Over the past 35 years of opening and reform, China has developed into the world's second-largest economy, but its resource-heavy development mode has yet to be changed. Restricted by the increasing cost of resources, energy and labor, the country has been under pressure to maintain its rapid economic development.
Major concerns for people who reside in the remote parts of Nepal in the upcoming Constituent Assembly election are development, economic prosperity and employment generation, political leaders and locals from different districts told Xinhua on Wednesday.
China and Singapore are putting their heads together to build the world's first "ecocity" involving government-to-government cooperation in Tianjin, and hope it will be a model for sustainable development, local officials said here on Monday.
The Eighth East Asia Summit (EAS) opens here Thursday, gathering leaders of the dynamic region and drawing attention from across the world.
As the 16th China-ASEAN leaders' meeting is set to be held here Wednesday, information to be conveyed from the summit by leaders of China and the 10 ASEAN member states on how to deepen cooperation in all fields and the direction and principles the two sides should adhere to in growing bilateral relations is worthy of attention.
Myanmar has seen some encouraging foreign engagement in the development of its agricultural sector, in which foreign investment accounts for only 0.43 percent of the total.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein recently called for effective and efficient use of international grants and loans in the people-centered development projects, saying that such aid, along with local and foreign investment, are to be used in implementing sectorwise and regionwise development projects instead of relying on the state budget only.
At the first-ever High- Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Nuclear Disarmament here on Thursday, top UN officials called on all countries to take renewed steps to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Timor-Leste on Wednesday voiced its hope to see more strengthened dialogue among fragile states in "the g7+ group" in order to promote a new model of engagement between these countries and international partners.
Most speakers at the 68th UN General Assembly's annual General Debate on Wednesday referenced its theme featuring "The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage."
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has granted 300,000 U.S. dollars of aid to Myanmar to carry out project for agricultural development, official media reported Wednesday.
Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) economies gathered in the northwestern Russian city of St. Petersburg Thursday to discuss the world's current economic and financial situation.
The ultimate aim of political system development in Hong Kong is implementing universal suffrage, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for understanding and support from the the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on China's major concerns while meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing.
China's State Council published a plan earlier this week to innovate railway funding and speed up construction. Experts said this was "appropriate" in the backdrop of economic structuring as railway development meets high transportation demands, narrows the regional economic gap, and helps social capital grow.
The Myanmar government, led by President U Thein Sein, vowed to fulfill two common desires of the people, namely stability and rule of law, and socio-economic development of the country.
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun said on Saturday that the mainland welcomes and encourages personages from various Taiwan political parties and more mayors to participate in the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
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