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In a historic feat, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has bid farewell to absolute poverty. The last 10 impoverished counties in Xinjiang have managed to end absolute poverty, the regional government announced over the weekend. The 10 counties, including Shache County, Moyu County and Akto County, are no longer …

Premier Li Keqiang has called for solidarity, the focus on development and expanded cooperation to join hands in countering the challenges amid the ravaging COVID-19. That came as Li addressed the virtually-held 15th East Asia Summit chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Noting pursuing peace and development and …

Tumisang Malepi, 28, is behind the creation of a robust online marketplace for fashionable clothes in South Africa at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on brick-and-mortar businesses in Africa’s second-largest economy. The female entrepreneur said during a recent interview that e-commerce platforms like AliExpress …

H.E Wang Yi. The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E Wang Yi, recently made remarks at the reception commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). He noted the achievements and the journey walked in the last 20 years in the following words: Twenty years ago, shortly …

The Ninth Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum kicked off in Beijing recently with more than 200 officials and scholars from China and a number of African countries to shed insight on China-Africa relations. The Global Times selected the opinions from several scholars at a sub-forum themed “The five …

Relationships between Africa and China have been traced to times even before most African countries got independence. An example, is the Chinese-African People’s Friendship Association (CAPFA), founded in April 1960, and aims at enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and African people, promoting the exchanges and cooperation between China …

China is still on track to become the world’s largest civil aviation market with strong growth despite the near-term challenges, said Boeing’s latest market forecast. China’s airlines are expected to acquire 8,600 new airplanes valued at 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars over the next 20 years, said Boeing’s annual China market …

Initiative should constantly enhance sense of fulfillment, happiness, security President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build a more secure China by comprehensively promoting the implementation of the Peaceful China initiative. Efforts should be made to constantly enhance people’s sense of fulfillment, happiness and security, said Xi, who is …

With more than 10.2 million infections and nearly 240,000 deaths, the world’s biggest economy appears to be the feeblest healthwise. China, by contrast, has witnessed 4,634 deaths－and become the first major economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, there was never a pan-China novel coronavirus outbreak－most of the …

As curtains fall on the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), held in China’s business capital Shanghai, it is evident that COVID-19 has far from closed the economic corridor between China and Africa. For Africa, this international expo is an unparalleled showcase of trading opportunities for both imports and exports, as …