The service industry accounts for more than 50 percent of China's GDP and generates nearly half of the country's jobs.

CHINESE President Xi Jinping has encouraged local talented personnel, technology experts, advanced manufacturing businesses and those involved in complete industrial chains in the Yangtze River Delta region, to explore new development paths amidst shrinking global demand.

THE 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) successfully concluded on September 9. The China National Convention Center was not only the main venue for the opening ceremony, summits, exhibition tour, forums, supporting exhibitions, and other activities of the event, but also guaranteed the smooth operation of 70,000 square meters of temporary outdoor venues under the coordination of the organizing committee.

On September 6, as a part of the CIFTIS, the North American Chinese Investment Summit was held in an online-and-offline form, in a bid to promote two-way investment between China and the United States, and the state of Tennessee in particular. Co-sponsored by Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development of the U.S. and the Investment Promotion Agency of China’s Ministry of Commerce, the summit tried to figure out a new path for outbound investment amid the volatile global economic landscape.

On September 5, the forum “Trade Facilitation in Services: Perspective of Multinationals” – one of the four highly-anticipated summit forums at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held at the China National Convention Center.

AFTER China brought the COVID-19 epidemic under control, shops in many cities began to extend their business hours and set up outdoor shopping places; night markets have become busy again.

THE first group of electricity-generation units of Wudongde Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River hummed into operation on June 29, creating much excitement in the region.

Climate change is a serious challenge confronting all of humanity.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China's remarkable prevention and control efforts, as well as the rapid introduction of a series of policy measures.

A series of measures proposed by the 2020 government work report to stabilize the supply chain, industrial chain and market players has won praise from deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

“The Pathfinder Foundation is currently in the process of translating into Sinhala and publishing the book titled Prevention and Control of COVID-19 by Dr. Zhang Wenhong, one of the most respected medical professionals in China.

CHINA launched the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), the 55th in the BeiDou family, on June 23 in Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. It marks the completion of the deployment of China’s own global navigation system.