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-- China removed the remaining 52 counties from the poverty list as scheduled this year, despite the unprecedented impacts brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic.   -- The hard-won feat came after decades of unremitting efforts. Since the late 1970s, China has lifted more than 700 million people out of poverty.   -- The anti-poverty campaign has not only greatly improved the livelihood of poor people, but also helped induce a much-coveted sense of fulfillment and gain.   A skilled baker with...

President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, vowed on Thursday to promote cooperation between China and Russia in the new year to reach new achievements in bilateral ties and inject more positive energy into a changing world.     Xi, calling 2020 an extraordinary year, said the two peoples supported each other in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.   The two countries jointly promote steady trade and economic cooperation while working to prevent and control the pandemic. The...

The New Year comes with Northeast Chinas coldest days, but its also peak season for winter tourism of both conventional and unconventional sorts.   With COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control in mind, Heilongjiang province is promoting a series of measures for the winter season that include the development of online tourism products, officials said recently.   "The cloud has become a new mode of tourism, as the accelerated construction of new infrastructure, including 5G and data centers, p...

  Besides a New Year commemorative coin, the Peoples Bank of China will issue one coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, said a statement on the website of the central bank.   Two commemorative notes are in the pipeline for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, according to the statement.     （Editor:Wang Su）

Overseas Chinese said Thursday that the New Year speech of Chinese President Xi Jinping is inspiring and encouraging, while expressing their hope to contribute to the development of China and the rest of the world.   The Chinese president, in his speech delivered on Thursday, praised the countrys achievements in COVID-19 response, economic recovery and poverty eradication.   In his speech to greet 2021, Xi called on people across the world to make joint efforts to drive away the dark clouds o...

  ISLAMABAD, Jan.1 (Gwadar Pro) - Pakistan has decided to buy coronavirus vaccine from Chinese company Sinopharm, a senior minister said on Thursday evening.   Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said that initially 1.2 million doses of the vaccine will be imported in the first quarter of 2021 and frontline workers will be inoculated for free.   In a tweet, he said that the private sector was also allowed to import internationally approved coronavirus vaccines.   Phas...

  Data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on December 18 shows that Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports grew by 4.88 per cent year-on-year to $ 6.04 billion between July to November this financial year compared to $ 5.76 billion in the same period last financial year. This means that Pakistans textile production and exports have largely recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic shock and are back on growth trajectory both in terms of the quantity and dollar value.   The Paki...