By He Yin, People’s Daily This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been invited to attend the 30th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, which fully showcases the great importance China attaches to Asia-Pacific economic cooperation. China will continue to contribute wisdom and strength to deepen Asia-Pacific cooperation and promote the building of an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. The Asia-Pacific region accounts for one-third of the world’s population, over 60 percent of the world’s economic output,Read More

By Huan Yuping, People’s Daily The 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting is scheduled for Nov. 15-17. Currently, the Asia-Pacific region enjoys overall stability, and regional cooperation continues to make progress. Peaceful development and win-win cooperation remain the mainstream. At the same time, the world enters a new period of turbulence and transformation, with geopolitical tensions and an evolving economic landscape impacting the development environment and cooperation framework in the Asia-Pacific region. Standing at a new crossroads, whether Asia-Pacific cooperation can stay true to its original aspiration, followRead More

By Yu Yichun, Cao Shiyun, People’s Daily This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Over the past 30 years, China’s deepening reforms and expanding opening up have gone hand in hand with the continuous expansion of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation. Since 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping has attended or chaired APEC Economic Leaders’ Meetings and delivered important speeches. From “building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future” to “creating and fulfilling an Asia-Pacific dream,” and from “forging an Asia-Pacific partnership” to “buildingRead More

By People’s Daily The social and economic progress of Xizang epitomizes the nation’s outstanding achievements in development, created on the roof of the world through the Chinese path to modernization, says a white paper titled “Communist Party of China (CPC) Policies on the Governance of Xizang in the New Era: Approach and Achievements.” The white paper was released by China’s State Council Information Office on Nov. 10. With detailed statistics and abundant facts, the document systematically summarizes the comprehensive progress and historic achievements in all undertakings related to the XizangRead More

By Jeffrey Greene Recently, I led a delegation of the Flying Tigers to China to attend an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. 14th Air Force’s participation in China’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression. We visited Beijing, Chongqing, Kunming, Liuzhou, and other cities. Among the members of our delegation were Flying Tigers veterans Harry Moyer and Melvin McMullen, as well as relatives and descendants of Flying Tigers veterans. Together, we reviewed the history of the American and Chinese people fighting shoulder by shoulder during the warRead More

By Gong Shijian, People’s Daily The global population of the crested ibis has reached 11,000, according to statistics released by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration. This has downgraded the conservation status of the species from critically endangered to endangered. The habitat of these birds has gradually been restored from Yaojiagou, Yangxian County, northwest China’s Shaanxi province, where they were initially discovered, to their historical distribution area in East Asia. The population growth and the expanding habitat of the species make a remarkable ecological miracle that astonishes the world. TheRead More