The Polihali Transfer Tunnel is the second phase of the multi-phased Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The project has improved local infrastructure, provided employment, and passed on essential vocational skills. MASERU, Lesotho, July 14 (Xinhua) — As night falls over the northern highlands of Lesotho in early July, winter’s chill sets in. Yet the Polihali Transfer Tunnel construction site remains a hive of activity. “We have deployed round-the-clock operations with three rotating shifts,” said Julius Topo, site manager for the tunnel…

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — China’s national economic development zones are set to play a bigger role in incubating industrial and technological innovation thanks to the unveiling of a set of policy measures designed to boost new quality productive forces in the zones. More than 40 years since their establishment, national economic development zones have made remarkable strides in advancing China’s opening up and enhancing innovation, according to guest speakers at the latest episode of the China Economic Roundtable, the…

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — China’s national economic development zones serve as powerful engines for regional growth, driving industrial advancement across both prosperous and less-developed regions, according to a guest speaker on the latest episode of the China Economic Roundtable, the all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency. The zones play a leading role in their respective provinces or regions. Specialising in core industries, the zones extend developed areas’ economic influence and accelerate development in less-developed regions, said Ji…

BEIJING — Xinhua Institute, a national high-level think tank of Xinhua News Agency, on Friday released a report on China’s poverty reduction experience. The report, titled “Striving for a Better Life for the People: China’s Practical and Theoretical Innovations in Consolidating and Expanding Poverty Alleviation Achievement,” was officially launched in Chinese and English versions concurrently during the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting held in Beijing from Thursday to Friday. Consisting of five chapters, the research report introduces China’s new missions…

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) — China’s success in poverty reduction can be largely attributed to its inclusive adoption of international best practices, as well as the localization and innovative application of global poverty alleviation experience — all of which have collectively advanced global progress in poverty reduction, a think tank report said on Friday. The report, titled “Striving for a Better Life for the People: China’s Practical and Theoretical Innovations in Consolidating and Expanding Poverty Alleviation Achievement,” was released by…

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) — China has made continuous efforts to consolidate and expand its poverty alleviation achievements in a five-year transitional period after the country, in February 2021, solemnly declared a complete victory in eradicating absolute poverty, a think tank report said on Friday. The report, titled “Striving for a Better Life for the People: China’s Practical and Theoretical Innovations in Consolidating and Expanding Poverty Alleviation Achievement,” was released by Xinhua Institute, a national high-level think tank of Xinhua…

BEIJING — Beijing’s spring sandstorms in Xi Jinping’s childhood weren’t just natural phenomena to him; they were a persistent nuisance. “We had to wear thick masks,” he once recalled. “If we left the windows open for just a day, the floor would be covered in a layer of gray.” That gritty memory stuck, fueling not awe, but a profound drive for change. Experiences like these forged Xi’s commitment to ecological protection, a cause he champions to secure a better world…

The following is a signed article by Liu Huan, an assistant research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Lot-drawing ceremony is a traditional religious ritual and historical convention that must be upheld in reincarnation of Living Buddhas For a long time, the 14th Dalai Lama has been spreading fallacies and misleading public opinion on the issue of selecting the reincarnations of late Living Buddhas. Recently, he has gone further, falsely claiming that the…

ASTANA – The China-Central Asia Cooperation Development Forum and the Third Silk Road International Communication Forum were held on Sunday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Around 240 representatives from media, think tanks, cultural institutions and business sectors across China and Central Asia engaged in in-depth discussions on topics including deepening Silk Road cooperation. At the opening ceremony, Arman Kyrykbayev, assistant to the Kazakh president, read a congratulatory message from Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. In the letter, Tokayev noted that…

ST. PETERSBURG – A photo exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War was held here on Thursday. Titled “Immortal Merits, Eternal Memory”, the exhibition was co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency and TASS news agency. Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, and Andrey Kondrashov, director general of TASS news agency, jointly inaugurated the event. Fu said that the exhibition aims to revisit history, draw lessons from the past, honor fallen heroes, and carry forward…