The fair, which has attracted merchants and delegates from 42 countries and regions including Germany, Britain and Japan, is one of the first major international economic and trade events held by China since the COVID-19 outbreak.

At the meeting held on Tuesday morning, Xi said that China has made major strategic achievements in the battle against COVID-19, demonstrating the notable advantages of the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership and the country's socialist system, the great strength of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, the profound heritage of Chinese civilization, and the country's sense of responsibility as a major global player.

Indian troops illegally crossed the line into the Shenpaoshan area on the southern bank of the Pangong Lake in the western sector of the China-India border, and blatantly fired shots to threaten the Chinese border patrol personnel who approached them for representations on Monday.

With less than 0.006 percent of its domestic population infected, the country has brought the virus under control, creating a miracle in the battle against infectious diseases in the history of humanity.

13 Yunnan companies joined in the CIFTIS online and offline, together with their counterparts from home and abroad. The Yunnan pavilion has seen traders and visitors coming and going.

During the January-August period, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations remained China's largest trading partner, with trade up 7 percent year-on-year to 2.93 trillion yuan, accounting for 14.6 percent of China's total foreign trade. Trade with the

China saw its foreign trade rise 6 percent year on year in August in yuan terms, with exports up 11.6 percent and imports down 0.5 percent respectively, official data showed Monday.

China has clarified the beneficiaries of social assistance, which is comprised of individuals in nine categories, including families living on subsistence allowances, according to a draft law unveiled by authorities on Monday to invite public opinion.

The model has been viewed by analysts as a viable solution for China to build up resilience against external shocks and share its opportunities for development with the rest of the world.

The committee will focus on strategic research, standard system, industry solutions and other key areas of the industrial internet, in an effort to lay a solid foundation for the consistent and healthy development of the field in China.

The pilot national park, with a total area of 123,100 square km, covers two prefectures, four counties and 53 villages, and harbors more than 70,000 herdsmen.

Themed "global services, shared prosperity", the CIFTIS is the first key trading fair held by China since the Covid-19 outbreak. Drawing global attention, it is comparable to the annual Canton Fair or the CIIT in Shanghai.

The non-profit CSD, inaugurated on Tuesday, covers 12-year basic education from primary to high school, with a planned enrollment of 800 students. About 200 pupils were already enrolled on the opening day.

China has vowed to deepen its reform to create a new development pattern featuring dual circulation, under which the country will strive to improve the allocation of resources, pursue coordinated regional development and open up the economy further.

The Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday urged India to immediately withdraw its troops illegally trespassing the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and immediately halt any move that would escalate tensions.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday slammed the decision by the University of North Texas (UNT) to expel Chinese students, calling the move, if confirmed true, another example of the U.S. sabotage of people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

"For some time, some U.S. politicians, out of a zero-sum mentality, the Cold-War mindset and selfish political interests, have been viciously attacking China's political system, smearing China and sowing discord between other countries and China," spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily press conference.

Lies and rumors about China's response to climate change or its policies on Xinjiang and Hong Kong are bound...

In 2019, the business volume of international settlement at Chinese commercial banks totaled 6.89 trillion U.S. dollars, a slight decrease from the 2018 level, the report showed.

A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has stressed the importance to collect public opinion on the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) from officials and members of the public.

China said that it was unjustified for the United States to impose sanctions on Chinese enterprises and individuals involved in construction in their own country.

Facing the impact of COVID-19 and the global economic downturn, China will not shut its door but will instead open it wider to the outside world.

The plan period (2021-2025) will mark the first five years of China's new journey toward fully building a modern socialist country and marching toward the second centenary goal.

The China (Yunnan) pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) was established on August 30, 2019. The province thus entered a new era of reform and opening-up featuring high-quality growth and leapfrog development.

The aircraft took off at 8:38 a.m. from Zhanghe Airport in the city of Jingmen and flew for 12 minutes. Chief test pilot Huang Jie said the maiden flight was successful and all systems were operating normally.