Category archives: Foreign

By People’s Daily reporters With China relaxing and optimizing its visa-free policies and introducing measures to facilitate foreign travelers, “China travel” has become a top choice for many international tourists.  According to the latest data from the National Immigration Administration of China, in 2024, immigration authorities nationwide handled 610 million border crossings, a year-on-year increase […]

By Zhao Yipu, Li Chen, Pang Geping, People’s Daily From Jan. 15 to 18, the Global Mayors Dialogue Nanning was held in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Themed “Building a China-ASEAN Community of Friendship: Urban Openness and Cooperation,” the event brought together mayors, representatives, and experts from eight countries, including China, Cambodia, Indonesia, […]

By People’s Daily reporters “Rush to the earthquake-stricken area, at full speed!” At 9:05 a.m. on Jan. 7, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struckDingri county in southwest China’s Xizang autonomous region, the captain of the Dingri county fire rescue brigade, Dondrup Gyaltsen, urgently gave the command. In just three minutes, the fire rescue brigade was fully […]

By He Yin, People’s Daily This year marks the beginning of the implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Recently, several African countries including Chad, Djibouti, Madagascar, and the Republic of the Congo signed economic and technical cooperation agreements with China. The efficient and pragmatic cooperation between […]

By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily Over the past few years, China-U.S. relations have gone through ups and downs, but one thing remains unchanged: only through cooperation can the two countries achieve mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. The 2025 Consumer Electronics Show recently concluded in the U.S. city of Las Vegas once again demonstrated how Chinese […]

By Yang Yi, People’s Daily The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is thefree trade area with the biggest population, the largest trade scale and the greatest potential for development. Since the RCEP came into force in January 2022, it has deliveredincreasingly prominent institutional dividends such as tariff reductions, simplified customs procedures, and trade and investment […]

By Han Xin, People’s Daily At around 9 am, a ship laden with cargo arrived at a fully automated container terminal of Qingdao Port in east China’s Shandong province. As the ship docked, intelligent operation promptly commenced. Several gantry cranes descended from a height of tens of meters, their “arms” expertly grabbing and positioning the […]

By Wang Zheng, People’s Daily Two humanoid robots Walker S1 developed by Chinese robot manufacturer UBTECH recently conducted practical training in a logistics warehouse of Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer BYD in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province. The two robots, 172 centimeters in height, each squatted down and picked up a six-kilogram material box from […]

By Wang Hao, People’s Daily In a farm in northwest China’s Gansu province, sensors are inserted into the soil to monitor humidity, while a miniature weather station tracks wind and light conditions. “Last year, the sunflower yield per mu (about 667 square meters) exceeded 280 kilograms, an increase of 15 percent,” said Zou Changsheng, head […]

By Li Ya’nan, People’s Daily The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world’s longest expressway tunnel located in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, completed tunneling on Dec. 30, 2024. Built by China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC), the 22.13-kilometertunnel will reduce the time it takes to drive across the middle section of the Tianshan Mountains from […]