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BEIJING, December 4 (Xinhua) — China-France trade volume increased 4.1 percent year-on-year in January-October this year, reaching $68.8 billion, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce reported Thursday.

As the department's official representative, He Yadong, noted at a briefing for journalists, mutual investments are steadily growing, with their total volume already exceeding $27 billion.

He Yadong reported that the 7th meeting of the China-France Entrepreneurs' Committee was held in Beijing on Thursday morning, where more than 150 business representatives from the two countries discussed topics such as green development, industrial transformation, and cross-border investment opportunities.

According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, the relevant departments of China and France also signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen mutual investment, promising to ensure a fair, equitable, non-discriminatory, and predictable business environment for enterprises in both countries.

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Communist Party of Cuba held the 7th Theoretical Seminar on Practice and Experience in Advancing Socialist Modernization through Scientific Development Planning in Beijing on Thursday.

The event was attended by Li Shulei, a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Gladys Martinez Verdecia, a member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee and first secretary of the party committee of the Cuban province of Artemisa, who delivered keynote speeches.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cuba, Li Shulei recalled, adding that top leaders of the two parties and countries exchanged congratulatory messages on this occasion and held two meetings this year, during which they exchanged in-depth views on relations between the two parties and countries.

“These contacts provided strategic guidance for further strengthening the unbreakable friendship and building an even closer China-Cuba community with a shared future,” added the head of the CPC Central Committee’s propaganda department.

As Li Shulei noted, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee developed a high-level blueprint and defined a strategic development plan for China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). He stated that the CPC places particular emphasis on guiding socio-economic development through medium- and long-term planning, while China actively promotes the enhancement of overall national strength and improvement of people's living standards through five-year plans.

For her part, G. M. Verdecia praised the tremendous successes achieved by China in the new era under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. She expressed Cuba's readiness to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with China in the areas of party and state governance, as well as to jointly advance the construction of a Cuban-Chinese community with a shared future.

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Moscow, December 4 /Xinhua/ — The introduction of a visa-free regime will significantly boost trade and tourism between China and Russia. Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs stated this in interviews with Xinhua at the "Russia Calling!" investment forum, which concluded on Wednesday.

"Trade turnover between China and Russia is growing steadily, and the potential for trade and economic cooperation remains enormous. Following the lifting of visa restrictions, interaction between the business communities of the two countries has significantly intensified," says Zhou Liqun, Chairman of the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia.

He predicts that bilateral tourism flow between China and Russia will soon recover to pre-pandemic levels and could reach 5-6 million tourists per year in both directions in the near future.

According to Vyacheslav Komlev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Red Soft, a software developer, the visa-free regime enables rapid and unhindered travel without additional formalities, facilitating technological exchanges between the two countries. Areas in which China has advanced further may see increased demand in Russia. At the same time, Russian IT expertise and sectors, traditionally developing more dynamically, will be able to quickly adapt and establish themselves in the Chinese market.

V. Komlev is confident that the visa-free regime will actively stimulate tourism growth and open up new opportunities for his company. Together with a Chinese partner, the company has already developed a multi-platform solution, "Molniya," which integrates payment systems, a marketplace, and social features, targeting the growing Chinese-Russian tourism flow, entrepreneurs, and content creators.

Maria Egorova, a board member of the Melkom Group of Companies, believes that a visa-free regime will facilitate communication between the countries and that joint business will develop increasingly rapidly. "We currently supply a lot of goods to China and purchase a lot of goods from China. Therefore, it will be much easier for our company to negotiate and conduct business," she emphasized.

"The visa-free regime is a very good initiative; it's a great boost for tourism exchange between countries. I think Russia's main historical centers will be very happy to welcome Chinese tourists," added M. Egorova.

On December 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Chinese citizens to enter Russia visa-free for tourism and business trips of up to 30 days until September 14, 2026, based on the principle of reciprocity. China had previously introduced a trial visa-free regime with a maximum stay of 30 days for Russian citizens holding regular passports from September 15, 2025, to September 14, 2026. –0–

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday.

Zhao Leji stated that China is willing to work with France to conscientiously implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, carry forward the original spirit of establishing Sino-French diplomatic relations, strengthen friendly exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand cultural and humanitarian contacts, strengthen dialogue and coordination in multilateral fields, and promote the stable and positive development of bilateral relations.

According to Zhao Leji, the NPC is willing to maintain close exchanges at all levels with both houses of the French parliament, share experience in areas such as lawmaking and oversight, and provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries.

Emmanuel Macron, for his part, noted that France and China maintain sincere, direct, and substantive dialogue, reaching broad consensus. He noted that France admires China's achievements in economic, scientific, and technological fields, and hopes to deepen practical cooperation with China, strengthen legislative exchanges, jointly address global challenges, and continuously promote the balanced development of French-Chinese relations.

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — China's Ministry of Commerce on Thursday called the European Union's decision to drop its case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) "the right choice."

As the Ministry noted, China has consistently held that the EU initiated the proceedings without sufficient grounds, and therefore the European side's decision to terminate the case is the right step.

China has always strictly adhered to WTO rules and will continue to uphold the rules-based multilateral trading system through concrete actions, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China emphasized. –0–

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Dushanbe, December 4 (Xinhua) — The combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member countries increased by 2.2 percent in January-September 2025 compared to the same period last year, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee reported on Thursday.

According to the Executive Committee, most CIS countries maintained positive economic momentum. The highest growth rates were recorded in Kyrgyzstan, where GDP increased by 10 percent year-on-year. In Tajikistan, growth was 8.2 percent, and in Uzbekistan, 7.6 percent.

During the reporting period, growth in industrial production, agriculture, and retail trade continued. Across the CIS as a whole, industrial output increased by 1.4 percent, agricultural output by 2.4 percent, and retail turnover by 3.3 percent. –0–

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Beijing, December 4 (Xinhua) — China firmly rejects the Japanese Prime Minister's empty rhetoric in response to the lack of change in its position on Taiwan and calls on the Japanese side to retract its Prime Minister's erroneous statements on this matter, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday.

According to media reports, at a plenary session of the House of Councillors (the upper house of the Diet) of Japan held on Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, referring to the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, noted that the Japanese side “understands and respects” the position of the Chinese government, according to which Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.

As Lin Jian pointed out, the media reports were inaccurate. The Japanese Prime Minister merely stated that "the Japanese government's basic position on Taiwan is set out in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, and this position has not changed," without saying anything more.

"China's position is crystal clear: we call on the Japanese side to truly reconsider and correct its mistakes, and to disavow the erroneous statements made by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This is a matter of principle," stated the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

China has been making inquiries to Japan for several days now and has yet to receive a response. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's statements have been criticized both within Japan and abroad, Lin Jian stated. He added that the Japanese prime minister once again limited herself to a meaningless response about "an unchangeable position," which is unacceptable to China, despite the fact that Japan's facts and obligations are clearly recorded in the historical record.

"If Japan's basic position on Taiwan truly corresponds to what was stated in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, can Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi clearly and fully articulate this position? Why does Japan deliberately refuse to clearly articulate its promises and legal obligations? What is the rationale and underlying motive behind this?" Lin Jian asked.

“The Japanese side must provide an explanation to China and the entire international community,” he emphasized. –0–

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JERUSALEM, December 4 (Xinhua) — The Israeli military announced Thursday that it had launched a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah targets. About an hour earlier, the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for two villages in the area.

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — The crew members of the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft aboard China's space station will conduct their first spacewalk in the coming days, the China Manned Space Administration (CMSA) said Thursday.

Since November 1, when the Shenzhou-21 crew entered the orbital space station, the astronauts have completed tasks such as crew rotation, space station platform maintenance, emergency supply inspection and organization, and life and health support tasks.

CMSA said the crew had completed emergency response training and robotic arm training in orbit, adding that all planned space science experiment tasks were progressing steadily.

After the arrival of the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft, the crew tested and systematized new supplies.

The Shenzhou-21 crew is in good health, and the space station is operating normally, providing optimal conditions for spacewalks, the CMSA noted. -0-

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Lan Tianli, former deputy secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee and chairman of the regional people's government, has been expelled from the CPC and dismissed from public service for serious violations of party discipline and laws, according to an official statement released Thursday.

A joint statement from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China stated that the decision regarding Lan Tianli was made recently following an investigation conducted by these two bodies with the approval of the CPC Central Committee.

Investigators found that Lan Tianli had lost his ideals and convictions, had deviated from the principle of party loyalty, and was unable to conscientiously implement the major decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee, according to the investigation report.

It is also noted that Lan Tianli obstructed the organizational inspection and, in violation of the eight directives of the CPC Central Committee, abused his official position and provided assistance to third parties on issues such as concluding contracts for contract work and career advancement, for which he received from them in return financial and material assets on an especially large scale.

It was decided to expel Lan Tianli from the CCP, confiscate the material and monetary assets he obtained through violating party discipline and the law, and transfer his case to the prosecutor's office for further investigation. -0-

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