FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS COMES GREATNESS The CPC has shown a remarkable ability to effectively govern a country of 1.4 billion people

正The story of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1921 is one of humble beginnings,when China was in shambles,dominated by foreigners,semi-feudalist,impoverished and run by corrupt warlords.     

HERE COMES THE LIAONING

正China’s naval force strengthens with the introduction of its first aircraft carrier September 25 has become a hallmark day for China, especially its naval force,as the country’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, entered service.     

TANGSHAN COMES INTO BLOOM

正Floral arrangements at the Tangshan International Horticultural Exposition,which opened on April 29.Over the next six months,visitors will have the opportunity to explore gardens designed by 10 foreign teams and 31 Chinese teams. Organizers estimate that 10 milion people wil visit the expo, the first of its kind in Tangshan,an industrial city in north China’s Hebei Province.     

GREETINGS FROM MARS

正Zhurong, the Chinese Mars rover, is seen with its solar panels and antenna unfolded, as well as the red soil and rocks on the red planet's surface, in this photograph taken by the navigation camera of the Tianwen-1 spacecraft. On May 19, the China National Space Administration released two photos and two videos taken by China's first Mars probe. China is now the second nation after the U.S. to have a rover on the surface of the planet.     

AWAY FROM HOME

正Zhang Wanqian joined the Chinese People's Armed Police Force (CAPF)after graduating from a military university in 2015 and is serving in a CAPF unit in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This year is the third time he has celebrated the Spring Festival with his squadron. During the holiday, the armed police officers continued with their     

FROM THE EDITOR

China will join African countries in late May in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity,the predecessor of the African Union.     

MESSAGES FROM BOAO

正President Xi’s speech portrays an aspiring nation deserving of respect President Xi Jinping’s address at the annual Boao Forum for Asia(BFA)on Hainan Island occurred within a particular domestic and international context.The domestic one is that 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the reform and opening-up era from the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central     

LESSONS FROM SPACE

Students attend a live-stream popular-science lecture by the Shenzhou-13 crew members on March 23.The second live class from China’s Tiangong space station lasted 45 minutes.It was delivered by taikonauts Zhai Zhigang,Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu and attended by students from three classrooms across China.     

FROM DESERT TO ORCHARD

正Xinjiang's Aksu has achieved a green transformation in the past three decades ‘When the apples in Aksu turn red, the whole country's apples are ripe. This is a proverb often quoted by fruit growers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Apples in other parts of China tend to be picked in August and September, while those in Aksu Prefecture, the main apple-planting area in Xinjiang,     

FROM ONE TO THREE

<正>More efforts needed to build a family-friendly society as parents can have up to three children iong Yue has made up her mind not to have a second child. “It’s too energyconsuming and my family has reached a consensus not to have another kid,” the 33-year-old stay-at-home mother of a 2-year-old in Shenzhen,     

A FRIEND FROM AFAR

<正>Brazilian president’s visit to China expected to raise bilateral ties to a new high If it weren’t for the flu and pneumonia, 77-year-old Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s state visit to China would have taken place from March 26 to 31, and he would have been the first foreign head of state to be received by Chinese President Xi Jinping after Xi’s reelection earlier that month. After two weeks of delays,     

FROM GRADUATES TO ENTREPRENEURS

正College students look to start up their own businessesCollege graduates across the country are once again on the hunt for jobs.Job seekers flocked to a job fair held at the China International Science and Technology Convention Center on February 20-21.     

INSPIRATION FROM THE PAST

正Foreign journalists’reactions to Xi’s references to Confucius at the SCO Summit President Xi Jinping hosted a banquet on the evening of June9 to welcome guests gathered in the coastal city of Qingdao,east China’s Shandong Province,for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO)Summit.     

FROM GIVER TO PARTNER

China adds fresh elements of cooperation and partnership to traditional friendhip with Africa About 2,500 years ago,Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said,"Give a mana fish and you feed him for a day;teach him how to fish and you feedhim for a lifetime."Now this ancientwisdom is being implemented to strengthenthe China-Africa friendship in a modern context.In early May,Chinese Premier Li Keqiangmade his first state visit to Africa after taking of-fice in March last year.Li’s trip upgraded China-Africa relations into"version 2.0,"in whichtraditional assistance programs will be supplemented by economic cooperation and culturalexchange.     

FROM COMPETITION TO COMBINATION

<正>E-commerce giants and brick-and-mortar stores create a new ecosystem in China's retail industry In the business world,there are no everlasting friends or everlasting enemies.There are only friends with the same interests.The proverb was exemplified by a recent teaming up between China's