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At the gleaming Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing, forestry worker An Changming strode toward the center stage amid thunderous applause.   On behalf of generations of tree-planters at the Saihanba Machinery Forest Farm, he received a gilded plaque from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.   The plaque is inscribed "National Model for Poverty Alleviation", an honorary title that central authorities in February bestowed on dozens of front-l...

Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday that Egypt will start locally producing Chinas Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June.   During a press conference in Cairo, the minister said that the first 2 million doses will be produced in June at the plants of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA).   "We will receive the first shipment of the raw materials needed to manufacture the vaccine on May 18," Zayed told reporters, adding that 40 million doses wil...

China will pilot the use of digitalized drivers licenses in the cities of Tianjin, Chengdu and Suzhou from June 1 this year, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Monday.   The move is part of efforts to streamline services for the convenience of the public, the ministry said.   The number of licensed motor-vehicle drivers reached 463 million in China as of the first quarter of this year, of which 425 million were car drivers.  

  Authorities were still searching on Sunday for the last of three leopards that escaped from Hangzhou Safari Park in Zhejiang province.   From Thursday to the weekend, a number of reports appeared on social media of the animals being sighted as they roamed local neighborhoods.   Many frightened residents in Fuyang district, where the safari park is located, shared footage of the leopards on Sina Weibo.   In one clip, one of the animals wanders through a tea plantation, while in another, wh...

Visitors head to the Xibaipo Memorial Hall in Pingshan county, Hebei province. TIAN RUIFU/FOR CHINA DAILY   Hebei village, the former headquarters of the Party and residence of its leaders including Chairman Mao, now a popular red tourism site   A calendar lying open on a desk was turned to March 23, 1949. At Chairman Mao Zedongs former residence in Xibaipo village, Hebei province, the prop alludes to a watershed moment in the century-old history of the Communist Party of China.   That day, ...

Chinas top cyberspace watchdog pledged to make greater efforts to guide youngsters to sensibly follow celebrities by further regulating online platforms.   The move comes after a video in which some fans poured milk down drains to support their idols in a talent show enraged the public.   "Weve made the control of online star-chasing behavior a priority this year. We plan to resolutely fight against those who instigate young people to follow stars irrationally and harshly punish online platfo...

Three tasks that dominated the agenda of North Chinas Hebei province over the past few years have made remarkable headway, said Wang Dongfeng, secretary of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.   He was referring to the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster, preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and the construction of the Xiongan New Area.   Progress on the bulk of these tasks is expected to continue over the coming years, he tol...

-- The five-day May Day holiday has witnessed strong domestic demand for tourism thanks to successful control of COVID-19 and rising vaccination rate in China.   -- Long-distance inter-provincial tours have become popular while regular epidemic prevention measures are strictly implemented in scenic spots.   -- As the Communist Party of China celebrates its centenary this year, revolutionary sites across the country have been a hit during the holiday.   As COVID-19 has been successfully broug...

  LAHORE, May 6 (Gwadar Pro) - An Essay Competition on the theme of the 70th anniversary of Pak-China diplomatic relations was co-organized by Chinese Consulate-General in Lahore and Institute of International Relations and Media Research (IIRMR).     At the concluding ceremony winners were announced with cash prizes and special appreciation certificates. Deputy Consul General Lahore Mr Peng Zhengwu released his special message through video in which he said “on behalf of Chinese Consulat...

  ISLAMABAD, May 6 (Gwadar Pro) - Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Wednesday afternoon stressed on giving more importance to the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).   He said Iron Brother China had spent a massive sum on infrastructure in Pakistan and the government was also urging the Chinese investors to set up companies in Pakistan.   “China had made huge investments in Pakistan under CPEC. We should give more importance to CPEC,” he said at his firs...