9. The National Energy Administration reported on September 24 that China's electricity market transaction volume reached 655 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in August, up 11.6 percent year on year.

Retail and catering sectors saw a 2.7 percent increase in sales, while overall consumer-related sectors grew 4.5 percent year over year. In key commercial districts, foot traffic rose nearly 9 percent ...

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Wang Hao, a university student from north China's Tianjin, queued for nearly five hours outside Beijing's Palace Museum to see "Five Oxen," the world's oldest surviving ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Displaced Palestinians have begun returning from the southern part of the Gaza Strip to the north after the Israeli army announced that civilians are permitted to ...

ROME, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday opened a global exhibition titled "From Seeds to Foods" in Rome, celebrating eight decades of ...

Xi Story: Women breaking free from household chores to explore broader horizons BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- More than half a century ago, Xi Jinping, then a teenager, was among millions of "educated ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (China Economic Net) - A new partnership between Pakistan's Cyclon Tech and China's Shaanxi Water Development and Construction Group is set to reshape Pakistan's water management ...

The meeting, chaired by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, was attended by the heads of state of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as CIS ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Trump administration announced Friday that federal layoffs had begun, as the federal government shutdown entered its 10th day.

PYONGYANG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Workers' Party of Korea, held on Thursday and Friday in Pyongyang.

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's countermeasures against the U.S. additional port fees on Chinese ships are "legitimate defense" actions aimed at maintaining a fair competition environment in the ...

ANKARA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said it is necessary to prevent Israel from breaking the Gaza ceasefire promises as he welcomed the agreement signed in ...