Black-necked cranes gather at Dahaizi Wetland at a national reserve in Zhaotong, Yunnan province, on Thursday. Some 1,730 such cranes, which are under top-level protection, are wintering at the wetland. (ZHANG GUANGYU / FOR CHINA DAILY) The National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced on Thursday that China has added 18 wetlands to a list of […]
This file aerial photo taken on March 27, 2021, shows fog-shrouded buildings in Tianjin, north China. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China's national observatory on Thursday renewed the yellow alert for thick fog in some parts of the country. Drivers have been asked to maintain safe speeds, while airports, freeways and ports have been instructed […]
The Taxkorgan Airport opens in Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Dec 23, 2022. (PHOTO / CHINANEWS.COM) The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to construct eight new airports to form a modern airport network system. Xinjiang Airport Group announced its plan on Tuesday to build airports in Qitai, Bayanbulak, Barkol, […]
Passengers wait in a line for check-in at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Jan 8, 2023. (PHOTO / VCG) China has passed its recent peak COVID-19 period for fever clinic and emergency room visits and intensive care unit admissions, and concerted efforts are being made to protect the nation's vast rural areas against the […]
Wang Wenbin, spokesman of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks at a press briefing in Beijing, China, Jan 16, 2023. (PHOTO / FOREIGN MINISTRY, CHINA) BEIJING – European countries' precautionary travel measures against China should be rooted in science, proportionate and non-discriminatory, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remarks […]
Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Willie Walsh delivers his keynote address at the Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore on May 17, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said the COVID-19 testing requirements and other measures for travellers from China have proven ineffective and called for governments […]
This photo taken on April 4, 2018 shows the entrance to the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, capital of China. (LI HE / XINHUA) BEIJING – China believes that for all countries, COVID-19 response measures need to be science-based and proportionate without affecting regular people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. […]
Health workers prescribe medicine on Sunday at a fever clinic converted from a nucleic acid testing center in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) CHANGSHA — Hou Luobo, 27, became a rural doctor in Youxian County, central China's Hunan Province, in October 2019. About two months later, unprecedented challenges posed by a new […]
ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Dr. Marliyyah A. Mahmood, Women In Tech and Project Manager for Startup AREWA, discusses how technology is enabling and enhancing women’s empowerment in Northern Nigeria. She emphasizes some of the fundamental advantages of social media technologies, such as giving women access to a virtual […]
Workers install decorative lights for a key movie and television production base being built in Chongqing after construction resumed, December, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) More than 12,500 sightseers swarmed to Juzizhou Island, Hunan province, on a recent weekend: five times the number just a month ago. Rural fairs made a comeback in Gansu province after […]
Villagers buy groceries at a self-help marketplace to avoid infection in Yuantoudi village, Jiazhai town, Liaocheng, Shandong province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Editor's note: Rural areas, where seniors and children often account for the majority of the population, face new challenges after China adopted an optimized pandemic control policy. Doctors from village clinics and […]
An elderly resident receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at home during a medical service for senior citizens in Dongcheng District of Beijing, May 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Unlike the ordeal at the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic three years ago, Wuhan resident Huang Jianmei was not in a state of panic […]
People purchase medications at a pharmacy in Chongqing on Friday. (CUI LI / FOR CHINA DAILY) Several district governments in Shanghai have been encouraging residents to share their surplus medication with neighbors in light of the temporary shortage of fever medicine in the city. Among those who have done so is Lou Xingmei, a 75-year-old […]
An attendee of COP 15 reads the information displayed at the China Pavilion in Montréal, Canada, on Wednesday. (LIU YINMENG / CHINA DAILY) MONTREAL — A crucial United Nations (UN) biodiversity conference, COP15, concluded here early Tuesday with the adoption of a landmark deal aimed at reversing biodiversity loss and setting the world on a […]
Pharmaceutical workers take extra shifts to meet surging demand for medicine at a production base in Beijing on Sunday. (GAN NAN / FOR CHINA DAILY) Special free health kits for COVID-19 prevention and control are being provided to children, seniors and those in need in major cities as the country optimizes its policies to fight […]
People walk on a street in Guangzhou's Haizhu district Dec 1, 2022. (PHOTO / VCG) More Chinese cities have adjusted their COVID-19 measures to facilitate people resuming work and social activities, as members of the public are being asked to take greater responsibility to protect their own health. The changes being implemented loosen some policies […]
A hairdresser attends to a customer as her business reopened after COVID-19 control measures were eased in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Thursday. (PHOTO / XINHUA) GUANGZHOU/CHONGQING – Residents in many cities including Beijing, Guangzhou and Chongqing, which have experienced mass infections recently, have embraced the optimization of control measures in order to bring life and […]
Huang Runqiu discusses China's biodiversity achievements, need for global cooperation (LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) Editor's Note: The highly anticipated second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will soon start in Montreal, Canada. What should you expect? And what's China's role in the […]
Residents line up to take the nucleic acid tests in Chongqing, on Nov 22, 2022. (PHOTO / THE PAPER) COVID-19 control measures should be lifted in a timely manner as soon as conditions allow to minimize the inconvenience caused by the restrictions on people's daily lives, said Mi Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission […]
President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulations on Thursday with Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations, with both leaders vowing to promote the countries' strategic partnership. In a congratulatory message to Tshisekedi, Xi said that over the past half century, China-DRC relations have developed in a […]
