New Consumption Boosts Tourism

正Shifting spending patterns is redefining China’s travel industry The tourism industry may be the best indicator of the latest consumption trends in China.The data showing how people spent the New Year’s Day holiday demonstrate that consumption patterns in the country have changed,and in the     

Chinese Manufacturing Boosts World Economy

The novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19) pandemic has lowered the world's expectations for the global economy in 2020.Standard&Poor's,the financial ratings agency,predicts that China's economic growth will slip to 2.9 percent this year.The China International Capital Corporation Limited,China's leading investment bank,places it at 2.6 percent.The World Bank has offered a more pessimistic forecast—2.3 percent—and in the worst case scenario caused by the pandemic,a plunge to 0.1 percent.China's economic growth for 2019 was 6.1 percent,leading international institutions to hold a bleak view about the country's economic growth in 2020.     

Australian PM’s Visit Boosts Cooperation

正China and Australia develop a practical relationship by building political trust and deepening economic cooperation Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard paid her first official visit to China since taking office last June from April 25     

Belt and Road Boosts RMB Internationalization

正Since it was put forward,the Belt and Road Initiative has attracted growing attention around the world.Xu Yanzhuo,an associate researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,shared her views on the growing role of China’s currency in promoting cooperation under this initiative.     

Cash Injection Boosts The Real Economy

正The cash amount that should be reserved for Chinese financial institutions,or the reserve requirement ratio(RRR),was lowered by 50 basis points starting July 15,excluding those that have already held the ratio at a low level of 5 percent. The measure,part of the financial sector's efforts to support the real economy,would release about 1 trillion yuan($154.24 billion) in long-term liquidity,the People's Bank of China(PBC),the central bank,said.     

Protecting Heritage

Since the first batch of cultural and natural sites of China were inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list in 1987, China now has 40 listed sites, ranking third in the world in terms of the number of listed sites.     

Heritage Protection

China ups Grand Canal protection ahead of World heritage Committee review "Our job is done," said Chai Maoshan,reinforcement engineer at the Xiejia Dam, the Cangzhou section of the Grand Canal in Hebei Province.     

Heritage Protection

正The 44 th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is currently underway in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this is the first time for UNESCO to review World Heritage applications online. A series of operational norms for online review were established and adopted at this session and will become an important reference for the combination of online and offline platforms in the World Heritage field.     

Heritage Dream

During the 33rd Session of the World Heritage Committee at the end of June, Wutai Mountain in north China's Shanxi Province was inscribed on the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization     

Intangible Heritage Lives

<正>Experienced craftsmen share their works of art in downtown Beijing On Beijing’s Qianmen Avenue,hidden between two alleyways a few steps from Tiananmen Square is the small workshop of Yao Huifen.From the outside,you would have a hard time believing that this new and modern-looking shop contains a world of millennial treasures.Yao is a master craftsman of traditional     

Preserving Cultural Heritage

<正>Ecomuseums help prevent the present from ruining the past Settled in the mist-covered mountains of Liuzhi Special Zone in southwest China’s Guizhou Province,the Soga people,a subgroup of the Miao ethnic group with a population of less than 5,000,are mysterious to the outside world. Today,Soga people still adhere to traditional primitive practices,with men     

Preserving Rural Heritage

正Private contractors hired to develop tourism and protect cultural heritage in ancient villages bring mixed results Fans of Ang Lee's film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon may recognize the simple but elegant antique houses found in Hongcun Village in Yixian County, east China's Anhui Province, where scenes     

Grotto Heritage Highlight

Chinese-Japanese scientists make conservation breakthrough on 1,500-year-old Buddhist caves After eight years of hard work, the conservation and restoration project at the Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves in China's     

Exploring Hakka Heritage

The Hongkeng Hakka Tulou Village is a self-contained tulou wonderland in Yongding County in southwestern Fujian Province.     

Sizzling Cultural Heritage

Chongqing, Yunnan, Sichuan, from city cravings in below-zero temperatures to finger licking fondue-styled provincial penchants, hot flashes of steamy nights flare before the hungry eyes… Yep, we're talking hotpot.Chinese hotpot (aka huoguo) is one of the most popular meals in China. So where does it actually come from? Why is it so important in Chinese cuisine? What's in it? Why is it an ever sweltering topic? How does it stand the test of time? Time to dip into the hotness.     

A Tea-Making Heritage

<正>With morning dew still sparkling on the leaf tips of tea plants,Zhang Yuehua,a tea farmer who lives deep in the countryside in southwest China,leaves his home,a century-old dwelling built by his forebears,to pick tea leaves.Picking and making tea keeps him busy every spring season.The 58-year-old grew up in a tea-planting family in Mengding Mountain of Sichuan Province.At the age of 12,he began to learn traditional tea-making skills from his father.The skills have been passed down in his family for five generations.Zhang has devoted himself to     

An Enduring Heritage

<正>Ancient paper-making technique remains in use inits birthplaceThe oldest Chinese painting on paper,entitled Five Oxen,is one of the highlights of the art collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.Created by Han Huang,a prime minister during the Tang Dynasty(618-907),the art piece vividly depicts five oxen from various angles.The painting,which is over 1,200 years old,endures because it was painted on Xuan     

Restoring Cultural Heritage Sites

<正>Most of the post-quake cultural heritage rescue and protection projects in Sichuan have been completed The State Administration of Cultural Heritage recently rewarded 132 individuals and organizations for their work in rescuing and protecting cultural relics damaged by the Wenchuan earthquake on May12,2008.