BEIJING | Xinhua | At the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in East China, national model worker and veteran crane operator Zhu Shijie is working with electrical control engineers to advance the smart, standardized operation of remotely controlled gantry cranes. Recognized with one of China’s highest honors for workers for his spirit of …
Read More »Reading the world and bridging cultures: Xi’s story with books
BEIJING | Xinhua | “I have many hobbies. I love reading most,” Chinese President Xi Jinping once said. For Xi, reading is more than a personal hobby — it is a way of life. As China’s top leader, Xi often draws on books that have long enriched his intellectual world, …
Read More »The making of China’s new energy system and the green road ahead
BEIJING | Xinhua | Across the deserts in northwest China, where the sun blazes and the winds never relent, those forces that people once had to endure are now powering a new source of wealth. “We used to hide from them,” said Qi Pengxiao, now in his 80s. He arrived …
Read More »Xi meets Taiwan’s KMT leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing
BEIJING | Xinhua | Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday morning met with Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in Beijing. Invited by the CPC Central Committee and Xi, Cheng is the first KMT chairperson to have led …
Read More »XI: Recalibrating officials’ understanding of governance achievement
BEIJING | Xinhua | A light bulb is not something most people would associate with governance. Yet nearly four decades ago, while working in one of the poorest parts of east China’s Fujian Province as the Party chief of Ningde Prefecture, Xi Jinping told local officials that ensuring access to …
Read More »Xi urges basic research push for original innovations
BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for strengthening the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research and supporting scientists and researchers in delivering more original innovations. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, …
Read More »Xi congratulates Fernandez on election as Costa Rican president
BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Laura Fernandez on her election as president of Costa Rica. In his message dated Thursday, Xi said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 18 years ago, China and Costa Rica have made rapid progress in bilateral ties, with fruitful …
Read More »Xi calls on China, Russia to grow ties, work for global strategic stability
BEIJING | Xinhua | China and Russia should increase high-level exchanges and strengthen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Xi extended New Year greetings to Putin and the Russian people, stating that Wednesday coincided with …
Read More »Xi calls for cooperation with Uruguay in multiple areas
BEIJING | Xinhua | China and Uruguay should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. Both sides should explore the potential for …
Read More »Xi meets Ireland PM
BEIJING | Xinhua | China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with Ireland, deepen political mutual trust and expand pragmatic cooperation to benefit the peoples of both countries and add momentum to China-EU relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Taoiseach of …
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