President Xi Jinping attends a press conference after the 11th summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 5, 2016. |
The two-day G20 leaders' summit was held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in early September. It was the first time for China to host the annual meeting which attracts influential leaders from the world's major economies and international organizations.
The summit was held amid prolonged stagnant global economic growth. "The global economy has arrived at a critical juncture," said General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), also Chinese president, at the opening ceremony. "Engines of growth from the previous round of technological progress are gradually fading, while a new round in the technological and industrial revolution has yet to gain momentum." [More]
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) arrives in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Sept. 6, 2016, setting in motion his first official visit to the country. Li will also attend the 19th China-ASEAN (10+1) leaders' meeting, and the 19th meeting of the leaders of ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea (10+3). |
Relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were significantly enhanced, and cooperation among East Asian countries was considerably vitalized by the four-day visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to the Laotian capital Vientiane from September 6 to 9.
It was his first official visit to the country, where he also attended the 19th ASEAN-China Summit, the 19th ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the 11th East Asia Summit. [More]
Vice Minister Guo Yezhou of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Maritime Silk Road conference, Sept. 7, 2016. |
More than 200 world dignitaries, officials, think-tank representatives and entrepreneurs gathered in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, to explore the development and future of the China-initiated 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) in September.
They were in Xiamen to attend the Conference on Building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Advancing International Industrial Cooperation.[More]
Jin Yuqin |
Jin Yuqin was born in 1974 into a family of the Bouyei ethnic group in southwest China's Guizhou Province. She is now head of Jinyuan Woodcraft Factory, and the secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee of Hongguang Village, Yixian County, Anhui Province in central China.
In 2012, she was selected as a delegate to the Party's 18th national congress. In July 2016, she was awarded the title of "National Outstanding Party Affairs Worker" at the ceremony to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Party's founding.
Even before this, Jin was known far and wide in her immediate neighborhood.[More]
Book series - Keywords to Understand China is a selection of the "China Keywords" entries included in a national-level multilingual platform. |
Book series - Keywords to Understand China is a selection of the "China Keywords" entries included in a national-level multilingual platform.
Co-presented by China International Publishing Group and the China Academy of Translation, the series offers an expert interpretation of the key governance philosophies of current central leadership of the Communist Party of China headed by Xi Jinping, and aims to serve an international audience as a window into China's political thinking, policies, and path of development.[More]
Sept.5: China relaxes foreign financial investment quota rules
China relaxed quotas for qualified foreign institutions to invest in its stock market.
Sept.15: China declares success of launching Tiangong-2
China launched space lab Tiangong-2 into space, paving the way for a permanent space station the country plans to build around 2022.
Sept.18: Premier Li leaves for UN conference, visits to Canada, Cuba
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left for attending the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and official visits to Canada and Cuba.
Sept.19: Anniversary of Sept. 18 Incident marked
About 1,000 Chinese people including Vice Premier Liu Yandong gathered at a bell-tolling ceremony in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, to mark the 85th anniversary of the September 18 Incident.
Sept.24: Xi stresses Long March spirit
President Xi called for carrying forth the spirit of the Chinese Red Army on the Long March eight decades ago, and striving to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.