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China bans imports of Indian cattle, products South Asian country urged to promote product quality for exports: experts

People bring a buffalo to the sacrificial ceremony of Gadhimai festival near a temple in Bariyapur, Bara, Nepal, Dec. 3, 2019. Hindu devotees celebrate the Gadhimai festival, which takes place once in every five years, with the blood of freshly slain animals as the ritual sacrifice to Gadhimai, the goddess of power. (Photo by Sunil …

US obstruction of Appellate Body deals severe blow to global multilateral trade system: Chinese Ambassador

The WTO logo on the main gate of the world body  in Geneva, Switzerland Photo: Xu Jinquan/Xinhua China’s Ambassador to the WTO Zhang Xiangchen on Tuesday criticized the US’ obstruction of the Appellate Body of the WTO, saying that it deals a severe blow to the global multilateral trade system. He made his remarks while expressing …

NEV sales slide 47% in November, face full-year fall

Visitors view a car from German carmaker BMW at Haikou New Energy Vehicle Exhibition in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, Jan. 10, 2019. A total of 197 new energy vehicles were displayed at the exhibition. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) Sales of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) in China declined 43.7 percent year-on-year in November, contracting for a fifth month …

Shenzhen launches blockchain-based electronic ID app to protect locals’ privacy

A worker assembles a booth in what will be the exhibition hall of the China International Big Data Industry Expo on Thursday. The exhibition will be held from Saturday to Tuesday in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou Province. About 400 companies will participate and display their latest achievements in sectors including blockchain, social media …

Qualcomm unveils new 5G platforms at annual tech summit

A Qualcomm booth at an exhibition in Guangzhou, capital of South China’s Guangdong Province Photo: IC   U.S. leading chip manufacturer Qualcomm has unveiled two new 5G mobile platforms and the world’s first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform at its annual tech summit. During its Snapdragon Technology Summit held here last week, Qualcomm introduced two …

Central govt supports HK, Macao in regional development

The scenery of the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong Photo: Xinhua/Li Gang The Chinese central government will support the efforts of South China’s Guangdong Province in learning and applying the trade rules of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) to its free trade zones.  It also supports the two SARs to take …

China launches energy transport group to improve efficiency, fairness Overhaul will mean improved market efficiency, fairness: experts

Employees monitor natural gas transmission facilities in Zibo, East China’s Shandong Province. File photo: VCG China officially separated the energy transport business from the big three state oil companies on Monday by establishing a corporation known as the China Oil & Gas Piping Network Corp.  Premier Li Keqiang stressed that the establishment of the new …