Xi congratulates UN Food and Agriculture Organization on 80th anniversary

China's foreign trade powered ahead for high-quality growth in the first nine months of this year despite increasing external headwinds, injecting stability and vitality into the global trade landscape, official data showed on Monday.

China's fast-growing meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions, or MICE, industry is drawing renewed attention worldwide, from entertainment companies to luxury cruise lines, as the country cements its reputation as a premier destination for international business events.

The newly released fifth volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China offers readers a deeper insight into Chinese modernization drive and the country's evolving role in the world, officials and experts said. Published by the Foreign Languages Press in both Chinese and English in July, the latest volume contains a compilation of 91 pieces of spoken and written works of President Xi Jinping from May 27, 2022, to Dec 20, 2024.

The China-Laos Railway has seen more than 60 million passenger trips since its launch, carrying 595,000 cross-border travelers from 115 countries and regions as of Wednesday, China Railway Kunming Group has said. To meet growing demand, this railway service added a second pair of international trains between Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, and Vientiane in Laos this July, doubling the number of daily trains to four.

People across the country marked the 76th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Wednesday with travel, shopping and family reunions as an eight-day holiday began. Hundreds of millions are on the move, foreign tourist arrivals are rising, and smart factories are running at full capacity to fill surging global orders.