Day: December 10, 2020

(Xinhua)20:31, September 04, 2020

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping began to deliver a speech via video at the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services held in Beijing Friday.

(Xinhua)20:57, September 04, 2020

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — China supports the establishment of an alliance for global trade in services, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Xi made the remarks while addressing the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services via video.

(Xinhua)21:06, September 04, 2020

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng declared the opening of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Friday.

It is the first major international economic and trade event held both online and offline by China since the COVID-19 outbreak.

Themed Global Services, Shared Prosperity, the six-day fair has one comprehensive exhibition area and eight special exhibition areas.

A total of 18,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions and about 100,000 people have registered for the fair.

The event also includes the Global Trade in Services Summit, four summit forums and more than 100 industry seminars and forums.

(Xinhua)09:28, September 05, 2020

GENEVA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on Friday for building more equitable, sustainable and resilient societies through innovation, against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In his online speech at the opening of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Friday, Tedros called on all present to make a choice between a world of haves and have-nots and more equitable, sustainable and resilient societies.

As COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on lives and livelihoods, individuals, communities, businesses and governments want to reopen their economies and societies, which also what WHO wants too, he said, but WHO wants to see it done as safely as possible.

Tedros suggested that events such as the fair should focus on not only economic growth, but also human development and creating opportunities to lift people out of poverty. He welcomes innovation such as big data and digital technology, but innovation is of most value when it narrows inequalities, not widens them, he said, calling for building a healthier, safer, fairer world for everyone everywhere.

The 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services opened in Beijing on Friday. It is the first major international economic and trade event held both online and offline by China since the COVID-19 outbreak.

Themed Global Services, Shared Prosperity, the six-day fair has one comprehensive exhibition area and eight special exhibition areas. A total of 18,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions and about 100,000 people have registered for the fair.

(Xinhua)09:18, August 16, 2020

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — China will solicit online public opinion on compiling the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, starting Sunday.

Internet users can offer suggestions in the following two weeks through the websites and client-side applications of Peoples Daily, Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group, as well as online platform Xuexi.cn.

China will implement the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development starting next year.

(Xinhua)13:39, August 20, 2020

HEFEI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has encouraged Magang Group, a subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, to seize the opportunity in the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

The steel subsidiary should combine its own reform and development with the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and strive to develop itself amid the process, Xi said Wednesday during his inspection tour in east Chinas Anhui Province.

In the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, Magang Group, with its timely work resumptions, reported year-on-year growth in both output and revenues, which showed the strong resilience of the state-owned economy, Xi said.

(Xinhua)10:41, August 21, 2020

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinas non-financial direct investments in countries along the Belt and Road (BR) stood at 10.27 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months, up by 28.9 percent year on year, data showed on Thursday.

The investments accounted for 17 percent of Chinas total non-financial outbound direct investments in the same period, up by 4.5 percentage points year on year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

In terms of foreign contracted projects, Chinese enterprises have signed new contracts worth 67.18 billion U.S. dollars in countries along the BR in the Jan.-July period.

The new contract value accounts for 55.2 percent of Chinas foreign contracted projects in the same period.

The completed turnover of foreign contracted projects in BR countries was 40.43 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 57.8 percent of the countrys total.

(Xinhua)10:53, August 21, 2020

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union (AU) Chairperson, has pledged his unwavering support for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), his office said on Thursday.

Ramaphosa provided his assurance of support to AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene on the occasion of the commissioning and handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat building in Accra, Ghana, to the African Union Commission (AUC) earlier this week, said Tyrone Seale, acting spokesperson for Ramaphosa.

Ghana was selected to host the AfCFTA Secretariat by AU member states on the occasion of the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger in July of 2019.

In this regard, Ramaphosa has, on behalf of the AU and the continent, expressed profound gratitude to the government and people of Ghana for generously offering the building and residences which house the AfCFTA, Seale said in a statement.

Ramaphosa assured Mene of the AUs commitment to the successful implementation of the AfCFTA, as a practical contribution to economic development of Africa and welcomed progress achieved thus far in the implementation of the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit, Seale said.

Ramaphosa also acknowledged the challenges that exist in the negotiations, in particular around the issue of the Rules of Origin and Trade Offers, as well as trade in services, according to Seale.

Ramaphosa voiced his confidence that through Menes leadership and the determination of the AU member states, all bracketed issues should be resolved, Seale said.

Elected in February 2020 with a mandate to administer the free trade agreement, Mene is the first secretary-general of the AfCFTA.

The AfCFTA envisages a single market for AU member states with a combined population of over one billion and a total gross domestic product (GDP) of about 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars.