Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lauded the “stellar example” of China-Africa relations as China rolled out the red carpet for African leaders and other guests attending a grand summit expected to further elevate ties. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, held a welcome banquet at the Great Hall of the People for the guests who are in Beijing to attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the largest diplomatic event hosted by China in years.…

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…

A think tank report on the achievements and global contributions of China’s reform endeavors in the new era was unveiled at a forum held Tuesday in Beijing. Titled “Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization: Major Achievements and Global Contributions,” the report was jointly issued by the think tanks under the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Xinhua News Agency. The report systematically summarizes the major achievements, basic principles and…

Guests and participants of the 3rd Global Media Innovation Forum (CMG Forum) in Beijing discussed the application of artificial intelligence. The event was organised by China Media Group, a Chinese state-owned media company, and its motto was “A force for good: shared responsibility in AI”. The media forum was attended by Janna Tolstikova, CEO of TV BRICS, and Daria Ivankova, Director of the Media Network’s International Cooperation Department. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party…

Situated in northwest China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest provincial region in terms of land area and is endowed with rich resources. It is also known as a champion of China’s reform and opening-up, the core of Silk Road Economic Belt, and a springboard for China’s greater openness.  As a microcosm of the Chinese society that is pursuing greater and faster development, Xinjiang has achieved high-quality growth in its own way.  Before the founding of the People’s Republic…

China’s Two Sessions that take place in early March provide an opportunity for the world to look into the country’s unique democracy – the whole-process people’s democracy. It is a concept that is misunderstood and wrongly criticised by most Western politicians as it differs from the Western notion of democracy.   As Zhang Weiwei, dean of the China Institute of Fudan University in Shanghai, said, China’s political system does not claim to be universal. Unlike Western democracy, it does not seek…

The upcoming annual sessions of China’s national legislature and political advisory body provide a prime opportunity for observers to gain a unique vantage point to witness the country’s democracy in action. From group deliberations to discussions with lawmakers and political advisors, President Xi Jinping will be active in China’s democratic policy formulation and decision-making. Xi, acting in his capacity as one of the nearly 3,000 deputies elected to the National People’s Congress (NPC), will join his fellow deputies to review…

In April 2018, Songyang County in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, launched the “Hundred Artists Settlement in Songyang Villages Plan,” which invites artists from all over the country, to help with the protection and inheritance of local culture. It is aimed at boosting the development of traditional villages through art.  “Artists bring art to the village. Some use art to beautify the place and raise their popularity; some help villagers to create artworks as a method of poverty alleviation; some promote…

Nelson Mandela lifted the first Rugby World Cup Webb Ellis trophy held in South Africa in 1995, a year after the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. As the country looks forward to celebrating three decades of transition from a country that witnessed some of the worst crimes against humanity, its record fourth Rugby World Cup triumph is a definitive sign of how far it has come. The vision of Mandela and the founding icons of freedom in South Africa…

BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) — Li Shulei, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Wednesday met with foreign representatives who attended the China-Central Asia News Agency Forum in Beijing. Li, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, said the China-Central Asia Summit held last week has drawn up a new blueprint for cooperation between the two sides, providing strategic guidance and…