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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — China's natural gas output saw steady growth in the first half of this year, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

Natural gas production in the period from January to June 2025 increased by 5.8 percent year-on-year to 130.8 billion cubic meters.

Last month, this figure increased by 4.6 percent to 21.2 billion cubic meters, the department said.

China's raw coal output rose 5.4 percent year-on-year to 2.4 billion tonnes in the first six months of this year, statistics show.

The country's crude oil production increased by 1.3 percent year-on-year to 108.48 million tons in the first half of 2025. -0-

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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — China's large-scale power generation increased 1.7 percent year-on-year in June 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Tuesday.

According to the agency, last month the total output of enterprises in this category was 796.3 billion kWh.

In particular, compared to the same month last year, the volume of electricity generation by solar power plants and nuclear power plants in the country increased by 18.3 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively, while the same indicator for thermal power plants and wind power plants increased by 1.1 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively.

In contrast, electricity generation at hydroelectric power plants in June fell by 4 percent year-on-year, according to data from the State Statistical Service. -0-

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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — China's per capita income directly at the disposal of the population showed steady growth in the first half of 2025.

Disposable income per person stood at 21,840 yuan (about $3,055) in the first six months of the year, up 5.3 percent in nominal terms from a year earlier, while real growth was 5.4 percent after excluding price factors, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

Over the same period, China's median per capita disposable income was 18,186 yuan, a nominal 4.8 percent increase year-on-year.

At the same time, the disposable income of rural residents increased in nominal terms by 5.9 percent, while for the urban population the growth of this indicator amounted to 4.7 percent during the reporting period.

China's per capita consumer spending in January-June was 14,309 yuan, up 5.2 percent in nominal terms and 5.3 percent after excluding price factors.

Data released on Tuesday also showed that China's GDP grew 5.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of this year. -0-

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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — A delegation from east China's Shandong Province led by Vice Governor Song Junji visited Russia, organizing a series of trade and economic events to advance cooperation between the two sides to a qualitatively new level.

According to the information on the website of the Shandong Provincial Government, during the visit to Moscow, the China/Shandong/ – Russia/Moscow/ Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum was held. During the presentation, Song Junji spoke about the drivers of economic development in Shandong Province, the favorable investment climate and promising investment opportunities. Enterprises from the two countries held talks on cooperation in the fields of economics, technology, logistics and energy, reaching a number of agreements on intentions for cooperation.

At the same time, a thematic exhibition of Shandong Province was organized, where 46 enterprises demonstrated over 100 types of products. The exhibition covered high-tech equipment, consumer goods, products of old brands and objects of intangible cultural heritage, comprehensively reflecting the latest achievements of the province in the development of productive forces of new quality. The Shandong delegation also took part in B2B meetings with Russian companies, reaching agreements on intentions for cooperation in the trade and economic sphere, agriculture and forestry, energy and transport logistics.

Chairman of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RASPP) Vitaly Mankevich emphasized that the visit will give a powerful impetus to the development of trade and economic ties between Shandong and Russia, investment and industrial cooperation, as well as scientific and educational exchanges. According to his forecast, trade between Russian regions and Shandong will become a new driver of growth in trade turnover between the two countries. -0-

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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — U.S. tech giant Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised China's rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) during his visit to Beijing on Tuesday, calling the Chinese market "big" and "dynamic."

“AI is growing very fast in China,” Jensen Huang said in an interview, highlighting China’s thriving AI ecosystem and pointing to the abundance of startups and large cloud service providers.

He added that China has a strong talent pool, noting that the country is home to 50 percent of the world's artificial intelligence researchers.

“AI is everywhere, from consumer apps, online shopping, grocery delivery to self-driving cars and other incredible applications,” added Jensen Huang.

He said he was “very happy” to see the development of artificial intelligence in China, citing the high level of education in science and mathematics.

On Wednesday, Jensen Huang will attend the opening ceremony of the 3rd China International Supply Chain Exposition (CISCE) and participate in related activities. -0-

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Astana, July 15 (Xinhua) — The agreement between Kazakhstan and China on simplifying customs procedures demonstrates the potential of the SCO as a platform for testing and implementing advanced solutions, Gulnar Shaimergenova, director of the Kazakhstan Center for China Studies, said at the 2025 SCO Think Tank Forum in Shanghai.

In her speech, she emphasized the importance of expanding joint educational programs, including organizing schools for young leaders and retraining courses for civil servants in the field of sustainable development and digital governance at SCO universities.

G. Shaimergenova also noted the need for legal harmonization, proposing to develop a model law for cross-border arbitration and unified law enforcement, which would simplify the interaction of businesses and institutions in the SCO space.

In addition, she stressed the importance of active integration of business, banks and investors into SCO projects, as well as the need for synergy between regional and global initiatives, support for UN reforms and the promotion of the principles of justice, inclusiveness and sovereign equality in international affairs. –0–

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UNITED NATIONS, July 15 (Xinhua) — The Security Council on Monday adopted two separate resolutions to extend the mandates of U.N. missions in Haiti and Yemen.

Resolution 2785 extends the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti for six and a half months, until 31 January 2026. The document expresses the Security Council's intention to consider the UN Secretary-General's recommendations of February 2025 regarding options for a possible UN role in Haiti, in particular the establishment of a UN office to provide logistical and operational support to the multinational police force in Haiti.

In accordance with resolution 2786, the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Implementation of the Hodeida Agreement (UNMHA) is extended for six and a half months, until 28 January 2026.

The resolution expresses the intention of the Security Council to consider the full range of options for the UNMHA mandate, including an assessment of the future viability and completion timeframe of the mission, and to make any necessary adjustments to improve efficiency, reduce costs, etc., as may be required in connection with developments on the ground, including a durable ceasefire throughout the country.

The document calls on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to submit a further review of UNMHA to the Security Council by 28 November 2025.

Both resolutions were adopted unanimously. –0–

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Kyiv, July 15 /Xinhua/ — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram on Tuesday night that he had telephone conversations with US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

According to V. Zelensky, during the conversation with the head of the White House, issues such as strengthening the air defense system of Ukraine, etc. were raised.

The parties also agreed to call each other more often and continue to coordinate their steps.

During the conversation with M. Rutte, V. Zelensky thanked the allies for their willingness to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot air defense systems. According to him, the United States, Germany and Norway are working together on this issue.

Separately, the NATO Secretary General informed V. Zelensky about the details of his talks with D. Trump and cooperation between Europe and the United States to increase support for Ukraine. –0–

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GUANGZHOU, July 15 (Xinhua) — Energy giant ExxonMobil on Tuesday commissioned its flagship chemical complex in southern China, the first major petrochemical project in the country that the U.S. company has wholly owned.

The move underscores ExxonMobil's confidence in the world's second-largest economy and comes amid China's ongoing efforts to promote high-level opening-up and attract foreign investment.

The first phase of the project, located in the Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, southern China, includes a flexible feedstock steam cracker with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons of ethylene, a key ingredient in the production of plastics and fibers used in a wide range of products such as packaging.

The site also houses production facilities for high-performance polyethylene and polypropylene.

At the launch ceremony, ExxonMobil Senior Vice President Jack Williams called the complex a “new chapter” in the company’s long history in China and said the project would be a key element in developing a powerful petrochemical industry in Guangdong Province.

Construction of the complex in Huizhou began in April 2020 and includes two stages. -0-

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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — A youth delegation from Russia's sister city of Sergiev Posad recently visited Weihai City in east China's Shandong Province, learning about modern science and traditional culture at the Weihai Branch of Harbin Institute of Technology and an intangible cultural heritage exhibition at the city's cultural center.

According to the Weihai City Government website, the Weihai Branch of Harbin Institute of Technology held a robotics technology seminar, where participants visited laboratories, demonstrated developments, and exchanged experiences. At the intangible cultural heritage exhibition, delegates studied in detail the technique of making sea grass houses, observed the craftsmanship of making tin inlay, admired the art of making colorful steamed buns "bobo" and the beautiful performance of the traditional dance "yangge" of Rushan City, deeply feeling the historical and cultural heritage of the region.

A spokesperson for the Weihai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office stressed the city's intention to deepen the "sister city" cooperation model, using people-to-people and cultural exchanges to promote multilateral cooperation and create a new high of high-level openness.

Sergiev Posad, one of the famous “Golden Ring cities” of Russia and an important industrial, scientific and agricultural center of the Moscow region, established sister city relations with Weihai in September 2023. Since then, the cities have successfully held a dialogue on trade and economic cooperation “Silk Road Cities: Weihai-Sergiev Posad”, organized an exhibition “Weihai Meets Russia: Cultural Features of Sister Cities”, and implemented a series of projects in the fields of education, culture and tourism. -0-

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