By Wang Guan, People's DailyChina's value-added tax (VAT) credit refunds this year have exceeded the total of those in the previous three years, and its VAT credit refunds scheduled for the whole year had been handled before the second quarter ended.From April 1, when the country started to implemen
By Kang Pu, People’s DailyChina's Chongqing municipality and Wuhan, Hubei province recently kicked off commercial operation of fully unmanned auto-driving business, allowing autopilot robotaxis - without human safety operator in the passenger seat - to offer ride-hailing services on open roads.It is
By He Yin, People's DailyChinese President Xi Jinping on Aug. 31 sent a congratulatory letter to the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS).In the letter, he stressed the significance of the event, showed China's resolution to promote high-quality development by high-level open
By Lian Jintian, People's DailyDehua County of Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian province, is known for the production of white porcelain, one of the most important pieces of merchandise on the Maritime Silk Road.In 2006, Dehua white porcelain was listed as a Chinese national intangible cultural he
By Ouyang Jie, Luo Shanshan, People's DailyThe 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) opened at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Aug. 31.Themed "cooperate for better development, innovate for a greener future," the fair will run through Sept. 5 and also be hel
By Pang Geping, Zheng Yi, People's DailyThe construction of the Pinglu Canal, one of the major projects of China's new western land-sea corridor, kicked off on Aug. 28.The canal, located in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and stretching 135 kilometers from Xijin Reservoir in Hengzhou
By Su Bin, Chen Junyi, People's DailyTwo outdoor basketball courts in a rural village in southwest China's Guizhou province recently became buzzworthy for holding games with an atmosphere that rival the NBA.Over ten thousand spectators sat courtside from morning to the next dawn to watch the games,
By Gu Yekai, People's DailyThe 2022 Global Industrial Internet Conference and Industrial Digital Transformation Annual Meeting was recently held in Wuzhen township, Tongxiang, east China's Zhejiang province.The conference, focusing on the digitalization of industrial enterprises, invited a number of
By Wu Yuehui, Yu Jianbin, People's DailyWentian, the first lab module of China's space station, was launched on July 24. So far, the space lab has been operating well and in-orbit experiments have been carried out as planned.A space growth experiment of thale cress and rice seeds was launched on Jul
By Li Zhen, People’s DailyEntering the Beijing-Chongli Expressway from the northern road of the capital, you'll see a vast number of green trees standing on the two sides of the road and extending all the way to the mountains at the end of your horizon.These years, birds, hedgehogs, squirrels and ra
By Ma Fei, People's DailyPark Joon-yung, who served as the Governor of South Korea's South Jeolla province between 2004 and 2014, recently received an interview with People's Daily in Seoul, capital of South Korea, during which he shared his exchanges with Chinese President Xi Jinping."In 2005, the
By Chang Qin, People's Daily"I was born in the forest and raised in the mountain. I have a deep feeling for the woods," Pan Weiping told People's Daily.Opening a mobile application specially designed for forest rangers, the man, dressed in camouflage and holding a loudspeaker, started a patrol missi
By Su Hang, People's DailyA truck loaded with basic commodities was moving from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to the country's second largest city, Wau, in Western Bahr el Ghazal, in the scorching summer heat of the African country.John was sitting in the driver's cabin of the truck, wiping his
By Liu Shaohua, People’s DailyOn Aug. 18, 130 robot dogs danced to the music on a 1,000-square-meter stage at the Beijing Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center, to celebrate the opening of the 2022 World Robot Conference (WRC).The WRC is the largest and highest-level robot event with
By Xu Jing, People's DailyChinese scientists recently produced a steady field of 452,200 gauss, or 45.22 Tesla, beating the previous world record set nearly 23 years ago to become the highest steady magnetic field by a working magnet in the world.The new world record occurred at the hybrid magnet of
By Wang Zheng, People's DailyChina has built nearly 1.97 million 5G base stations and reached 475 million 5G mobile users by the end of this July, said the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), constituting the world's largest 5G network.The 5G base stations currently in
By Wang Ke, People's DailyThe 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) is scheduled to be held at the China National Convention Center and Shougang Park and in Beijing from Aug. 31 to Sept. 5.The event, with a larger exhibition area and more participants, is expected to become mo
By Luo Shanshan, People's DailyService trade is an important part of international trade and a major area of international economic and trade cooperation. Its development is closely related with people's life quality. China has achieved sound performance in service trade this year despite the ever-c
By Peng Xunwen, People’s DailyThe digital economy, with information technology at its core, has become a new engine driving China's economic recovery and high-quality economic and social development in recent years.It is inspiring new industries, business forms and models, bringing huge changes to t
By He Yong, People's DailySome 70 kilometers upstream the Liuyang River from downtown Liuyang, central China's Hunan province, there lies Xiaohe, a township surrounded by mountains and home to over 400 farmer-turned-painters.Zhan Qiuming is a quinquagenarian farmer-turned-painter from Xiaohe's Xinhe