With less than 20 days to go before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing citizens are welcoming the arrival of the Games through various activities.

​China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations on Thursday launched the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI).

China.org.cn look back at some highlights which reflects Yanqing's core design concepts of "venues built among mountains and forests for an ecological Winter Olympics."

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, on Thursday exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China-Belarus diplomatic relations.

Premier Li Keqiang has pledged stronger steps to boost effective demand, ensure the security of supply and stabilize market expectations this year, saying that the nation will significantly scale up the implementation of macro policies to stabilize economic growth.

South China's Guangdong Province recorded 8-percent GDP growth in 2021, rising to 12.4 trillion yuan (about 1.95 trillion U.S. dollars).

Total financing earmarked by Beijing's banking sector for the construction of 2022 Winter Olympics venues and support facilities exceeded 78 billion yuan ($12.3 billion), of which 34.07 billion yuan has been already invested.

​The State Council announced a development plan for the tourism sector during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in a circular on Thursday.

​Slovenian politicians on Wednesday criticized Prime Minister Janez Jansa for his remarks on Taiwan, saying Jansa's words are "not in line with (Slovenia's) foreign policy."

​Aid from China, which included cash assistance and emergency supplies, has arrived in tsunami-hit Tonga to help the South Pacific island country out of crisis.

​New mothers can have an additional maternity leave ranging from 30 days to 90 days in general in 25 Chinese provincial-level regions, which have completed revising their population and family planning regulations, an official with the National Health Commission said Thursday.

​A flight scheduled from Beijing to Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, landed safely Thursday afternoon in Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport after a suspected engine failure midway, according to the Sichuan Airlines.

​A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday called the trespassing of a U.S. warship into China's territorial waters a serious provocation.

​China, Iran and Russia held a second maritime exercise from Tuesday to Thursday at the waters of the Gulf of Oman, according to China's Ministry of National Defense.

​The Communist Party of China's top disciplinary agency pledged to maintain strong and persistent crackdown on corruption in a communique released Thursday.