The official launch of margin trading and securities lending on the Beijing Stock Exchange could be on the horizon as the one-year-old bourse steps up efforts to perfect market functioning, experts said on Tuesday.

China's foreign trade of goods expanded 8.6 percent year on year to 38.34 trillion yuan (about 5.78 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first 11 months of the year, official data showed Wednesday.

Chinese experts have recently stated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has a lower chance of causing severe illness and death compared with the flu, hence China should continue to optimize its epidemic control policies to protect the vulnerable population.

The Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant in Bangladesh, a project undertaken by PowerChina, has greatly improved local environment. 

The past week has seen global attention riveted on the Asia-Pacific. In his first overseas trip after the conclusion of the 20^th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attendance of the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit and the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting and his exchanges with leaders of other countries have become the focus of media reports. 

One Ameican's devotion to Chinese culture trips to off-the-beaten-track destinations converges into the national endeavor to boost rural culture and economy as well as improve the outside world's knowledge of China. 

A visitor takes photos of an exhibit during the world's first immersive exhibition on Notre-Dame de Paris, marking its Asian debut in Shanghai, Dec. 5, 2022. The exhibition covers key aspects and more than a dozen milestones of the cathedral's history, opening with the dramatic fire in April 2019.

A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who passed away on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was held by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and the Central Military Commission (CMC).

Beijing no longer required people to show their negative nucleic acid testing results before entering public places such as supermarkets, shopping malls and office buildings starting Tuesday. Dine-in service at restaurants in Beijing was allowed to resume starting Tuesday as COVID-19 controls were relaxed.