In his 2024 New Year message, Chinese President Xi Jinping resolved to deepen citizen trust in future development, and provided a blueprint to advance livelihood, education and economic opportunities with firm conviction. "We will continue to act on the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability through progress, and establishing the new before abolishing the old," said Xi.

Some Western media outlets keep spreading rumors that countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative that need to repay loans to China are facing a "debt trap", thus hyping up the "debt trap" theory.

On December 25, a five-year plan of action (2023-2027) to deepen economic and social cooperation was jointly endorsed by leaders of six Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) states including China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam at the fourth LMC Leaders' Meeting, virtually held under the theme "Join Hands on the Building of a Community of Shared Future and Modernization."

The development of China is an opportunity for Vietnam and the reform and opening-up in Vietnam is also an opportunity for China, Minister of the Vietnamese Embassy in China Ninh Thanh Cong told the Global Times on Tuesday.

Kribi, a small coastal town in Cameroon's south region, is gradually becoming a key logistical hub in central and western Africa. The Kribi Deep Seaport, which began operations in 2018, today offers countries in the region convenient access to the sea.

China's inbound tourism has also had a worldwide impact, and China registered more than 145 million inbound tourist trips in 2019.

The two countries have enjoyed an excellent relationship based on friendship and cooperation and have become all-weather friends and good partners who work together for development.

The international railway has facilitated 24.2 million passenger trips and transported 29.1 million tons of cargo since its opening on December 3, 2021, blazing new fields for regional exchanges and cooperation.

Last week, the Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing. The conference discussed the plans, prospects and challenges for China's economy heading into 2024, as well as evaluating the events of this year.

Coming at the end of the year, it'll predictably chart the next one's plans while reviewing the past year's achievements.

Since people living south of the river do not enjoy central heating, they rely on air conditioners and electric heaters to keep themselves warm during winter.

According to information provided by Thailand, the project could significantly cut shipping times between the Indian and Pacific oceans by bypassing the Malacca Strait.

Once, the world existed in an economic darkness, under the oppressive shadow of a singular path to prosperity, carved and dictated by the doctrines of the United States.

This time, it is hard to say for sure whether these media outlets are creating unnecessary controversies and intentionally stirring up trouble.

In the past 45 years, China, the largest developing country in the world, has created a "new miracle" in terms of socioeconomic development in the history of human civilization.

While the China-Russia relationship, especially their economic ties, has been seriously stigmatized and even targeted by the US and its Western allies, the growth potential of China-Russia trade has not been weakened but strengthened.

The consensuses in the statement will bring more possibilities for regional cooperation between China and countries in the Indian Ocean region, while giving new impetus to Yunnan’s open development under BRI.

Both sides had a profound and comprehensive discussion about the bilateral relations and the issues that concern both sides.

2023 has witnessed the commencement of the principles outlined in the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

It is common to see people making comparisons between China and India, the two largest developing nations in the world.