China has opened the world's first production line that converts coal into ethanol, the main chemical ingredient in alcohol, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced.
Europe can reduce the risk of encountering an economic "black swan" by cooperating more with China, according to analysts at the China Development Forum.
Private investors will be encouraged to play a bigger role in upgrading the manufacturing sector, as China steps up efforts to widen access to key industries, the top industry regulator said on Sunday.
Africa might want to take a leaf out of China's book as it seeks to manage urbanization, which is closely related to economic growth and poverty alleviation, two key issues for the continent as it seeks to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals, says Professor Robert Obudho of the Urban and Regional Planning Department at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
He Jiahong, one of China's leading legal experts, believes it is important that nobody in any system should be above the law.
New homes in downtown Shanghai, or those within the city's Inner Ring, or downtown, sold for an average of 87,426 yuan ($12,700; 11,900 euros; 10,400) a square meter last year, an indication that the aspirations of younger people to own a home in the city center are becoming ever more elusive, industry experts say.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says it is not in anyone's interests for a trade war to break out between China and the United States.
About 10 years ago, a Chinese television series, Woju - which refers to homes the size of a snail's shell - became hugely popular because it depicted the struggles families had to go through to buy a home in big Chinese cities.
China will host two major international gatherings this year, and expectations are that new initiatives and measures will be unveiled to spur global growth and development amid the rise of protectionism.
Sound economic fundamentals and a promising outlook for the world's second-largest economy will help the yuan to naturally stabilize this year, senior officials with the central bank said recently.
The Chinese government encourages more companies to invest in Rwanda's major infrastructure construction projects in such areas as transportation and energy, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
A facsimile edition of two manuscripts that are believed to be the earliest-known historical references to China's Diaoyu Islands was unveiled at the University of Oxford on Thursday as part of this year's London Book Fair.