Development of rural areas to help modernize country

Despite decades of breakneck economic growth, the development gap between China's urban and rural areas remains wide. Home to more than 570 million people, the countryside lags far behind the cities in terms of income, living standards and public services. For example, the average income of rural residents is only a third of their urban counterparts.

By labeling Huawei suspect, US will block 5G's progress

The blueprint that cybersecurity officials from 30 countries worked out in Prague on Friday, although non-binding, shows their aim is to try and exclude Huawei, the largest telecommunications infrastructure equipment maker, from the construction of telecom networks in these countries.

Stanford admission scandal an example of misuse of money

A RECENT LOS ANGELES TIMES report said a Chinese family paid $6.5 million to have their daughter admitted to Stanford University as a competitive sailor, although she had never competed in the sport. Stanford University has expelled Zhao Siyu, daughter of Zhao Tao, board chairman of Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, who reportedly holds a Singapore passport. Beijing News comments:

AI to the rescue of kidnapped children

XIAO HAOZI (name changed) was kidnapped by human traffickers 10 years ago when he was just 3 years old. Although Sichuan provincial police had only a few childhood photographs of Xiao as clues, they managed to find him by using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. China Daily reporter Zhang Zhouxiang explains the technology that made this miracle possible:

Washington hypes up threat theory for its own agenda

Editor's note: A report the United States Department of Defense submitted to Congress on Thursday portrays China's armed forces as a threat to the world order Washington claims to have built. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

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China's growth a source of hope for all

With Chairman Mao Zedong proclaiming the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct 1, 1949, the Chinese people began leaving behind a century of colonial humiliation and building a new life.

Cultural diversity key to a better world

Diversity has become a code word for replacement. The diversity of the human race is not important enough to keep all groups alive, the West may tell you. Nay, it was always about ideas, innovations and history. In short, "the immaterial" matters, so the globalists preach: the body may exhaust and the soul abandon it.

Easing firms' burden to boost the economy

The government has further eased enterprises' economic burden by reducing the share borne by employers for urban workers' basic aged-care insurance from 19 percent to 16 percent from May 1. It also has reduced the value-added tax (VAT) rate for manufacturing and other industries from 16 percent to 13 percent, and for industries such as transportation and construction from 10 percent to 9 percent from April 1.

Metropolitan areas can better develop with help of housing system

A metropolitan area is a continuous urban zone consisting of one or more central cities, several medium and small-sized cities and many small towns. A metropolitan area is the byproduct of economic and social activities, which changes from spatial clustering to spatial diffusion, from full clustering to low-end spatial diffusion, and from simple spatial division of labor to complicated spatial division of labor.

US embargo on Iranian oil 'may backfire'

The initial 180-day waivers that the United States granted to buyers of Iranian oil expired on Thursday. Experts argued that Washington's intention to cut off Iranian oil exports completely might backfire both at home and abroad, Xinhua News Agency said in an analysis.

Chinese institution tops Asia University Rankings

The rise of Chinese universities in the global rankings is to be expected according to some academics after China's Tsinghua University was placed top of the Times Higher Education's Asia University Rankings.