Category archives: Foreign

By Lin Lili, People’s Daily Digital consumption is becoming an important driver for expanding domestic demand, stabilizing economic growth, and promoting industrial transformation in China. From January to November in 2023, China’s online retail sales reached about 13.96 trillion yuan ($1.96 trillion), up 11 percent year on year. Currently, the burgeoning new forms and models […]

By Luo Shanshan, People’s Daily Foreign trade is an important engine driving economic growth and a crucial link between domestic and international economic circulations. China’s 2023 Central Economic Work Conference recently emphasized the need to foster new drivers of foreign trade. And how will China do this in 2024? Foreign trade involves both domestic and […]

By Li Hongmei, People’s Daily China’s Fengyun meteorological satellites, among the diverse man-made satellites orbiting the Earth, monitor meteorological conditions on the planet at all times, making important contributions to global disaster prevention and mitigation efforts, climate change response, as well as sustainable economic and social development. Fengyun satellites are a series of remote-sensing meteorological […]

By Fan Jiayuan, Sun Longfei, People’s Daily With flags flying high, the melodious sound of the reed pipes, the resounding beats of drums and gongs, cheerleaders dancing and singing, and a packed stadium, the 2024 season of the Village Super League, or “Cun Chao” in Chinese, kicked off on Jan. 6, 2024 in Rongjiang county, […]

By Kou Jiangze, Yao Xueqing, Li Maoying, People’s Daily Early in the morning, Shen Wei arrived at the Gehu Lake, upstream of the Taihu Lake in east China’s Jiangsu province, with a toolbox, to conduct routine water quality and aquatic organism monitoring. Meanwhile, Shen’s colleagues were sampling water from the lake with a water collector […]

By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily The United States’ domineering and coercive practices in technology are continuing escalating. The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced an investigation into the semiconductor supply chain and national defense industrial base in the name of reducing national security risks, to assess the extent of their reliance on Chinese chips. It […]

By Li Xinping, People’s Daily High-speed trains have greatly facilitated the transport for the Chinese people. To produce a Fuxing high-speed train, it takes joint efforts from more than 2,100 enterprises. The over 40,000 components needed to assemble a set of bullet trains are produced by suppliers from some 20 provinces, which forms a complex […]

By Jiang Shengyang, Yan Ke, People’s DailyThe tide was rising in the Yundang Lake in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province. As thefloodgate opened, the water flew and fish swam upstream. The egrets descended from the sky andhovered above the lake, ready to dive and catch their prey.Peng Zhiwei, who was waiting for this scene, immediately […]

By He Yin, People’s DailyThe BRICS group officially welcomed Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, andEthiopia as new members on Jan.1 this year, doubling its membership from 5 to 10.This expansion has added weight to the global influence of BRICS, and the greater BRICScooperation is expected to play a more important role in […]

By Zhang Jinruo, Cao Shiyun, Fan Fan, People’s DailyRecently, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) celebrated the secondanniversary of its entry into force. As a milestone achievement in the economic integration of theAsia-Pacific region, the RCEP serves as a vivid example of regional countries sharingdevelopment opportunities.Over the past two years, regional trade costs have significantly […]