A friend comes from afar! Angolan President João Lourenço visits Shandong
Angolan President João Lourenço came to Shandong for a two-day friendly visit from March 16th to 17th. Prior to this, President Lourenco had visited China several times, but this was his first visit to Shandong. He is also the first foreign head of state to visit Shandong in 2024.
Shandong to optimize business environment for project construction
From the press conference held by the Information Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province, in recent years, Shandong Province has continuously optimized the business environment in the field of housing and construction, and the comprehensive ranking of the reform of the approval system for engineering construction projects has jumped to No.3 in the country. In 2023, a total of 193,000 project approvals were processed in the province, ranking first in the country.
Major bridge in Macao reaches construction milestone
Officials in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Monday celebrated a significant milestone in the construction of the fourth bridge linking the Macao Peninsula and Taipa Island, a major project that is set to help boost local traffic capacity and the region’s sustainable development.
34th spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry makes public appearance, used to work in Denmark and Poland
Lin Jian, the newly appointed 34th spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, formally met with Chinese and foreign media reporters and chaired the regular press conference held on Monday.
US seeks to counter China in South Pacific, but 'zero-sum' approach won't reverse waning popularity
The US will open an embassy in Vanuatu "imminently" and is striving to counter "China influence" in the South Pacific, senior US diplomats said on Thursday at a Senate committee hearing, where they repeated the clichéd stigmatization against China's cooperation with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs).
New Gaza cease-fire talks ‘more likely to yield results’ due to the practical needs
A new round of cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas is expected to start very soon in Qatar, according to media reports. The possibility of the two sides achieving results is much greater now compared to the previous failed negotiations, experts said, due to the practical needs of both parties.
Materials exposure experiment outside China Space Station making progress
The materials exposure experiment device mounted outside the China Space Station, which has been outside the cabin since March 8, 2023, has completed one year of in-orbit experiments. The device and the first batch of more than 400 material samples installed in it successfully completed the external exposure experiment and returned to the space station on Thursday night, according to CCTV News.
Currently, strawberries in the Hongshiya Sub-district of Qingdao West Coast New Area are gradually ripening, attracting many citizens and tourists for picking.
An immersive museum in Beijing given priority development efforts
Known to integrate art, science, technology, and innovation, teamLab's immersive museum "Massless" in Beijing has been chosen as one of the first batch of 42 immersive smart tourism experience spaces to be under focused development efforts.