Against the background of an unfavorable external environment, China’s foreign trade ran smoothly in 2019. The Chinese government has rolled out a raft of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade. Meanwhile, new modes of trade such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement trade have flourished, which helped the entry of more foreign products into China.

ON the first day of the second China International Import Expo on November 5, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron, together with Fang Shizhong, head of Xuhui District of Shanghai and chairman of the West Bund Culture and Arts Committee, jointly unveiled the five-year exhibition and cooperation project between the West Bund Art Museum and Pompidou Centre, a new cooperative initiative of top art museums in China and France.

Against the background of an unfavorable external environment, China’s foreign trade ran smoothly in 2019. The Chinese government has rolled out a raft of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade. Meanwhile, new modes of trade such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement trade have flourished, which helped the entry of more foreign products into China.

On November 12, 2019, Caijing Annual Conference 2020: Forecasts and Strategies, organized by the acclaimed Chinese Caijing magazine, was held in Beijing. During the meeting, current global hot issues were analyzed, and forecasts were made on the new trends of the world and China’s economic, political, social, and technological spheres in 2020. Also, attendants jointly sought new impetus to propel both global and China’s development.

LOCATED in the north of the Yangtze River Delta along the northeast coast of Jiangsu Province is a county called Xiangshui. It sits by the estuary of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River and is adjacent to the Guanjiang River in the north.

CHINA demonstrated its resolve to expand its opening-up to the world when China’s Ministry of Commerce and the Shandong Provincial People’s Government jointly held the first Qingdao Multinationals Summit on October 19. During the summit, the report Multinationals in China: 40 Years of Investment was released. According to the report, from 1978 to 2018, China’s actual use of foreign direct investment (FDI) amounted to US $2.1 trillion, making the country one of the world’s largest destinations for FDI. In 2018 alone, China absorbed a total of US $134.97 billion of FDI, ranking second in the world. This huge amount of foreign investment represents the world’s confidence in China’s economy and presents the world a historic opportunity to share the achievements brought about by China’s development.

TONGCHUAN is resource-based sustainable development pilot city, a demonstration city of energy conservation and emission reduction fiscal policy

BMW China R&D Center officially opened its facility in Beijing’s Shunyi District on May 15

ON May 30, BBC for the first time used EE’s recently launched 5G network for live broadcasts.

GUNPOWDER was one of the four great inventions of ancient China and is considered the precursor of modern explosives.

THE Chinese economy has been growing exponentially as the country opens up its market to the outside world.

THE Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since its birth in 2013 has made numerous accomplishments in policy consultation,