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China has issued a new set of baseline requirements for basic operating conditions in primary and secondary schools, as part of efforts to advance the standardization of school facilities nationwide. The 20-point list, issued by the Ministry of Education and three other departments, covers five areas: school building construction, safety and security, living facilities, teaching equipment, and staffing. All regular primary and secondary schools are expected to meet these base

A new music school which is hoped to help develop youth and foster creative industries was opened in Grenada on May 21 . Speaking at the grand opening of the Belle Vue Music School, Yang Shu, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Grenada commended the successful completion of the project. He said that the project serves as an excellent example of China’s small and beautiful livelihood projects and a concrete follow-up to the implementation of consensus reached durin

Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Wang Jinfeng, attended the Jamaican final of the 25th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students at the Confucius Institute of University of West Indies, Mona Campus on May 21, 2026. Jingfeng presented a speech at the event which was also attended by representatives of Jamaica’s Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, the Chinese community, and UWI Mona.

Participants at a forum on cultural heritage preservation and inheritance agreed on Friday that it's important to strengthen the systematic protection of cultural heritage, promote the coordinated conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and integrate cultural heritage into modern life and empower urban development. Scholars in cultural heritage conservation and officials from relevant authorities gathered together for the subforum, with the theme of buildin

China is witnessing a paradigm shift in biodiversity conservation efforts — from damage control to systematic restoration — with the threat levels of nearly 500 species of wild flora and fauna downgraded and more than 300 rare and endangered species reporting steady growth in population. Huang Runqiu, minister of ecology and environment, said this progress can be attributed to the nation's continuing endeavors to intensify its conservation mechanism by implementing a series o

Companies and institutions from the United States have ranked first among foreign exhibitors at the China International Supply Chain Expo for four consecutive years, from the inaugural event to this year's fourth edition, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade said on Friday. The US business community's active participation, experts said, underscores the enduring pull of the Chinese market and the deep integration of US supply chains with China's manufactu

The People's Bank of China on Friday announced that it will carry out a 600-billion-yuan (about 87.7 billion U.S. dollars) one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation on May 25, aiming to maintain adequate liquidity in the country's banking system. The central bank said this MLF operation will be conducted through variable-rate tenders with a fixed quantity, using a multiple-price auction. With a 500-billion-yuan MLF maturing this month, the move will result in a ne

Chinese astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan and Li Jiaying, or Lai Ka-ying in Cantonese, will carry out the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceflight mission, with Zhu serving as the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Saturday. The Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 11:08 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said Zhang Jingbo, spokesperson of the agency at a press conference. The three astro

China State Shipbuilding Corporation announced on Saturday that its researchers recently completed a 537-day deep-sea material corrosion test at a depth of 10,000 meters. The test, which set a new duration record, was conducted in an "extremely harsh environment" featuring high pressure, low temperature, high salinity and extremely low dissolved oxygen, the company said. Overcoming multiple challenges, the research team established an effective, ultra-low consumption power ma

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing on Saturday led a team to the site of a fatal coal mine gas explosion in north China's Shanxi Province to oversee emergency response efforts, ordering a thorough investigation and strict accountability after the accident killed at least 82 people. In a meeting at the on-site command center, Zhang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged authorities to mobilize professional forces to carr

China's State Council has issued guidelines on providing basic public services based on where people actually live, rather than the location of their household registration, as part of efforts to support the country's people-centered new type of urbanization. The guidelines aim at ensuring that residents without local household registration enjoy the same access to basic public services as those with local household registration, known as "hukou," according to a notice issued

China firmly opposes the deployment of mid-range missile systems by the United States in Asian countries, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday, urging the United States and Japan to rectify their wrongdoings. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a daily press briefing. According to media reports, the U.S. military plans to deploy its Typhon mid-range missile system in Japan between June and September for their joint military drills. After the exercise