By Dong Siyu, People’s Daily The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) kicked off in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 2 and will run until Dec. 13. It marked the first time that China showcasedits achievements in desertification control, particularly throughthe Three-North Shelter Forest Program (TSFP), a […]
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China’s first large-scale production line forcivil aviation tiresbegins operation
By Deng Jianyang, People’s Daily China’s first large-scale production line for civil aviation tireshas recently been completed and put into operation in Guilin, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Within the production line, large machines run automatically and smart logistics vehicles shuttled back and forth.The Chinese independently produced civil aviation tires gradually took shape after […]
China’s largest desert fully encircled with green belt
By Aerdake, People’s Daily The Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China, has been completely encircled by a green belt stretching 3,046 kilometers on Nov. 28, according to the Xinjiang regional forestry and grassland bureau. Covering 337,600 square km with a circumferenceof 3,046 km, the TaklimakanDesertlies between the Tianshan and the Kunlun mountains. It is […]
China makes new successes in desertification prevention and control
By He Yin, People’s Daily The largest desert in China, the Taklimakan has been completely encircled by a green belt stretching 3,046 km as of late November, thanks to more than four decades of efforts as part of China’s Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP), the world’s largest afforestation program to tackle desertification. This great achievement […]
China refines duty-free, tax refund policies for better consumption experience
By Wang Guan, Yan Bingjie At the bustling Qianmen Gate in Beijing, a major attraction for foreign tourists renowned for its rich cultural heritage,a foreign exchange goods duty-free shop of Sinopharm China National Service Cooperation (Sinopharm CNSC) will soon be transformed into a downtown duty-free shop. Downtown duty-free shops refer to those approved by China’s […]
China’s automobile trade-ins spur business volume of recycling enterprises
By Fang Min, People’s Daily Trucks loaded with scrapped vehicles pulled into a dismantling workshop of Henan Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. in Luoyang,, central China’s Henan province. Inside the workshop, scrapped vehicles would be completely repurposed. In the bustling workshop, machines operated at full capacity, accompanied by the rhythmic clanking of tools. Components such as […]
China’s BeiDou navigation system: unique path of independent innovation
By Liu Shiyao, People’s Daily A couple of months ago, China launched two new satellites for the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan province. The two satellites, the 59th and 60th in the family of BeiDou, were the second group of medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites […]
UNESCO inscribes Spring Festivalon intangible cultural heritage list, promotingexchanges and mutual learning among civilizations
By He Yin, People’s Daily On December 4, Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The announcement was made during the 19th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of […]
Negative list, zero-tariff treatment exemplify China’s intensifiedefforts in opening up
By Ren Ping, People’s Daily After the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its third plenary session a few months ago, global observers are focusing on two landmark moves made by China as it opens its doors wider. Zero-tariff treatment – Starting from Dec. 1, China gives all the least […]
China strives to facilitate global sharing of benefits from AI development
By He Yin, People’s Daily On December 3, local time, the first meeting of the Group of Friends for International Cooperation on Capacity-building of Artificial Intelligence (hereinafter referred to as “the Group of Friends”) was co-chaired by China and Zambia at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, marking the official establishment of the […]