China’s green and low-carbon development features bright spots and nurtures new opportunities, an official with the country’s energy administration has said.  Wind power and photovoltaics have become major contributors to China’s newly added installed capacity and important forces in the country’s energy supply network, National Energy Administration official Pan Huimin said during the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk platform hosted by Xinhua News Agency.  Since 2020, China’s annual newly added installed capacity of wind power and…

China’s national news agency, Xinhua, on Thursday opened a photo exhibition documenting the historic transformation of the country over the past decades. The exhibition opened at the National Financial Information Center in Beijing just days before Oct. 1, when the People’s Republic of China marks its 75th founding anniversary. On display are nearly 500 photographs spanning various historical periods, selected from Xinhua’s collection of over 10 million images, the largest photo archive in the country.  Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency,…

Xinhua, China’s state news agency, holds a news photo exhibition to commemorate the country’s decades-long transformation. Let’s approach these outstanding photojournalists and explore the stories behind their masterpieces on display. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

A new means of transportation, the AS700 manned airship, has entered service in China and will be used for tourist flights. This is reported by China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. The AS700 airship can carry up to 10 people and has a maximum range of 700 kilometres. The airship is characterised by safety, thanks to a special shell design and a system with adjustable thrust vector, which allows it to perform vertical take-off and landing. The airship has…

President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua met separately with Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov and General Director of Rossiyskaya Gazeta Pavel Negoitsa here Friday. During his meeting with Peskov, Fu emphasized that as China’s state news agency, Xinhua is committed to creating a positive public opinion environment for the continuous and healthy development of China-Russia relations. Over the years, Xinhua has actively engaged in practical and friendly cooperation across multiple fields with Russia’s mainstream media, playing a unique…

China’s move to raise its statutory retirement age is a proactive and effective measure tackling the challenge of population aging, according to guest speakers at the China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk platform hosted by Xinhua News Agency. According to a decision adopted by Chinese lawmakers on Friday, the statutory retirement age will be gradually raised from 60 to 63 for men over the course of 15 years from 2025, from 55 to 58 for women working as cadres, and…

Zimbabwe and China enjoy a time-honored friendship and are now carrying out fruitful cooperation in the political, economic and social sectors, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

The Chinese government, together with nine key departments, has issued new rules aimed at combining digital development with green economic transformation. This is reported by China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. These rules focus on two main objectives: The aim is to combine digital development with the green economy, creating new technologies that will integrate with green industries and help traditional industries adopt digital and green technologies. The rules outline the key principles and roles to be played by…

Chinese Ambassador to South Africa, Wu Peng, says the “comrades plus brothers” special bond between China and South Africa is growing and that the bilateral relations between the two countries have entered a golden era. Peng made these remarks following a courtesy call to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, August 28th. China is currently South Africa’s largest trading partner and serves as a key source of foreign direct investments (FDI). In 2023, the China-South Africa bilateral trade reached…

It was pleasantly warm and dry in Rwanda in early August, and young farmers in Southern Province were celebrating a bountiful harvest. Their hands were not bunched with corn or rice but with mushrooms, cultivated with the help of a technology transferred from a country far away to this “land of a thousand hills” in Africa. Joining the celebration was Professor Lin Zhanxi. Since the 1980s, the octogenarian scientist has led a research team on Juncao technology in China’s southeastern…