People wait for the New Year bell tolls at the Drum Tower in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 1, 2024. Various events are held across the country to celebrate the New Year. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)People take pa
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China to improve fiscal policy effectiveness: officials
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — China will moderately expand fiscal spending while improving the efficiency and effectiveness of fiscal funds to boost domestic demand and economic development, the Minist
China\’s natural gas consumption up 7.3 pct in Jan-Nov
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — China\’s natural gas consumption logged a steady rise in the first 11 months of 2023 amid efforts to achieve green development, data from the country\’s top economic planner
Friendship goes both ways in quake-hit areas
LANZHOU, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — Zein Alabdin Ali, a Syrian doctoral student who has lived in China for years, lay sleepless until dawn after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China last week.
Ali,
Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang presided over a State Council executive meeting on Friday.
The meeting mulled measures on further advancing a new type of \”people-first\” urbanizat
Key takeaways from Xi\’s diplomacy in 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for a group photo with distinguished guests attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital
Gun violence remains intractable problem in US
Cartoon by Tan Xiguang
Shooting incidents are often found this year in the headlines of newspapers in the U.S. While gun violence continues to increase across the country, gun control is still a dista
Iraqi gov\’t moving to end U.S.-led coalition presence: PM
Iraq\’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia\’ al-Sudani (R) and his visiting Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez attend a joint press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2023. (Media Office of the Iraqi Prime
266 people die of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh in 2023
DHAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — A total of 266 people have died of HIV/AIDS-related complications so far this year in Bangladesh, the highest on record since the first patient was detected in 1989 in the S
Grain output rises despite disruptions
Farmers shovel corn for air-drying in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, in October. SUN ZHONGZHE/FOR CHINA DAILY
Total, per-hectare yields both increase after relief efforts on drought, flood
China\’s grai