With the Joe Biden administration busy reversing the previous administration's policies, there is hope it would also reverse the regressive trend former president Donald Trump's set for China-US relations.

With the arrival of Chinese Sinopharm vaccines in Islamabad amid the second phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan has kicked off a vaccination campaign on the largest scale in the country to tackle the disease by aiming to save precious lives.

It's time all industries and all sections of society worldwide collaborated closely to overcome the environmental challenge and the aviation sector embraced the green path of recovery in the post-COVID-19 era.

The US should begin to accept that world systems change, old powers fade and new major countries rise. With eyes open, this can potentially be the first step toward resetting China-US relations.

In a phone call with his Philippine counterpart on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made public the new US administration's intentions to carry on its predecessor's practice of meddling in affairs related to the South China Sea.

At a time when the deadly coronavirus is still raging in many parts of the world and humanity is encountering a raft of global challenges and crises rarely seen in history, no one can survive without joining forces and working together with others.

Biden should not be deterred from capitalizing on the offer by the sterile hatred of his predecessors for other countries or the temptations of their own rhetoric.

The perception gap remains wide, and reaching across the divide will not be easy. But only through cooperation can global issues such as the pandemic and climate change be properly addressed.

Chinese President's remarks on Monday have boosted confidence in upholding multilateralism, experts said.

A year ago, China became the first major economy to mobilize resources to contain the outbreak. Unlike other major economies, China has managed to largely contain the virus. Its economy has rebounded. And recovery has picked up pace.

On Thursday China announced sanctions against outgoing US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and 27 other officials in Trump administration for seriously violating China's sovereignty and derailing China-US ties. Five experts share their views with China Daily on this issue. Excerpts follow:

The China-US relationship is likely to start a new chapter marked by more stability and constructiveness after Joe Biden enters the White House, as the new US president seems more pragmatic and advocates cooperation, analysts said.

It is no less unfortunate for American people than for Chinese people that Washington's alt­-right politicians, who have been desperate to promote their political persuasions and ideology, have indulged in a China-­bashing frenzy of late.

Biden has already announced his administration's key diplomatic and national security staff, and by the look of it, the establishment of the past is set to return.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a regulation on carbon emissions trading, along with an allocation plan for emissions quotas on Jan 5. The regulation and the plan will take effect on Feb 1.

Exports to China supported 1.2 million jobs in the United States, which would see its employment and household incomes further benefit during the Biden administration from a de-escalation of the trade war, according to a new report released on Thursday.

With the pandemic still raging and some new COVID-19 variants being more contagious, recent surges in COVID-19 cases have added uncertainty to the eagerly-anticipated global economic recovery.

Development policies have brought about remarkable, positive changes in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Yet some Western politicians and media outlets have ignored this fact to spread lies about the situation in the region.

As the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, China is committed to realizing a high level of self-reliance and self-improvement, defined by the leadership as the most essential characteristic of China's new development paradigm.

Some US politicians have forced the passage of Tibet-related bills in the Congress and are providing all kinds of assistance for the Dalai Lama clique which is involved in separatist activities.

China has contributed more to the well-being of humanity as the country has been upgrading its foreign aid to a model of international development cooperation, with new initiatives taken and greater results achieved.

China on Monday expressed firm opposition to and deploration about recent U.S. moves and remarks concerning Taiwan.

Both the Democratic Progressive Party administration on the island and its friends in Washington should know that their provocations will be met with a strong response and countermeasures from Beijing.

Increasingly open to international cooperation, China is making its Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) platform available to the global scientific community.

China has promised and championed from the very beginning that COVID-19 vaccines developed in the country will be made a global public good when they are available.