China excels at crafting and executing development plans, including both long-term and short-term plans. Since 1953, the country has formulated 14 Five-Year Plans (FYPs) that have driven rapid econ...

SNAPSHOTS OF CHINASend us your photographs and let us know what lies behind them at contacts@chinafrica.cnA milu deer crosses a river in Dafeng, Jiangsu Province, on 2 July. The city is home to the w...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Global Civilisations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, which opened in Beijing on 10 July. Themed “Safeguarding Diversity of Human Civilis...

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China-Africa cooperation sets a benchmark for equitable development in a multipolar worldWorkers operate at a switching device plant in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone ...

China and Africa forge strong partnerships amid the rise of the Global South In an era of transformation of global governance architecture, the Global South has become an increasingly important fo...

How Five-Year Plans have guided China’s economic and social transformation A drone sows drought-tolerant, water-e cient rice in Anqing, Anhui Province, on 6 JuneIn July 1956, the First Automobil...

Starting in 1953, China has drawn up 14 FYPs covering all aspects of socio-economic development. Each plan is closely related to the economic growth and wellbeing of the people. This year is the final...

The year 2025 marks the conclusion of China’s 14th FYP. According to the National Development and Reform Commission, 99% of the more than 5,000 specific projects under the plan’s 102 key initiative...

How a-year visionary development plan transformed China’s smallest special economic zoneA plane flies over Chaotian Palace in Xiamen Primary school students compete with rubber bandpowered model a...