Full text of President Xi Jinping's keynote address at opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women

Full text of President Xi Jinping's keynote address at opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women   BEIJING – President Xi Jinping on yesterday delivered a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women in Beijing.   The following is the full text of the address:    Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on   Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process

October 14, 2025 | BY Xinhua

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Macau govt to impose ceilings on bureaus’ leadership positions, departments, divisions

The Macau government has drawn up a new administrative regulation governing the setting-up and organisational structures of public entities, formally imposing ceilings on the number of leadership positions, departments and divisions in a bureau, or a bureau-level entity, as well as listing restrictions on the establishment of a new public entity.Bureaus are the top-level administrative entities of the local government. While bureaus consist of departments, the latter consist of divisions.

October 13, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Sands roundtable discusses sports ownership, global communities in Macau

“Pivot Point: How Sports Ownership Is Reaching Global Communities” was held at The Parisian Macao in Cotai yesterday, gathering guest speakers to tackle the topic and talk about their experiences throughout the hour-long event.Speakers comprised Alibaba Group Co-founder and Chairman Joseph Chung-Hsin Tsai (蔡崇信), who is also the owner of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty; Las Vegas Sands President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Dumont, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks; and

October 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau month-long event continues to highlight Na Tcha beliefs & customs

This month’s “Travel around Macao” Community Tourism Financial Support Programme series – “Na Tcha Phantom at the Santo António Market Tour,” organised by the Na Tcha Temple Association and sponsored by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), which got off the ground on October 4 in front of Na Tcha Temple close to the Ruins of St. Paul’s, continued over the weekend.It is slated to end on October 24-25 (Friday-Saturday). According to a statement by the association, the

October 13, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Over 580 Macau athletes to compete in National Games

Over 400 local athletes will compete in the 15th National Games, while more than 180 local athletes will compete in the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games, Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said in a speech during a flag presentation ceremony on Saturday.Sam made the remarks at a flag presentation ceremony for the Macau delegation for the 15th National Games, the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities, and the 9th National

October 13, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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NBA slam dunks at The Venetian Arena in Macau

The United States’ National Basketball Association (NBA) held its NBA China Games 2025 at The Venetian Arena in Cotai on Friday and yesterday, alongside a fan interactive event on Saturday at the featured “NBA House” at Cotai Expo.Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets face off in CotaiThe NBA China Games 2025 wrapped up last night at The Venetian Arena, as the Brooklyn Nets edged out the Phoenix Suns 111–109 to split their two-game preseason series. The Suns had previously claimed victory on

October 13, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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NBA opens first flagship store in Macau

The National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States and integrated resort operator Sands China Ltd, inaugurated the first NBA Macao Flagship Store at The Londoner Macao in Cotai on Saturday, coinciding with the NBA China Games 2025.Operated by Sands China, the store is located on the second floor of the integrated resort, offering a wide selection of official NBA merchandise and memorabilia, including player jerseys, footwear, and collectibles from brands such as Nike, Chow Tai Fook

October 13, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Locals’ gambling rate drops to lowest on record: Macau govt

The Macau government has underlined that according to the latest available data, local residents’ participation rate in gambling has dropped to the lowest on record.Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Vice President Hoi Va Pou made the remarks while addressing the “2025 Academic Forum on the Prevention and Treatment of Gambling Disorders” held on Friday, where she said that local residents’ participation rate in gambling decreased from 59.2 percent in 2007 to 30.1 percent in 2022, the lowest

October 13, 2025 | BY admin

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How China helps empower women from Asia to Africa

Analysis        BEIJING – “Women are creators of material and spiritual wealth, and represent an important force driving social development and progress,” President Xi Jinping once said.Xi made the observation while chairing the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the UN Headquarters in New York on Sept. 27, 2015, where he outlined China’s commitment to advancing women’s development and international cooperation.Over the past

October 13, 2025 | BY admin

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Empowering women with more equality, resilience and hope

Commentary        BEIJING – Gender equality is not merely a women’s issue but a matter essential to the sustainable development of humanity. While progress has been made, the struggle for gender equality is far from over. Women around the world continue to face significant challenges.China is to host the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women to reaffirm the spirit of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, to rally collective efforts, and to inject new energy

October 13, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau logs this year’s 32nd Chikungunya case

Since Macau recorded its first imported case of Chikungunya fever at the end of July, as of yesterday, 24 imported cases and eight local Chikungunya* cases have recorded, bringing the total to 32, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in special press conference yesterday. The press conference, entitled “Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Prevention and Control”, was held at the bureau’s Public Health Emergency Personnel Residence Hall. SSM Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said in a speech

October 13, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Gongbei Customs seizes 192 pet fish

Gongbei Customs announced in a statement on Saturday that its officers seized 192 ornamental fish from a Hong Kong – Guangdong dual–plates vehicle.According to the statement, at 5 p.m. on September 20, Gongbei customs officers at the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge (HKZMB) Zhuhai checkpoint discovered during a routine check an anomaly in a dual plate vehicle from Hong Kong.A follow-up inspection revealed that three large white plastic bags were discovered inside the spare wheel

October 13, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police nab 5 HK men for fraud, organised crime

Police arrested five Hongkongers on Thursday for fraud and organised crime, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a special press conference on Saturday. Chao said that the five male suspects are aged between 39 and 60, surnamed Lei, Cheng, Yu, Chan and Leung. According to Chao, the suspects said that their jobs are construction worker, cleaner, and warehouse keeper. There were five victims in the case, losing a total of 290,000 patacas, Chao said.According to PJ

October 13, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Global Governance Initiative (GGI) reaffirms China as leading defender of peace

Global Lens opinion article published by China Daily Oct 10, 2025

October 11, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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