday. Experts noted that the market, the world’s largest in terms of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions covered, is expected to include more enterprises from emission-intensive …

BEIJING, July 17(ABC): China’s financial sector GDP went up 5.9 percent in the second quarter from a year ago to 2.4249 trillion yuan (359.23 billion U.S. dollars), official data showed Saturday. The property sector GDP went down 7 percent in the second quarter year on year to 1.8605 trillion yuan, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. The GDP …

BEIJING, July 17(ABC): Sales of Chinese-brand passenger cars continued to rise rapidly in June, surging 43.1 percent year on year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows. A total of 994,000 Chinese-brand passenger cars were sold last month, accounting for 44.8 percent of the country’s total passenger-car sales in the period, according to the association. In the first …