By Yang Wenming, Li Maoying, People’s Daily The seventh China-South Asia Expo, themed “Solidarity and Coordination for Common Development,” kicked off on August 16 in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province. The five-day expo features 15 exhibition halls and 14 activities, covering all South Asian and Southeast Asian countries as well as member states of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Since its inauguration in 2013, the China-South Asia Expo has been permanently settled in Kunming. It has grown into an important platform for economic and trade cooperation between China, SouthRead More

By Li Zhongwen, Liu Junguo, People’s Daily Hangzhou city, capital of east China’s Zhejiang province, is gearing up to make the 19th Asian Games, which is slated to run from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 in the city, the first carbon-neutral Asian Games in history. Determined to host a “Green, Smart, Economical and Ethical” Asian Games, Hangzhou has arranged for all 65 venues and office facilities for the event to run fully on green electricity from March through December this year. The city has already completed transactions for 621 millionRead More

By Luo Shanshan, People’s Daily China’s State Council has recently issued guidelines to further optimize the country’s foreign investment environment and beef up foreign investment inflow. The guidelines are expected to address major issues in the business environment that foreign-invested enterprises are concerned about. Chen Chunjiang, assistant minister of Commerce, said that the guidelines introduced a new batch of targeted and highly valuable measures to stabilize foreign investment. Covering six key areas, including improving the quality of utilizing foreign investment and guaranteeing national treatment for foreign-invested enterprises, the measures aimRead More

By Shi Zhipeng “Hello! Do you still have rooms available?” “Hello! We have two rooms available. When do you plan to arrive? Do you have any special requests for the room?” B&B manager Kong Jie picked up the phone and handled a reservation enquiry at a B&B hotel in Jiuru Mountain scenic area in Jinan city, east China’s Shandong province. After communicating with the guest, Kong and the guest became connected with each other on WeChat, an instant messaging application. She then shared the location of the B&B hotel andRead More

By Zhang Weihao, People’s Daily Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in east China’s Zhejiang province, the world’s first port to achieve an annual cargo throughput of over one billion tonnes, contributes significantly to the stable operation of China’s foreign trade industrial and supply chains as well as the high-quality development of the Chinese economy. During the first half of this year, the port saw its cargo throughput climb 6 percent year-on-year to 679 million tonnes, while its container throughput rise 1.2 percent, compared to the same period last year, to 17.68 million 20-footRead More

By Gong Shijian, Zhang Danhua, People’s Daily Shaanxi province in northwest China enjoys a long history and rich cultural heritage. In recent years, Shaanxi has made great efforts to promote cultural inheritance through strengthening cultural heritage preservation, leveraging technology, and facilitating cultural exchanges. This allows Shaanxi’s profound history and traditions to harmoniously coexist with openness, inclusiveness and modernity. The Shaanxi Archaeology Museum, with its Tang Dynasty (618-907) styled architectures and garden-like layout, is drawing crowds of archaeology enthusiasts from near and far, exuding grandeur and grace. “The construction of thisRead More