Xi meets Singaporean PM, calling for boosting China-Singapore cooperation

A Sri Lankan exhibitor greets visitors during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 24, 2025. The 9th China-South Asia Expo came to an end on Tuesday. A total of 153 agreements have been signed as of 12: 00 on June 24, with the total value of foreign trade contracts reaching 8.479 billion yuan (about 1.18 billion U.S. dollars).

Traveling along China's coastal highways today, one frequently encounters vast stretches of wind farms, their towering turbines steadily spinning under the open sky - a striking emblem of the country's accelerating energy transition.

Located in the southwestern part of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Kashgar sits on a lush oasis nourished by the Yarkant River, which flows from the Karakoram Mountains. Since ancient times, traders and travelers crossing the Pamir Plateau have stopped here to rest, trade, and connect.

ASEAN and China must pioneer a forward-looking partnership, anchored in resilient and equitable value-chain integration as well as climate and tech-responsive infrastructure, to chart a more inclusive and sustainable course in today's fragmented world, said ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn here on Thursday.

Representatives of China, 53 African countries and the African Union Commission gathered in Changsha on Wednesday to advance the full implementation of the outcomes achieved at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).