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Opening-Up Plan Hainan Province aims to speed up the development of three sectors, i.e. duty-free shopping, international medical care and international education. This goal, along with the roadmap for achieving it, has been set out in Hainan’s 2021-25 development plan. The island province is a free trade port. The recently published development plan sets the target for its tourism industry to contribute to 17.8 percent of the island’s total economic growth by 2025. Efforts will be made in the Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone to introduce and cultivate a network of high-end, professional medical institutions to promote research progress on stem cell, immune cell and gene therapies, plus other new techniques in the biomedical sector. The medical pilot zone also encourages people from the countries joining the…

In 1969, by the time he turned 16, Xi Jinping arrived in a small village in Shaanxi Province as a zhiqing, or “educated youth.” Educated youth were young urban people who either volunteered or were sent to work in rural areas as part of a campaign launched by Chairman Mao Zedong that called on urban youth to work in rural areas during the period from the 1950s to the end of the “cultural revolution” (1966-76). Life there was tough for the young Xi. In the beginning, fleas troubled him so badly that he was unable to fall asleep. Every day he undertook all kinds of labor of the countryside, such as reclaiming wasteland, hoeing, herding, hauling coal, and carrying manure. As time passed, tough work became easy. Xi became a…

The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has concluded with a much anticipated resolution on the Party’s history, the third such resolution since the Party’s founding, amid expectation that a new assessment would appear this year. The session came at a time when China signaled it had entered a “new era” and celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Party’s founding in tandem with achieving a xiaokang (moderately prosperous) society and after eliminating extreme poverty, while transitioning to a new development model, advancing the green revolution, recovering from the pandemic, and further bolstering sovereignty and national defense. Chinese media reports for the most part have focused on the 10 principles or lessons the report provides to help China tackle major challenges in coming decades.…

Our fragile planet is on the brink of a climate catastrophe. It’s time to go into emergency mode and mobilize concrete action with solidarity to safeguard our collective future. Fiction to fact The evidence for humanity’s influence on the climate system, once a scientific hypothesis, has become the established truth. The past six years since the Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted have been the hottest years on record. To pinpoint a time when the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere changed this much this fast, one would have to turn back the clock 66 million years, the end of the dinosaur age. Unprecedented high temperatures occurred in Russia and India this year. A heat wave, with temperatures hitting a record 48.8 degrees Celsius in Italy, sparked wildfires…

Had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic, Auckland, New Zealand’s most populous city, would have been a busy place this month. Leaders, ministers and business communities from the 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), including China, the U.S. and Russia, would have been gathering there to discuss the development and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region. Instead, New Zealand, which currently holds the rotating presidency, has decided to hold all of this year’s APEC meetings online, drawing together representatives from 11 time zones. APEC, established in 1989, is the highest-level intergovernmental economic cooperation platform in the region. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of China’s joining the alliance. While addressing the 28th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on November 12, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “It has been…

Construction staff work on a power transmission tower that stands over 100 meters tall by the Yangtze River in Wuhu, Anhui Province, on November 11. The stronghold is part of the Baihetan-Jiangsu ultra-high-voltage power transmission project. The 800-kV direct-current conduction project covers a total length of 2,087 km. As one of China’s “power highways,” it is an important part of the country’s west-to-east power transmission program. Upon its completion, the project will transmit 31.2 billion kWh of electricity per year.…

AUSTRIA Children show their Chinese language learning cards at the booth of the Confucius Institute with the University of Vienna during the Vienna International Book Fair on November 11 FRANCE Musicians perform on stage during a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris on November 12 THE PHILIPPINES A staff member transports Sinovac vaccines in Pasay City on November 17. China has sustained its COVID-19 vaccine supply to the country since the first delivery in February BELGIUM People take a selfie at the light festival in Ghent on November 11 UGANDA An investigator collects samples from an explosion scene in Kampala on November 17. At least six people were killed in twin suicide bombings in the Ugandan capital NIGERIA Rescuers work at…

Over the past century, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has developed a long line of inspiring principles that continue to motivate its members. The CPC spirit is rooted in its past achievements and traditions—a shared legacy that has been passed down from one generation to the next. The following are some of the milestones that shed more light on the values the CPC holds dear: The Founding of the Party The CPC was founded in 1921 with a mission to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Its founding spirit is defined as “upholding truth and ideals, staying true to our original aspirations and founding mission, fighting bravely without fear of sacrifice, and remaining loyal to the Party and faithful to the people.” Revolutionary…

In his virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on November 16, President Xi Jinping, from the perspective of a community with a shared future for humanity, pointed out that China and the United States need to increase their communication and cooperation, tend to their domestic affairs and, at the same time, shoulder their share of international responsibilities, as well as work together to advance the noble cause of world peace and development. Xi also expressed his readiness to work with President Biden to build consensus and take active steps toward moving China-U.S. relations in a positive direction as doing so will advance the interests of both populations and meet the expectations of the international community. This is the third significant interaction between the two heads of state since Biden…

Delegate Election The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has released a circular on the election of delegates to the Party’s 20th National Congress. The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee has made detailed arrangements for the election, according to an official statement released on November 18. The CPC will convene its 20th National Congress in Beijing in the second half of 2022, the 19th CPC Central Committee decided at its sixth plenary session earlier this month. The election of the delegates will lay an important foundation for the success of this congress, the statement said. A total of 2,300 delegates will be elected by 38 electoral units across the country, it further read, calling for intraparty democracy and strict procedures to ensure that high-caliber…

Traditionally, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee focuses on ideological matters and usually sees a few reassertions and occasionally some redefinitions of the Party’s central role. In recent years, sixth plenums have focused on discussions of the Party affairs, questions of ideology and Party building. At the conclusion of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, the Party released the text of the Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party Over the Past Century. The plenum, held in Beijing from November 8 to 11, laid the groundwork for the CPC National Congress in 2022. The meeting reviewed the work of the CPC over the last 100 years and set goals for…

Cherry Wang, a 29-year-old designer in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, found herself not acting as impulsively during this year’s Double 11 shopping festival as she had in previous years. The event was initiated by Taobao, an online marketplace of China’s tech firm Alibaba, in 2009, and has become an annual shopping extravaganza that usually lasts for several days until November 11. Wang spent around 1,500 yuan ($235) this year, mainly on clothes, snacks, pet gear and car products. After receiving all the packages, she returned around a quarter of them. “The services of e-commerce platforms were user-friendly this year. The prolonged period made it unnecessary to stay up late to snatch the best goods and discount rules were simplified. Getting a refund was also easier,” she told Beijing Review. Compared with…

The League of Legends World Championship finals took place on Saturday, November 6, a timing welcomed by fans of the game, many of whom work on weekdays. While looking forward to the day, one such fan, Lin Weicang, said the choice of day was considerate, even though Chinese fans would need to stay awake through the night due to the time difference as the game was held in Reykjavik, Iceland. They have another day to relax. “It will be a sleepless night for electronic sports fans in China,” the 27-year-old Beijing resident said in a post he shared on WeChat Moments. Since Chinese esports team EDward Gaming (EDG) beat rivals GEN.G from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the semi-final on November 1, the final became a big event for…