FOUR years ago, the publication of a book created a great sensation in Western media. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World written by the Oxford University professor of history Peter Frankopan quickly topped bestseller lists in the English world after its launching.

CHINA has been a big agricultural country since ancient times. The rise and fall of agriculture directly determined the country’s prosperity.

IN early 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang both chose Europe as their first official visit destination of the year.

The Group of Twenty, or G20, is an international forum of the leaders of nations and international organizations that is now the epicentre of world governance.

In 2017, the global economy ushered in its first full recovery in 10 years.

The near-hysteria in Washington over the expansion of Huawei worldwide and its development of 5G technology has provided some much sought ammunition for politicians here in Washington with a dearth of ideas for resolving America’s economic woes, and may have some short-sighted benefit for them among a populace fearful that the direction of American society is on a downward spiral.

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan’s foreign visits have inspired new life in friendship diplomacy. The visits have also introduced new benchmarks of patience and positivity in response to malicious propaganda being unleashed by the West to inflict geostrategic, economic, and trade damages to China.

ON the eve of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and a year after celebrating the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up policy, China has established a new type of relationship with the world through a gradual reform of state institutions, and opening to international trade and foreign investment. Nowadays, China's economic and social development depends on a new international strategy that is more active and global in its scope.

CLIMATE change has dominated global headlines in recent years with weather-related tragedies affecting millions of people.

China has been attaching great importance to its relationship with the European continent, which has been evidenced by the first overseas tours made this year by both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. During Xi’s state visit to Italy, China and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the construction of the Belt and Road. Thus, Italy became the first G7 member to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

On the sidelines of the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2019, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz gave an exclusive interview to China Today.

Events that hold the center of global attention and set the course of changes taking place on a global scale are few in number, and the international community follows their proceedings and conclusions with full attention. Among them, China’s Two Sessions, the NPC and CPPCC annual sessions have qualified for the status of global attention in true letter and spirit.

The opening of this year's "Two Sessions”is taking place in the context of a very turbulent world.