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Beijing, December 10 (Xinhua) — During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), China's retail sector will be a key focus for building a complete domestic demand system, while also guiding the sector toward a quality- and service-driven development model to achieve high-quality growth, Vice Minister of Commerce Sheng Qiuping announced on Tuesday.

He said the retail sector plays a key role in stimulating consumption and ensuring a sustainable economic recovery, but it still needs further improvements in areas such as store location, matching supply and demand, and ensuring a balance between online and offline formats.

Companies in this sector must win over consumers with high-quality products and services, promoting best practices and the experience of enterprises such as Pandonglai, a popular chain of supermarkets, shopping malls and cinemas, to accelerate transformation and modernization, the deputy minister said.

He stated the need for additional increased attention to lower-tier markets and the introduction of new formats, models, and business scenarios there that help unlock consumer potential.

The Deputy Minister also spoke in favor of deeper integration of online and offline consumption, as well as fully utilizing the market's decisive role in resource allocation.

Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), the retail sector has made a significant contribution to stimulating consumption and investment in China. By the end of 2024, the country's retail sales of consumer goods increased by 3.5 percent compared to 2023. -0-

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BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday raised its 2025 economic growth forecast for China by 0.1 percentage point, citing robust export growth and steady fiscal policy efforts in the world's second-largest economy.

Developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to grow by 5.1 percent in 2025, up from 4.8 percent forecast in September, according to the Asian Development Bank's latest report, Asian Development Outlook 2025.

“Despite unprecedented uncertainty clouding the global trade environment, Asia Pacific’s strong economic fundamentals are supporting resilient exports and stable growth in the region,” said ADB Chief Economist Albert Park. -0-

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GUANGZHOU, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — A total of 12 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a residential building in Shantou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday evening, local authorities said Wednesday.

The fire broke out at 9:20 p.m. in the city's Chaonan district and was extinguished at around 10 p.m., according to a statement released by the district fire and rescue department early Wednesday morning.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the burning residential building was a self-built four-story reinforced concrete structure, and the fire covered an area of approximately 150 square meters.

The cause of the fire is currently being determined.

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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on member states to contribute to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to "keep hope alive for the millions of people who depend on us."

“We meet at very difficult times,” when humanitarian needs are growing and crises are multiplying, Mr. Guterres said in his speech at a high-level fundraising event for CERF in 2026.

While CERF is the world body's flexible first-aid fund, the humanitarian system's reserves are "being depleted," he said.

Since 2006, CERF has provided nearly $10 billion in life-saving assistance to more than 100 countries, working with more than 20 UN agencies and hundreds of partners, reaching tens of millions of people each year, the UN chief said.

This year alone, CERF has allocated nearly $110 million to neglected and underfunded emergencies, from Afghanistan to Somalia and beyond, he said.

The Fund sprang into action as soon as humanitarian access to Gaza was opened and helped scale up aid for 2.5 million people in Sudan, he said, adding that as Hurricane Melissa approached the Caribbean, the Fund helped countries take early action by providing funds, evacuation assistance and essential supplies, giving families invaluable time before the storm arrived.

But today, the humanitarian system faces its most serious test, the UN Secretary-General warned, adding that “across the system, we are trying to make the most effective use of every dollar.”

Donor contributions have fallen sharply in 2025, he said, with projected contributions this year being the lowest since 2015.

“This is a moment when we are being asked to do more and more with less and less resources,” said Guterres, calling on Member States to reach the $1 billion target for the CERF, approved by the UN General Assembly, and to ensure predictability of humanitarian funding for the coming years. –0–

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URUMQI, December 10 (Xinhua) — As of December 9, the number of border crossings at the airport in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has exceeded 1.05 million, reaching a new all-time high. This figure is projected to reach 1.15 million by the end of 2025.

According to the customs service at Urumqi's Tianshan International Airport, China's introduction of a number of visa-free measures has made it easier for foreign tourists to enter the country for tourism, visiting family and friends, and receiving tax refunds on purchases. The popularity of the "China Travel" trend continues to grow. Passenger traffic at Tianshan Airport, an important aviation hub in Xinjiang, continues to grow.

"This is my second time in Xinjiang, China, since I was here three years ago. The international airport has changed a lot, and customs procedures have become very convenient," said a Kazakhstani passenger who flew into Urumqi from Almaty.

Zhang Weijie, Deputy Director of Customs at Tianshan Airport, reported that since the beginning of this year, customs has been collaborating with a number of airlines to promote the expansion of international passenger routes and increase the potential of the air transport sector. Currently, the Urumqi airport checkpoint connects 28 cities in 20 countries.

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Beijing, December 10 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday released its Latin America and the Caribbean policy document. This is the third update of the document in less than two decades.

The Chinese government released its first and second policy documents on Latin America and the Caribbean in November 2008 and November 2016, respectively. -0-

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BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities recently issued two mandatory national standards for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aiming to strengthen oversight of the fast-growing industry, the State Administration for Market Regulation said Tuesday.

Two standards, titled “Requirements for Real-Name Registration and Activation of Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” and “Procedure for Identifying the Functioning of a Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System,” will come into effect on May 1, 2026.

The first standard establishes a system for registering UAVs under a real name and provides for the inability to perform flights before their activation and after their deactivation.

The second requires the UAV to continuously transmit identification data, as well as information about its location, speed, and status, to regulatory authorities throughout the flight, from the moment it is turned on, allowing them to carry out monitoring in real time.

According to the State Administration for Market Regulation, the new standards will resolve flight safety issues related to "who is allowed to fly" and "who performs flights," which will promote the effective implementation of the "Interim Regulations for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flight Management" in the country and ensure the safe and orderly development of China's drone industry. -0-

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BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — China's producer price index (PPI), a measure of wholesale prices for goods and services, fell 2.2 percent year-on-year in November 2025, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.

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On December 8, the British journal Nature published a list of ten people who will make significant contributions to science in 2025. The list includes Liang Wenfeng, founder of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, and Du Mengran, a deep-sea research specialist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In this list, Liang Wenfeng is called a "technological revolutionary." Nature notes that the Chinese AI company he founded, DeepSeek, developed a large-scale language model that "shocked the world," and "this open-source model has undoubtedly been a great boon to scientists."

Du Mengran, a research fellow at the Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been named a "deep ocean explorer" by Nature. The listing highlights her discovery of the deepest animal ecosystem on Earth at depths of over 9,000 meters, "witnessing phenomena previously unseen in the scientific world" at the very bottom of the ocean.

The list also included a "pioneer baby"—an American child suffering from a very rare disease. At the age of six months, K.J. Muldoon received the world's first personalized therapy using CRISPR gene editing technology. After treatment, he was able to smile at the world, and the new technology has brought hope for the treatment of rare diseases.

The list also includes former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, microbiologist and immunologist Susan Monares, Indian data scientist Achal Agrawal, UC Davis physicist Tony Tyson, South African public health specialist Precious Matsoso, University College London neurobiologist Sarah Tabrizi, Brazilian agricultural researcher Luciano Moreira, and Israeli systems biologist Yifat Merble.

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Beijing, December 10 (Xinhua) — China has become the first country in the world to hold more than 5 million valid domestic invention patents. And in terms of the number of international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the country has led the world for six consecutive years, the National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) reported on Tuesday.

According to the State Inspectorate for Information Security, as of the end of June 2025, the number of patents for high-value inventions in China increased to 15.3 units per 10,000 people, exceeding the target of 12 units per 10,000 people set for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

The rate of implementation of scientific and technological achievements from universities and research institutes is steadily increasing. Notably, the rate of implementation of patents for inventions by enterprises in production increased from 44.9 percent in 2020 to 53.3 percent in 2024.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's intellectual property sector underwent a strategic shift from quantitative accumulation to quality improvement, according to data from the State Intellectual Property Institution.

This transition has accelerated the commercialization of patents for high-value inventions, demonstrating the growth of the country's innovative potential and thereby laying a solid foundation for accelerating the process of achieving a high level of scientific and technological independence and self-sufficiency during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).

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