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Almaty, July 14 /Xinhua/ — As of today, the level of gasification in Kazakhstan has reached 62.4 percent, the press service of the President of Kazakhstan reported on Monday, citing the Chairman of the Board of the national gas company QazaqGaz Sanzhar Zharkeshov.

In a report to the President, S. Zharkeshov stated that over the past three years, more than 1.7 million people in Kazakhstan have gained access to gas.

It was also reported that the construction of the linear section of the Taldykorgan-Usharal gas pipeline has been completed, which will provide gas supply to 66 settlements in the Zhetysu region in the southeast of the country.

According to S. Zharkeshov, one of the important achievements was the increase in the volume of Russian gas transit through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan. –0–

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KYIV, July 14 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday on Telegram that he met in Kyiv with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg to discuss ways to end the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict.

V. Zelensky expressed gratitude to K. Kellogg for his current visit to Ukraine, and to US President Donald Trump for important signals of support from official Kyiv.

The Ukrainian leader also noted that at the meeting with the American special envoy, the main focus was on such issues as strengthening Ukraine's air defense system, establishing joint weapons production with the United States, providing Kyiv with defensive military assistance together with Europe, etc.

Kellogg arrived in Ukraine earlier on Monday. –0–

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Malta's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism Ian Borg in Beijing on Monday.

Wang Yi, also a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, said Malta plays a unique and positive role in matters of world peace and stability.

China hopes to work with Malta to maintain high-level political trust, mutual respect, mutual understanding and mutual support, and firmly fulfill mutual commitments on issues affecting each other's core interests and major concerns, the Chinese Foreign Minister noted.

He indicated that China is willing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with Malta in areas such as trade, investment, culture and tourism, science and education, and continue to maintain positive communication and cooperation in international affairs.

Speaking about China-EU relations, Wang Yi noted that the most important experience and lesson learned from the 50 years of development of China-EU relations is that bilateral relations are positioned as partnerships, not competition, and their leitmotif is dialogue and cooperation.

The Chinese Foreign Minister stressed that China and the EU, as two leading global powers, civilizations and markets, should understand, respect and value each other.

Wang Yi called on both sides to view the mutually beneficial and win-win nature of bilateral relations from the perspective of development, jointly promote the process of human civilization, and maintain world peace and stability.

J. Borg, for his part, stated that Malta highly values relations with China, always regards them as a priority area of its diplomacy, firmly adheres to the one-China principle, actively participates in the Belt and Road Initiative and invites more Chinese friends to visit Malta.

The Maltese side also believes that the EU and China should be partners, not rivals, and that differences between them should be properly resolved through dialogue and consultation, said J. Borg, expressing his readiness to continue to play an active role in stimulating the development of European-Chinese relations. –0–

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — China on Monday urged Japan to learn from history and be prudent in its military and security words and actions as this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Jiang Bin made the statement in response to a reporter's request to comment on Japanese government sources' reports that Japan plans to export six Abukuma-class frigates to the Philippines.

The official reiterated China's position that cooperation between relevant countries in the areas of defense and security should not be directed against third parties or harm their interests.

Jiang Bin recalled the grave historical responsibility of Japanese militarism for its actions during World War II, including the invasion and colonial rule of neighboring countries such as China and the Philippines, as well as the occupation of islands in the South China Sea.

In recent years, Japan, going beyond the framework of its peace constitution and the principle of “exclusively defensive policy,” has been continuously increasing the export of weapons and military equipment abroad, the official representative stated.

He said such actions looked like reckless attempts to create “inner circles,” sow chaos in the South China Sea and bring instability to the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.

“We call on the Japanese side to deeply rethink its activities, learn from history, exercise caution in its statements and actions in the military and security spheres, and take more steps to help protect peace and stability in the region,” the official representative concluded. –0–

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Moscow, July 14 (Xinhua) — Three people, including a child, were killed by a lightning strike on a beach near a reservoir in Russia's Tula region, the regional emergency ministry's press service reported on Monday.

As TASS reports, citing the head of the Aleksinsky District administration, Pavel Fedorov, "one victim was hospitalized, his condition is described as serious. A total of four people were injured."

The press service of the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation told TASS that an investigation has been launched into the deaths. The circumstances of the incident are being established.

Earlier on Monday, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tula Region reported that, according to the Tula Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, thunderstorms are expected in some places in the Tula Region in the next 1-3 hours and will continue until the end of the day on July 14, in some areas there will be heavy rain, hail, and squally winds with gusts of 12-17 m/s. –0–

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — China and India should adhere to the policy of good-neighborliness and friendship and find a path of mutual respect and trust, peaceful coexistence, common pursuit of development and win-win cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.

Wang Yi made the announcement during talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Beijing. –0–

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BRUSSELS, July 14 (Xinhua) — Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Monday denounced the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration's threat to impose 30 percent tariffs on European Union exports as "totally unacceptable" at a joint press conference with European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Brussels. -0-

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TIANJIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — Umar Suleimanov, a student from Tajikistan who chose the Chinese name Wu Mofan, actively gestures with his hands in front of a video camera, showing various configurations of his wrist and fingers, and a bionic robotic arm installed nearby, equipped with tens of hundreds of multi-dimensional tactile sensors, instantly repeats these movements as a mirror image.

All this took place at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum on Digital Economy in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin and attracted the attention of many guests from SCO countries.

“I learned that these bionic arms can sense mechanical information, sense temperatures, and differentiate between materials and textures. They can be applied to industrial production on a large scale, and can greatly improve the production efficiency of factories through data collection, algorithm integration, and other technological systems,” said Wu Mofan, a student at Tianjin Nankai University. He hopes that China’s digital smart manufacturing solutions and products can be spread to more countries to promote local development.

The development of digital economy is a strategic direction in the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. With the promotion of targeted policies and guidelines, iterative approach in technology, huge market demand and other driving factors, China has shown impressive achievements in industrial upgrading through the development of digital manufacturing.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, there are currently more than 30,000 smart factories with basic automation, over 230 smart factories with full digitalization of production, and about 421 national-level smart manufacturing demonstration factories in China. In the first quarter of 2025, the operating revenue of China's digital sector reached 8.5 trillion yuan (about 1.19 trillion US dollars), growing 9.4 percent year on year.

“I am very impressed that more and more AI and robotics projects are being implemented in various industrial scenarios in China. In this regard, China has made very impressive progress,” said Mehmet Bozkurt, a senior expert at the Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies.

Pan Yuanyuan, deputy director of the International Investment Department at the Institute of World Economy and Politics under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, attributes the rapid development of China's digital economy to its huge population, strong market demand, and rich application scenarios. "China's achievements and accumulated experience in the digital economy are useful for countries seeking development," she said.

China has repeatedly reaffirmed its determination not only to digitalize its own industry, but also to assist other SCO countries in modernizing their production by exporting more and more digital technologies.

Among the significant projects of cooperation between China and other SCO countries in the digital economy, Song Xianrong, a responsible official for international cooperation at the State Data Administration of the People's Republic of China, highlighted the smart railway project in Mongolia with the participation of a Chinese enterprise, thanks to which the volume of coal production in areas located along the railway increased by 3-4 times, and the cost of transporting each ton of coal decreased from 32 to 15 US dollars, and the cost of operation and maintenance of the railway fell by 50 percent.

Another striking example of such cooperation was a joint project between the Tianjin Design and Research Institute of the Cement Industry and the oil and gas company SOUTH-OIL of Kazakhstan, in which Chinese technologies and standards for digital intelligence were introduced into the production scenario in one of the modern industrial parks in the south of Kazakhstan.

“China provides impressive intellectual solutions in the process of digital transformation of energy and industry,” said Gulnaziya Almakhanova, head of the International Relations Department at Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University in Kazakhstan. “We hope that China will be able to share successful experience and solutions with other members of the SCO family so that more countries can benefit from this wave of technological revolution.”

As it became known, at the SCO Forum on Digital Economy-2025 in Tianjin, a ceremony was held to sign documents in 12 projects of cooperation on the digital economy between China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Egypt and other countries. These projects are related to such areas as cross-border e-commerce and the construction of “smart” cities. -0-

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GUANGZHOU, July 14 (Xinhua) — The area around Songshan Lake in southern China's Guangdong Province exudes youthful energy. Just two decades ago, it was a quiet orchard, but now it is home to a thriving innovation hub. These days, it is not harvesting fruits, but ideas.

The 103 square kilometer high-tech zone is home to more than 17,000 market players, including seven national manufacturing champions and 770 national high-tech enterprises. Each is contributing to the rise of next-generation technologies, from connected vehicles and robotics to intelligent engineering, biomedicine, and advanced materials and energy.

The rapid growth of enterprises is facilitated by the innovative ecosystem of Songshan Lake, which is home to six universities and 18 provincial-level new R&D institutions. It is also home to several key scientific facilities, including the China Spallation Neutron Source and an advanced attosecond laser infrastructure currently under construction.

The evolution of ePropulsion, co-founded by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) alumnus Pan Zongliang and three of his classmates, is a vivid illustration of this dynamic ecosystem.

In 2012, recognizing the significant potential in marine renewable energy, they formed a startup team dedicated to research and development in marine electric propulsion systems. By 2014, they had completed the prototype of their first electric outboard motor. However, the process of turning this innovation into a market-ready product was fraught with challenges. The industrialization process proved to be a complex undertaking that required considerable effort and resources to manage.

Fortunately, HKUST professor Li Zexiang founded the XbotPark robotics base in Songshan Lake area in 2014. He also facilitated the relocation of ePropulsion's five-person staff to Songshan Lake, providing them with valuable assistance.

“As a marine renewable energy company, we needed a water area to test our products,” explained Pan Zongliang, co-founder and COO of ePropulsion. The Songshan Lake Administrative Committee provided the team with a key asset: a special dock for conducting water tests. “It was a huge support,” Pan Zongliang recalled.

In addition to political support, Songshan Lake's strategic location allows XbotPark companies to take advantage of the supply chain advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

According to the director of the XbotPark robotics base, teams working in this environment often say: “If you can imagine it, you can build it.” “Finding suppliers for good ideas can usually be completed in about thirty minutes,” he says.

ePropulsion currently operates from a manufacturing facility in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, southern China, where Lake Songshanhu is located. The product range includes a wide range of overhead electric systems from 500 to 1000 kW, as well as overhead drives, embedded systems, batteries and control systems, which are sold worldwide.

“Our main market is Europe and the United States, and our small and medium-sized electric outboard motors ranked first in the world in terms of shipment volume last year,” Pan Zongliang said. “The domestic market share is also growing as the new energy boat sector expands in China,” he added.

Their eco-friendly propulsion systems now power boats at events such as SailGP and the America's Cup, as well as on scenic waters across China, including Donghu Lake in Wuhan, West Lake in Hangzhou and the Lijiang River in Guilin.

According to XbotPark, it has helped create more than 80 startups in the field of robotics and intelligent equipment, of which six are included in the list of unicorn companies whose estimated value has grown to a billion US dollars in a short period of time. At the same time, their survival rate has exceeded 80%. The total value of the leading companies in the base is $ 10 billion.

Nearby, at the Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Robotics (GIRI), another industrial park near Songshan Lake, a bright yellow robot maneuvers in a test tank, rising and falling with the agility of a fish. This intelligent underwater inspection robot, developed by BlueDiveBot, conducts comprehensive inspections with no blind spots.

“Underwater robots can perform equipment maintenance, garbage collection, water quality monitoring and emergency response, overcoming human limitations and safety risks,” said Hu Gangyi, CEO of BlueDiveBot.

Incubated by GIRI and founded in 2023, BlueDiveBot has established a collaborative innovation platform integrating industry, education, research and application for advanced underwater equipment. The company has mastered a number of advanced technologies in the field of unmanned underwater intelligent systems, some of which are the first of their kind in the country.

"The well-developed industrial chain in Dongguan and surrounding areas accelerates the commercialization of our R&D," Hu Gangyi said. "We have quickly achieved the expansion of production capacity and significant growth in market sales."

Since its establishment in August 2015, GIRI has focused its R&D and commercialization efforts on key robotics components such as high-power lasers, sensors and machine vision systems, in addition to its core products that include industrial robots, high-end intelligent equipment, unmanned autonomous systems and industrial big data.

GIRI Deputy Director Zhou Xiaoxiao compares prototype technologies to an “unripe green apple.” In order to become a “ripe red apple,” the technology must undergo a process of refinement, she says, and this transformation is necessary for the technology to become the basis for producing a wide range of products, including both “apple jam” and “apple juice.”

Further development of innovation was supported by Songshan Lake High-tech Zone's partnership with Huawei Cloud to build the "Developer Village" in April 2022. It meets the digitalization needs of enterprises through deep integration and joint innovation between various developer organizations, promoting digital innovation and industrial upgrading. Currently, 29 companies are located there.

“The Songshan Lake High-Tech Zone has carried out cutting-edge basic research,” concluded Wang Qianqian, deputy director of the Songshan Lake Science, Technology and Innovation Bureau. “Based on the results of basic research, we have built a complete innovation chain from pioneering research to commercialization and industrial development.” -0-

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — China firmly supports the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Southeast Asia, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Jiang Bin said Monday, adding that it is of great significance to promoting regional peace and stability and conducive to safeguarding the core security interests of ASEAN countries.

According to him, China has clearly stated its readiness to be the first to sign the Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Southeast Asia.

Jiang Bin made the remarks in response to recent comments by the Philippines' defense secretary, who said China's willingness to sign the protocol was purely symbolic and that to show sincerity it should first denuclearize.

He stressed that China is the only nuclear-weapon state that has made an unconditional commitment not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones.

China's nuclear forces and nuclear policy have made significant contributions to world peace, which is widely recognized by the international community, Jiang Bin added. -0-

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