Over the past six years, CIIE has become a signature event of China’s high-level opening up and an emblem of its ongoing endeavors to build an open global economy. The seventh edition of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) started on Tuesday, offering countries and companies across the globe a grand platform to showcase their products and services, and a valuable opportunity to tap into the vast Chinese market. On top of the national level import-themed expo, China has recently…

“CIIE for us is a very, very important platform. The platform of CIIE really demonstrates China’s commitment to opening up.” Since its inception in 2018, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) has become a platform for high-standard opening up, and an opportunity for the whole world. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday said that China will open its doors wider to the outside world, regardless of how the international environment changes. Li made the remarks during a meeting with select exhibitors and buyers attending the seventh China International Import Expo (CIIE), including Synopsys, General Electric Company, MSD and China FAW Group Co., Ltd. The foreign-funded enterprises at the meeting expressed optimism about the Chinese market, saying that they will deepen their presence and increase investment in…

Join 7th CIIE for Joy: Go go sharing, GO! The 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in western Shanghai. Let’s fly over this magical metropolis and experience the city’s enormous vitality and infinite possibilities. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

Given China’s massive importance in the contemporary world system, the governance of the country is of broad and universal interest. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has provided a fascinating collection of his spoken and written works, offering both domestic and international audiences the tool to navigate through the issues, thinking and practices that are central to the governance of modern China. The fourth volume of the work, following…

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that no matter how the international and regional situation changes, China will unswervingly develop friendly cooperation with Iran. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit. Iran, Xi said, is a country with important regional and international influence and a good friend and partner of China. The strategic significance of China-Iran relations has become more prominent as transformations of the world unseen…

“Around 400 years ago, the Great Tea Road that connected the two countries went past Kazan, through which tea leaves from China’s Wuyi Mountain region found their way into many Russian households,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Xi recalled the history in his meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, the fifth-largest city of Russia with historical and cultural significance. Xi’s remarks highlighted the long-standing bond between…

A groundbreaking implant has been developed by scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai, allowing paralysed individuals to regain control of their leg muscles. By implanting electrodes in both the brain and spinal cord, the researchers have created a “neural bypass” system, a significant breakthrough in brain-spinal cord interface research. This is reported by China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. This advanced technology enables patients who have suffered spinal cord injuries to stand and walk again. With no current cure for…

It has been my privilege to witness a huge transformation and pivot as well as an enormous development of China from a close distance during my years living in China. I will say that if ever there was a time when African countries needed to be modernised, it is now.   Themed Joining Hands to Advance Modernisation and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future, the goal of the 2024 Summit on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing is…

China and Kenya have a time-honoured friendship and have jointly completed a number of flagship projects in connectivity, significantly contributing to regional economic and social development. Kenya stands out as a success story in China’s partnership with Africa. Kenyan President William Ruto led a delegation to China to attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing early September.  ChinAfrica had the pleasure to speak to a distinguished member of President Ruto’s delegation, Musalia Mudavadi, prime cabinet secretary…