BAGAN, July 4(ABC): China and Laos expressed here Sunday the willingness to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and actively promote the building of the China-Laos community with a shared future. While meeting with Lao Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith on the sidelines of the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Myanmar, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang …

BEIJING, July 4(ABC): Chinese authorities have released an action plan to facilitate the digitalization of the consumer goods industry as the country moves to boost the integration of the digital and real economies, and create and meet consumer demand. China aims to achieve notable improvement in the integration and application of digital technologies in the consumer goods industry by 2025, …

BEIJING, July 13(ABC): A Chinese space tech company said on Wednesday it had signed a cooperation agreement with the country’s largest state-owned travel corporation, the latest sign that the arrival of a domestic “space tourism” industry is near. CAS Space signed a strategic cooperation agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based travel industry giant China Tourism Group, pledging to …

BEIJING, July 4 (ABC): China’s telecommunication industry registered steady growth in the first five months of the year, with strong expansion in emerging businesses and 5G services, official data shows. The sector raked in 665 billion yuan (99.46 billion U.S. dollars) in total revenue during the period, up 8.5 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and …

BEIJING, July 13 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Internet Conference for the inauguration of the international organization. Xi expressed the hope that the organization would contribute to global internet development and governance. The establishment of the organization is an important move echoing the informatization trend of the times, and it will …

BEIJING, July 13 (ABC): China’s foreign trade of goods jumped 9.4 percent year on year to 19.8 trillion yuan (about 2.94 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first half of the year, official data showed Wednesday. Exports rose 13.2 percent year on year to 11.14 trillion yuan, while imports increased 4.8 percent from a year ago to 8.66 trillion yuan, according …

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 (ABC): Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that China and Malaysia have reached a five-point consensus on further developing their relations. At a joint press conference with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah after their meeting, Wang said China-Malaysia ties are witnessing new opportunities for development. China is ready to …

BEIJING, July 13 (ABC): China’s national observatory issued an orange alert for high temperatures on Wednesday, as heatwaves swept vast regions of the country. During daylight hours on Wednesday, temperatures in parts of Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou are expected to hit 37 to 39 degrees Celsius, the National Meteorological Center said. …

BEIJING, July 13 (ABC): China will relax the restrictions for urban household registration in the 2021-2025 period, said a plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Tuesday. The country will lift all limits on household registration in cities with less than 3 million residents and ease those in cities with populations of 3-5 million. The point-based household …

BEIJING, July 13 (ABC): With the arrival of summer, China’s consumer spending has gradually warmed up, regaining vitality on the back of policy stimulus, a trend expected to continue as economic growth rebounds. Industrial data unveiled Monday shows that auto sales in the country expanded 23.8 percent year on year in June, rebounding from a three-month declining streak. For market …