Cardiovascular disease kills 17.9 million people every year. As such, it is the number one killer on the planet, accounting for 31 percent of all deaths worldwide annually, according to the website of the World Health Organization.
On average, Chinese people didn't eat enough vegetables and fruit in 2012, with the daily per capita intake of fruit far lower than recommended, according to statistics released by the Chinese Nutrition Society on May 10.
On May 12, renowned Chinese cultural scholar Florence Chia-ying Yeh announced a donation of 17.11 million yuan ($2.49 million) to support ancient Chinese cultural research at Nankai University.
As a policeman on a small island in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, Li Shugan has been working on his own for more than 20 years.
In 1409, before Chinese admiral Zheng He led his large fleet to distant shores, he asked artisans to make a carved-stone stele in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.
The concepts of mutual respect and coexistence among civilizations, highlighted by President Xi Jinping at the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, received positive feedback from participants.
Scholars worldwide called for more mutual learning and exchanges between different cultures in Asia as they echoed President Xi Jinping's appeal to promote mutual respect and equal treatment among civilizations.
A US expert said that invoking of the idea of "civilizational conflict" by some is a "trap" to be avoided.
Editor's Note: President Xi Jinping delivered the opening speech at the Asian Culture Carnival at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on Wednesday evening. The Chinese people sincerely hope that all Asian countries can look after one another and ride on the same boat, Xi said. He called for joint efforts to create a better future for Asia and the world.
China will continue deepening its reform and opening-up process while pursuing a path that suits the country's national conditions, Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Wednesday.
Media cooperation will contribute to the prosperity and development of the Asian region and Asian civilizations, Nie Chenxi, deputy head of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and minister of the National Radio and Television Administration, said at the Forum on Global Influence of Asian Civilizations in Beijing on Wednesday.
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