China to boost peacekeeping missions

China will contribute more manpower and resources to United Nations' peacekeeping missions, support UN reforms to improve peacekeeping effectiveness and enhance global cooperation to jointly build lasting peace and prosperity around the world, officials said on Friday.

September 19, 2020

China to hold summit on digital transformation

China will hold a summit on digital transformation in October to showcase its achievements in the field and build platforms for industry exchanges and cooperation, the organizers said Thursday.

September 18, 2020

Building of digital nation advancing in many areas

The construction of "digital China" has made great achievements, with significant progress in the country's digital economy and innovation, information authorities said on Thursday.

September 18, 2020

CAS actively integrates into global innovation network

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has been actively integrating into the global innovation network, highlighting information sharing and international cooperation, its president Bai Chunli said on Wednesday.

September 17, 2020

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks top in Nature Index global institutions list for 8 years

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has for eight consecutive years dominated the top spot in the Nature Index list of global institutions, an influential evaluation of high-quality research output, according to an SCIO briefing on Wednesday.

September 16, 2020

Export of goods posts growth in January-August

From January to August, China's export of goods was valued at 11.05 trillion yuan (US$1.63 trillion), up 0.8% year over year and posting a cumulative growth for the first time in 2020.

September 15, 2020

China's retail sales grow in August

In August, China's retail sales of consumer goods increased on a yearly basis for the first time this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said during an SCIO briefing Tuesday.

September 15, 2020

China's industrial output rises 0.4% in January-August

In the first eight months, China's industrial output expanded 0.4% from one year earlier, compared with a year-over-year decline of 0.4% in the January-July period.

September 15, 2020

China's economic recovery gains steam, key indicators further improve

China's economic recovery continued to gather steam with major economic indicators further improving last month as the country's efforts to boost growth amid the COVID-19 slowdown gradually paid off.

September 15, 2020

China's Q3 GDP growth to accelerate evidently on sustained recovery momentum: NBS

China's economic growth is expected to see "an evident acceleration" in the third quarter if recovery momentum sustains in September, Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said Tuesday.

September 15, 2020

China's retail sales record first expansion

China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, expanded for the first time this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday.

September 15, 2020

China's industrial output growth accelerates amid economic recovery

China's economic recovery continued picking up steam last month, with major economic indicators further improving as the country's efforts to boost growth amid the COVID-19 slowdown gradually paid off.

September 15, 2020

New rules will further reduce China's financial risk

China issued fresh rules on Sunday to tighten regulation of the country's financial holding companies, a move that experts say will forestall risks in the financial sector.

September 15, 2020

Beijing to expand services space for foreign investors

Beijing will create more business opportunities for global investors by further opening up the services industry and being a role model in the sector for the rest of the country, senior officials said on Sept. 11.

September 12, 2020

N. China sees great improvement in air quality

Compared to 2016, 28 cities in northern China saw a reduction of 22% in PM2.5 concentration and a drop of 40% in the number of days of heavy pollution in 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said at a press briefing Friday.

September 11, 2020

Sichuan lifts 1 million people out of poverty each year

From 2013 to 2019, the registered poor population in Sichuan fell from 6.25 million to 200,000, according to an SCIO press briefing Wednesday.

September 9, 2020

Sichuan on target to eliminate poverty by 2020

Sichuan province is on course to clear the "last mile" of poverty alleviation as the 2020 deadline draws near, a senior local official said on Wednesday during a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.

September 9, 2020

Market entities in China rise by 64,000 daily

The business registration reform has unlocked market vitality in China, said an official of the State Administration for Market Regulation at a press briefing Friday. From January to July this year, the number of market entities in China saw a daily increase of 64,000, including 21,000 new firms added every day on average.

September 4, 2020

Official: China committed to further opening-up of service trade

The service sector has become the main driving force for the Chinese economy. At an SCIO press conference on Thursday, an official from the Ministry of Commerce said China will not change its commitment to further expanding trade in services.

September 4, 2020

China reports positive growth of service exports in July

China saw its service exports rising 3.3% in July, and has been the only country that reported service trade growth in certain months among major countries engaged in the sector since March.

September 4, 2020