China makes solid steps toward strong space presence

By Feng Hua, Du Yifei, People’s Daily From realizing in-orbit stay to launching the Mars exploration mission, and from upgrading its launch vehicles to retrieving lunar samples with its Chang’e-5 probe, China’s space industry has entered a “fast lane” of innovative development over the recent years.China is making solid steps toward a strong space presence. […]

Full Text: 2023 New Year Address by President Xi Jinping

On New Year’s eve, President Xi Jinping delivered his 2023 New Year Address through China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the address: Greetings to you all. The year 2023 is approaching. From Beijing, I extend my best New Year wishes to all of you. In 2022, we successfully […]

Group carpets Obasanjo over endorsement of Obi, describes him as unfit

The Patriotic Youth Front of Nigeria (PYFN) has rejected former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s imposition of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi; his preferred choice for president in next month’s election on Nigerian youths. Recall that the ex-president in an open letter to young Nigerians on Sunday, urged the youths to vote for Peter […]

ITF Boss, Ari, honoured with traditional title, wins multiple awards

The Director General and Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Miskoom Joseph Ari, was on Saturday, December 31, 2022 honoured with a chieftaincy title of the Kurnajam (Minister of Defence) of Gamai land by Long Gamai of Gamai Nation, HRH Miskoom Martin Muduutrie Shaldas III.At the prestigious Gamai cultural festival, Bit Gamai 2022, […]

2022: Stakeholders in disaster management rate NEMA high on interventions

Some stakeholders in disaster management have rated the National Emergency Management Agency highly on interventions. The stakeholders, under the auspices of Disaster Management Situation Room came to this conclusion after an online appraisal. In a statement by its President Dr. Maxwell Ogar, the group said NEMA has risen to the occasion with timely, proactive and […]

Intangible cultural heritage contributes to China’s rural vitalization

By Zheng Hai’ou, People’s DailyIntangible cultural heritage constitutes an important part of the fine traditional Chinese culture and plays a vital role in promoting the market economy, integrating culture and tourism, assisting poverty alleviation and boosting rural vitalization.Since 2021, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, together with other departments, has worked to assist rural vitalization […]

Chinese consumers favor avocadoes imported from Kenya

By Wan Yu, Yu Limin, People’s Daily Susan, who works for Kakuzi PLC, an agricultural cultivation and manufacture company in Kenya, finished picking the last batch of avocadoes of 2022 with her colleagues in an orchard in Murang’a county, some 70 kilometers away from Nairobi. These fruits were soon shipped to China.Kenya is the world’s […]

Group accuses CBN of plots to disrupts investigation of dubious dubious dealings

As the controversy surrounding the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, a group, Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has raised alarm over what it described as plot to divert attention from greviius allegations against him. The CNF, a coalition of over 73 Civil Society Organizations in Northern Nigeria, who are committed to advocating, […]

Story behind re-germination of seeds collected on Mount Qomolangma

By Zhang Fan, Yang Wenming, Li Maoying, People’s Daily In September 2021, Chinese researchers collected the seeds of Desideria himalayensis at an altitude of 6,212 meters at the East Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Qomolangma, setting a new record for plant seed collection at the highest altitude in China. In July this year, seeds of five […]

Intelligent logistics gives a boost to China’s development

By Liu Leyi Driven by the development of a new generation of information technology, intelligent logistics is speeding up in China, giving a leg up to the country’s development. According to statistics, the overall market size of China’s intelligent logistics stood at 35.67 billion yuan ($5.11 billion) in 2020, and the figure surged to 128.05 […]