Full text of President Xi Jinping's 2024 New Year message

    BEIJING - On New Year's Eve, President Xi Jinping delivered his 2024 New Year message via China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the message: Greetings to you all! As energy rises after the Winter Solstice, we are about to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. From Beijing, I extend my best New Year wishes to each and every one of you! In 2023, we have continued to forge ahead with resolve and tenacity. We have gone through the

January 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau CE election law amendments takes effect today

    The amendments to the Chief Executive Election Law of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) takes effect today, the MSAR government said yesterday.  Nominees for the election of the MSAR chief executive and candidates for electing members of the chief executive electoral committee must meet the qualifications of upholding the MSAR Basic Law and pledging allegiance to the MSAR, according to the amendments. In addition, they must not be members of foreign

January 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Xi says to consolidate, develop China-Russia ties serves fundamental interests of both countries

BEIJING - The development of China-Russia relations in the past three-quarters of a century has shown that to continuously consolidate and develop bilateral relations featuring permanent good-neighborly friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination and mutually beneficial cooperation serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, meets the expectations of the international community and conforms to the trend of the times, President Xi Jinping said yesterday.  Xi

January 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Ringing in 2024, Xi stresses advancing Chinese modernization, making world better place for all

   BEIJING - President Xi Jinping yesterday urged efforts to steadfastly advance Chinese modernization, deliver a better life for the people, and strive to make the world a better place for all in the upcoming 2024. Delivering his New Year message in his office in central Beijing, Xi summarized 2023 as a year when the country has marched forward with solid and robust steps, in high spirits and with great confidence. "In 2023, we have continued to forge ahead with resolve and

January 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Xi extends New Year wishes to all

    BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping has today extended his New Year wishes and expressed full confidence in the future.   "As energy rises after the Winter Solstice, we are about to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new," Xi said in his 2024 New Year message. "From Beijing, I extend my best New Year wishes to each and every one of you!"Xi said China has forged ahead with resolve and tenacity in 2023. "We have gone through the test of

December 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi says China supports long-term prosperity, stability of HK, Macau

    BEIJING - President Xi Jinping has pledged today continuous support for Hong Kong and Macau in securing their long-term prosperity and stability. In his 2024 New Year message, Xi said China will continue to support the two special administrative regions in harnessing their distinctive strengths and better integrating themselves into China's overall development.- Xinhua 

December 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng delivers New Year's Message

         Let’s work together to seek new development and welcome the 25th anniversary of our return to the motherland Dear Residents and FriendsHello everyone! The years go by and the seasons regenerate. We are about to usher in 2024. At this wonderful moment of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, on behalf of the Macau Special Administrative Region [SAR] Government and in my own name, I would like to extend my New Year blessings to all

December 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau vows to reach peak of carbon emissions by 2030

   Macau's Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that the local government strives "to reach the peak of carbon emissions in Macau by 2030 and to achieve deep decarbonisation by 2050 and near-zero emissions as a general objective." According to international environmental protection entities, the term 'deep decarbonisation' refers to the gradual elimination of carbon-emitting fuels by progressively favouring more sustainable

December 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Portugal's energy firm EDP says set to sell its stake in Macau's power utility CEM

    Portugal's energy firm EDP said in a statement issued in Lisbon on Friday that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement (PSA) with China Three Gorges to sell its 50 percent share in Energia Asia Consultoria, Lda ("Energia Asia"), a company that owns 21.2 percent of the capital of Macau's power utility monopoly CEM, "for an expected total consideration of around 100 million euros [US$110 million], subject to adjustments until the transaction is

December 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Key takeaways from Xi's diplomacy in 2023

    BEIJING - As the year 2023 draws to a close, here are the key takeaways from President Xi Jinping's diplomacy throughout the year. It has been a busy year for Xi with four trips abroad, dozens of meetings with foreign dignitaries, chairing the first China-Central Asia Summit and attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, and more.FOSTERING COOPERATION WITH MAJOR COUNTRIES On March 20, Xi embarked on a state visit to Russia. This was his first trip

December 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi meets Chinese diplomatic envoys

    BEIJING - President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, met with Chinese diplomatic envoys attending the annual work conference for overseas envoys to foreign countries in 2023 at the Great Hall of the People yesterday. Xi delivered an important speech. Xi acknowledged the significant achievements made in China's diplomatic work in the new era, and called on the envoys to

December 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau's jobless rate dips to 2.3 pct in Sept-Nov

     Macau's general unemployment rate between September and November stood at 2.3 percent, down slightly by 0.1 percentage points from the August-October survey period, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The general unemployment rate comprises local residents and non-resident workers (NRWs). According to DSEC data, local residents' unemployment rate amounted to 2.9 percent, down by 0.2 percentage points from the August-October period. The

December 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau hotel guests almost double to 1.2 million in November

     A total of 1,202,000 guests checked in Macau's hotels last month, leaping 194.5 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.  The DSEC data showed that guests from the mainland and Hong Kong jumped by 173.8 percent and 788.2 percent year-on-year to 882,000 and 154,000, respectively. The average occupancy rate of guestrooms in November rose by 43.7 percentage points year-on-year to 82.3 percent. The number of visitors arriving

December 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi addresses 2024 New Year gathering of nation's top political advisory body

       BEIJING - President Xi Jinping yesterday addressed a gathering organized by the country's top political advisory body to ring in the year of 2024. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), delivered an important speech at the gathering of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing. Other Party and state

December 30, 2023 | BY admin

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