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Shenzhen issues 4 billion yuan of yuan-denominated local government bonds in Hong Kong

China’s tech hub Shenzhen has successfully issued 2025 offshore yuan-denominated government bonds in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday, local news portal sztv.com.cn reported on Tuesday. The report said that the move marks the fifth consecutive year that Shenzhen has arranged for local government bonds to be underwritten, registered, and listed in Hong Kong, continuously advancing the interconnectivity of financial markets in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The total issuance size of the bonds is 4 billion yuan ($56 million), with maturities of 2, 5, and 10…

Young artist shows growing maturity with leading music label

Renowned cellist, singer-songwriter, and actress Ouyang Nana signed with Universal Music Greater China, a division of Universal Music Group, a leading music-based entertainment company. The collaboration encompasses music development, global distribution, artist representation for music-focused activities, and brand partnerships, offering long-term support for the young artist’s cross-genre creative journey through the company’s global network. This renewed agreement comes 10 years after she released her debut album 15, marking a full-circle moment in her evolving artistic journey. Over the past decade, she has matured into a diverse artist, spanning music, acting,…

Chinese FM responds to Trump’s claims on planning to retake Bagram Air Base, linking it to China

In response to remarks by US President Donald Trump during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on his state visit to the UK — in which Trump again criticized the Biden administration’s Afghanistan policy, said his government was preparing to retake control of the Bagram Air Base, repeatedly stressed its strategic value, called such a move necessary, and even sought to link it to China by claiming the base is close to China’s nuclear facilities — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated on Friday that…

From Zhejiang to UK, world’s first China-Europe shipping route via Arctic Ocean officially launched

The container ship Istanbul Bridge completed loading its final container at Berth 7 of the Beiyi Container Terminal in Ningbo Zhoushan Port, East China’s Zhejiang Province, on Monday. It is scheduled to depart on September 24 for Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, via the Arctic shipping route, marking the official launch of the world’s first China-Europe Arctic container express route. The route, operated by the Chinese-invested shipping company Sea Legend, cuts the shipping period by 22 days compared with traditional routes and reduces carbon emissions by about 50 percent.…

China activates Level II disaster emergency response as 2025’s most powerful Typhoon Ragasa approaches

China Meteorological Administration has activated the Level II emergency response for major meteorological disasters (typhoons) as Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful typhoon of this year, is approaching, CCTV News reported on Monday. The 18th typhoon of this year, Ragasa super typhoon level, was located about 570 kilometers northeast of Manila, the Philippines, at 8 am on Monday. The maximum wind force near its center reached above Level 17, 62 meters per second. It is moving westward at a speed of approximately 20-25 kilometers per hour and is expected to enter…

China releases list of top 500 manufacturing firms for 2025

HEFEI — The list of 2025 China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises was released Saturday at the World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province. Jointly issued by the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) and the China Enterprise Directors Association (CEDA), the ranking has been published for 21 years in a row, highlighting the consistent progress of China’s manufacturing sector. Based on companies’ operating revenue, the list shows that the threshold for entry rose from 11.09 billion yuan ($1.56 billion) at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) to…

Jimu 1 balloon breaks ground in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau expedition

The second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau successfully conducted the Jimu 1 tethered balloon atmospheric observation experiment in Lunang town, Nyingchi, Xizang autonomous region. The tethered balloon, which carried 16 types of scientific payloads across three major categories weighing about 200 kilograms, ascended to 5,500 meters above sea level. Through coordinated multi-payload observations, the experiment marked a technological leap from single-point sampling to three-dimensional monitoring. Zhang Taihua, a senior engineer at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the experiment accurately obtained…

Xi: Win-win results key for China-US ties

Washington urged to provide open, fair business environment for Chinese firms President Xi Jinping has urged the United States to avoid taking unilateral trade restrictive measures in order to prevent undermining the achievements from multiple rounds of economic and trade consultations. Xi made the remarks during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Friday. Both leaders had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on current China-US relations and issues of mutual concern, providing strategic guidance for the stable development of bilateral ties in the next stage. The…

Expo helps bolster connectivity with Northeast Asia

Inside a workshop of Jilin SSK Electromechanical Co in Northeast China in late August, robotic arms moved with precision as workers performed final adjustments on a shipment of machines bound for Russia. The shipment marked the fourth delivery to Northeast Asia this year by the company, a manufacturer of intelligent poultry slaughtering and deep processing equipment in Siping, Jilin province. From January to July, Jilin SSK’s total foreign trade value surged to 31.96 million yuan ($4.48 million), jumping 612.3 percent year-on-year, with exports to countries in the region reaching 17.13…

Chinese expert calls US lawmaker’s call for restricting Chinese airline landing rights over rare earths access ‘utterly absurd’

A US lawmaker’s reported call for the US administration to restrict or suspend Chinese airline landing rights in the US over rare earths access is “utterly absurd,” a Chinese expert said on Friday, noting that such a move would lead to an “unimaginable scenario” of a severance of commercial air routes between the two countries. John Moolenaar, chair of a US House of Representatives committee on China, on Thursday US time called the US administration to restrict or suspend Chinese airline landing rights in the US unless China restores full…