July 20: China announces import ban on 24 types of solid waste

China will ban imports of 24 types of solid waste by the end of 2017 in a fresh move to reduce environmental pollution, an official said on July 20. 　　China has notified the World Trade Organiz...

July 24: Xi calls for united efforts to deepen military reform

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to push forward military reform with the support of the entire nation and the Communist Party of China (CPC). 　　Xi, also General Secr...

Growing role

World leaders and their spouses pose for a group photo in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7 (XINHUA) 　　Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Group of 20 (G20) Summit hosted by Germany in Hamburg ...

Role model for overseas returnees

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on July 23 decided to posthumously honor late geophysicist Huang Danian as an "outstanding CPC member." 　　Huang, known for his expertise in ...

Upbeat prospects

Zhou Xiyong, head of a foreign trade company in Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province, talks with Russian merchants at the 2017 China Yiwu International Commodities Fair on May 6 (XINHUA) 　　Th...

Bonding in Bucharest

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, gives a keynote speech calling on China and CEE countries to uphold silk road spirit an...

Marching Forward

President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, reviews troops (XINHUA) 　　Qu Yanping, a 52-year-o...

Cargo Train Links China's Qinghai with Russia

A new China-Europe freight train service began on August 20, linking Russia with Golmud in Qaidam Basin, northwest China's Qinghai Province. 　　The train, loaded with containers of chemical, lef...

China Restores Ecosystem Along Its Longest Inland River

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been restoring the ecosystem along the Tarim River, China's longest inland river, partly through flooding lower reaches which dried up 30 years ago. 　　In th...

Unilateral Probe of China's Trade Could Hurt Both Washington, Beijing

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer on August 18 formally launched a Section 301 investigation into alleged intellectual property practices by China under a rarely used 1974 trade ...