Further Unleashing the Potential of Opening Up

China will further expand its high-level opening up, offering more opportunities for foreign investors to engage in deeper operations in the country. In early March, to better meet the diverse payment needs of foreigners, the People's Bank of China released a guideline to optimize the payment services of bank cards, promoting cash use and facilitating mobile payment.

Report Details China’s High-quality Growth in Five Sectors

A new report, titled China’s "Compounding Interest”: High-Quality Development and Outlook for 2035", was released at an international symposium in Beijing on March 31. Compiled by five think tanks in collaboration, from China, the U.S., Russia, Canada and India, the report illustrates the achievements of China’s high-quality development in five major sectors in the past few years with detailed data.

Stunning Indicators Call for More Joint Climate Action

“Sirens are blaring across all major indicators... Some records aren’t just chart-topping, they’re chart-busting. And changes are speeding up,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned.

'Small Circles' Is Worsening Global Digital Divide

Western countries and global firms should not create "small circles" in the AI era to prevent the greater risk of a global digital divide.

U.S. Shipbuilding Decline its Own Undoing

A group of U.S. unions, led by the United Steelworkers Union (USW), filed a Section 301 petition in March, alleging acts of unfair trade practices by China’s shipbuilding industry, and requesting they be probed by the Biden administration.Such a groundless allegation is not only strange but ridiculous.

Stable CRE the Path to Prosperity

A few years ago, American think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released an article The Rise of China-Europe Railways, in which it listed many challenges that the China-Europe Railway Express(CRE) had faced. However, the CRE has become the "main artery" of high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, facilitating connectivity. The CRE is now hailed as the "iron camel caravan" that connects the Eurasian continent. It is also a "stabilizer," ensuring the security of international supply chains in a turbulent world.

EU's AI Act Should not be a Regulatory Barrier

People expect both safe AI applications and to remain open for business under such supervision.?

TikTok Ban Typical Sign of American Hegemony

On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to force Chinese company ByteDance to sell off its video-sharing app TikTok within 180 days. Otherwise, the app would be banned in the country. This is an intolerable act by a nation that always preaches "free will, free speech."

Leading Role of Chinese Innovation Wins Widespread Recognition

China aims to become a major innovative power?and has made significant progress.

Being an Active Participant in China's Development

Free Flow of Global Data Should be Protected

The concept of national security is being?overstretched by the U.S.

China's Tech Giants Shine at Mobile World Congress

Sci-tech innovation has not only boosted the competitiveness of China's traditional industries, but also solidified their foundation and injected impetus for the development of new quality productive forces. China's achievements to promote innovation-driven development have subsequently been recognized globally.

Challenges and Opportunities Brought by Sora

AI,?as a new frontier of disruptive technology and international competition, is the new opportunity of the industrial revolution and a driver for cultivating New Productive Forces.

Discarding Zero-sum Thinking in Global Connectivity

In late January, the Foreign Policy?and The Diplomat websites released two similar articles on the same day. The articles examined the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) in a rational and panoramic way. Very different from the cliché press reports by some Western media outlets that constantly smear the BRI, the Foreign Policy article The Red Sea Crisis Proves China Was Ahead of the Curve explains how the BRI is not a sinister plot. Rather, it is a blueprint for what every nation needs in an age of uncertainty and disruption, said the article.

C919 Flies High on Global Stage

China has come out in force at the Singapore Airshow this year, bringing its largest-ever contingent, and showing off the new C919 — the country's first domestically developed large, narrow-body passenger aircraft.

China Forges Ahead in Space

Looking back to the past decades, China has ramped up its solar system and space science exploration to become a powerful player in the field with many major feats.China is now building on these accomplishments with a series of major missions across the next decade.

An Early Peak Has a Lot of Symbolic Value

International climate watchdogs now expect the country’s greenhouse-gas emissions to peak years earlier than anticipated—possibly as soon as this year.?? ?

'Visa-free Era' Shows China's Serious about Opening up

China is implementing unilateral and mutual visa-free policies for a larger circle of friends.

Geopolitics Must Not Block Sci-tech Cooperation

A short-term extension of the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement (STA) expires this February and Denis Simon, affiliated with the Institute for China-America Studies, told South China Morning Post on February 2 that as a consequence, the U.S. was "very concerned" about American scientific personnel being detained or not being able to return home from China. However, although this statement seemed to signal? the legitimate concerns arising from the lack of renewal of the agreement, in reality, it cannot stand up to scrutiny and is groundless.

Strengthening Ties with Global South

"We need to continue our endeavor under the new circumstances to explore the path to modernization, promote higher-level South-South cooperation."