BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — China’s steady first-half growth in 2026 underscored the resilience of the world’s second-largest economy and the growing role of new growth drivers as it embarked on a new five-year development period, Chinese officials said. Despite mounting external uncertainties, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7 percent year on year to 69.6 trillion yuan (about 10.25 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). “These hard-won…

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — China is set to focus on six key areas to advance high-quality development as the country embarks on its new journey of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), said an official with the country’s top economic planner during the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency. Yang Te, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission, said that for the next stage, coordinated efforts should be…

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — Consumption remains a key driver of China’s economic growth, guest speakers said during the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency. In the first half of the year, the consumer market stayed generally stable, service consumption expanded fairly fast, the consumption structure continued to upgrade, and new drivers in this sector gathered pace, said Huang Hanquan, head of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research under the National…

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — The accelerated shift from old to new growth drivers has become one of the most defining features of China’s current economic performance, a guest speaker said during the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency. “The rapid growth of new industries and new business models is no fleeting windfall. It reflects years of sustained effort to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields, deepen the integration…

This file photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a view of the Taoyangli Historical and Cultural Block in Jingdezhen, east China’s Jiangxi Province. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to the World Heritage List on Saturday during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea. The inscription brings the total number of World Heritage sites in China to 61. (Xinhua) This photo taken on…

China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites were officially added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Click for on-site report from the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea. Produced by Xinhua Global Service. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BUSAN, South Korea, July 28 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to the World Heritage List on Saturday during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea. The inscription brings the total number of World Heritage sites in China to 61. Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites are a group of heritage sites representing the handicraft porcelain industry system that developed in Jingdezhen, east…

UNESCO added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to the World Heritage List on Saturday during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea. The inscription brings the total number of World Heritage sites in China to 61. Produced by Xinhua Global Service. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

Click to witness history! UNESCO added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to the World Heritage List on Saturday during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea. #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #Jingdezhen #Porcelain African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — The Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Saturday, filling a long-standing gap in the list for porcelain heritage. Located in east China’s Jiangxi Province, the sites consist of five component areas that together showcase the evolution of Jingdezhen’s handcrafted porcelain industry from the 10th to 19th centuries. What sets the sites apart is their comprehensive representation of the entire porcelain-making chain. These heritage components cover the full spectrum…