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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China's e-commerce sector saw robust growth in the first seven months of 2025, with online sales of various goods showing significant gains, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China's online retail sales grew 9.2 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of this year.

The ministry noted that digital gadgets and trade-in programs for consumer goods have become new drivers of online consumption: sales of personal computers grew by 29.9 percent year-on-year, and smart wearable devices by 28.4 percent.

In addition, online consumption of services grew rapidly during the specified period: online sales in the tourism sector increased by 24.8 percent, public catering by 16.6 percent, and cultural and entertainment services by 11 percent.

The ministry said strong linkages between industries and e-commerce platforms have helped expand distribution channels for various products. Transaction volumes for agricultural products, electronics and textiles increased by 14.5 percent, 7.9 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively, year-on-year.

The cooperation under the "Silk Road e-Commerce" has promoted cross-border sales and mutual benefits through themed events, partnership initiatives and industry matching meetings, the ministry added.

According to the ministry, online sales of Egyptian essential oils and Uzbek confectionery products increased by 179.2 percent and 104.7 percent, respectively, over seven months. –0–

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China's State Council executive meeting on Friday called for strengthening overall coordination and improving the implementation mechanisms of the national large-scale equipment upgrade and trade-in programs for consumer goods to better utilize their stimulating role in expanding domestic demand.

The meeting, chaired by Premier of the State Council Li Qiang, heard reports on the progress of the above-mentioned programs and emphasized the need to further strengthen fiscal, tax and financial support policies, create innovative consumption and investment scenarios, improve conditions for them and take comprehensive measures to unlock the potential of domestic demand.

Emphasizing the role of the sports industry and consumption in this sector in increasing domestic demand, participants called for increasing the supply of sports goods, ensuring the diversity of sports competitions and events, creating new growth factors, expanding sports consumption scenarios, and encouraging regions to organize sports-themed consumer events.

The meeting also reviewed and approved the master plan for the Three Norths protective afforestation program. It particularly emphasized the need to strengthen the ecological safety barrier in northern China, guide regions to develop local specialized industries that suit their conditions, and achieve comprehensive win-win results in terms of environmental, economic and social benefits.

In addition, the meeting adopted measures to conduct a special campaign to ensure the safe operation of sea fishing vessels, and formulated a requirement to strengthen supervision along the entire chain of safety control. –0–

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China resolutely protests to the U.S. side and calls on it to investigate and correct its mistakes in unreasonable interrogations, squalid treatment and deportation of Chinese students upon their entry into the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Friday.

At a regular briefing for reporters, Mao Ning said China has made stern representations to the US side on every such case and promised to continue to take resolute measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of its citizens traveling to the US.

The United States has recently engaged in discriminatory, politically motivated and selective law enforcement measures against Chinese students arriving in the country, the spokeswoman said. Students have been subjected to unfair treatment and placed in small, isolated rooms for lengthy interrogations, she added.

Mao Ning noted that some students even had their visas cancelled and were denied entry after being told they “may pose a threat to national security.”

“The actions of the American side seriously violate the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens, hinder the movement of people between the two countries, and complicate Chinese-American humanitarian exchanges,” she stressed.

“We urge the United States to face this issue squarely, take China’s concerns seriously, act in accordance with the American leader’s statement on its readiness to welcome Chinese students and stop unreasonable interrogations, harassment and deportation of them,” Mao Ning concluded. –0–

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China's gross early rice output will reach 28.52 million tonnes in 2025, up 340,000 tonnes or 1.2 percent from the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.

The average yield of early rice reached 400.8 kg per mu (about 0.067 hectares), exceeding the 400 kg mark for the first time, the department said. This marked a year-on-year increase of 1.5 percent, despite a slight decline in the total sown area of 0.3 percent.

NBS official Wei Fenghua attributed the growth to favorable weather conditions, a low incidence of natural disasters and effective policy support, including an increase in the minimum purchase price for early long-grain rice and incentives for major grain-producing counties.

The stable harvest of spring grains and increased production of early rice in China this year have laid a solid foundation for ensuring food security throughout the year and provided strong support for maintaining economic growth amid a complex and unfavorable international environment, the spokesperson said. –0–

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Moscow, August 22 /Xinhua/ — Four people were killed and four others were injured in a traffic accident on the M-2 "Crimea" highway in Russia's Oryol region, TASS reported on Friday, citing the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry's regional department.

"State traffic police officers are establishing the circumstances of the accident in the Kromskoy District of the Oryol Region. According to preliminary information, four participants in the accident were killed and four more were injured," the report says.

It is noted that the head-on collision of the Lada Vesta and Gazelle vehicles occurred at about 09:20 Moscow time. The State Traffic Safety Inspectorate officers are establishing the causes of the accident and taking measures to eliminate its consequences. The victims are receiving assistance. –0–

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Moscow, August 22 (Xinhua) — Russia has agreed to show flexibility on a number of points proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump after the Alaska summit, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with NBC News on Friday.

“President Trump proposed several points after Anchorage that we share, and on some of them we agreed to show some flexibility,” TASS quotes him as saying.

At the same time, S. Lavrov emphasized that the Ukrainian side rejected all the principles that D. Trump outlined at the meeting on the Ukrainian settlement in Washington, which followed the Russian-American summit. On Monday, the US President first held a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and then a multilateral meeting with the participation of V. Zelensky and a number of European leaders in the White House. “There are several principles that, in Washington’s opinion, must be accepted, including non-accession /of Ukraine/ to NATO, including discussion of territorial issues. And Zelensky said “no” to everything,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

According to S. Lavrov, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with V. Zelensky if the agenda were prepared. “This agenda is not ready at all,” the minister said, adding that the meeting is not planned. –0–

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St. Petersburg, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A special exercise on types of support is underway in the Russian Baltic Fleet, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

About 1,000 servicemen and up to 100 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved in the exercise. Training points have been deployed where servicemen practice organizing all types of support.

The servicemen demonstrated their skills in detecting and capturing a group of underwater saboteurs, as well as using FPV drones to destroy unmanned boats of a mock enemy. In addition, actions were practiced to protect the airfield from attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles using electronic warfare systems and equipment.

The progress of the exercise was inspected by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, the ministry reports. –0–

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CHENGDU, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — More than 100 Chinese companies displayed their leading products in fields such as mechanical equipment, building materials and engineering products, as well as intelligent manufacturing at the China/Sichuan/Uzbekistan International Commodities Fair from Tuesday to Thursday.

It is reported that the current fair was jointly organized by the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, the Sichuan International Expo Group Corporation and the Chengdu International Chamber of Commerce. It was the largest among all previously held international exhibitions in Sichuan Province /Southwest China/, with the largest number of participants and exhibits.

The exhibition carries the sincere expectations of Sichuan enterprises to work in partnership for mutually beneficial development and share the development opportunities of Central Asia, said the responsible representative of the above-mentioned corporation, expressing hope that the participants of the event will stop being just “exhibiting companies” and become “investment partners”, transferring their activities from “booths” to “markets” and creating many successful stories of cooperation along the “Belt and Road”. -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China is willing to work with the Republic of Korea (ROK) to elevate the two countries' strategic cooperation and partnership to a higher level, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Friday.

The female diplomat thus answered journalists’ questions at a regular departmental press conference about the development of relations between China and the Republic of Korea against the backdrop of the 33rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries being celebrated on August 24.

Calling China and the ROK "immovable close neighbors," Mao Ning stressed that the comprehensive and rapid development of bilateral ties in the 33 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations demonstrates that healthy, stable and deepening China-ROK relations meet the fundamental interests of the peoples of both countries, and are conducive to peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region and the world at large.

China is willing to join hands with the ROK to remain true to the original aspirations of establishing diplomatic relations, firmly adhere to the direction of good-neighborliness and friendship, as well as the goal of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, to advance the development of bilateral ties to a higher level, the representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry concluded. -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit will be held in the north Chinese city of Tianjin from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1. It will be the fifth SCO summit hosted by China and the largest such event since the organization's founding. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin told a briefing for Chinese and foreign media on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with more than 20 foreign leaders and 10 officials from international organizations, will gather on the banks of the Haihe River to review the SCO's successful experience, map out its development plan, consolidate the consensus of the SCO family on cooperation, and push the organization toward building a closer community with a shared future.

The following foreign leaders will attend the summit by invitation: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet, President of the Maldives Mohamed Muizzu, Prime Minister of Nepal Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Trinh and others.

Among the heads of international organizations and multilateral mechanisms invited to the summit are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev, Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Ularbek Sharsheyev, CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Horn, CSTO Secretary-General Imangali Tasmagambetov, ECO Secretary-General Asad Khan, CICA Secretary-General Kairat Sarybay, Chairman of the EEC Board Bakytzhan Sagintayev and AIIB President Jin Liqun. -0-

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