Xi stresses coordinated regional development, solid progress toward common prosperity

The rhythmic beat of drums echoed across the waters of Salford Quays in Greater Manchester on June 13, as the spirit of Lingnan dragon boat culture traveled thousands of miles from southern China to the United Kingdom.

The 27th batch of the Chinese medical team delivered its first public academic lecture to nursing students at the Bo Campus of Njala University in Sierra Leone on May 30. The lecture was presented by Gao Kelei, an Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) specialist from the 27th batch of the Chinese medical team.

Bengbu in east China's Anhui Province has developed glass so thin and flexible that it can be rolled up like a sheet of newspaper. The flexible, foldable glass — just one-third the thickness of a standard A4 sheet of paper — is already in mass production. It can withstand more than 1 million folds without cracking and has been applied in foldable smartphones, flexible medical diagnostic devices, and other products.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Kim's wife Ri Sol Ju, watch an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 8, 2026.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, received a warm and grand welcome upon his arrival here Monday for a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).