Chinese President Xi Jinping and King of Spain Felipe VI on Thursday exchanged congratulations on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between their countries.

China's decision to contribute 200,000 euros (about $210,000) through the International Atomic Energy Agency to nuclear safety and security assistance for Ukraine is a concrete step to support the IAEA's efforts to strengthen the safety of Ukraine's nuclear facilities, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.

The presidium of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held its second meeting Wednesday. 

As the potato-planting season approaches, baby potatoes from northwest China's Xiji County are making their way to the fields of farmers across the country's major potato-producing area.

Yao Yanmei, a thin woman with slightly dark skin, is busy sorting goods in her sesame oil workshop in a farmyard in north China's Shanxi Province. In her early thirties, she is already a well-known figure in her village.

Every winter, farmers here bury grape vines underground to keep them warm during the cold weather and dig them out and put them on trellises in the springtime. More farming machines have been put into use, which not only saves labor costs, but also greatly increases efficiency.

Women are rising as a strong force on the market as creators, investors, and consumers as well. 

The pandemic may be over, but the world has not recovered from COVID-19. That was the conclusion of a recent workshop organized in Geneva by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, at which I caught COVID. 

The people's congress system has been brought into full play in the past five years and displayed tremendous vitality and strengths in practice, according to a report submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) on Tuesday.

China's major-country diplomacy has pressed the "acceleration button" this year as the COVID-19 situation improves and the country resumes exchanges with the rest of the world, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday.