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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered a complete block on the movement of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela, escalating a months-long pressure campaign against President Nicolas Maduro.

“Today I am ordering a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela,” Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social. –0–

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Moscow, December 16 /Xinhua/ — China's five-year plans for national economic and social development are strategic roadmaps and action plans for advancing socialist modernization. This was stated by Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui in an opinion piece recently published in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.

“The Five-Year Plan system… demonstrates the outstanding leadership of the Communist Party of China and the obvious advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” the diplomat emphasized.

"The 14th Five-Year Plan ushered in a new stage of comprehensive construction of a modernized socialist country, with Chinese-style modernization taking new, confident steps forward. The upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan period is a key stage for strengthening the foundation and comprehensively advancing toward the basic realization of socialist modernization," explained Zhang Hanhui.

He pointed to the uniqueness of China's model of combining market and planning. "The Five-Year Plan not only defines the country's strategic development direction but also fully takes into account the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, ensuring a healthy interaction between the 'visible hand' of planning and the 'invisible hand' of the market," the Chinese ambassador wrote.

Zhang Hanhui emphasized the role of people's democracy throughout the entire process of developing the Five-Year Plan. "From preliminary research to drafting, from collecting opinions from various regions and departments to open, public proposal collection, from expert assessments to consideration at the National People's Congress—every stage of the Five-Year Plan's development fully reflects the idea and practice of people's democracy throughout the entire process." According to the diplomat, this decision-making and implementation mechanism guarantees the scientific validity, democratic character, and feasibility of the plans.

Speaking about deepening Chinese-Russian cooperation in the long term, the Chinese Ambassador to the Russian Federation emphasized that “China is ready to work with Russia to further strengthen the alignment of national development strategies, transform the advantages of cooperation between the two countries into a driving force for common development, jointly respond to global challenges, and make an even greater contribution to improving the well-being of the peoples of the two countries and building a community with a shared future for mankind.” –0–

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Moscow, December 16 (Xinhua) — Located in Russia's Far East, less than 200 kilometers from the Chinese border, is the Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP), one of the world's largest natural gas processing facilities. This is a landmark project in the history of the Russian gas industry and a clear sign of the ever-deepening energy cooperation between China and Russia. The plant has become a vital link in the supply chain for Russian gas via the eastern route—the Power of Siberia pipeline—to China.

Early December of this year marked six years since the commissioning of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline. Xinhua journalists traveled to Russia's Amur Region to visit the Amur Gas Processing Plant and the Atamanskaya compressor station, located on the main Chinese-Russian energy artery.

After a seven-and-a-half-hour flight from Moscow, Xinhua journalists arrived in Blagoveshchensk, a city on the banks of the Heilongjiang River (Amur), a Chinese-Russian border river, opposite the city of Heihe (Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China). After boarding a minibus, they traveled north for more than three hours across the endless snow-covered steppe and finally arrived at the Amur Gas Processing Plant.

"The plant covers 900 hectares, equivalent to 1,100 football fields," says Danis Fairuzov, the plant's chief engineer. He explained that construction began in October 2015. To build the Amur Gas Processing Plant, extensive infrastructure was initially created: 27 kilometers of access roads, approximately 40 kilometers of railways, and a terminal on the Zeya River for the delivery of oversized cargo. The first production line was commissioned in June 2021. At the peak of construction, 35,000 workers were involved in the project, including Chinese specialists. "Over a ten-year period, a huge number of people contributed to achieving the current scale," notes Fairuzov.

The Amur Gas Processing Plant's design capacity is 42 billion cubic meters per year. The feedstock—multicomponent natural gas—is delivered to the plant via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline from the Kovyktinskoye and Chayandinskoye fields in Eastern Siberia. The plant boasts 88-meter-tall towers where the natural gas is purified and separated. Six process lines are designed to produce valuable components such as helium, ethane, propane, methane, butane, and the pentane-hexane fraction. Once fully operational, the Amur Gas Processing Plant will produce 60 million cubic meters of helium per year, making it the world leader in helium production. Helium, which is used in many industries, including metallurgy, medicine, electronics, and aerospace, has been regularly supplied to China since September 2023. Russian helium accounts for approximately 40% of China's helium imports.

Xinhua journalists also visited the most powerful compressor station on the Power of Siberia gas pipeline. The Ataman compressor station is the closest to China. It creates the pressure necessary to pump gas through the underwater crossing of the Heilongjiang River, ensuring uninterrupted supplies of natural gas to China. "If we compare the gas supply system to the human body, the compressor station is the 'heart' that pumps gas through pipes, as if through blood vessels," Faridun Zoirov, head of the gas compressor service at the Ataman compressor station, figuratively describes the process.

In the small town of Svobodny, near the Amur Gas Processing Plant, one can see how energy cooperation between China and Russia is improving the lives of the local population. A residential neighborhood, Alekseevsky, with nearly 1,700 apartments, was built for the plant's employees. Last September, the Gazprom School Svobodny, designed for 900 students, opened in the neighborhood. As part of the curriculum, students can choose Chinese language lessons. "The Chinese language curriculum is designed to raise future generations who are more knowledgeable about China and to open up new opportunities for children to participate in future cooperation with China," noted school principal Maria Kovalenko.

Since the official commencement of Russian gas deliveries to China via the eastern route on December 2, 2019, energy cooperation between China and Russia has achieved significant results. In early December 2024, Gazprom increased daily gas deliveries to over 100 million cubic meters. This is the maximum level under the 30-year contract signed with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in 2014, which provides for annual deliveries of 38 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia to China via the eastern route.

In September of this year, China and Russia signed a number of documents expanding their energy cooperation, including the Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between Gazprom and CNPC. "Over the years of working together, we and our Chinese partners have built a strong energy bridge that connects our peoples and serves the benefit of both countries. Today marks a crucial step toward further strengthening and developing our strategic partnership, increasing reliable supplies of clean energy—natural gas—to China and meeting the needs of China's rapidly growing economy," commented Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of PJSC Gazprom.

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Moscow, December 16 /Xinhua/ — A seminar dedicated to the 4th Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC Central Committee) was held at the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society in Moscow on Tuesday.

"The Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee is undoubtedly a very important event for China. The results of this important event are also of interest to Russia as China's neighbor and strategic partner," said Kirill Barsky, Head of the Diplomacy Department at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He noted that the plenum identified important development tasks not only for the CPC, but for the entire country in the near and long term.

According to Zhao Xueying, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, China does not seek modernization alone, but rather cooperation with all countries based on peaceful development, mutual benefit, and common prosperity in order to build a community with a shared future for humanity.

"Today, China and Russia share a common goal: the development and advancement of their respective countries. We are confident that both countries will continue to be guided by the important agreements reached by their leaders, uphold the spirit of good-neighborliness and friendship, strategic interaction, and mutually beneficial cooperation, so as to write a new chapter in the history of bilateral relations and make a significant contribution to building a community with a shared future for humanity," Zhao Xueying emphasized.

The 4th Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing in October 2025. It adopted the CPC Central Committee's proposals for drafting the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.

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Dushanbe, December 16 (Xinhua) — Tajikistan's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 173 billion somoni (1 somoni is equal to approximately 0.11 U.S. dollars) in 2025, with a growth rate of 8.4 percent, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said on Tuesday.

In his annual address to parliament, the head of state summarized the country's socioeconomic development for the current year and outlined priority tasks for the coming period.

According to him, over the past 10 years, Tajikistan has effectively implemented large-scale initiatives aimed at achieving strategic goals and improving the population's standard of living. As a result, GDP has increased 3.4-fold, and the average annual economic growth rate has reached 7.6 percent.

The President noted that over a ten-year period, over 670 billion somoni, including 159 billion somoni in foreign investment, has been allocated to support the country's socioeconomic development from all sources. During this time, the country's population has grown from 8.5 million in 2015 to 10.7 million in 2025, and average life expectancy has increased from 70 to 77 years.

E. Rahmon pointed out the need to take further measures to ensure economic growth of at least 8 percent in 2026, as well as maintaining macroeconomic stability in subsequent years. –0–

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Beijing, December 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Atta on Tuesday, discussing bilateral relations and the Palestinian issue. The conversation was initiated by the Egyptian side.

Noting that China and Egypt are comprehensive strategic partners, Wang Yi, also a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, pointed out that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have established a strong friendship and provided strategic guidance for the development of bilateral relations.

According to the Chinese diplomat, both sides should regard the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations next year as an opportunity to further firmly support each other, deepen practical cooperation, strengthen coordination in multilateral affairs, elevate the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, help countries in the Global South jointly advance modernization, and make new contributions to world peace and development.

Wang Yi also recalled that the second China-Arab States Summit will be held in China next year. He emphasized that Egypt is an important member of the Arab world, and China intends to strengthen cooperation with it to ensure the summit's success. The Chinese Foreign Minister added that the Chinese side welcomes the visit of Egyptian leaders to China to participate in this important event.

For his part, B. Abdel Aty stated that the Egyptian-Chinese comprehensive strategic partnership rests on a solid foundation. He emphasized that Egypt firmly opposes external interference in China's internal affairs, firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and firmly maintains its position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory.

Noting that next year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, B. Abdel Aty indicated that Egypt looks forward to closer high-level exchanges, deeper practical cooperation, and further progress in bilateral ties.

The Egyptian diplomat warmly congratulated the Chinese side on the acceptance of the CPC Central Committee's proposals for drafting the 15th Five-Year Plan at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and sincerely wished China continued success in its development. He added that Egypt supports the four global initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping and supports China in hosting the Second China-Arab States Summit.

B. Abdel Aty briefed Wang Yi on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, stating that Egypt highly appreciates China's important proposals for resolving the Palestinian issue and the new round of aid announced by the Chinese side to Palestine, and also supports China's important role in restoring peace in the Palestinian enclave and in its post-conflict reconstruction.

Wang Yi noted that the conflict in the Gaza Strip has been going on for over two years and has claimed the lives of over 70,000 Palestinian civilians. He emphasized that this grave humanitarian catastrophe must end.

The current ceasefire remains fragile, and the future remains a concern, requiring close attention from all sides, the Chinese diplomat stated, adding that the key issue is preventing further fighting and a repeat of the tragedy.

Wang Yi emphasized that post-conflict governance of Gaza must be considered in conjunction with a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue. First, he stated, it is necessary to firmly adhere to the principle of "Palestinians governing Palestine," leaving the future and fate of Gaza in the hands of the Palestinian people themselves.

Secondly, the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry continued, the reasonable concerns of the Middle Eastern countries must be taken into account, while the voices of the Arab states must be heard and their role must be effectively utilized.

Third, efforts must be aligned with the correct course of the "two-state solution" and be aligned with the goal of establishing an independent State of Palestine, Wang Yi noted. The Chinese diplomat also pointed out that the UN and the UN Security Council must be effectively involved in the process and receive support in order to play their due role in the post-conflict governance of the Gaza Strip.

The Chinese Foreign Minister stated that the new round of Chinese aid to Palestine announced by President Xi Jinping is aimed at alleviating the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave and supporting its recovery and reconstruction. China highly appreciates Egypt's positive efforts and will continue to support its constructive role in safeguarding regional peace, jointly promoting an early, comprehensive, just, and lasting settlement of the Palestinian issue, the Chinese diplomat added.

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Changchun/Vladivostok, December 16 (Xinhua) — Scanning, sorting, checking, assembling, disinfecting, issuing… At the Cross-Border E-Commerce Control Center of the Hunchun Comprehensive Bonded Zone in Northeast China's Jilin Province, piles of all kinds of cross-border parcels are spread out over an area of approximately 5,400 square meters. Workers are busy scanning codes and precisely sorting the goods.

The city of Hunchun is located in eastern Jilin Province. It borders Russia's Primorsky Krai and has maintained close economic, trade, and cultural ties with the Russian Federation for many years. "Goods purchased by Russian consumers through e-commerce platforms are first collected in various locations in China, then transported to Hunchun, and after clearing customs on-site, exported to overseas warehouses," explained Li Jinhai, head of the e-commerce department at the Hunchun Comprehensive Bonded Zone Administration.

Hunchun is home to a group of companies trading with Russia, and the cross-border e-commerce industry has entered a true "golden age." From January to October of this year, the bonded zone's trade turnover reached 10.343 billion yuan, exceeding the 10 billion yuan mark for the first time. Meanwhile, cross-border e-commerce trade volume reached 8.734 billion yuan, a 90.1 percent increase year-on-year.

Upon entering the Northeast Asia Cross-Border E-Commerce Industrial Park, located in the northern part of the bonded area, the Northeast Asia International Trade City building comes into view. The first and second floors house exhibition and shopping centers, offering a wide selection of affordable goods from countries such as Russia, the Republic of Korea, and Mongolia. Around 200 companies operate in the office space, located in spacious, bright corridors on the third through fifth floors.

"Our company purchases small household appliances from China, including humidifiers, coffee machines, clothes steamers, and robot vacuum cleaners, as well as consumer electronics such as mobile phones, computers, mice, keyboards, headphones, and speakers, as well as new products like 3D printers, and sells them directly to Russian customers," explained Yan Yuchen, CEO of Hunchun Yimaotong E-commerce Co., Ltd. His company operates stores on Ozon, Russia's largest integrated e-commerce platform, the Wildberries online store, and the Yandex website. It receives approximately 3,000 orders per month and has a turnover of over 20 million yuan.

High-quality customer service is key to building a strong customer base. A dozen young employees are glued to their screens in the company's office, managing store operations, answering customer questions, and tracking orders. "Beijing time is five hours ahead of Moscow. To better serve our customers, our employees promptly check and respond to messages even at night," noted Yan Yuchen. After an order is placed, express delivery to most regions of Russia takes 9 to 13 days, while economy delivery takes 15 to 20 days.

Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, is the largest university in the Far East, and online shopping for Chinese goods has become commonplace for its students. "My classmates often use AliExpress and Ozon to buy Chinese goods, including mobile phones, headphones, cameras, computers, clothing, and shoes. I recently bought some NBA team merchandise made in China, and it was a great shopping experience!" shared student Andrey.

While Chinese goods continue to enter the Russian market, Russian food products such as scallops, cod, squid, soybean oil, and milk powder are increasingly entering the Chinese market. The exhibition hall on the first floor of Hunchun Jidian Digital Border Trade Technology Service Co., Ltd. showcases the achievements of Hunchun's "Time and Space Digital Trade" platform.

"Residents of Hunchun's border areas can independently select and purchase Russian goods through an online platform, after which their orders are processed by Chinese companies," said Zhu Yang, the company's general director. He explained that thanks to this platform, Chinese residents of the border areas can participate in trade remotely and submit declarations online, while Chinese companies benefit from preferential trade policies, significantly reducing raw material costs, while Russian traders also benefit.

In recent years, a number of practical measures taken by Hunchun City and Jilin Province have accelerated the delivery of Chinese parcels to overseas markets. Cainiao has launched a dedicated line in Hunchun for large parcels to Russia, offering express delivery services to most Russian regions for goods weighing less than 31 kg. International road transport of cross-border e-commerce parcels is now available, and a direct logistics route has been established between Hunchun, Vladivostok, and Moscow. In Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, a dedicated channel for the "9610" cross-border e-commerce model has significantly reduced the time required for declaration, inspection, and customs clearance, expediting the overseas shipment of individual parcels and small consignments.

From encouraging enterprises to establish cross-border e-commerce platforms and providing subsidies to promoting the construction of cross-border e-commerce industrial parks, public service centers, comprehensive pilot zones, and O2O stores, as well as actively developing overseas warehouses, Jilin Province is continuously developing cross-border e-commerce and deepening its high-level opening up. In 2024, Jilin Province's B2B cross-border e-commerce direct exports increased by 207.8% year-on-year, with more than 200 new cross-border e-commerce enterprises established.

The border city of Hunchun illustrates how Chinese-Russian digital cross-border trade is moving toward a new future, with digital channels becoming bridges that lead people from both countries to a better and happier life.

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Brussels, December 16 (Xinhua) — The European Commission said on Tuesday it will relax the planned 2035 ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, replacing it with a target that will require automakers to reduce tailpipe emissions by 90 percent. The remaining 10 percent will be offset by the use of low-carbon steel produced in the EU or by electric vehicles and biofuels.

Under the European Commission's proposed "car package," after 2035, carmakers will still be able to sell some non-fully electric vehicles, such as plug-in hybrids, extended-range vehicles and mild hybrids, alongside fully electric and hydrogen models.

This means revising EU rules adopted in 2023 that set a 100% carbon emission reduction target for new passenger cars and vans from 2035.

The European Commission announced that automakers will be able to use so-called supercredits for small, affordable electric vehicles produced in EU countries until 2035. This move is aimed at accelerating the production of more compact electric models.

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Beijing, December 16 (Xinhua) — Judging by a series of recent statements, Japan continues to maintain ambiguity and vagueness on critical issues related to Taiwan, thereby attempting to mislead the public and get away with it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday.

"China is categorically opposed to such behavior," Guo Jiakun said at a regular briefing for journalists.

Commenting on the statement made by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on the Taiwan issue at a meeting of the House of Councillors (upper house) of the Japanese Diet, the Chinese diplomat noted that the Japanese side did not confirm the important provisions of the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, which state: “The Government of Japan recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China” and “Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.”

Guo Jiakun added that the Japanese side, when quoting the Cairo Declaration, only mentioned “Northeast China, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands,” deliberately avoiding the important wording that these are “territories stolen from China by Japan.”

The Japanese side, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman continued, also equated the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement with the so-called "San Francisco Peace Treaty," violating its obligations and the principles of international law, perpetuating the misconception of "Taiwan's undetermined status," and interfering in China's internal affairs.

Guo Jiakun cited statements by several high-ranking Japanese politicians and the wording of relevant documents, calling them historical facts that demonstrate Japan's position on the Taiwan issue.

This year, Guo Jiakun recalled, marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's liberation from Japanese occupation.

As the Chinese diplomat noted, Japan invaded Taiwan, exercised colonial rule over the island for 50 years, and committed countless crimes there, and therefore bears historical responsibility for the Taiwan issue. "Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory. The resolution of the Taiwan issue is solely China's internal affair, and Japan has no right to interfere," Guo Jiakun stated.

“We once again call on the Japanese side to strictly adhere to the spirit of the four China-Japan political documents, to effectively reconsider and correct its mistakes, and to disavow Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous judgments about Taiwan,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson added.

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BEIJING, December 16 (Xinhua) — Expanding domestic demand will be China's top economic policy priority in 2026, a spokesperson for the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission said.

Explaining the spirit of the decisions taken at the Central Economic Work Conference held in Beijing last week, a department representative told Xinhua and other media that next year, measures will be taken to stimulate consumption on both the supply and demand sides, taking into account structural changes in the country's consumption patterns.

In addition, efforts will be made to stabilize investment and halt its downward trend in order to improve the well-being of the population and strengthen long-term growth momentum.

“All the conditions are in place to achieve sustainable growth in domestic demand next year through the coordination of investment and consumption, as well as synergy between the government and the market,” the agency representative emphasized. –0–

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