Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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The Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities (Shanghai Award) will be presented overseas for the first time this year, according to a press conference held by the municipal government of Shanghai on Tuesday. The award will be handed out at the Global Observance of World Cities Day in Egypt's Alexandria on October 31. More
A locally developed spinal endoscopy surgical tool, which allows doctors to perform minimally invasive operations more effectively and precisely, received international recognition and has its first overseas training center. More
A new skiing resort and outing facilities have made Pudong's Lingang neighborhood a new Yangtze River Delta sports tourism destination. Nearly 180 outdoor sports enthusiasts from Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui participated in the 11th Yangtze River Delta Sports and Leisure Experience Season in Lingang this week. More
China on Tuesday vowed further efforts to optimize the visa waiver and other relevant policies and measures to make it more convenient for foreigners to visit and stay in China. More
High tides have poured seawater onto the land in coastal cities in northeast and north China's Liaoning and Hebei provinces and Tianjin Municipality from Monday, submerging streets and triggering waterlogging. More
Gao Peng, former vice mayor of Beijing, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office for serious violations of Party disciplines and laws, China's top anti-graft body said on Tuesday. More
Some KFC outlets in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin are being investigated for failing to designate some of their cooking ingredients as genetically modified. More
The 2024 North Bund Forum, which kicked off on Tuesday, is looking to create a novel ecosystem to nurture growth and collaboration in the shipping and aviation industries. More
A new deal between Universal Music China and iQiyi offers budding rappers in China access to the international market. According to the deal between the international music giant and China's top online entertainment platform, Universal Music China will exclusively distribute new releases from the signed participants of iQiyi's smash show "The Rap of China 2024" worldwide. More
The investment of China's centrally administrated state-owned enterprises in strategic emerging industries reached 1.4 trillion yuan (US$196.6 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, official data showed Tuesday. More
Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday released HarmonyOS NEXT, its self-developed operating system built independent of Android architecture. More
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia's Kazan on Tuesday for the 16th BRICS Summit. Russian officials greeted Xi at the airport. Guards of honor lined up on both sides of a red carpet to salute the Chinese leader, and Russian youths dressed in national costumes welcomed him with traditional courtesy. More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the "continued and widespread" loss of life across the Gaza Strip, including Israeli strikes on a residential block in Beit Lahiya on Saturday, a UN spokesman said on Monday. More
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday maintained its global growth forecast in 2024 at 3.2 percent, consistent with its projection in July, its newly released World Economic Outlook report said.
