Xi sends congratulatory message to SCO green, sustainable development forum

A visitor records a video at an exhibition during the Green and Sustainable Development Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province on April 29, 2026. Opened on Wednesday in Ningbo, the forum is co-hosted by the SCO Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province.

People visit the sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 18, 2026. The sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), a key gateway into China's vast consumer market and a platform for China to offer more quality consumer products to the rest of the world, concluded in the tropical island province of Hainan Saturday.

This photo taken on April 29, 2026 shows an exterior view of Fuzhou Strait International Conference & Exhibition Center, the venue for the 9th Digital China Summit, in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The summit, under the theme "Accelerating Innovation and Development in Digital Technologies and Deepening the Building of Digital China", opened here on Wednesday.

Myanmar's new President U Min Aung Hlaing met Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, here on Saturday. Noting that Myanmar consistently regards its relationship with China as the most important bilateral tie, U Min Aung Hlaing emphasized that Myanmar stays committed to the one-China principle and highly appreciates.

China has long been the backbone of the global container industry. In 2024, the country produced more than 8.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 268.2 percent year on year, accounting for 96 percent of global output.