Chengdu will begin construction of its second airport in the first half of next year, and maybe earlier, a senior local official said on Thursday.
CPC Chengdu Municipal Committee approved deepening the city's reform in an all-round way and laid out its plan for economic and social reform during the third plenary session of the twelfth municipal committee held on Feb 24 to 25.
With its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) surpassing 910 billion yuan ($148 billion), Southwestern China's Chengdu city maintained steady economic growth last year, according to the Statistics Bureau of Chengdu.
China's newest panda ambassadors to Belgium - named Star and Friendship - arrived in Brussels on Feb 23 courtesy of shipping services provided by a branch of DHL in Chengdu established in the city's drive to improve logistics services.