China's pension wealth management market sees steady operation: Xinhuanet
December 6, 2022
China's pension wealth management market has seen steady operation since the country launched the pilot program last year, market data showed. The first four pilot retirement savings wealth management products, unveiled last December in four designated cities, have all achieved yields so far, data confirmed. Click here to read...
PLA naval destroyer Changsha arrives in Bangladesh for International Fleet Review: China Military
December 6, 2022
The Chinese naval guided-missile destroyer Changsha (Hull 173) sent to Bangladesh to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) has arrived in the waters off Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on December 5, local time. It approached the anchorage under the guidance of a Bangladeshi warship. Click here to read...
Guangzhou asks patients to prioritize online hospitals: China Daily
December 6, 2022
People in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have been advised to prioritize the use of online hospitals and grass-root medical institutions for non-emergency medical needs for the time being. Click here to read...
China approves 4 new COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in 2 days, as authorities consider nationwide 4th dose: Global Times
December 6, 2022
From 3 pm Sunday to 4 pm Monday, four new COVID-19 vaccines were approved for emergency use in the Chinese mainland, including three recombinant protein-based vaccines, as well as a nasal spray influenza virus vector vaccine, and sources told the Global Times that the authorities are considering a fourth dose. Click here to read...
Enterprises suspend lithium production due to environmental issue in Yichun: Global Times
December 6, 2022
Some listed enterprises in Yichun, East China’s Jiangxi Province, which is known as the “lithium capital of Asia,” have temporarily suspended lithium production following an environmental investigation of a local river due to abnormal water quality. Click here to read...
Cross-border e-commerce injects new impetus into China's foreign trade development: People’s Daily
December 6, 2022
China's foreign trade has shown strong resilience and vitality this year. In particular, cross-border e-commerce, with its advantages in online transactions, contactless delivery and short transaction chains, has become key to stabilizing foreign trade and promoting consumption. Click here to read...
China's leadership holds symposium for soliciting advice on economic work: Xinhuanet
December 7, 2022
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has held a symposium with non-CPC personages to solicit opinions and suggestions on this year's economic situation and economic work for the next year. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the symposium on Dec. 2 and delivered an important speech. Click here to read...
Full text of Xi Jinping's speech at memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin: Xinhuanet
December 7, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech at the memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Xi to attend China-Arab summit, China-GCC summit, visit Saudi Arabia: Xinhuanet
December 7, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and pay a state visit to Saudi Arabia from Dec. 7 to 10 at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the announcement here on Wednesday. Click here to read...
Chinese mainland reports 4,351 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
December 7, 2022
The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 4,351 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Altogether 20,764 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read...
PLA Support Base in Djibouti holds Horn of East Africa medical forum: China Military
December 7, 2022
Recently, the Chinese PLA's Support Base in Djibouti held the third "Horn of East Africa" medical forum attended by military medical experts from Djibouti, France, Italy and other countries. They conducted exchanges under the theme of "Focusing on Individual, Saving the Dying and Healing the Wounded" during the event. Click here to read...
China's leadership holds symposium for soliciting advice on economic work: China Daily
December 7, 2022
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has held a symposium with non-CPC personages to solicit opinions and suggestions on this year's economic situation and economic work for the next year. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the symposium on December 2 and delivered an important speech. Click here to read...
More COVID curbs eased in Beijing, other cities: China Daily
December 7, 2022
Measures: Hospitality, tourism industries expected to recover. Authorities in several Chinese regions eased COVID-19 restrictions to varying degrees on Tuesday, slowly and steadily adopting a new approach to deal with the virus and making life less regimented for the people. Click here to read...
Zhejiang province introduces tiered diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 patients: China Daily
December 7, 2022
A plan for the tiered diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients has been put into place in Zhejiang, according to a top expert from the province on Monday. According to the plan, people infected with COVID-19 will be diagnosed and treated in designated hospitals, while critically ill patients will be sent to designated intensive care units, said Sheng Jifang, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the First Affiliated Hospital of the College of Medicine at Zhejiang University based in the provincial capital Hangzhou. Click here to read...
China's top health authority encourages patients with mild COVID symptoms to stay at home for observation, treatment: Global Times
December 7, 2022
The National Health Commission's official WeChat account "Health China" on Tuesday reposted a CCTV interview with Wang Guiqiang, director of the infectious diseases department at Peking University First Hospital, suggesting stratified treatment for COVID-19 patients, which means asymptomatic and mild patients can be observed and treated at home, while limited medical resources are reserved for those with severe and high-risk conditions. Click here to read...
Demand for COVID-19 antigen detection kits surges following policy optimization: Global Times
December 7, 2022
Demand for antigen detection kits has surged in China in recent days as the country moves away from large-scale nucleic acid testing toward a flexible way of combating the COVID-19 virus, public data and media reports noted. Click here to read...
Chinese maker of Lianhua Qingwen vows to expand production amid controversy over surge in prices: Global Times
December 7, 2022
Chinese drug producer Yiling Pharmaceutical said on Tuesday that it is taking various measures to expand production of its traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Lianhua Qingwen to ensure market supply. Click here to read...
China medical expert says COVID has mutated, should be renamed - state media: Reuters
December 7, 2022
China should change its official name for COVID-19 to reflect the virus' mutation, and patients with light symptoms should be allowed to quarantine at home, a leading authority on traditional Chinese medicine was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Gu Xiaohong told the state-run Beijing Daily newspaper that the coronavirus' Chinese name, which identifies it as a pneumonia-causing disease, should be changed to call it simply an infectious virus. Click here to read...
China's trade shrinks sharply as feeble demand, domestic COVID woes take toll: Reuters
December 7, 2022
China's exports and imports shrank at a much steeper-than-expected pace in November, as feeble global and domestic demand, COVID-induced production disruptions and a property slump at home piled pressure on the world's second-biggest economy. Exports contracted 8.7% in November from a year earlier, a sharper fall from a 0.3% loss in October and marked the worst performance since February 2020, official data showed on Wednesday. They were well below analysts' expectations for a 3.5% decline. Click here to read...
