BEIJING, June 02 (ABC): With the latest COVID-19 resurgences abating and a weeks-long shopping festival just beginning, the Chinese government is handing out billions of yuan in shopping vouchers and subsidies to shore up domestic consumption. In one of the latest such moves, the central city of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, announced to issue vouchers worth 240 million yuan …

BEIJING, June 01(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to promote the healthy and all-round development of children and extended festive greetings to children across the country ahead of the International Children’s Day which falls on June 1. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made …

BEIJING, June 01(ABC): China’s State Council issued a circular on Tuesday, urging the implementation of a package of detailed policy measures to further stabilize the economy. The package, which was announced at a State Council executive meeting last week, includes 33 measures covering fiscal and financial policies as well as policies on investment, consumption, food and energy security, industrial and …

BEIJING, June 01(ABC): The energy supply in China has been generally stable and in good order this year despite rising external pressure, an official with the country’s top economic planner said Tuesday. “We are confident and can guarantee a stable and orderly energy supply for the upcoming summer power peak,” said Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and …

  SHANGHAI, June 01 (ABC): Shanghai will fully restore the normal order of production and living across the city starting from Wednesday, on the premise of containing the overall risk of COVID-19, according to a press conference held on Tuesday. Buses, the entire rail transit network and ferry services will resume operations from Wednesday. Private cars and corporate vehicles can …

  BEIJING, June 01(ABC): When Liang Qichao wrote “If the youth are strong, the country will be strong” in his essay “The Young China,” the great polymath considered China’s youth to be a source of hope. The remarks were made at the nation’s darkest and most uncertain hour at the turn of the 20th century when Western powers mocked China …

  PHNOM PENH, June 01 (ABC): Life has returned to normalcy for children in Cambodia as most of them have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and the southeast Asian nation has reported no new cases for more than three weeks. Cambodia has administered COVID-19 vaccines to over 15 million people, or 94 percent of its total population of 16 million, the …

BEIJING, May 31 (ABC): President Xi Jinping met with John Lee, the newly appointed sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Monday in Beijing. Lee, who won the chief executive election on May 8, will assume office on July 1, 2022. Xi congratulated Lee on his election win and appointment by the central government. Praising …

SUVA, May 31 (ABC): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered a speech here via video at a symposium named “Kissinger and China-U.S. Relations” on Tuesday to express his opinion on the right path of bilateral relations. Wang expressed his appreciation to the friendly people in the United States, with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as …

BEIJING, May 31 (ABC): A full-state new-configuration model of China’s AG600 large amphibious aircraft conducted a successful maiden flight on Tuesday, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). This new-configuration AG600 amphibious aircraft took off from the Zhuhai Jinwan Airport in south China’s Guangdong Province at 10:55 a.m., and then safely landed at the airport after a 20 …