GT staff reporters November 16, 2023
With more than two hundred driverless logistical vehicles running in designated parks in Beijing, Yu Enyuan, CEO of Neolix, a start-up specializing in making these vehicles, expressed gratitude for the burgeoning business when looking at a huge screen which vividly displayed the busy scene in Neolix's exhibition room...more
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday released guidelines to improve the public service system for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Analysts said the move is the latest example of the authorities' support and will inject new momentum into China's economic recovery and high-quality growth. The...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will meet on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco, California. The meeting comes amid several high-profile visits between the two sides in recent weeks. At first glance, these encounters indicate that relations are headed...more
San Francisco is garnering growing attention this November as Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel there from November 14 to 17 for a China-US summit and the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting at the invitation of the US. Expectations around the globe toward this meeting have been high,...more
When Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US President Joe Biden meet for the first time in a year in San Francisco later this week, there will be a complex, urgent set of bilateral and global issues for them to address, ranging from fraught bilateral ties to mounting...more
Editor's Note: Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers' sentiments, friendship, and expectations. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has managed to find time...more
In a monumental achievement for China's manned space program, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth after a historic mission that lasted 154 days in space. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the craft landed at the Dongfeng Landing Site...more
A group of scholars, musicians, and writers from Okinawa on Monday visited the Ryukyu Kingdom cemetery located in Tongzhou district in eastern Beijing to pay their respects, marking the first visit by a civilian group from Okinawa to the graveyard since Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki's visit in July...more
Shaky but determined, 98-year-old Flying Tigers veteran Melvin McMullen saluted as he stood in front of the statue of Major General Claire Lee Chennault. On Monday morning, McMullen, together with Harry Moyer and Flying Tigers family members, attended the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of US 14th...more
In the Chinese science-fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem," Wallfacer Bill Hines and his wife develop the Mental Seal as part of his Wallfacer Project plan. The Mental Seal can directly imprint thoughts and beliefs on people's brains based on the theory of "brain quantum layer activity." The fictional...more
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will lead a delegation of US agricultural companies to attend the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE), according to a representative from the US state of Idaho. It will be the first time for the US federal agency to participate in the...more
More listed firms in China have published their third-quarter financial performance reports, which indicate a broad improvement from the second quarter with the nation's economic recovery gaining rising momentum. The public companies, which have become a major base of China's economy, are reporting resilience in growth, backed up...more
The First Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange will be held from November 6-7 in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, said Vice Minister of Science and Technology Zhang Guangjun on Monday. The country is looking forward to continuing the in-depth implementation of the Belt and Road...more
Currently, international discussions on artificial intelligence (AI) are heating up, and three major questions have attracted attention. Will AI open the "Pandora's box"? As an unprecedented new field in technological development, AI will undoubtedly bring huge dividends for human development and progress, but it may also bring unpredictable...more
The 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum kicked off on Sunday. As one of the most representative security forums in the world, it was held face-to-face again after four years and was highly anticipated by all parties. This is evident by the record number and level of representatives. In particular,...more