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Economic cooperation takes center stage at Europe Forum 2024

Wang Hong, Chinese president of CEIBS, delivers a welcome speech at the forum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has played host to the Europe Forum 2024, a gathering of influential figures from the political, diplomatic, business, and academic spheres of both China and Europe. Held on Oct 22 in both…

North China expands trade via freight rail

Launched on Oct 16, the route marks a new addition to the China-Europe freight railway lines originating from Ulaanqab, and is also the city’s first eastbound route along this line.[Photo/Chinanews.com] With regular freight train service from Qisumu International Logistics Park in Ulaanqab, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, to Moscow now in operation, experts said the new…

Leap in Sino-African ties foreseen

Technicians check out oil exploration facilities at an oilfield in Uganda. [Photo/Xinhua] The current global economic slowdown and shocks to industrial and supply chains have presented China and Africa with a crucial opportunity to scale up mutual cooperation and move it to a higher level, officials and experts said. A shift in China-Africa investment cooperation…

2024 North Bund Forum focuses on green shipping, intl cooperation

The 2024 North Bund Forum opens at the Grand Halls in Shanghai on Oct 22, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 2024 North Bund Forum, an annual gathering of the international shipping industry, began at the Grand Halls in Shanghai on Oct 22. Themed “Digital, Smart, and Green: Co-creating a New Ecosystem of Global Shipping…

FTZ reforms deepen China-ASEAN economic, trade ties

A cargo ship docks at Qinzhou Port in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] NANNING – In a bustling fruit processing facility in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the air is sweet with the luscious aroma of mangoes. Workers diligently manage a state-of-the-art, fully automated production line, preparing to…

Q3 growth ups hopes of meeting full-year target

A view of Beijing’s CBD area on Aug 19, 2022. [Photo/VCG] China’s stronger-than-expected 4.6-percent economic expansion in the third quarter has bolstered the confidence in the world’s second-largest economy of achieving its full-year growth target, with growth momentum to further accelerate in the rest of the year, officials and analysts said. Large-scale government bond issuances…

Beijing’s GDP grows 5.1% in first three quarters

The skyline of Beijing. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING – The gross domestic product (GDP) of Beijing increased 5.1 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2024, the city’s statistics authorities said Monday. The Chinese capital’s GDP reached 3.3 trillion yuan ($465 billion) from January to September, according to the municipal bureau of statistics. Key industries in…

Nation modernizing border ports to boost trade, business activities

Customs officials verify documentation of a container ship in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. YAO FENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China will modernize its border ports, focusing on strengthening connectivity with neighboring countries to boost foreign trade and foster new business activities, a senior Customs official said on Monday. Zhang Baofeng, director of the National Office of Port Administration…

Reports on new BRICS states out

Reports assessing the investment environment of the newly added BRICS members have been released for the first time, ahead of the gathering of leaders in Kazan, Russia, for the 16th BRICS Summit, the first summit after the expansion of the grouping in January. The assessments on the countries were jointly released on Monday by Dagong…

Global Ecological Governance (Nansen) Conference attracts Chinese, global experts

The Global Ecological Governance (Nansen) Conference is held in Beijing on Oct 16-18. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Global Ecological Governance (Nansen) Conference was held in Fengtai district in Beijing on Oct 16-18. Jointly organized by Beijing Forestry University and the Beijing Forestry Society, the conference brought together hundreds of global experts to Beijing to…