Greeting the New Year With Travel

With a record number of Chinese traveling during the holiday,the sky is the limit for domestic and global tourism ’The moment New Year’s Eve arrived,we began packing up for our holiday,said Zhang Yun,a 34-year-old woman who works in a state-owned enterprise in Suzhou,east China’s Jiangsu Province.The family flew to Guangzhou,     

A Brand-New Battleground

<正>China will open its bank card clearing market,ending the 13-year monopoly of state eiant UnionPay By Zhou XiaoyanAfter years of knocking,the door to the Chinese market finally opened for the world's two largest card suppliers Visa and MasterCard.Starting from June 1,qualified foreign and domestic clearing firms can apply for a license in the bank card clearing market,which has been monopolized by state-owned China UnionPay(UnionPay)for over a decade,according to an announcement from the State Council on April 22.Stock prices of MasterCard and Visa rose following the news.Back in 1988,international payment organization MasterCard set up an office in Beijing and five years later,Visa followed suit,both drooling over the promising bank card clearing market in the world's most populous     

Celebrating the New Year,Greeting Beijing Winter Olympics International Art Exhibition successfully held

<正>On Jan 18, an art exhibition opened online — Celebrating the New Year, Greeting Beijing Winter Olympics International Art Exhibition. It was hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Attending and delivering speeches were Lin Songtian, president of the CPAFFC; Su Shishu, honorary president of the China Calligraphers Association; Georgios Iliopoulos,     

A Crucial Year

China is counting down to the epoch deadline for the campaign to eliminate absolute poverty by 2020.In a recent meeting held in Beijing,the significance of this campaign was further emphasized and more work was outlined for this critical year.Hu Chunhua,member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the State Council Leading Group on Poverty Alleviation and Development,said at the meeting of the leading group held in Beijing that the poverty alleviation campaign has entered a crucial stage.     

A Tumultuous Year

<正>2011 sees international order in transition amid chaos While the global financial crisis continued to take a toll on societies and politics globally 2011 has been a year of relentless turmoil and chaos. What underlies these waves of turmoil is the labor pains of the birth of a new international order.     

A New Year Gift

State guideline brings more perks to the private sector The Second China International Import Expo held in Shanghai in November 2019offered diabetes patients a wide array of treatment products.They ranged from tiny insulin injection needles from Japan to blood glucose monitors using biosensors,an innovation by health and wellness company Sinocare.     

A Year of Trials

正China’s sci-tech innovation board has made steady progress since its launch After a year of operation, China’s Nasdaqstyle sci-tech innovation board, also known as the STAR Market, has witnessed steady expansion with a number of achievements. The board, launched on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on June 13,     

A Year of Extraordinaries

正The year 2021 celebrates the 100 th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China(CPC) and thus is an apt occasion to remember its innumerable services and countless sacrifices for the prosperity and progress of China and its people. The CPC, established in July 1921, is the world's largest political party. It is credited with the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949,     

中国特色社会主义:一种崭新的社会主义

中国特色社会主义道路之所以正确,之所以能够引领中国发展进步,关键在于我们既坚持了科学社会主义的基本原则,又根据我国实际和时代特征赋予其鲜明的中国特色,中国特色社会主义是一种崭新的社会主义,具有无限的生机和活力.只有中国特色社会主义才能发展中国.     

A Year of Diminutive Development

The world economy struggles to regain growth amid uncertainties in 2010 In 2010, hopefully, the world economy will emerge from recession and progress toward an overall recovery. But the process will be anything but easy-and, if nothing else, replete with abundant uncertainties.     

A New Year Shopping Guide

Stay-put new year celebration influences consumption in novel ways If people’s memory of how they celebrated the Chinese New Year could be compiled into a book, the chapters for 2020 and 2021 would present a striking contrast.     

A Year of Continued Revival

China’s economy experienced a strong rebound in 2021,despite sporadic COVID-19 cases at home and external uncertainty.Its GDP expanded 8.1 percent year on year to 114.37 trillion yuan($18 trillion)last year,well above the annual target of more than 6 percent,according to the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS)on January 17.Per-capita GDP reached around$12,500,exceeding the global average.     

A Pivotal Year for Afghanistan

正The Central Asian nation faces a critical transition in 2014 as NATO forces prepare to pull out With the impending large-scale withdrawal of NATO forces led by the United States in 2014,Afghanistan will usher in a vital turning point for its transition.The U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement,the upcoming Afghan general election as well as the national reconciliation of Afghanistan will have a heavy influence on the country’s future     

A Year of Great Strides

<正>2022 was the first year of implementing the outcomes of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on ChinaAfrica Cooperation(FOCAC), held in November 2021 in Dakar, Senegal. The conference adopted four outcome documents, namely the Dakar Declaration,the China-Africa Cooperation Vision 2035,     

A Crucial Year,A Crucial Session

正The 13th National People’s Congress (NPC),China’s national legislature, opened its second session on March 5 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Report on the Work of the Government on behalf of the State Council to NPC deputies and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee.     

A Very Chinese New Year Celebration

正After living in China’s capital for close to three years,I’d like to think I’ve become fairly familiar with Beijing’s Spring Festival routine.The subways and streets become deserted as millions of out-of-towners leave for home and locals stay in to gather with friends and relatives,eat dumplings and watch the CCTV New Year’s Gala.There are hongbao envelopes and there are firecrackers.     

A New Year’s Nightmare

<正>Thirty-six people die in a stampede on New Year’s Eve in Shanghai ‘I feel terribly guilty that I couldn’t protect you.Watching you die in my arms is a nightmare that will haunt me for the rest of my life,"wrote Zheng Hong(pseudonym)on social networking website Renren.com,after his girlfriend died in a fatal stampede in Shanghai.     

A Year of Advances for Women

The year 2009 saw unprecedented media coverage of many issues central to women’s rights. Attention was focused on several social problems commonly afflicting women-employment discrimination,