A joint fact sheet announced said the two sides held an in-depth discussion on international macroeconomic policy coordination and bilateral cooperation in key areas and major projects in order to intensify bilateral economic and financial cooperation in an innovative way.

The 610-kilometer Kaidu River covers around 22,000 square kilometers with an average annual runoff of 868 billion cubic meters. It finally flows into Bosten Lake, the country's largest inland freshwater lake.

Several remote villages on the hills of Xiamen city, East China's Fujian province, have changed from backwater rural areas to thriving countryside thanks to the development of rural tourism and tea planting in recent years.

The construction of Lize Business District Station has been basically completed and the station is expected to operate at the end of this year. The 47.3-kilometer metro network service will facilitate the travels of residents living in the southwest, south and east of Beijing.

Stronger and more targeted fiscal actions are expected after the top leadership held the annual Central Economic Work Conference last week, including additional tax and fee cuts, and faster fiscal expenditure to boost infrastructure construction.

Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it discovered the Omicron coronavirus variant from genome sequencing of samples collected from an asymptomatic COVID-19 imported case that arrived in the city on Dec. 9. 

Inbound and outbound China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains via Alashankou Port have reached a record high, with 5,500 as of Friday, up 17.25 percent year on year.

Xi and Putin will look back on the development of bilateral ties this year and the outcomes gained from bilateral cooperation, and they will plan the development of ties in the coming year.

The Yanqing Olympic and Paralympic Village is well-located in the mountains not far from the National Sliding Center and the National Alpine Skiing Center, where alpine skiing, bobsleigh, skeleton and luge competitions will be held during the Games.

Topping the yearly chart is the patriotic Chinese blockbuster "The Battle at Lake Changjin" which has earned approximately 5.76 billion yuan since Sept. 30.