Fujian Navy Yard: a witness to China-France exchanges

By Liu Xiaoyu, People’s Daily At the mouth of the Minjiang River in southeast China’s Fujian province, the water flows calmly without ripples. Nestled by the Luoxing Pagoda along the river bank, the Fujian Navy Yard, also known as Foochow Arsenal, stands as a precious industrial and cultural heritage site founded 158 years ago and […]

Chinese MOOCs share China’s digital education achievements worldwide

By Wu Dan, People’s Daily The spring semester of the Peking University Global Open Courses has kicked off as scheduled. Students from China, Azerbaijan, Japan, Turkey and other countries gathered in virtual classes at Peking University, waving hello to each other via video link. Allowing students from different countries to share the same class is […]

China’s achievements in sci-tech innovation lauded by participants to 2024 ZGC Forum

By Wang Hui, Guo Ziyun, People’s Daily The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) was held in Beijing from April 25 to 29. Themed “Innovating for a Better World,” the forum focused on cutting-edge and trending topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), space science, life and health, carbon peaking and neutrality, and future industries. Scientists, business […]

Commemoration on Doolittle Raid Rescue renews friendship between Chinese, Americans in new era

By Bai Ziwe, Liu He, Liu Junguo A significant Sino-American cultural exchange event commemorating the 82nd Anniversary of the Great Rescue of Doolittle Raid was hosted recently in Quzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province. During the event, people committed to China-U.S. friendship watched a new exhibition at the Memorial Hall to the Doolittle Raid, visited the […]

China’s visa-free policies lead to surge in inbound tourism

By Guo Ziyun, Bai Yuanqi, People’s Daily The number of foreign travelers to China increased threefold in the first quarter of this year compared with that in 2023. China issued 466,000 visas and documents to foreigners during this period, up 118.8 percent year on year. A total of nearly 1.99 million foreigners entered China visa-free, […]

China, United States should be partners rather than rivals

By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 26 met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Expounding on the lessons from the 45 years of development in China-U.S. relations, Xi said building a community with a shared future for mankind is the […]

Digitalization gives leg up to Chongqing’s urban management

By Shen Jingran, People’s Daily Chongqing municipality in southwest China, a city located on hills, is the largest city in China by both total area and population. With complex landforms and plenty of bridges and tunnels built on and in the hills, the city is confronted with tricky challenges in urban management such as frequent […]

Xi’s visits to European countries promote healthy, stable China-EU relations

By He Yin, People’s Daily Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to France, Serbia and Hungary from May 5 to 10. This will be the first visit to Europe by China’s head of state in nearly five years. Against the backdrop of intensifying global turbulence, the China-EU relationship holds strategic significance and global […]

China’s Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship successfully launched

By Liu Shiyao, Gu Yekai, People’s Daily At 8:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) on April 25, China’s Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-18 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit, marking […]

Farm without farmers: a peek into unmanned farm in E China’s Jiangsu province

By Yin Xiaoyu, People’s Daily The spring sowing season has arrived, but in the sprawling wheat fields in Lujia township, Kunshan, east China’s Jiangsu province, there wasn’t a farmer in sight across the vast expanse. What could be seen was only a drone hovering above the fields. “This is an unmanned farm. It spans 3,840 […]