CMIG bets big on Belt and Road drive

A consortium of financial institutions in Asia - led by China Minsheng Investment Group - said it is betting big on the Belt and Road Initiative and will spend many billions of dollars to get onboard the investment boom.

Germany's SAP helps autistic

German software group SAP launched an Autism at Work program in China, to help those with the condition in China tap their potential and talents, providing them with potential work opportunities.

Swiss pharma group Novartis AG organizes health lectures in Xinjiang

Swiss-based international pharma group Novartis AG said that thousands of lectures on health were organized by its health express program until the end of 2016, with the lecture circuit covering almost 90 percent of the remote areas in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and benefiting more than 2 million participants.

Mobike teams up to assist with cleft palate operations

Bike-sharing startup Beijing Mobike Technology Co Ltd recently announced a strategic partnership with the Smile Angel Foundation, and is set to donate 3.65 million yuan ($529,615) to the charity organization.

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Keeping parents up to speed

Today's young people are reshaping traditional society, where knowledge was imparted by the old to the young, by helping the elderly enrich their lives with online technology, Xu Lin reports.

Is banning bad manners a good thing?

After many unpleasant incidents in recent years involving rude, unruly and sometimes illegal behavior by Chinese tourists at home and abroad, national tourism authorities have stepped up punishments aimed at curbing some bad acts and repairing the reputation of Chinese tourists.

A Celebration Of Cultures

Dances. Martial arts. Peking Opera. Applause erupted as Chinese and foreign students sang Together at the end of the three-hour-long opening ceremony of the 8th International Culture Festival on the campus of Beijing's University of International Business and Economics on Thursday.

Library with China theme in Mexico

MEXICO CITY - The first China-themed library in Mexico was inaugurated in late April to promote a cultural exchange. Books on Chinese history, art, culture, traditional medicine and music as well as digital and video archives, can be found at the new Chinese Library at Mexico City's Anahuac University.

Chinese language contest in Latvia draws huge response

RIGA - The 14th Chinese Bridge language proficiency competition in Latvia was held at the University of Latvia in late April.

Big-data sector enters new era

China is embarking on a new era in the big-data sector, as the country gears up to seek breakthroughs in the research and application of big-data distribution and exchange.

Technology offers lucrative returns

China aims to speed up research and application of big data technology by bolstering a national engineering laboratory, whose preliminary goals include realizing open access to government data, government-enterprise data fusion and data trade among enterprises.