Internet helps explore cultures, form bonds

2015-12-16 19:18:13

China values the push Internet will provide to the education sector and the influence it will have on youths' growth, said Du Zhanyuan.

People-to-people exchange facilitates building of digital silk road

2015-12-16 18:29:27

Zhu urges more students, professors and principals in the universities to get involved in the digital silk road, and referred to people-to-people exchanges as a good way forward.

China's top court opens English-language website

2015-12-16 18:14:33

China's Supreme People's Court (SPC), its top court, announced the opening of its new English language website -- english.court.gov.cn -- on Tuesday, Dec 15.

Guangzhou issues more than 1 million US travel visas

2015-12-16 17:46:28

The US consular post in Guangzhou became the first to process more than one million non-immigrant visa applications in a calendar year when it issued a tourist visa on Wednesday to a woman planning to visit the United States with her family.

Top official says ITU can help in digital Silk Road

2015-12-16 16:51:24

Secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Zhao Houlin said Wednesday that ITU hopes to make use of its special advantage in cooperation with the "One Belt, One Road" Initiative, as well as other relevant projects.

AIIB to invest heavily in infrastructure to interconnect Asia

2015-12-16 16:06:06

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will invest heavily in infrastructure projects that would help make Asia an interconnected region, Jin Liqun, the president-designate of the AIIB, said Wednesday.

Right time for a smooth information silk road: Shi Lirong

2015-12-16 15:43:20

He stresses the fundamental infrastructure is vital for an interconnected world in the future as ZTE has invested its 10 percent of its revenue into research and development.

Campaign to improve education in areas with high poverty

2015-12-16 15:41:34

The central government will embark on a special national campaign to oversee basic school conditions and billions of yuan in renovation projects as part of an effort to improve education in areas with high poverty.

Hopes of meeting vehicle fuel targets pinned on 'new energy' cars

2015-12-16 10:44:11

The national average fuel consumption target for passenger cars might be met by the end of the year as scheduled, as long as new energy cars, such as electric vehicles and hybrids, grabbed a larger share of the 2015 market, experts said.

Smog hits East China again; outdoor school activities halted

2015-12-16 09:51:25

Heavy smog in eastern China on Tuesday made authorities in Shanghai order schools to halt outdoor activities.

China to adopt credit ratings for food, drug producers

2015-12-16 09:48:50

China Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that a credit rating system will be introduced into the food and drug industries.

China to spend $93b relocating 10 million people

2015-12-16 09:37:47

China will spend 600 billion yuan (about $93 billion) in the next five years to relocate about 10 million impoverished people, an official said on Tuesday.