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On the evening of January 23, the 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival opened at the Great World of Colored Lanterns Park in Zigong. Eleven large and over 200 medium and small installations lit up the night sky. In 2025, Zigong's colored lanterns traveled abroad and gained immense popularity worldwide. A total of 112 Zigong colored lantern projects were held in 85 cities in 19 countries, including the United States, France, and the Netherlands, accounting for 92% of the global market.

From the Winter Lantern Festival in Houston, USA, to the festive lantern display in Singapore's Chinatown and the Lantern Carnival in Kuwait, lanterns from the small city of Zigong in southern Sichuan Province, China, have now been lit in more than 500 cities across 80 countries and regions, conveying the spirit of Chinese New Year.

Zigong has had a tradition of making colored lanterns since ancient times. In 1964, Zigong held its first lantern festival for the Spring Festival, where people used "new and unusual materials" according to their crafts, such as glass medicine bottles, silkworm cocoons, plastic bottles, dried chili peppers, lantern shades, and so on. "In Zigong, anything can become a lantern," said 60-year-old Liu Juncai, a member of a group preserving the Zigong lantern-making technique, a provincial-level intangible cultural heritage. This year's exhibition, "Intangible Heritage of Craftsmanship," is themed "Shan Hai Jing" (Catalogue of Mountains and Seas), and its core idea is an in-depth exploration of materials.

Prince, a Zimbabwean student studying in China, was amazed at the lantern festival and exclaimed, "I saw the most beautiful lanterns in the world here! The Zigong Lantern Festival is like magic, it's simply incredible!"

The "Musical Robot" installation is a particular highlight at the Zigong International Lantern Festival. Its design is based on a drawing by an 8-year-old British boy, Jaden. The colorful lanterns were inspired by 6,000 drawings by children from over 40 countries. From a mechanical horse galloping through colorful clouds to a panda traveling through space, the most incredible imaginations blossom in a sea of lanterns.

In 1990, Zigong lanterns first traveled abroad and were exhibited in Singapore. Now, with the approach of Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse), a colorful lantern composition, "Eight Steeds," inspired by the ancient Chinese painting "Eight Famous Steeds," shines in the Marina Bay Gardens in Singapore. This installation, full of vitality and dynamism, is also the work of artisans from Zigong, Sichuan Province.

"In recent years, traditional Chinese elements have become increasingly popular abroad," says Liu Juncai. This May, a themed composition, "Shan Hai Jing," created by his team for a foreign client, will be unveiled in the UAE. Preparations are currently in full swing.

From a single lantern to a whole garland, from one city to a global stage. Zigong's colorful lanterns not only embody a modern expression of traditional culture but also serve as a link between Chinese stories and global perspectives. Felix, an 8-year-old British boy, shared, "I love the Chinese dragon; the combination of dinosaurs and lanterns is amazing. I want every child to be able to come here and experience these magical stories."

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On January 25, the Chongqing Municipal Port and Logistics Bureau reported that the number of China-Europe container train departures (from the Chengdu-Chongqing region) in 2025 exceeded 5,000. This region has ranked first in the country in terms of shipment volume for the fifth consecutive year.

The China-Europe (Chengdu-Chongqing) train service is the country's first China-Europe train brand, created through interregional cooperation. As part of the national development strategy for the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Belt, in 2021 the two cities established a unified brand, "China-Europe (Chengdu-Chongqing) Train," and successfully established a mechanism for regular communication and coordination between governments and operating platforms.

Over the past five years, the total number of China-Europe (Chengdu-Chongqing) rail container trains has exceeded 26,000, with more than 50 routes serving over 130 cities in Europe and Asia. This has transformed China-Europe rail container trains from a simple logistics channel into a key economic driver, stimulating industrial integration and upgrading in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, improving the quality and development of the "transport corridor economy."

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Beijing, January 27 (Xinhua) — China intends to sign trade and investment cooperation agreements with the United Kingdom during British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's upcoming visit to China, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday.

As the agency stated in its statement, these final documents will help create new growth points in bilateral trade and economic cooperation.

"China attaches great importance to trade and economic cooperation with the UK and is actively working with the British side to prepare the trade and economic outcomes of the visit, as well as the meeting between Chinese and British entrepreneurs," the statement said.

The Ministry of Commerce added that Chinese and British businesses are showing increased interest in the planned meeting, with more than 100 companies currently registered to participate.

As the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced earlier on Tuesday, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pay an official visit to China from January 28 to 31.

According to reports, Starmer will lead a delegation comprising the heads of over 50 major British companies and representatives of British institutions. According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, they represent leading UK sectors, including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, culture, and creative industries, fully demonstrating the UK's sincere hopes for deepening trade and economic relations with China.

Under the strategic guidance of the two countries' leaders, trade and economic relations between China and the UK have maintained healthy and stable development for a long time. According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bilateral trade in goods will reach $103.7 billion in 2025, while bilateral trade in services is expected to exceed $30 billion. Meanwhile, cumulative bilateral investment is approaching $68 billion.

The Ministry of Commerce's statement emphasizes that, amid rising global trade protectionism, China and the United Kingdom support free trade and defend the multilateral trading system. It notes that the two sides will remain committed to trade and economic cooperation characterized by complementary advantages, mutual benefit, and win-win outcomes. They will promote the coordinated development of trade in goods and services, pursue investment cooperation in both directions, and expand collaboration in sectors such as green energy, medicine, healthcare, creative industries, and intelligent manufacturing.

"The Chinese Ministry of Commerce stands ready to work with the UK trade and economic authorities to implement the important agreements reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen communication on trade and economic policy, create a fair, transparent, and law-based business environment for cooperation between enterprises on both sides, and promote the continuous advancement of trade and economic relations between China and the UK to new heights," the statement said.

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Recently, the General Administration of Customs of China released its latest statistics, according to which China's foreign trade volume will once again reach its all-time high in 2025, marking its ninth consecutive year of positive growth. This also marks the longest period of uninterrupted growth since China's accession to the WTO.

The achievements achieved are due to China's perfect industrial system, the advantages of a super-scale market, and a constantly optimized business environment, which fully demonstrates the strategic resilience and strong ability of the Chinese economy to withstand risks.

In terms of scale, China's total foreign trade volume in 2025 amounted to 45.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year. In terms of trends, a clear recovery was evident in the second half of the year—imports have maintained year-on-year growth for seven consecutive months since June.

Globally, China maintains trade ties with over 240 countries and regions, with imports and exports growing in over 190 countries and regions. In particular, trade with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative amounted to 23.6 trillion yuan, and its share of China's total foreign trade increased to 51.9%.

A prudent increase in quantity is underpinned by an effective improvement in quality. High-tech exports totaled 5.25 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2%. Industrial robot exports exceeded imports for the first time in history, while exports of specialized equipment and high-precision machine tools grew by over 20%. Green energy exports are accelerating: China's intelligent manufacturing is providing the global community with high-quality solutions for green transformation.

Enterprise competitiveness continues to strengthen. Private enterprises account for 57.3% of foreign trade. At the same time, the import structure is also being optimized: annual imports of machinery and electronics products amounted to 7.41 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.7%.

China's development opens opportunities for the entire world. In 2025, China's import volume reached 18.48 trillion yuan. For 17 consecutive years, China has maintained its status as the world's second-largest import market, creating vast opportunities for businesses worldwide.

From energy resources to high-tech components and parts, from high-quality consumer goods to advanced technical services, China's massive market is continually unleashing its import potential. Accounting for approximately 10% of global annual imports, China has become an important "stabilizing point" for global trade.

More importantly, China's deep integration into global industrial chains and rapid growth of trade in intermediate products have provided strong support for international industrial cooperation.

China opposes "decoupling and decoupling" and consistently promotes high-level openness. The overall tariff level has been reduced to 7.3%; the strategy for developing pilot free trade zones is being actively deepened, and institutional openness is steadily strengthening.

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On Huajie Street in the ancient city of Wuhu in Anhui Province, a crowd of waiting customers has already gathered at the stall of master dough sculptor Wang Jingyang.

The ancient city of Wuhu has preserved the general layout of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties: over 70 historic buildings, along with centuries-old streets and alleys such as Huajie Street and Xiaojia Alley, recreate the atmosphere of ancient culture. Intangible cultural heritage such as dough molding, sugar blowing, and iron painting come to life here. Over 300 establishments operate here, including restaurants, leisure facilities, and cultural attractions. In 2025, the number of visitors to the ancient city of Wuhu reached 12 million.

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Yerevan, January 27 (Xinhua) — Representatives of the two countries have reached an agreement on the supply of liquefied natural gas and bitumen by rail through Azerbaijan to Armenia. Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan announced this on Tuesday.

“Our businessmen can now also take advantage of this opportunity,” G. Papoyan wrote on social media.

In December 2025, Armenia experienced difficulties importing liquefied gas due to events in Iran and reduced capacity at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the border between Russia and Georgia.

Last October, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced the mutual lifting of restrictions on cargo transit through their territories to the neighboring country. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and grain were already being shipped to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

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Vienna, January 27 (Xinhua) — China intends to strengthen communication and cooperation with international organizations in Vienna and their member states, firmly safeguard the existing international system, and enhance the authority and status of the United Nations. This was stated on Monday by Li Song, China's Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Vienna.

The Chinese diplomat made the statement while delivering a speech at a gala reception at the UN Office in Vienna to mark the upcoming Spring Festival (Chinese New Year, the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year).

The reception was attended by more than 800 people, including senior officials from the UN and other international organizations in Vienna, permanent representatives, diplomats and international officials.

Li Song noted that the Global Governance Initiative offers a Chinese solution to creating a more equitable and rational global governance system, promoting the restoration of the UN's centrality and leading role. He stated that China will do everything possible to restore development issues to the center of the global governance agenda, strengthen the representation and voice of countries in the Global South, and make an even greater contribution to UN peace and development.

The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Gerd Müller, stated that the UN system is currently under pressure and China's role as a stable partner in the UN system is very important for stability, peace and freedom throughout the world.

Representatives of other UN agencies expressed gratitude to China for its strong support for multilateral cooperation in various fields. –0–

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Minsk, January 27 /Xinhua/ — Belarus and China are rapidly increasing their trade turnover, Belarus' Ambassador to China Alexander Chervyakov announced on Tuesday. The news agency Belta reported this information.

"Export is a key element, as it essentially determines our competitiveness. Belarus supplies China not only with fertilizers, but also with food products, wood processing products, and integrated circuits—in other words, products with a relatively high added value," noted A. Chervyakov.

The Belarusian diplomat expressed confidence that there is significant potential for increasing Belarusian exports to China. He believes it is essential to closely monitor the rapidly changing demands of the Chinese market, as Belarus is committed to further actively developing ties with China.

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BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Central and State Administration Work Commission of the CPC Central Committee, called on Tuesday for actively promoting high-quality Party building to ensure a strong guarantee for the successful launch of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).

Cai Qi made the call at a meeting on party work and discipline inspection work in central and state organs.

He emphasized that the creation of model party organizations should become a key tool for party building.

Recalling that 2025 marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the CPC and the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the meeting participants called on central and state organs to strictly enforce political discipline and political norms and to implement the decisions and orders of the CPC Central Committee with even greater vigor.

Central and state authorities were recommended to improve working mechanisms for preventing and correcting deviations in views on policy results, making specific achievements in stabilizing growth, promoting development, improving people's well-being, and preventing risks the key evaluation criteria.

In addition, the meeting participants called for continued efforts to eliminate excessive formalism and ease the burden at the grassroots level.

Noting the importance of advancing anti-corruption work, they pointed to the need to implement the spirit of the decisions of the 5th Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. –0–

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Kyiv, January 27 (Xinhua) — Ukraine hopes its partners will support its aspirations to join the European Union in 2027. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Tuesday during talks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stoecker. The corresponding message was published on the Ukrainian leader's Telegram channel.

According to V. Zelenskyy, Ukraine's membership in the EU will be a key security guarantee not only for the country itself but also for Europe. He noted that Ukraine can contribute to strengthening Europe in the military, technological, and economic spheres.

Membership in the European Union is a foreign policy priority for Ukraine, enshrined in its constitution. On December 14, 2023, at a meeting of the European Council in Brussels, a decision was made to begin accession negotiations with Ukraine. –0–

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