Domestic travel in China to reach record high in 2025, says Minister of Culture and Tourism

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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China's domestic travel volume has reached a record high in both 2025 and the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli said Saturday.

During the nine-day Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) holiday from February 15 to 23, the country recorded 596 million domestic trips, and tourism spending exceeded 800 billion yuan (approximately $115.93 billion). Both figures were record highs, Sun Yeli announced at a press conference during the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

For the full year 2025, the number of domestic trips by Chinese residents exceeded 6.5 billion, an increase of more than 16 percent year-on-year, and tourism spending reached 6.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.5 percent. New records were set for both indicators. -0-

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892,000 people in China have benefited from elderly care vouchers.

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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China has issued vouchers for elderly care for people with moderate to severe disability this year, totaling 1.72 billion yuan (249 million U.S. dollars), benefiting 892,000 people nationwide, Minister of Civil Affairs Lu Zhiyuan announced Saturday at a press conference on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC).

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D. Trump privately discussed sending a small ground contingent to Iran – media

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Washington, March 6 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump privately expressed serious interest in sending American ground troops to Iran, NBC News reported on Friday, citing multiple sources, including two U.S. officials.

According to the report, D. Trump discussed the idea of a ground deployment with Republican aides and officials outside the White House. The main idea is to send a small contingent to carry out specific strategic tasks, rather than a large-scale invasion, the channel reported, citing American officials, a former official, and another person familiar with the discussions. However, no decision was made, the journalists noted.

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The number of inbound trips among foreigners to China in 2025 will exceed 150 million.

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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China will record more than 150 million inbound trips by foreigners by 2025, up 17 percent from 2024, with spending by these tourists exceeding $130 billion, Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli announced on Saturday.

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A snow football tournament between teams from SCO countries will be held in the Chinese city of Harbin.

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HARBIN, March 7 (Xinhua) — The 2026 Ice Super Cup: The third football tournament on snow will be held in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, from March 7 to 9 at the China-SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Winter Sports Demonstration Area.

This sporting event brought together teams from such countries as China, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.

According to the tournament's organizational structure, participating teams are divided into two groups, A and B. Within their groups, they will compete in a round-robin format, facing each opponent once. Following this stage, the playoffs will begin using a direct-elimination system. The competition will begin on Saturday evening with a match between teams from China and Belarus.

Almost 5,000 fans are expected to attend the Super Bowl opening match, and all tickets are already sold out.

A similar snow football tournament was held for the first time in Harbin in 2024. It has become an important platform for promoting exchanges between SCO countries in physical education, sports, and culture, as well as for facilitating the development of winter sports.

The current event was organized by the Heilongjiang Provincial Administration of Physical Culture and Sports with the support of the Secretariat of the SCO China Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, the Chinese Football Association, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial People's Government, and others. -0-

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Childcare subsidies cover 33 million Chinese families, says head of China's National Health Commission

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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — More than 33 million Chinese families with young children under 3 have received childcare subsidies, Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission, said Saturday at a press conference on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC).

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Three years at the bottom: A dog was rescued in China after miraculously surviving a well.

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On March 2, in the city of Yantai, Shandong Province, a dog was rescued after spending nearly three years at the bottom of an abandoned well.

As it turned out, in 2023, a small dog accidentally fell into an abandoned well. Difficult underground conditions made rescue efforts extremely difficult. Several rescue teams made three or four dozen attempts, but all were unsuccessful. However, local residents did not abandon the dog: someone brought her food every day. A local young hairdresser and an elderly janitor were especially active in feeding the animal. Thanks to their care, the dog survived.

Eventually, rescuers installed a special trap with a catching mechanism in the well, and the dog was safely extracted when it touched the device.

According to a representative of the Huabi Animal Rescue Team in Yantai, the rescued dog has skin problems on her ears, muscle atrophy in her limbs, and poor vision, but is otherwise in good condition. She has been taken to a veterinary clinic for treatment.

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China will use AI to create new jobs, says Minister of Human Resources and Social Security

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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is exploring measures to actively use artificial intelligence (AI) to create new jobs and expand opportunities for traditional professions, ministry head Wang Xiaoping said on Saturday.

Employment potential will be unlocked in sectors such as the digital economy, high-tech manufacturing and modern services, Wang Xiaoping said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 4th session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC). -0-

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Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia's principled position on the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East.

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Moscow, March 7 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reaffirmed Russia's principled position on the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East during a telephone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin press service reported.

"Russia's principled position on the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities, the abandonment of forceful methods of resolving problems around Iran and throughout the Middle East, and a swift return to the path of political and diplomatic settlement has been confirmed," the statement said.

V. Putin also noted that he is in constant contact with the leaders of the countries that are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

During the telephone conversation, Vladimir Putin once again expressed his deepest condolences in connection with the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, members of his family, and representatives of the country's military-political leadership, as well as numerous civilian casualties as a result of the Israeli-American armed aggression against Iran.

M. Pezeshkian expressed gratitude for Russia's solidarity with the Iranian people, who are defending the sovereignty and independence of their homeland, and provided detailed information on the development of the situation during the current acute phase of the conflict.

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At least 1,332 Iranian civilians have been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes, according to the UN envoy.

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UN, March 6 /Xinhua/ — At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed and thousands more injured in US and Israeli airstrikes, Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, said on Friday, citing the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

More than 180 children across the country were killed and more than 20 schools were damaged, he told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.

The US and Israel are deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Iran, demonstrating that they recognize “no red lines in their criminal activities,” he said. –0–

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