The People’s Bank of China, is making improvements in the supervision of the financial institutions, that carry systemic importance in China’s financial system. The People’s Bank Of China is aiming to improve supervision, prevent systemic risks, and maintain performance of the financial system. An astronomical science base was opened called the Ngari Observatory, located in Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region…. Read more »
SYDNEY, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Quantum engineers in Australia, who are working on developing a scalable supercomputer with silicon chips (known as qubits), have demonstrated a way to monitor information stored in the electrons of individual atoms. Announced on Tuesday by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology team, the successful… Read more »
YANGON, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — China and Myanmar have pledged to jointly push forward the building of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. The pledge came as Ning Jizhe, deputy head of China’s National Development and Reform Commission visited Myanmar from November 24 to 27. Ning’s visit was aimed at further implementing the important consensus… Read more »
LHASA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — The plaque for astronomical science popularization base was unveiled at the Ngari Observatory in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region Tuesday. The base, which stands 5,100 meters above the sea level, is designed to be a unique center for astronomical science popularization and education by taking advantage of the Ngari Observatory’s fine conditions for observation and… Read more »
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Authorities have made public a guideline to improve the supervision of financial institutions that carry systemic importance in the country’s financial system. The guideline, posted Tuesday at the website of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, aims to improve China’s framework for supervising systemically important financial institutions, prevent systemic risks, and maintain… Read more »
According to a report released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, China is the most optimistic country in the world. 91.4% of China’s citizens believe their country will become a better place in the next decade. This report indicated a more positive sentiment in the emerging markets of Asia and Africa. Over 70% of respondents in Indonesia and Vietnam believe their… Read more »
GENEVA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — China has made real progress in the field of human rights promotion and the human rights development path with Chinese characteristics is completely correct, a senior Chinese official said here on Friday. Zhang Jun, deputy head of the Chinese government delegation and China’s assistant foreign minister, said in an interview that China’s human rights development… Read more »
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Senior Chinese officials met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas over bilateral relations in Beijing on Monday. When meeting with Maas, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said that since China and Germany launched an all-dimensional strategic partnership in 2014, the two countries have seen frequent high-level exchanges, and significantly enhanced political mutual trust. Liu, also… Read more »
CHANGCHUN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — The ruins of a Bronze Age site have been discovered in northeast China’s Jilin Province. The site was found at a hill near the village of Fenghuangdian in Dunhua by research fellows at the Jilin Provincial Research Institute of Culture and History. A pickaxe, a half-finished arrowhead and a gallet, all made out of stone,… Read more »
LONDON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — China is the most optimistic country in the world, with 91.4 percent of its citizens believing their country will become better a place in the next decade, according to a report released Monday. The report, “Priorities of Progress: Understanding Citizens’ Voices,” released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Monday, is based on a global… Read more »