HANGZHOU, June 13 (Xinhua) — Before the opening whistle of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City on Thursday, Yiwu has already made its move. In this inland city, known as the “world’s supermarket” in east China’s Zhejiang Province, factories and traders have done their homework. They designed fan jerseys, filed patent applications, locked in production capacity and took orders for horns, flags and other football merchandise well in advance. To many outside China, Yiwu is known as the…

FUZHOU, June 13 (Xinhua) — In the late 1980s, waves of development swept Chinese cities into the throes of a property boom, and the fate of a crumbling compound in the heart of Fuzhou, capital of east China’s Fujian Province, seemed all but sealed. A glaring Chinese character meaning “demolish” had been painted on the front wall of the historic residence at Fuzhou’s Sanfangqixiang, meaning “Three Lanes and Seven Alleys,” a neighbourhood steeped in over 1,000 years of history. Scholars…

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — China’s foreign trade maintained steady growth momentum in May, underscoring the resilience of the wider economy and its deepening integration with global markets. The total value of goods imports and exports in yuan-denominated terms grew 16.9 percent year on year to reach 4.45 trillion yuan (about 653 billion U.S. dollars) last month, remaining above 4 trillion yuan for three consecutive months, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed Tuesday. Exports rose 13.8 percent…

The completion of the Super Carbon One demonstration marks a milestone in advanced waste heat recovery technology and energy system innovation The second 15-megawatt unit of the Super Carbon One global demonstration project was successfully connected to the grid in Liupanshui, Guizhou Province, marking the full completion of the world’s first 2×15MW supercritical carbon dioxide waste heat power generation system, as reported by Science and Technology Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. The project represents a major step forward in…

HANGZHOU, June 8 (Xinhua) — In August 2005, sweltering heat hung over a hilly village in east China. Inside a modest meeting room, an air conditioner hummed against the summer heat as Xi Jinping, then chief of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met local officials during an inspection tour. Yucun Village in northern Zhejiang had made a painful yet pivotal choice: shutting down three quarries and a cement plant that had long been its…

HANGZHOU, June 5 (Xinhua) — As China works to narrow the development gap between cities and the countryside, the transformation of Jiaxing City in eastern Zhejiang Province is reflected in something as ordinary as a bus ride. One spring afternoon in 2004, Xi Jinping, then secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), stepped onto a bus in downtown Jiaxing and rode more than 20 kilometres to the rural end of the route. Xi wanted to…

BEIJING, June 02 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping often interacts with children on International Children’s Day, extending warm greetings to children across the country. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently replied in a letter to student docents at the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the CPC in Shanghai and the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Museum in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. He encouraged them…

China is strengthening youth fitness nationwide through expanded school sports programs, daily exercise requirements and public health policies inspired by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s emphasis on children’s physical wellbeing. BEIJING, June 02 (Xinhua) — At 7:30 a.m., students and teachers at Beijing Yuying School begin their day with a run around the campus track, a routine the school has maintained for years. “Running has become a habit for all of us,” said Wang Zuozhou, head of physical education department for…

BEIJING, June 02 (Xinhua) — The overlapping visits last week of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to China shone a spotlight on a phrase frequently used to describe Beijing’s relations with both nations — “ironclad friendship.” As a constant refrain throughout the visits, the phrase dominated media coverage and public discussion, underscoring the exceptional depth and resilience that define China’s ties with Pakistan and Serbia. FORGED THROUGH TRIALS Describing his first state visit to China…

Participants discussed media diplomacy, global governance, and the role of mediation in establishing constructive international dialogue The 2026 Hong Kong Forum on Cooperation and Development was held in Hong Kong, with the main theme focused on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Around one hundred experts in international relations and global communications took part in the event. President of China International Communications Group Chang Bo stated that cooperation and development are public goods. “Today’s…