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Tehran, January 29 (Xinhua) — The Iranian military announced the delivery of 1,000 strategic drones to combat units across all four branches of the armed forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.

The drones were developed by army specialists in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence to counter emerging threats and taking into account lessons learned from the 12-day war, the statement said.

The announcement follows the US deployment of a carrier-led strike group to the Middle East earlier this week. Tensions between Tehran and Washington are rising as the United States intensifies its rhetoric and warnings against Iran.

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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — China and the United Kingdom should make better use of their complementary advantages to expand bilateral trade and improve its quality, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said during talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday in Beijing, who is on an official visit to China.

China is willing to cooperate with the British side in improving the mechanism of intergovernmental dialogue and cooperation and conducting exchanges at all levels and in various fields on a more regular basis, Li Qiang said.

He called on both sides to expand exchanges and coordination in areas such as financial regulation and financial market connectivity, and deepen cooperation in emerging industries including artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, green energy, digital economy and modern shipping services.

Following the talks, Li Qiang and Keir Starmer witnessed the signing of a number of documents on cooperation in areas such as economics and trade, agriculture and food, media, education and market regulation. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed in Beijing on Thursday that the two countries should develop a long-term and stable comprehensive strategic partnership.

During the meeting, Xi Jinping said that today, when the world is experiencing both changes and turbulence, China and the United Kingdom, as permanent members of the UN Security Council and two of the world's largest economies, should strengthen dialogue and cooperation, which is necessary for maintaining world peace and stability, as well as for ensuring economic development and people's well-being in both countries.

Xi Jinping stressed the need to look at history from a broader perspective, calling on both countries to overcome differences and maintain mutual respect to turn the promising potential of cooperation into remarkable achievements, open up new horizons for China-UK relations and cooperation, and benefit the peoples of the two countries and the rest of the world.

China is committed to peaceful development, has never started a war, and has never occupied an inch of foreign land, Xi Jinping emphasized.

China will never pose a threat to other countries, no matter how the country grows and develops, Xi Jinping told Keir Starmer, who is in Beijing on a four-day official visit, the first by a British prime minister in eight years.

Xi Jinping said that the essence of trade and economic cooperation between China and the UK is mutual benefit and win-win, so both countries should expand mutually beneficial cooperation in education, healthcare, finance and the service industry.

He also called on both sides to conduct joint research and industrial transformation in artificial intelligence, life sciences, new energy and low-carbon technologies, among others, to achieve common development and prosperity.

"We hope the British side will provide a fair, equal and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises," Xi said, adding that the two sides should strengthen people-to-people ties and continue to promote people-to-people exchanges.

He expressed hope that government officials, parliamentarians and representatives of various sectors of the public in the UK regions would visit China more frequently and thus form a comprehensive, objective and well-founded understanding of China.

According to him, China is actively considering the possibility of unilaterally exempting the visa requirements for the British.

Noting that the international order has been undergoing serious upheavals for some time, Xi Jinping said that international law is only truly effective if all countries adhere to it. Moreover, major countries must play a leading role in this regard, otherwise the world risks returning to the law of the jungle.

Xi Jinping said that China and the UK, as advocates of multilateralism and free trade, should jointly uphold and practice genuine multilateralism and promote the building of a more just and rational global governance system so as to build an equitable and orderly multipolar world and realize an inclusive and inclusive globalization. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — China's Defense Ministry on Thursday warned against a revival of Japanese militarism, declaring China's readiness to work with all peace-loving countries to prevent it.

With the new administration taking office, Japan is taking active steps to build up its military power and seeks to accelerate the easing of restrictions on military development, Defense Ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said, commenting on the new Japanese government's recent military actions.

He noted that Japan had acquired offensive weapons under the pretext of strengthening its “potential for retaliatory strikes” and had openly advocated nuclear weapons in violation of the obligations it had assumed as a losing country and enshrined in legally binding international documents, including the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations.

Such actions pose a serious threat to peace and stability in Asia and the world as a whole and raise heightened concerns among countries in the region and the international community, Jiang Bin pointed out.

"China will work with all peace-loving countries to resolutely suppress the resurgence of the specter of militarism and firmly safeguard the post-war international order as well as international fairness and justice," he said. -0-

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TIANJIN, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — In preparation for the launch of the light rail transit (LRT) system in the Kazakh capital Astana, 20 LRT train operators from Kazakhstan will undergo training in the north Chinese city of Tianjin for three months.

The LRT project in Astana is being implemented with the participation of Chinese companies, including the Tianjin Rail Transport Corporation (TRT). This is the first light rail network in Astana and in Central Asia as a whole.

For cadets from Kazakhstan, TRT Corporation developed a rigorous training program consisting of theoretical courses, training on simulation systems, and, finally, practical internship on rolling stock, so that they gain a thorough understanding of dispatching technologies and operating regulations for rail transport based on Chinese standards.

The Astana LRT project, covering over 21 kilometers, will reportedly fully implement Chinese technological standards and utilize a Chinese-made automated driverless system. It is expected that after training in Tianjin, Kazakhstani workers will be able to more easily and quickly adapt to LRT operations.

Training for personnel for the Astana LRT project began in Tianjin in June 2025, when a group of 29 people arrived from Kazakhstan. They were replaced by a second group of 20 in December of that year.

As a reminder, according to the previously signed framework agreement, the first phase of the LRT project in Astana will be over 21 kilometers long, with 18 stations and one train depot. The new transportation system is expected to nearly halve travel time between the two ends of the LRT line, effectively alleviate urban congestion during rush hour, stimulate economic revitalization along the route, and improve Astana's overall image and urban competitiveness.

As a key project in the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese companies are participating in all aspects of the Astana LRT project, from design and construction to operation and training of technical personnel. They will have to overcome a number of engineering and construction challenges, such as extreme temperatures down to minus 40 degrees Celsius, frequent strong winds, and high groundwater levels, as well as implement advanced environmental technologies.

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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — China's Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that China is willing to work with the United States to properly handle differences, advance cooperation, and promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China and the United States held five rounds of trade and economic consultations in 2025 based on the principles of equality, mutual respect, and mutual benefit, which produced a number of positive results, ministry spokesperson He Yongqian said at a regular press conference.

This fully demonstrated that China and the United States can find ways to resolve trade and economic differences through equal dialogue and consultation, she added.

According to He Yongqian, since the meeting between the two heads of state in Busan, the two sides have maintained contacts at all levels through the mechanism of China-US economic and trade consultations and jointly promoted the implementation of the important consensus reached by the two leaders, as well as the results of the China-US economic and trade consultations in Kuala Lumpur.

In the future, China is ready to cooperate with the United States to maintain and implement the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries and effectively utilize the mechanism of China-US trade and economic consultations, she concluded. -0-

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Beijing, January 29 (Xinhua) — By the end of 2025, trade and economic cooperation between China and Central Asia achieved a breakthrough: bilateral trade turnover reached $106.3 billion, an increase of 12 percent year-on-year. This marks the first time in history that trade turnover between China and Central Asia has exceeded $100 billion and has shown positive momentum for five consecutive years.

According to official data, this figure, amounting to $49.56 billion in 2021, doubled in just four years. Its growth rate significantly exceeded the overall growth rate of China's foreign trade over the same period. Moreover, China became the largest trading partner of all Central Asian countries for the first time, and the Central Asian region's share of China's foreign trade increased from 0.8 percent in 2021 to approximately 1.5 percent. Experts believe this marks the entry of trade and economic cooperation between China and the Central Asian countries into a new stage of high-quality development.

OPTIMIZATION AND UPDATE OF THE TRADE STRUCTURE

The structure of mutual exports and imports between China and the Central Asian countries is constantly being optimized and updated. In 2025, China's exports to the five Central Asian countries amounted to $71.2 billion, an 11 percent increase year-on-year. Significant growth was demonstrated by mechanical engineering and high-tech products, including general-purpose industrial equipment, motorcycles, mobile phones, and lithium-ion batteries. The share of the so-called "three emerging products" (electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and photovoltaic products) is steadily expanding.

China's imports from Central Asian countries reached $35.1 billion, an increase of 14 percent. Energy and mineral resources remain the mainstays, while the range of chemicals, metal products, and non-commodity agricultural goods continues to expand. High-quality agricultural products from Central Asia, such as honey, fruit, wheat, and poultry, are increasingly entering the Chinese market.

“The sustainable and rapid development of trade cooperation between China and Central Asian countries is based on the complementarity of advantages,” said Sun Weidong, Secretary-General of the China-Central Asia format.

"This structure is a natural result of the combination of resource conditions and industry advantages of the parties. Close, mutually supportive relationships have developed between them within the production and logistics chains," he said.

According to Li Ruisi, a research fellow at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the optimization of the trade structure between China and Central Asia is due, among other things, to the strengthening of the complementarity of bilateral trade.

"While previously the complementarity of trade between China and Central Asian countries was reflected in the traditional energy sector, now the active development of China's new energy sector meets the urgent needs of Central Asian countries for energy transformation and diversified economic development," she commented.

DIVERSIFIED DRIVING FORCES

The expansion of trade between China and Central Asia has been made possible by diversified driving forces. In terms of investment cooperation, China is one of the main sources of investment for Central Asian countries, with total investment exceeding $50 billion. Over the past year, more than 40,000 Chinese enterprises conducted export and import transactions with Central Asian countries, and an increasing number of Chinese companies are entering the region's markets for business.

"China's investment in Central Asia is becoming increasingly diversified, expanding from traditional energy and infrastructure sectors to industrial manufacturing, transportation, green energy, and the digital economy," Sun Weidong explained.

At the same time, the implementation of the strategic China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, as well as other transport infrastructure projects, is also accelerating. Increased connectivity will further accelerate trade and economic exchanges between China and the Central Asian countries, as well as enhance their effectiveness.

According to Li Ruisi, the construction of logistics corridors such as the China-Europe/Central Asia international railway freight routes and the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway has significantly expanded the ability of Central Asian countries to connect with the outside world, not only facilitating the entry of their goods into international markets, but also contributing to the transformation of the region into an important transportation hub connecting Asia and Europe.

Furthermore, new business models within the framework of trade and economic cooperation between China and Central Asia continue to gain momentum: bilateral trade through cross-border e-commerce continues to grow rapidly, construction of warehouse and logistics facilities continues, and cooperation in cross-border payments is actively developing. The China-Central Asia Flow Trade Cooperation Platform, launched in Nanjing (the capital of Jiangsu Province, eastern China), integrates trade interaction, industrial cooperation, and the integration of manufacturing and education, creating a new conduit for trade development between the two countries.

NEW PROSPECTS

In June 2025, the second China-Central Asia Summit was successfully held in Kazakhstan, where six priority areas for cooperation were identified: unimpeded trade, industry and investment, connectivity, green minerals, and other areas.

2025-2026 were declared the Years of High-Quality Development of China-Central Asia Cooperation, and relevant agencies signed an Action Plan for the High-Quality Joint Construction of the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Central Asian Countries.

"The CPC Central Committee's proposals for drafting the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development emphasize the need to expand high-level openness and establish a new model of mutually beneficial cooperation. The economies of Central Asian countries are demonstrating sustainable growth, placing great emphasis on digital transformation and a green future, which will create even more new opportunities for transforming and modernizing trade cooperation," Sun Weidong said, noting that the potential for trade and economic cooperation between China and the five Central Asian countries is enormous, and the prospects are very promising.

Yu Wenze, a research fellow at the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, noted that trade turnover between China and the Central Asian countries has exceeded USD 100 billion. This does not mark the end of cooperation, but rather a new starting point for the development of economic and trade relations between the two sides toward higher quality, broader scale, and deeper levels.

According to the expert, in the next stage, both sides should, based on the China-Central Asia format, continue to properly implement the activities of the Years of High-Quality Development Cooperation between China and Central Asia, expand the depth and breadth of trade and economic cooperation, promote the establishment of higher-level institutional mechanisms, continuously optimize the trade structure, expand the import of high-quality goods from Central Asia, develop and strengthen new business models such as digital trade and green trade, promoting the improvement of the quality and effectiveness of China-Central Asia trade and economic cooperation, so as to jointly build a closer community with a shared future for China and Central Asia and make greater contributions to the prosperity and development of the regional economy as well as the recovery of the world economy. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — The volume of agricultural exports and imports through ports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is expected to increase by 30.4 percent year-on-year to 39.5 billion yuan (about 5.66 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, Chinese daily Xinjiang Daily reported Thursday, citing local customs data.

By the end of 2025, Xinjiang's agricultural exports reached 13.89 billion yuan, an increase of 25.4 percent year-on-year. Particularly noteworthy is the accelerated entry of Xinjiang's high-quality dried and fresh fruits into foreign markets, leading to an increase in overall agricultural exports from the region.

To facilitate the entry of more high-quality agricultural products from Central and South Asia into the Chinese market, the Urumqi Customs Office in Xinjiang assisted the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China in completing the market access procedure for 49 high-quality and safe agricultural and food products. As a result, China is currently importing dried fruits from Kyrgyzstan, melons from Uzbekistan, and traditional Chinese medicine from Pakistan.

Green channels have reportedly been opened at all Xinjiang road checkpoints bordering Central Asian countries to ensure rapid customs clearance of agricultural and subsidiary products.

Statistics show that in 2025, Urumqi Customs controlled the import of more than 500 tons of live king crabs, with a total value of 130 million yuan, which was 4.7 times and 5.1 times more than in 2024, respectively. -0-

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