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BEIJING

Agreement signed with Argentina

Representatives of the governments of China and Argentina signed a cooperation plan on jointly building the Belt and Road in Beijing on Friday. This document is intended to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides in infrastructure, energy, economy and trade, finance, humanities and other fields. The signing of this document is of great significance to deepening political mutual trust and synergy of visions between the two countries, and will create more cooperative business opportunities and benefit their peoples, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

INNER MONGOLIA

Shenzhou XV crew ready for return trip

The Shenzhou XV mission crew members have completed all assigned tasks and are scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday, China Manned Space said on Friday. The crew will return to the Dongfeng landing site in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, it said, adding that the landing site and all systems have fully prepared to welcome the astronauts home. The crew of the Shenzhou XV and the Shenzhou XVI, which was launched on Tuesday, accomplished a handover ceremony on Friday. The Shenzhou XVI mission crew members, including the first Chinese civilian astronaut, reached orbit on Tuesday.

HEBEI

3,000-year-old village discovered

The ruins of a village dating back more than 3,000 years have been found in north China's Hebei province, according to local archaeologists. The village, in current Zhaoyao village of Wu'an city, covers about 220,000 square meters. It was built in the mid-Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). In the medium-sized village, archaeologists have found the ruins of roads, trenches, pottery kilns, waterways, cellars and rows of houses. They have also unearthed ceramics, pottery, bone-carved hair pins and tortoise shell pieces used for divination. A heating system was also found inside each of the houses.

China Daily - Xinhua